25 SEPTEMBER 1926, page 2

When We Reflect That M. Poineare Is Prime Minister Of

France, and that he has sanctioned M. Briand's very , friendly advances to Germany, we must recognize that a long _step forward has been taken. It is known that Herr Stresemann......

It May Be Thought That It Is Almost Hopeless To

secure the unanimity of the fourteen members of the Council, but • happily the representative of Norway in the Assembly succeeded in restoring to Lord Ceeil's scheme the clause......

Our General Feeling Is That, Though There Is Much That

is disappointing in the size and membership of the new Council, the spirit of the League has become a reality which is now certain to conquer all difficulties. Not only have the......

Last Of All There Was A Ballot To De - Cids Whether

any State should be designated in advance as "re-eligible" for a second . term Of three . years. There was only one candidate, Poland, and she easily obtained the 'necessary......

* .* * On Thursday, September 16th, The Elections Took

place of the new non-permanent members of the Council of the League of Nations. It had been arranged, of course, that in order to give a start to the new rule that the......

However That May Be, The Fact Has To Be Faced

that.. the present proposals of the Government invert the order of Mr. Churchill's, programme. They dethrone a national principle from the first place and make it retrospective......

Mr. Baldwin's Scheme Has, As A Matter Of Fact, Con-

siderable possibilities. The Arbitration Tribunal, for one thing, might be made to gather about it such powers that the whole settlement would in effect be that national......