Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-08
SHARP ATTACK BY =
CANADIAN DELEGATE
ON LEAGUE PLANS
Powell Contends Technical Or
CARNATIONS Are Taken From
Assembly.
SWEDEN PROTESTS
ON BLOCKADE MATTER
ny A..o,..od Pres. " EVERY gv-aiss

by As~c's.ar Pres. N Every gv-ninr
Washington, Dec Presideat Wi
son has completed his recOnlr1cn daiiOfs r.
with regard 20 the boundaries a Aru'erin
and has forwarded them ~ the ieagfr
~ Nations in session a. Geneva. % Fss
said today At the State Deporne-
Gabriel Hanotaur u France replied
10 the Canadian deiega'es erfie'sr1s
These, the French representative arTief
should have been made IN commit'ee
Delegate Miller of Australia supporiei
Mr. ROweli He warned the assemble
that IL could not Oblige he gOveruuari'f
10 take part N the working - fhr1s
organizations and that 10 had ~ means
under the covenant 70 mot no errr-p.
of them.
lord Robert Cecil aid hs thought 81
Royell was mistaken IN thinking 1e
organizations would fan under fhe ro-'r-l
of Europe All the world must 1epera'r
in all the leagues work, 10 dsclarnd
Geneva. De- Plans proposed
the formation ~ The fechniral 1rTar rr
tions Of the Iearle a Nations tsaFrg
with finance health and frangporf 1f.rr
were sharply attacked ~ toia~ rrse rs
s,f the leagues assembly bv rv-on Wrr
ley Rowell. former president of fsra-
dian privy Council 1'hr~s plans ~ ~nr
tended tended - take sieh orgar'ys' iprr
out a the hands ~ ths sssernhl' rhie'
should control fhern snd fhr0-v fhern undr-
the influence ~ Europe through 'he RI
possibility ~ fhe nOn-FIr0pean rsf'orF
sending their b~v~ men - 'hree - 'pur
conferences annually
Fifty thousand Cansdisn s0idiers
l. a. "A - 81 ar.f
has paid for the European sfafe<uarah'p h'p
which drenched the continent blood
Mr Rowell exclaimed
Geneva. Dec s.--Ths Commission or
Economics II the League ~ Esfiors 49,
sembly YESTERDAY unanimously deritr1
that no member of the League shall -
permitted 20 blockade an offending mrun-
Der without the consent n Tho C0uncii
of the League of Nations, buf fhai
may reject IN. decision ~ the Council
IL Il believes IL n be unjust
THIS action came n. The clnSe -
| threc-hour debate a. a public ge~Sion
Of the commission, which Developed to
definite divisions ~ opinion among the
/ States. Ono group, led ~ -iynor Scran-
( zer Of the ltaiian deieSatlon. took thn
| view that il would 30 fatal 4 each power
were permitted ~ EprAIl~Tlrf n hllIaAAf
whenever IL considered Its course p zit and
without a decrsion by the Council.
The other zroup, the spokesman 0f
which was Hjslmsr BrantIng u Sweden
VINO is Chairman Of the COMMISSION of
Disarmament. Blocksdes ana Mandates
opposed the placing of the decslon IN the
hands OF the Council. Ny country vii
never weld % the Council the rlzhf ~
decide when A blockade shall be irstirlt-
ed. !" Mr. Brantlng asserted
Lord Robert Cecil. representing -outl
Africa, suggested compromise permItting
states 10 reject a declsion bv the Councl.
If the states thought the declsion vas
not right II. A. L. Fisher. also q me
British delegation. emphasized ne neces-
sity Of setting up AZ once some soFt ~
! temporary machinery which could ne
probably would be altered AZ ne -ex-
session.
The report OF the commission now goes
/ 70 the League Assembly.
War against typhus IN the Wear llst
/ occupied the attention Of the Asseul0is
! in the morning to the exclusion % virtual
I " al else The debate was widespread %
! It's scope. the representative OF al clLEne.
/ and races taking part.
Sir George E. Foster OF ne anGs-
dian delegation led the van with a -rg
! ing appeal 20 the world 20 stamp out m
/ disease, which s gradually spreadlng over
/ Europe. Others who spoke representeu
I Indis, China, Persia, Norway. Greece.
I Spain, Great Britain, Holland ana rIo-
I mania.
4 large part of the E25O,OOO nor
! nally sl.25O,OOO) requested 20 set -ha
( campaign in motion was pledged. an4
/ the committee which Wll be appointed
| 70 get the balance viii probably succeed
/ without much difficulty THIS = regarded
/ as 8 triumph for the Assembly over Ia
! Council which had twice appealed Tor
/ these funds without success.
1 Ignace Jan Paderewski, for Po4ane.
pointed out the grave sanitary condi.
/ tions in Poland, due 20 he fact that NOR
/ than 100000 prisoners Of war and r.!
! ugees had passed through Poland sancc
/ 1914. under conditions that made % im
possible 70 prevent the outbreak Of disease
Prince Arfs-Ed- -Bowlsh. the Persian
delegate, said il was no longer true iha
epidemics were brought westward 'rom
Asia. but that typhus was invading Psrsls
from the west DR.. Wellington Zoo ~
/ China. and Jsmor, Prince Of NowanuSgup
India. we're among the other most sue
/ cessful orators in this picturesque debate
Pearl Necklaces.