Show Bi Britain Fl Fran France anGe Press For Act Action on n Ethiopia i GENEVA May 9 UP UP Soviet Russia and New Zealand went to the aid of Ethiopia today in a dispute over the right of Haile Selassie's representatives to sit in the secret council o othe of the League of Nations during during- discussions of Italian empire recognition GENEVA May 9 A AP The AThe The The unexpected growth of a movement to call the League of Nations assembly into session ahead of schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule threatened today to wreck the French-British French realistic policy of If the tho way for recognition of Italy's conquest of Ethiopia This would seriously delay an es essential essential es- es part of French-British French rapprochement rapprochement rapprochement rap rap- with Italy Both British Foreign Minister Viscount Halifax and French Foreign Foreign For Fot eign Minister Georges Bonnet in private talks with other delegates in n connection with today's opening of ot the session of the league council urged them to speed action to o free league members to recognize Italy's taly's sovereignty over Haile Selassie's Selassie's Se- Se lassies lassie's old domain Halifax and Bonnet wanted public public pub pub- lic lie discussion of their you do please alease proposal to start tomorrow If I possible A A campaign an the full league membership into session was re reported reported re- re reported ported being actively pushed for different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent reasons by Colombia Chile and Mexico encouraged by soviet Russia China New Zealand and Bolivia members of the member 14 council Success Foreseen Halifax and Bonnets Bonnet's spokesmen indicated the British and French statesmen were confident of success success suc sue cess if it their proposal could be threshed out promptly in the council The latest French-British French plan was said to be simply for each member of ot the council to make a declaration regarding Italian recognition recognition recognition without a vote vote the the same procedure as used when the council decided in 1935 that Italy was an aggressor The reported arrival of ot the Aga Khan president of the assembly strengthened the belief beliet that the larger group might be called into session ahead of its regular meeting Majority Favorable A majority was represented today as favorable to the proposal If It the British and French gain their point as is expected it willbe will willbe willbe be tantamount to ousting the exiled Ethiopian ruler and his conquered African state from league membership member member- ship Only five of the 14 nations of the council were on the fence when Halifax and Bonnet sent the plan around for council consideration before its formal presentation at atthe atthe atthe the councils council's closed meeting set for today These five nations were Iran soviet soviet so so- viet Russia China New Zealand I and Bolivia |