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Show COUNGIL PLAN STIRS NATION UTTERANCES OF FOREIGN SECRETARY SEC-RETARY THREATEN CABINET CABIN-ET CRISIS IN BRITAIN Breaking Of Faith With Germany And Denial of Locarno Pact Is Charged; Charg-ed; Task Is A Delicate Undertaking London. Seldom has a British foreign minister found himself in such a difficult and embarassing position as an important point of foreign policy pol-icy as Sir Austen Chamberlain on the eve of the league of nations meeting at Geneva for the admission of Germany Ger-many into the league. The entire cress without distinction of party Join3 in reproving his attitude on the question of the enlargement of the league council. While Sir Austen maintained silence, si-lence, he was given the benefit of the doubt on how far he might have committed com-mitted himself to the French view on the admission of Poland, Spain and Brazil, but now the floodgates are loosened and friend and foe alike are loud in declaring that Great Britain cannot favor a policy which is not only a negation of the Locarno agreement, agree-ment, but bad faith toward Germany. When the British foreign secretary, with Lord Cecil, starts for Geneva he can have no illusions regarding the opinion of his countrymen on the course he ought to pursue there. Only one opinion prevails, and that is if at Locarno, or since any understanding B'as reached for the enlargement of the league council concurrently with Germany's admission, Germany should have been appraised of it. The London Sunday papers characterize charac-terize the coming week as the most grave and anxious time for the cabinet cabin-et since the government took office. The dissatisfaction with the Chamberlain Cham-berlain attitude as reflected in his recent speech reached a point where for a time it was believed only his resignation waa possible. Apparently Sir Austen himself healizes the seriousness seri-ousness of his position and has allowed allow-ed it to become known that he con-Eiders con-Eiders his speech has been misinter preted. It is understood that Premier Baldwin Bald-win will try to relieve the tension by a statement to parliament. It is doubtful, however, if he will definitely definite-ly indicate the British policv. It has become known that the cabinet discussed dis-cussed the question for seven hours and that still another cabinet council will be held, probably Wednesday, before be-fore final instructions are given to the British delegation. The Sunday Observer remarks-Premier remarks-Premier Baldwin has to avoid an irreparable ir-reparable blow to the moral credit of According to the same paper, the foreign secretary's plan is to attack the difficulty by the methods of l2 carno; that is, he will endeavor to have an informal meeting with the German and other principal delegates and ar 8ome general ing before the formal proceeding opens next Monday. ceeaing iLthC0DneCt,0n much attention drawn to Spain's claim for a permanent per-manent seat. It is thought it migM be possible to induce Germany to accept the Spanish claim as a compromise, com-promise, provided it was dfcttart" understood that the claims of Poland of Tern? th" than that hot desire to spoil th na d63 Sphering n w i t "T7 f the withdraw her clim n to ""on and pr ivTeg2 I'm" heT P-recognized P-recognized a T 01 be "Hably Se2t of IT -ot a cil.' er 01 the coun- |