Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-12
League of Nations
Assembly Will Try
to Function Monday
BY Associated Press.

day next, Nov. 10. Is the popular
or representative branch Of the
double body designed to guide the
affairs of that organization az
created under the treaty Of YER
sailles.
While the representative character
Of the gathering win be impaired by
the absence Of the United States,
Germany. Austria and Russia, yet
with those exceptions it will come
near to representing the greater part
Of the. civilized world. The session
has additional interest as marking
the complete organization OF the
league as provided by the Versailles
peace treaty.
Forty two nations, ranging in I'm
portance from the British empire to
the republic Of Haiti, are expected
to send delegates. OF the forty-hve
states mentioned In the covenant.
only three will be unrepresented-the
United States. Honduras and Ecua-
DOR Fifteen nations have applied
for admission. and the question or
granting them success to the session
as new members will be one OF the
first items of business to be consid-
cred. Among these applicants are
Austria and Bulgaria of the former
enemy states and a number Of small
nations Just emerged into state
hood
The question OF admitting Ger
many to membership will also come
under discussion, as it is likely to be
raised by several Of the former
European neutrals, and 1t seems
likely that the admission Of Mexico
may also come before the session.
All the states seeking membership
will be required to submit to such
regulation of their military, naval and.
aerial ornaments as the league may
deem necessary, and the leagues
permanent advisory commission on
military, naval and air questions has
been at work since August collect
ing the data which will be needed by
the assembly for proper action on
this matter.
The acting president OF the as
sembly, M. Hymans, of Belgium. will
open the first meeting, as the assem-
bly, has not yet had a chance to elect
q president of its own. This election
will be the very first order Of bust
ness, and will be followed by the
election Of four vice presidents and
the appointment Of q committee on
credentials.
Enough names OF delegates are
known to show that the absence Of
monarchy will not detract from the
Importance OF the gathering, altho
it may reduce its picturesque quality
somewhat Among the more noted.
figures may be mentioned DR..
Edouard Benes. foreign minister OF
Czecho -Slovakia and Greater Of the
little entente:" M. Paderewski, first
prime minister Of the new Poland;
Hialmer Branting, prime minister Of
Sweden until few weeks agoi
President Motta of Switzerland, and
his predecessor, Ex- President Ador,
who, recently. acted as chairman at
tie international financial conference
at Brussels. Many OF the nom
European states will be represented
by diplomats. but 1t will not be the
rule even In their case. Thus
Argentine will send it's foreign min,
lister. Senior Pueyrredon, as one OF
its delegates, while Chile will be rep
resented by Don Antonio Huneeus,
former foreign minister. and Don
Manuel Rivas vicuna, deputy and
former minister Of finance. Each
member nation is entitled to three
'6fhcially accredited delegates. but
they may send substitutes and OK
perts as we'll. Sweden rhas awaited
itself Of this privilege and one OF it's
three substitute delegates IL 81
woman. Mrs. Anna Bugge-Wfcksell, |,
widely known as an expert on inter-
national law.
Much Of the early work Of the ses-
sion will be devoted to organization.
the appointment of committees being
one Of the most troublesome items.
The likelihood is that some twelve or
fifteen committees will be formed,
and that the various items on the
agenda will be divided into, related
groups and distributed among those
committees.
Among the duties Of the assembly
will be the Anal and formal estab-
lishment Of number Of permanent
subordinate organizations like the
court Of international justice, the
health organization, the commission
on communications and transit, and
the special tribunal that is to deal
with all disputes connected with In
ternational communications.
Incidentally certain questions will
be considered concerning the re-
lationship between the council and
the assembly as well as between
those bodies and the various tech
nical organizations created by them.
Other important subjects to come
before the assembly will be action
on the recommendations Of the re-
cent international financial CONFER
ence at Brussels; formulation Of
policy and methods for the employ
mont of the leagues weapon. tho
economic boycott; and preparations
for concerted action looking toward
the suppression of all traffic In
women and children. Other ques-
tons of equal Importance may be
preached, as the assembly Is abso-
ute master Of it's own procedure and
can vote leave to advance an entirely |
new proposition at forty-eight hours
notice. @
Subjects to come before the as
sembly at the instance of individual |
nations are several pro-
posed amendments to the covenant, |