The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-09
FIRST MEETING OF LEAGUE NOT ID BE
 HELD IN OCTOBER
Delay in Treaty Ratification Disrupts Plans-Meeting Will Likely Be Delayed
 Several Months
By Associated rress


 washington, September s.-It now ing of the league of nations will not be held in Washington in October, as originally planned
 The exact date depends upon the action of the United States Senate in regard to ratification of the peace treaty containing the covenant which creates the league. Should the Senate ratify the treaty in time to permit dele gates to arrive for a meeting in Novem- Der, it probably will be held then, but if the discussion is much protracted. the meeting time is expected to go over until the first of thb new year. some- time in January, 1929.
 There probably could be no meeting in December, because of circumstances which might. make it inconvenient for some of the foreign delegates 10 come at that time
 The first meeting of the league coun- cil, however, can be called any time after three of the principal powers have ratified the treaty. It is expected to be held imm mediately after such ratifi- cation. Unless the Senate has ratified the treaty by that time, the United States would not be represented at the meeting, which would be held in Paris, or in London. Germany already has rat flied and France is expected by some observers to ratify sometime during September Italy generally is expected to be the next in line, and Japan is expected to act during the next three months Great Britain has enacted leg islation carrying the treaty into eff feet, but has not formally ratified it. probably waiting until after the Ca nadian parliament, now in session, has acted. ef
 The situation as to ratification by lesser powers and the large number of neutrals which signed the treaty is not clear in Washington. President Wilson recently told senators of the foreign relations committee that he had no of ficial information on that phase of the subject.
 BRIEF SESSION LIKELY
 When the council holds its first meet ing-whether in London or Paris-the session is expected to be comparatively brief
 Appointment of the Saar valley com mission and the appointment of high commissioner for Danzig are expected to be the principal business.
 The meeting of the assembly, however, which is the gathering of the whole league, with delegates from all countries and is to be held in the United States at the call of President Wilson, is ex- pected to bring representatives from prac- tical1y every nation in the world Per- fecting a permanent organization will be the first business, for the assembly un- doubtedly will meet without definite programme.
 After organization has been perfected committees will probably be named to take up such questions as the question of a permanent court of international justice. as provided in article If of the treaty; disarmament, manufacture of mu- nitions and kindred subjects which were left by the treaty itself to the league to work out The commissions to admins ter the mandatories, as provided in the treaty, also probably will be named at this session.
 Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau both have promised to attend the first meeting if domestic conditions warrant their absence from home. The French elections, however, occur during the latter part of October, and might prevent the French premier's attendance at that time If the premier were unable to come,