The Archive · 1926

The British Ambassador, Sir

Horace Rumbold is proceeding to Madrid from San Sebastian, the [Court's summer residence—an' wn-

Jusual occurrence during the ho'idey Senor Yanguas, at the conclusion jof the Cabinet meeting, said that} Les ithe deliberations related to Tangier: and the League of Nations.

Jdwelt on the world-wide interest aroused by General Prime de ivera's pronouncement that Tangier Jought to be included as a Spanish Protectorate.

The Foreign Minister said that the meeting at Geneva on August 30 the Committee would discuss the question of seats on the Cou The question was a culminating] event in international polities and extremely important for Spain. Senor Yanguas regretted—that} diplomatic negotiations, now proceeding, prevented him from making fuller statement.

Spain's Attempt to Bargain for Germany Aug. 24. connexion with the Spanish Foreign Mini a that he will not attend the meetings of the League of Nations at Geneva, and the unyielding attitude of Spain with regard to Germany's election a permanent seat on the Council of the League, the recent pronounce. ment of the Head of the Spanish ineetory that Tangier ought to included in the Spanish Protectorate is regarded in France as a barzaining counter in the matter of Germany's seat—Reater.

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