Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-20

Jolts Nearly Disarticulate
Bones During Voting
on Admissions.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1870.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1870.
GENEVA, Switzerland, December IS
Article X is the league Of nations
family skeleton, rafting its bone.
every time a test Of the leagues
actual strength arises. It is usually
heard when the admission of new
state comes up.
When votes on admissions were be-
ing taken The article received a number
of jolts which all but disarticulated its
joints Even Canadas representative
c. J. Doherry, had to exercise strong
self-control when he refrained from
mounting the tribune and suggesting
once more that article x be stricken
from the covenant.
The immediate cause OF the lates,
discussion was the vote in the as
sembly on the admission of certain
Russian states as members of the
assembly. For the purposes of the
debate, Esthonia, Lithuania and Lat
via were called the Baltic states and
considered as a group. while Georgia
was treated separately on the ground
of having slightly different relations
with Russia, and decidedly more
hackers. Rodrigo Octavio of Brazil, q
conservative member of the delegates
from Latin America, and head of the
fifth commission, charged with study
ing the rights of states to admiS-
sion, made the following explanation
of the failure to present a favorable
repodt
Despite the good will of the COM
mittee to assist these nations in fight
ing the surrounding elements of dis
order, it could not see its way clear
to recommend their admission"
Takes Up for Small States.
NJ Restrepo of Colombia took up the
the sympathy of the assembly by his
1rankness, but failed to carry his
point, because some of the big powers
now oppose the admission of more
states.
M. Poullet of Belgium was the first
to mention article x.
eve must not forget" he said, "the
responsibility of keeping the obli-
cations of the covenant, and particu-
Early article x. wherein We guarantee
the integrity of other members of the
league. Therefore, it is not adj
visable to depart from the recon-
Hlendations of the committee.
Prince Dowleh Of Persia said.
The assembly cannot afford to
make excep- ions and be accused of
partiality. There should be one idea
OF justice for ALL.
S'gror Schanzer of italy explained
that his country wanted as many
states as possible in the league.
viviani Speaks for France.
Then Rene viviani gave the French
Interpretation Of article X
The committee" he said, did not
recommend the admission of these
states, not because it did not wish
to see the Russian problem ended,
but because article x makes 1t the
duty of each member to aid another
when in danger. 1t is the worst kind
of policy to make people think that
you will come to their aid when
you are not prepared to do So.
This speech e6ectually scared the
members and Esthonia failed OF ad-
mission. Here Signor Restrepo won
the first laugh from the staid assem-
bly, by saying:
May I speak for Lithuania, thus
enabling me to continue my speech.
which was so unfortunately inter-
rupted There Is no difference be-
tween small and large states as re-
CARDS admission to the league. There
are only good or bad reasons These
states have fulfilled all the obliga-
lions of the covenant. as shown by
the oo or ,nat sss Esport Then why are
President Lyman suggested that
some disposition be made OF Armenia.
but the question was left with the
committee upon Lord Roberts lament,
that ..it would be like offering a
stone. or, rather. a pun OF smoke.
for bread"