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...Berlin. Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, arrived from Geneva to confer with Foreign Minister Stresemann respecting the details of Germany's forthcoming entry into the League. Later the Foreign Relations Committee of the Reichstag passed a resolution strongly condemning French propaganda, which has been urging that Poland be given a permanent seat on the League Council at the same time as Germany. The German resolution was, of course, couched in purely general terms; did not mention Poland or her great ally France...
When it arrived, Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, skimmed through the lengthy preamble and rested his eye fondly on the conclusion: "I have the honor, in accordance with Article 1 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, to formulate herewith, in the name of the German Government, a proposal for the admission of Germany to the League of Nations...
...looking for a "formula" under which postponement could be effected without branding any nation as unwilling to disarm. France and England have been especially anxious not to incur this disagreeable onus of responsibility-hence the hasty and secret consultation among Premier Briand, Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, and Sir Eric Drummond, the ever tactful Secretary General to the League of Nations (TIME, Feb. 8, FRANCE...
...Formula. Eventually it was decided that Premier Briand should request Sir Eric to take steps for postponement in the name of France, Italy, Japan, Czechoslovakia and Uruguay-thus mixing and muddling well all question of responsibility. Only the most negligible opposition was encountered to this proposal, although President Coolidge, Premier Baldwin, Premier Briand and many another expressed their pious dissatisfaction over the postponement...
Foreign Minister Briand welcomed Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and they went into secret session with each other and finally with Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary General to the League of Nations, who suddenly had sped to Paris from Geneva...