Show COUNCIL IM utterances OF FOREIGN SEC THREATEN CABINET CRISIS IN BRITAIN breaking of faith with germany and denial of locarno pact Is charged task taik is I 1 A delicate undertaking london seldom has a british foreign minister found himself in such lucli a difficult and embar embarrassing assing position as s an important point of foreign polley policy as sir austen chamberlain on the eve ye of the league of nations meeting at geneva for the admission of germany into the league the entire press without distinction of party loins joins in reproving his fitti altitude tude on the question of the enlargement of the league council while sir austen maintained silence silance he was given the benefit of the doubt on how tar far he might have committed himself to the french view on the admission of poland spain and brazil but now the floodgates flood gates are loosened and friend and toe foe alike are loud in declaring that great britain cannot favor a policy which Is not only a negation of the locarno agreement but bad faith toward germany when the british foreign secretary with lord cecil starts for geneva he be can have no illusions regarding the opinion of his big countrymen on the course he ought to pursue there only one opinion prevails and that Is it if at locarno or since any understanding was reached tor for the enlargement of the league council concurrently with germanys germanas Germ anys admission germany should have been appraised of it the london sunday papers characterize the coming week as the most grave and anxious time tor for the cabinet since the government took office the dissatisfaction with the chamberlain attitude as reflected in his recent speech readied reached a point where tor for a time it was believed only his resignation was possible apparently sir austen himself bea realizes lizes the seriousness of his position and has allowed it to become known considers his speech has been misinterpreted it is und understood erswood that premier baldwin will try to relieve the tension by IL statement to parliament it is doubtful however it if he will definitely indicate the british policy it has become known that the cabinet discussed the question tor for be seven ven hours and that still another cabinet council will be held probably wednesday before final instructions are given to the british Britis li delegation the sunday observer remarks premier baldwin has to avoid an irreparable blow to the moral credit of the cabinet according to the same paper the foreign secre plan is to attack the difficulty by the methods of locarno that Is he will endeavor to have an informal meeting with the german and other principal delegates and arrange some general understanding before the formal proceeding opens next monday in this connection much attention Is drawn to claim for a permanent seat it Is thought it might be possible to induce germany to accept the spanish claim as a compromise provided it was distinctly understood that the claims of poland should be postponed to a later date this solution would require very delicate handling tor for although h germany might agree to it it is doubtful if france and poland would give way and even were the spanish compro comero alce lee accepted it Is thought that china would insist on her equal claim with spain and fresh complications arise it if no other application than that bf germany is considered tit at the geneva meeting he said china does not desire to spoil the harmony of the gathering and will be quite quit e ready to tc withdraw her claim provided her po and privileges will be equitably recognized at the next el election action of a c nonpermanent member 0 of f the coun ell |