Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-12-11
Assembly Adopts Report
Providing Means of Deal
ing With Offending States
RESERVATION ASKED
In Protests Scandinavia9 Plea That
Small Nations be Exempt From Act
ing-MOve to Speed up Work

Geneva, Dec. 1l.-Mach:nery for
putting the economic blockade into eff
feet, when occasion should call for
such action, was discussed by the as
senlbly of the League of Nations at
yesterday mornings session.
The proposed machinery. intended,
as weapon against an offendin"
\ State, consists of. an international
blockade committee of eight members
L appointed by the council Of the Lea
que to study the subject Of the block
aae and report to- the secretary gen
eral of the council, whom the Lea
que has charged with the duty of in
forming the council of facts which.
appear to show the covenant has occr
broken.
On receipt Of such information. ac-
cord:rg to the proposed plan, the
council must meet to consider the
situation and inform AL the mcm-
bers cf the League.
These members, say the committee
report embodying the plan, shall be
in duty bound to take measures to
carry out the provisions of Article
XVI Of the covenant comprising the
breaking off of all diplomatic rela-
tions except such as exist for purely
humanitarian purposes. Where the
covenant breaker has seaboa,d the
!, council shcuh forthwith consider,
says the repor::, which members can
conveniently be charged with the duty
of carrying out marine blockade.
Senator La Fontainc, Of Belgium.
speaking on the report, made rcser-
yations concerning the recommends
tons in tn, document that further
study be given the Scandinavian pro-
positions that snalg States bordering
on the offending ration should be re-
leased from the obligations of the
blockade if these States were in dan
ger of invasion. The Belgian dele
gate declared that all nations great
and small must take the ame risks in
the irteres.. of al.
President Hyanans announced !:
had been decided by the steering com
mittee that in order TO complete the
work CT the assembly by the end of
next week speeches should be re-
duced to 10 minutes each and that
two sessions should be held daily, be
ginning Monday.
1t is possible the committee on man
dates viii not report at this meeting
of the assembly Of the League OF
Nations. Members CT the committee
have indicated it is their view that
!, is necessary to refer the whole
question: cf mandates back to the coul.
Gil Of the League to o.Stain further
information from the Supreme Allied
Council relative to this phase Of the
work cf the organization.
When the assembly met this morn
;nc, It proceeded to the election OF "
vice president to succeed Honoric
Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine
delegation, who withdrew. with his
colleagues. from the assembly pear.y
:; week ago.
The program OF the day cor;empla'
cd the completion cf the assembSys
consideration cf the report Of tho
committee on technical organizations
This body recommended that the
pre>ers International health organl'
zation be incorporated in a commits
sion under the auspices Of the League
4 resolution demanding that Es-
pcrar;o be laugh: IN public schools
was Introduced in the assembly yes
teNay morning. The conflic.t which
has arisen over the tfcial language
Of the League resulted in bringing
Esperanto before the assembly as q
candidate for official recognition, and
roGay's resolN. ion was IN line witt
this movement.
The sponsors OF the resolution
were Rodrigo Octavio. OF Brazil; Sen
or Res.repo. of Co!cmh:a; NJ. Dore;
of Haiti; NJ. La Fontaine, of Belgium
.Anlonio Huneus. Ct Chile; S.gno
Schanzer. CT Italy; Dr.. Eduard Bene
cf Czesbo-Ssovakia ard NJ, Dowleh, G
Persia.
Paris. Dec l1.-Don Marce!lo 1
!alwcar, Argentine Minister to Franc
declare; yesterday he was perfect