The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
ASSEMBLY ELECTS
 s VICE PRESIDENTS
Non-European Nations Have No Complaint When They
 Win Four Seats
By Associated Press

Geneva, November 1S--Great Britt
 ain and spain will send military con-
 tingents to Wilma to maintnin order
 during the "popular consultat ton of the
 inhabitnnts.- This announcement wns made this evening by the asse m bIy Of tn c
 League of Nations. It was added that
 the French and Belgian governments
 already had agreed to dispatch contin- gents thither.
 Geneva, November lS.--Iu a somewhat t
 agitated session today the League of
 Nations assembly completed it's organiza-
 ton by the election of six vice pres-
 idents who, with the six chairmen of
 the committees elected yesterday. form n sort of executive committee of the assaFshly. Tbe nom I,iropean nations, for whom much solitude was shown yes, tcrday had 10 complaint to make. as they obtaired ftar vice presidents rl- stead of the three they had asked for. These were:
 viscount Ishii Japan; Honorio Pueyrre-
 don, Argentina; Sir George k. Foster,
 Canada, and Rodrigo 0ctavio, Brazil
 The other vice presidents are H. A. Van
 Ksrnabeek Holland; and Dr. Eduard
 Benes, Czecho- Slovakia.
 Picturesque features of the session
 of the Japanese delegation; Dr. Fidjof
 of the Japanese delegation; pr. Eridtj Of
 Nanzn of Norway Gustav Ador ex--
 president of Switzerland. and the two
 leading members of the Brazilian delega-
 tion.
 Baron Hayashi. unusually an. impressive
 observer of the proceedings. attracted at tertion when he arose to ask the deI-
 egatcs to vote for Viscount Ishii, Jap
 anese ambassador to France. if Japan
 was to have vice president.
 The whole assembly looked on with great interest when. after M ,Ador, who is also an ex-president of the Interna ; tional Red Cross, had gracionsly replied to the remarks of Dr. Nansen regard ing the Red Cross, the explorer rushef down a side aisle with characteristic steel-trap action to grasp M. Ador' s
 hand in a handshake 50 warm and real that the sentiment was communicated to the spectators.
 service purposes was tie between Rod- rigo Octavio the Brazilian under secre- tary for foreign affairs, and Dr. Gastoa da Cunha. the Brazilian ambassador to France. for sixth vice president. While the assembly was discussing the pro- posed vote for the remaining vice pEfs- ident, an animated discussion was par tcipated in at the Brazilian bench each
 candidate insisting that he be allowed to withdraw in favor of the other A second ballot was taken, however.
 As an act of courtesy. Giussepe Motta, president of the Swiss confederation. who
 had delivered the address, of welcome. was elected honorary president of ths first assembly of the league. Run1ors which had been current all week that certain commissions had been formed to carry pre-arranged pro grarnmes through the assembly were de- nied today from two sources. M Pueyr- redon, for the Argentine delegation. said 1t was absolutely untrue 90 far as Ar genuine is concerned that the South American republics were in an under standing with other neutrals to force the admission of Germany into the league. Tre British dominions' representatives made it clear that they were here to represent their particular dominion with out reference to sister dofuinions of the mother country.
 All the delegates appear to be satis- fled with the progrsEs made in the necessary preliminary session. the work having gone through with q minimum of friction. end they expect the final re- suits to satisfy all the friends of the league