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Abyssinia Issue Postponed
Until To-Morrow
Geneva, To-day.
The League Council assembled for an unofficial session at the bureau of the Secretary General of the League, M. Avenol at 6:45 yesterday evening.
The Council discussed further the procedure of the League's meeting in view of the situation created by the attitude of the semi-official Abyssinian delegation. Informed quarters be- lieve that the debate on the Abyssinian ques- tion will not be opened before Thursday. - Trans-Ocean.
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DELAYING ACTION
Geneva, To-day. eva yesterday morning, it is gener- The secret meeting of the League ally believed that the Abyssinian Council last evening decided to take delegation will make the utmost the Ethiopian question on Thursday.use of all the opportunities which
HAILE SELASSIE TO SPEAK the League Covenant still affords. It is understood that the British to them. Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, will open the discussion, and that Haile Selassie will reply, after which the other delegates will make de-ed also acted as Haile Selassi's le- Professor Jeze, it will be recall- clarations.
gal adviser at the time when sanc- tions were imposed on Italy and his able representation of the Abys- sinian delegation will greatly de- lay the procedure of the discus- sions on the Abyssinian question.! Quarters close to the British dele- ing that the attitude of the Negus gation pointed out yesterday even-
is apparently above all publicity
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League and possibly Swiss applica- tion for complete neutrality,
The Chinese appeal will again come before the Council on Friday, with particular reference 'to. Dr. Wellington Koo's demand for more concrete help and his appeal against the Japanese threat to use poison gas. Reuter.
manoeuvre.
obviously anxious to bring up the The Negus, so they declared, is
Abyssinian question once more for SESSION POSTPONED
a public discussion before the in- ternational forum and before the Geneva, To-day.
eyes of the entire world in order to League Council session which was scheduled to take place for the Italian aggression.-Trans- secure a final moral condemnatior at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, Ocean. was postponed. Informed quarters declare that the postponement was
The
due to the fact that it was not pos- SNOW WHITE sible to reach an agreement with the semi-official Abyssinian delega- COMPETITION
tion regarding the declaration to be made by that delegation.
The Dairy Farm has started an
It is asserted that the text of the interesting competition for kiddies, declaration which the Abyssinian in connection with the film "Snow delegation intended to make was White and the Seven Dwarfs," now rejected by members of the League being shown at the Queen's and Al- Council.
hambra Theatres.
The members of the League A cash prize and free "Green Council, it is pointed out, naturally Spots" for a month for the most wish that the appearance of the meritious colouring-in of sketches Abyssinian delegation before the of Snow White and the dwarfs are Council shall not lead to a dispu-jamong the awards. Entry cards tations incident. Since the legal ad-containing the sketches can be ob- viser of the Negus, the French jur-tained from any Dairy Farm es- ist, Professor Jeze, arrived at Gen-'tablishment.
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