The Council of the League of Nations is again in
session. Sir Austen Chamberlain stayed in Paris on his way to Geneva, and came to an agreement with M. Briand on all the main points to be discussed. Much the most important question is how German disarmament is to be supervised. Before the Council met, Sir Austen Chamberlain and M. Briand conversed with Herr Stresemann at Geneva, and it is believed that no great difficulties remain. It is doubtful, however, whether the Great Powers chiefly concerned are doing wisely in settling, or seeming to settle, their business before the Council meets. The danger is that the non-permanent members may complain of being left out of the transac- tions altogether, though the League is, above all things, an organization for arranging international affairs by general discussion. At all events, it is satisfactory to think that the inter-Allied Commission of Military Control will not much longer be required in Germany. If the good sense of the German people does not prevent the various disguised military organizations from becoming dangerous nothing ever will prevent them. * * * *
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