Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-13 | Page 1 | Germany Will Not Apply for Place in League

GERMANY ill I NOT APPLY FOR I PLAGEINLEAGOE But an Invitation to Join Would Be Considered, Lawmaker Law-maker Declares H GENEVA. Nov. 13.- sso- elated Press ) Germany will not make a formal ippl toi idmls- H slon to the league Pt nations, but IMM would not ignore an invitation to be- ctf9 come a member, should it ! tend- - ed by the organisation .said Dr- Herr-rJIIB Herr-rJIIB aiann Mueller, vice president t the '-,!jfiFJ foreign affairs committee of the Ger- BKfl man relchstag, in a statement to the tuE Journal dc Geneve yesterday pSI "Germany will not ask the assembly TfcjH to admit her to the league." he de- KaS clured, "because such an application flVH would give rise to a sharp discussion 111 the assembly, for It Is known eer-gfflM; eer-gfflM; tain States h;.sc ,-iven Indications they jtWlt I would oppose Iter immediate entry. KbISH1 1 do not know whether tin y have suf- jBB ficlent support to Insure their tri- RuM umph of their viewpoint, but. however Haft! that may be. such a dlscUHslon would Btt not be without danger to the league itself. Besides, the German govern- ment does not consider the league In HH its present form as perfect. How. in- deed, could It be done sine? to mon-Hfle mon-Hfle Hon only two states. It Includes neither HB Uussla nor the L'nited Sbit-s and unl- RVn versullly Is the fundamental condition ! I ni 1! a '-.isi ence ? "That, however, does not mean that H Germany would maintain n reserved attitude In the event of some deiega-H deiega-H tlon raising: the question of her ad- Ij mission and If the assemblage should J accejit her, Germany would noi do. MiX"""""- i-Hn- an invitation resulting from Mich HhI decision."