London, Oct. 21. be a little more quiet. This is the The following little article from|¢*ct "Telegraph" stars the "Daily Telegraph" which styles it "The secret history of China's curious promotion to. a seat on the League Council is, I find, of seat on the League of more than ordinary interest.' A other words it is sug-section of Genevan officials were gested that China did so because she so alarmed at the withdrawal of owed the League so much money Spain and Brazil—representing by way of arrears of subscription 40 and 29 financial units in the that the authorities were afraid she League Budget respectively, out might go off in a huff without meet-of 987 units in all, that they got ing her Uabilities. I believe sub-cold feet at the thought of losing stantially there is something in this yet another 46 units, together view. though I do think that the with four years', arrears, were seat ¥as given to China also be-China also to withdraw ina huff. cause she has, in the person of her These officials ard others canvas-delegate, Me. Chu Chao-hsin, made sed so strenuously on behalf of suck a stir recently owing to past China's candidature that, when refusals. Now perhaps China will the attacks on foreigners reached
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