News of the Week
PIE Council of the League of Nations opened a fresh session on Monday, when Sir Austen Chamberlain presented hi's proposal that the Council should meet three- instead of four times a year. He explained that it was reasonable to hope that the problems to be discussed–would rapidly decrease. It was difficult for busy -.Foreign Ministers to go to Geneva four times a year, and yet.it was in his opinion desirable that Foreign Ministers should attend in person. The Proposal was postponed till September, when it will be considered by the new Council. The importance of the present session is 'not reflected in the agenda ; by far the most significant. work goes on behind the scenes. There is, for, instance, the anxious searching for Some practical method of dealing with the madness of Russia. The very fact that one suggestion after another for drafting a coherent common policy is discussed and ound wanting is an ironic comment on the Bolshevists' barge that the Powers have formed a solid front against hem.
