LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1926, Page 4

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

GERMANY AND SPAIN. LEAGUE DEADLOCK. BV TELECBAVH— PKESS ASSN., COPYMCnT. LONDON, Aug. 18. The (iiiesiion of Germany’s entry into the League of Nations was ago in given prominence in view of the approach of the League’s meeting in September. Messages from Berlin indicate increasing anxiety. Spain still insists upon having :i permanent seat sinuilt)ineously with Germany, and

slio threatens withdrawal if this is

not granted. Herr Strese in aim's organ at Berlin Isays:—“Not one can expect Germany to send representatives to Geneva again until this problem is solved.” It adds significantly that, should the negotiations still prove futile, the Entente Powers must realise the consequences. No Germany menus no League of Nations. The “Dpily Herald’s” Berlin correspondent says :—“Spain’s persistent claim and Franco's refusal to consider any radical change in the occupation regime, have cast a gloom over the official quarters. It is feared these questions will prove the germ of a second and possibly a final fiasco. Spain is credited with a determination to achieve her ambition at all costs using the Italo-Spanish accord as a stepping stone. France T|is agreed to withdraw another Division of troops from the occupied region before September, but she turns a deaf ear to' the German demand for a thorough revision of the occupation arrangements. All attempts to remove these obstacles in Germany’s path to the League hive failed, and the official negotiations have plainly drifted into a dead alley. They are likely to remain, there, unless they can he rescued by British aid.” ATHENS. Aug. 17.

Four conventions have been signed bv Greece mid Jugo-Slavia, dealing with common railway stations, communications and transit tariffs and providing for arbitration in cases of disputes. It is hoped that these will put an end to a trying situation, which has completely obscured the BalkAn horizon.

Other conventions aro being negotiated with Albania, and Bulgaria, the whole of which justify the hope that ('lie time is not distant for the eonelusion of a pact of the Balkan States.