The Archive · 1927

New Mandates Commissioner

Ata private meeting of the Council of the L Were, Kast, industrialist, was appointed an additional member on the Mandates Commission on the proposal of the! Netherlands delegate.

French Tribute to Dr. Stresemann Sept. 11.

At the meeting of the Assemb! of the League of Nations this mort ing, M. Briand, the head of th: French delegation, paid a tribute £5) the "noble," speech made by Dr. Stresemann, the German delegate, yesterday. Ie said that the French and German delegates could no. meet openly to discuss very gelical questions in a manner which, pr viously, was inconceivable, Referring to the refusal of the French Government to participate in the recent Naval Conference between Great Britain, the United States and Japan, M. Briand said! [that France felt that a limited conference was doomed—or at least feauld not meet with great success and held the opinion that any such work would be better done by' the League of Nations. He declare]

public discussion of disarmahelped the cause of peace.

M. Briand approved the Polish project and added that if he were asked to participate in a solemn affirmation of the outlawry of war, like that outlined by Dr. Stresemann, he would never hesitate.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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