For these reasons, if a decision had to be taken in the Council 's name in the sense proposed, the Chinese Gover ment would not be able to ssu ipseribe to it, If, on the other hand, Dr. Koo added, the present discussion was merely for the purpose of giving each member state represented on the Council an opportunity to declare its attitude on the situation, without prejudice to the principles of the Covenant or to the resolution affirming the principle of non-recognition, the Chinese Government would content itself by reserving its position in re; d to the principles involved.
The discussion was opened by Lord Halifax, the British Foreign Secretary, who experi ed a hope that other members would agree that the! question of the recognition of Italy's position in Ethiopia must be decided by each in the lights of its own situation: ud obligations.
'According to our information," he aid, "Italy has obtained control of virtually the whole of Ethiopia and, while resistance' is continuing in certain parts of the country, there is no central con l of administration."
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