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Show LEAGUE HEAD HAS' BEEN A POWER IN BELGIUM I ii -- H -reJfc . PAlZ fTyjTAMS . i v smff Special GENEVA, Switzerland. Nov. 20. Paul Hymn a. Just elected first presi-il.ii presi-il.ii ot the league of nations, and former premier of Belgium, Is his country's foremost statesman. Hymens took an active part in the Belgian conduct of the war and waj particularly active in placing Belgium's Bel-gium's plea for help after the German Invasion before the world He protested when Geneva was chosen as the seat of the league, arguing argu-ing for Brussels. Hymana Is 1 and was born in Brussels. Brus-sels. He entered public life as a lawyer law-yer in 1SS5. Thereafter he was Member of the house of representa j tit ei. Member of the Municipal Council of Brussels Professor and lco president of Brussels university. Minister to England: Minister of foreign affairs. Belgian premier. Now by the popular choice of forty-one forty-one nations of the world Hymans will preside at their deliberations and conduct their discussions ot ways and means to prevent war. oo |