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 permanent officials of the League learned to consider international questions with an earnestness, a frankness and a friendliness which are new, but the more important visiting statesmen who attend the sessions at Geneva have evidently been fired by a good deal of the same motives. There is no better proof of this than the informal conversations which have taken place between M. Briand and M. Stresemann. One day they crossed the frontier to a small village, where they had luncheon together and talked for several hours about the relations of France and Germany. From what has been reported of the conversation it is evident that there has been no exaggeration in the statement that M. Briand is a very zealous convert to a belief in the usefulness of the League. * *
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