Show SPAIN SP AIN CENSURES BRITAIN FRANCE League Council Hears Italy Deal Rapp Rapped d GENEVA May 11 UP UP Haile Haile Sel Selassie ssie arrived in iii Geneva to tonight tonight tonight to- to night to pl plead ad for the League of Nations to preserve the independent ent status of Ethiopia in the eyes ees of the world Crowds cheered the former emperor GENEVA May 11 UP Govern W-Govern- Govern Government halted ment Spain's delegate tonight the he the steamroller which Britain and France h have ve been operating in the current Isi session si n n of the League of t Nations Nations' council iI Julio Alvarez iez del Barcelona foreign minister bitterly attacking the he two powers for their bargaining bargain- bargain ing ng with Italy refused to let Jet the question of intervention in the Spanish civil war be run through the he co council without full Lion ion Maxim Litvinov Soviet Russia's for ign commissar and William J. J Jordan of New Zealand rush rushed d to the defense o of the Spaniards Spaniard's demand demand de de- de- de mand that the council take the question of intervention out of the lands hands of the nation 27 tion nonintervention ion tion committee in London Their stand French French Anglo plans plans' to complete discussion of the Spanish war tonight The program Lu in n which a a majority of the council h lad ad d agreed obviously was upset After brief consultation with Britain's Viscount Halifax and Joseph JosephA Jo Jo- seph sephA xephA AC C. C league secretary secretary- general the chairman announced the he question of Spain was adjourned to o a later meeting Ho However eyer minute last British and French corridor victories made laile Haile Selassie's chances of preventing preventing pre pre- ve venting ting the two big powers from recognizing Italy's conquest of his former ormer realm slimmer th than n ever Ethiopia's King of Kings King was on n his ils w way here to to- to tomake make a pers personal nal appeal to the league council but before his train arrived it was learned earned that Soviet Russia and China had h d' d moderated their stands against the recognition plan This was the result of f negotiations outside formal sittings of U tile the e council council coun- coun coun coun- cil elI which convened Mond Monday y Litvinov for Russia said he ho was Continued on Page Two Column Six SPAIN CENSURES I BRITAIN FRANC Continued from rom Page One convinced nothing could be bo gained by prolonging the agony beyond tomorrows tomorrow's session Chinas China's delegate Dr V. V K Wellington Wellington Wel- Wel lington Koo was said to have have- recognized recognized recognized rec rec- that Britain's fleet in th the far east could be strengthened strengthened and anc thus thus' thus become become a possible deterrent to Japans Japan's activities only activities only if Anglo Anglo- Italian understanding runs smooth smooth- ly And for fors for's such ch accord recognition of Italy's E Ethiopian emp empire re was Tec as as an essential condition Meanwhile the council heard Chiles Child's demand for league ref reform rm backed by a threat of or secession anc and Switzerland's recognition o oa of ofa ofa a unique status for her as a neu neu I ti-al ti state May l Suit League Chiles Chile's ambassador to London Augustin Edwards warned the council that Chile might quit the league leagued carrying other nations with her unless action was taken on her demands fo for demands reform reform reform- 0 He only way to to the bring league back to full vigor was to cu cut cutout cutout out dead articles of the and draw new ones He Re said the league was powerless to achieve collective security unless it sought means of bringing in nonmember nonmember nonmember non non- member states like the United St States tes Brazil Germany Italy ant and Japan He Ho denied rumors that tha Chile was wa-s acting at the insistence of totalitarian states outside the league Neutrality Dem Demanded Switzerland's demand for neutrality neutrality neutral neutral- ity was presented by her delegate Dr Giuseppe Motta at the the opening opening of the public meeting of the council counci He emphasized that Switzerland wanted a special exceptional statute of of neutrality and other concessions concessions concessions con con- cessions not applicable to other othe league members Switzerland was said to have been promised a formal statement by th the league that she never would have hav to join other members in punitive sanctions against another state Ethiopian delegates indicated that tha if Britain and France finally won freedom to recognize Italy's conquest conquest conquest con con- quest of the African empire Haile Hail Selassie would appeal to the world work court at The Hague British and French spokesmen however called that a post mortem morten of little worth Ultimate success o otheir of their efforts appeared assured |