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Show Hopes of League Die a'Bormng aBormng a'Borning aBorning ' ; Costly Palace Is Left Haunted GENEVA - A $7 7 $7000000 7000000 $ 000 000 monu monument monument monument ment to unfulfilled dreams of o1 world world'peace worldpeace worldpeace 'peace peace ' peace the League of Nations pal palace palace palace ace has already become a s symbol symbolof mbol mbolof of bygone days although aIlhough completed completeda a scant three years agoStandIng agoStanding ago agoStanding Standing on the shores of one of ofSWItzerland ofSwitzerland ofSwitzerland SWItzerland s fairest lakes the most mostmonumental mostmonumental mostmonumental monumental building bUIldmg Europe has haserected haserected haserected erected in recent t mes lies hes ghost ghost1Jke ghostlike ghostlike 1Jke like and haunted by what one cor correspondent correspondent corresoondent respondent - called - the - dreams - - of stronger men Since 1926 a total totalof totalof of 15 nations have left the securIty securityof of the League and today only three threemaJor threemajor threemajor maJor powers-France powers France powers - France Great BrIt BrItam Britamn Britam am amn and Russla-retam Russla retam Russia-retain Russia retain Russia - retain membershIpContracts membershipContracts membership membershipContracts Contracts for the building bUlldmg were werelet werelet werelet let on onY on March 1 1931 atter after elaborate elaboratepreparatIOns elaboratepreparations elaboratepreparations preparatIOns in m an which architects of offive offive offive five nations part cipated clpated in m an effort effortto effortto effortto to preserve international harmony harmonyIn In a further effort from 300 to 500 500workmen 500workmen 500workmen , workmen representing 10 different differentnationahtIes differentnationalities differentnationalities nationahtIes nationalities helped raise the struc strut struclure struthire strueture lure hire On the walls of the council councilchamber councilchamber councilchamber chamber is a series of murals by byJose byJose byJose Jose Maria Marla Sort Sert mternatlOnallycele mternatlOnallycelebrated internationally cele celebrated celebrated brated Spanish artist arbst designed to topicture topicture topicture picture mankind mankmd s long struggle for forpeace forpeace forpeace peace Ironically these murals muralswere muralswere muralswere were the gift of Spain Spam . Designed in several bu buildings dings the thepalace thepalace thepalace palace has a secretariat consist ng ngof ngof ngof of 400 offices the headquarters hcadquarters of ofSecretary ofSecretary ofSecretary Secretary General Joseph Avenol Avenolwho Avenolwho Avenolwho who has been under severe fire from fromlesser fromlesser fromlesser lesser league members tor for failure to totransm totransm totransm transm t t complaints complamts from Albania Albaniaand Albaniaand Albaniaand and Czecho Slovakia swallowed swallowedby by Italy and Germany respectively respectivelyAvenol respectivelyAvenol respectivelyAvenol Avenol is alleged to represent the theless theless theless less forceful type of League leader leadershIp leadership leadership shIp which has recently reccntly taken con control control control trol represen represented ted also by Brl Brit t sh shForeIgn shForeign shForeign ForeIgn Minister Mmlster Viscount Halifax Halifaxand Halifaxand Halifaxand and Prime Minister Ne/ille Ne ille Nelllle Neville / Cham Chain Chamberlam Chainberlain Chamberlain berlam berlain neither of whom wishes to toenforce toenforce toenforce enforce the League covenant be because because because cause since smce Japan invaded mvaded Manchu Manchukuo Manchukuo Manchukuo kuo and Italy drove Emperor Haile Haile.lielass Haile6elass HaileCelass .lielass lielass 6elass . 41 . out of Eth opia opil : t ' ; - / .t t . .t1 ' / ' / / /1- 1 / 14'if - ' " 4-'if 4 'if if a - " , ' . 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' ' > 6 there has been a steady steadyexodus exodus of League members each bemg being eachbeing eachbemg required to give two years yearsnol1ce yearsnotice yearsnotice nol1ce notice datetheir These Thcse nat ons and the date their memberships cxp e"p ep exp , " re are Costa areCosta Rica 19'6Braz 6Braz December 19-6 19 6 19'6 196 19 196G - ' 6 Braz I 1 ' Ger 8Ger 6Ger G lara nny n n'iny niny , ny October o c June e ? \ 19 1935 l 8 6 Paraguay ara ay February p ; 19J7 1937 Japan Guate 1937Guate i iten ten nala . , . Marcl March M 1 1937 } 337Nicaragua 19J8Nicaragua 1948Nicaragua May ay 19J8 1948 19J8Honduras Nicaragua June " " 1938 Honduras "j j July , 1938 1:1 11 L1 : Salvador ' " " August Au 19.19 1919 1939 . Auslria Austria s " CM March Mareh 1940 " 40 Chile Venezuela j 40j Peru 2ucla 2uclay June July 1940 1940 Spain SpainMa SpainMay ADrll Aoril Ma May ) ' \y y \ 1941 1911 1941 |