Lord Cecil proposes that in future there should be nine
instead of six non-permanent members . and that three should be elected for three years, three for two years, and three for one year. .One .third of all the non-permanent members would therefore be elected each year. The Assembly, which elects the non-permanent members, would have power to re-elect by a two-thirds majority not more than one third of the retiring members—who in ordinary circumstances would be ineligble for re-election for three years. Further, the Assembly would, by a two-thirds majority, be able whenever it pleased to hold a new election of all the non-permanent members. It is hoped in this way to bring more States into the Council without actually increasing the number of permanent members. We sincerely hope that all- will now go well, though Spain and Brazil are said to be still dissatisfied. Nothing has been heard of the Polish claim since the latest Polish revolution, and we may fairly hope that Brazil will no longer, press her claim to a permanent scat now that the Argentine and Uruguay have objected to it.
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