Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-10 | Page 1 | Europe's 'Big 3' Leaders Confer

EUROPE'S Chamberlain Briand Expected to Lessen Tension LUGANO Switzerland Dec 10 AP Meetings of the big three statesmen who formulated the Locarno peace pa pacts ts today were expected to do much to lessen the general tension in Eu Eu- rope The rhe statesmen will hold hoid their conferences in In connection with the session of the league of nations council opening today The council is meeting at Lugano Lugano Lu Lu- gano instead of Geneva on the suggestion of Dr Gustav mann German foreign minister because of his health and the great value he attaches to meeting meeting meet meet- meeting ing his colleagues Statesmen attending the council meetings ac acknowledge that they were disturbed and anxious over the European political situation They hoped however that their anxiety would be lessened by the conferences between Dr mann Briand French foreign foreign for for- eign minister and Sir Austen Chamberlain British tor foreign see sec ec- ec rotary I Dr has publicly expressed his pessimism over the relations between his country and i the Ute allied sallied powers due to hesitancy heal hesi- tancy Lancy In removing troops from German soil son Since his arrival here he has talked with M. M Briand and later the French foreign for tor- eign cigna minister called on Sir Aus- Aus ten cn It was understood that Dr said sald frankly that recent re recent re- re ro- ro cent official utterances had created created created cre cre- cre- cre an impression that relations between Germany France orance and Continued on page 3 EUROPE'S BIG 3 S LEADERS CONFER Continued from page 1 Great Britain were not what the German government and people had thought they were after Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's entrance into the league and the negotiation of tho the Locarno Lo La- Lo- Lo carno Calno pacts The council of ot th the league o of nations will do nothing at its present session to expedite American American Amer Anier- ican adhesion to the world court by classifying the problem of or advisory advisory ad advisory ad- ad opinions By unanimous vote of ot its 14 members the council coun coun- cil cn today postponed action on a a. resolution which recommended that a study be made as to whether opinions might be requested by a a. simple majority majority major major- ity of the council LUGANO Switzerland Dec Dee 10 AP The AP-The The As Associated elated Press learned earned today that the five great powers now at Lugano plan to hold a meeting meet meet- meeting meeting meet meet- ing this week weel to discuss the feasibility feasibility of ot convoking the preparatory disarmament commission at Geneva in February The tentative project provides for fora a s second ond session of the commission in hi Juno June with the hope that between February and June the naval 1 powers pow powers pow pow- ers will get together to remove di di- di now dividing them