Show SEAT SfA I DISCUSSION Of BY COUN COUNCIL ll GH GETS C COLORFUL START Lob Lobbies ies So Crowded That Delegates Find Difficulty Difficulty Difficulty culty Reaching Places DELAY HEARING ON ISSUE French Hold Conferences Looking to Replacing Replacing Replacing ing Fallen Ca Cabinet inet GENEVA March 8 S AP Ap Dr Alfonso da Costa former premier of Portugal was elected president of the league of nations assembly today by a majority of 36 votes Sir Sil Austen Chamberlain the British foreign secretary was made chairman of the first committee of the assembly which is to pass upon Germanys Germany's request for admission into the league Louis France was elected chairman of the second committee charged with local budgetary affairs and the subject of Germanys Germany's dues By their selection Sir Austen and M. M automatically became vice presidents of the assembly GENEVA March S 8 AP The AP-The The crisis over the membership question question question ques ques- tion In the league of nations council council coun coun- cil elI drew such crowds to the lobbies s of the leagues league's palace today that I the delegates to the council had difficulty in forcing their way into the the chamber where they began a private session under the presidency presidency dency clency of Viscount for preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- examination of the regular agenda Representatives of the German delegation said the they were committed committed committed com com- before the German pu public opinion and parlIament to do nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing concerning the candidacies o of other na nations for council membership membership member member- ship until Germany was elected member member-I to I her permanent seat I Turkey Y Considers C Consid I II H Mii Monsul 1 Invitation G GENEVA EVA March 8 S AP Turkey AP-Turkey Turkey today informed lh the v league i of n nc i that she is examining its in invitation invitation invitation in- in to come to Geneva and discuss the te affair before the thelea lea league ue council The Te council therefore has postponed postponed postponed post post- its consideration of the question question question ques ques- tion for two or 01 three days giving Turkey an opportunity to appear before finally awarding the territory to the British mandate state of Says Dictator Dictatorship hip Not Displeasing GENEVA March 8 AP AP-A AP A Socialist so socialist so So- dictatorship for fot France Inthe Inthe in inthe the form of a committee of public safety based on the parliamentary system but showing its fist would not be displeasing if events forced It it M. M Paul is quoted as declaring in an interview with a Swiss newspaper Such a dictatorship would be less risky and more logical than a dictatorshIp dictatorship dic die by a single man the French statesman added Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- he was c convinced that a aless aless aless less drastic remedy could be found in the constitution itself for history history history his his- tory proved that France always rose to meet any crisis BILLS DESTROYED M. M Paul compared the parliamentary commissions to the committees of the French revolution revolution revolution tion and the conventions of that magnificent period in French history history history his his- tory which I admire more and more but said that bills elaborated I Iby by the specialists in the commissions commissions commis commis- were destroyed by an Incompetent Incompetent incompetent parliament which had lost the confidence of the countr country When questioned concerning the there re reds s in France rance he admitted that Important centers of 91 communism existed d there He He not think hower that that i communism was dangerous dang ous to France Franc at the pr present sent moment Begins New Conversations PARIS March 8 AP AP President dent lost little time In beginning his conversations with the political leaders regarding the cabinet crisis VI Within thin an hour after his return from Lyons where he Inaugurated the annual fair tall he hewa wa was clo closeted eted with Justin d de Selves Continued on page 6 6 SEAT DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL GETS COLORFUL START Continued from page 1 former ormer premier now president of the senate Premier Briand arrived from Geneva an hour after the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's return to the capital and also ilso conferred with the president during luring the forenoon as did former Premier Herriot president nt of the chamber of deputies Leaving the Elysee Elsee palace after being closeted with M M. r. r for twenty minutes Mr 11 Briand would make no rio declaration saying they hey had merely discussed the political po- po situation and his visit to Geneva I |