The Council met at pin, under the chairmanship of Costa dun Rels, Bolivian delegate, who" made a point of welcoming China's dele-fate, who was re-elected to a non-pennament seat, Senor Costa clu Rels emphasized China's great ce-operation with the League and paid. homage to Dr, 'Wellington. Koo, chief Chinese delegate and Ambassador to Paris, who, he said, always has displayed tact and' intelligent handling of all prob ems, The Chinese delegate at the ses! sion declared then that in the absence of Instructions from—his Government, he would abstain from voting on the resolution to expel Soviet Russia, 'Other delegates expressed their viewpoints, too, after. the chairman had read out ihe resolution con dernning Soviet aggression against Finland' and asserting by virtue of Article XVI "Paragraph 1V of the, Covenant, that "by her own wil, di Russia has excluded herself from the League of Nations and can therefore no Tonger participate the League,"—Havas,
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