Foreign Minister Stresemann of the German Reich scanned a note. He signed it and his secretaries sealed it. They dropped it into a German post box. They telegraphed to Geneva that it was coming.
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...
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