SECURITY COMMISSION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 5 December 1927, Page 6

SECURITY COMMISSION

METHOD OF PROCEDURE. SUB-COMMITTEE CREATED. Genova, Dec. 3. After Litvinoff’s pyrotechnics on Wednesday, the Security Commission is proceeding aS unruffled as if the new counsellor had not Hashed across the horizon. It quietly laid down the method of procedure and created separate sub-committees to deal with, firstly, arbitration agreements; secondly, security agreements; and, thirdly, the articles of the Covenant. M. Markovitch (tugo-Slavia) subtly mentioned the Franco-Yugo-Slav treaty in the same breath as the Itaio-Albanian, and went to some pains to emphasise that the former was within the scope of the League. “We signed it,” he declared, ■•because we felt that even though a member of the League our security was not assured. It is a sad mistake to aesuine that the security question may be solved in the strict atmosphere of a law court.” M. Markovitch went on to point out the exceptional assurances the League had given Albania, yet the latter had just formed a defensive alliance with Italy. Count Bernstorff rounded off a fullthroated promise of Germany’s cooperation in the suppression of war through the medium of complete security by claiming special consideration for article 19, dealing with the revision of treaties. This is an obvious reminder that Germany later will seek the revision of the Versailles Treaty. Lord Cushendun dropped a timely hint that the second sub-committee should try to define the meaning ot the word “security” in relation to geographical factors. Finally, at Count Bernstorff’s suggestion, the reconvening of the commission was left in the hands of the preparatory commission on disarmament, to which the three sub-commit-tees will report not later than Januarv 1, and thus assist the Assembly’s desire that the disarmament conference meet before September. The commission wound up the discussions in the happiest spirit and left the way dear for Monday’s council meeting, concerning which diplomats are agog over the impending dramatic confrontation of M. Pilsudski (Poland) and M. Valdemaras (Rumania) in 'he afternoon.