Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-13
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY
WILL HOLD ITS FIRST Meeting
!, AT geneva ON MONDAY, nov. Is
Forty Two Nations Are Expected to Send Del
egates; Question of Admitting Germany to
Membership Will Be Considered; Will Or
sanize as Provided BY the Versailles Treaty.
cBY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

The assembly of tho league Of
nations which will hold its first
meeting at Geneva on HoGd ~ aeTt,
November II, is the pUph.J" o.
Representative b an2h q ne Ccutle
body designed to guide nc a:fail s
of that organization as created IN
der the treaty of Versailles.
While the Representative Cdarac-
ter of the gathering will be I'M
paired by the absence of the United
/, States, Germany, Austria and Rus
! STA, yet with these exceptions 1t
will come near to representing the
greater part of the civilized world.
The session has additional interest
as marking the complete organiza-
ton of the league as provided by
the Versailles peace treaty.
Fifteen Apply For Admission.
Forty-two nations, ranging in
Importance from the British en-
pire to the republic of Haiti, are
expected to send delegates. OF the
forty-five states mentioned in tho
covenant, only three will be un-
represented-the United States,
Honduras and Ecuador. Fifteen
more nations have applied for ad-
mission, and the question OF
granting them access to the SEES
sion as new members will be one
of the first items of business to
be considered. Among these APP
plicants are Austria and Bulgaria
of the former enemy states and a
number of small nations just
emerged into statehood.
The question of admitting Ger
many to membership will also
come under discussion, as it is like
ly to be raised by several of the
former European neutrals, and II
seems likely that the admission oil
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 arma-
ments as the league may deem
necessary, and the leagues perma-
nent advisory commission on mil
itary, naval and air questions has
been at work since August col
lecting the data which will be
needed by assembly for proper
action on this matter.
To Elect u President.
The acting president of the as
sembly, M. Hymans, of Belgium
will open the first meeting, as the
assembly has not yet had a chance
to elect a president of its own
This election will be the very first
order of business, and will be fol-
lowed by the election of four wee
presidents and the appointment Of
a 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
although it may reduce its pictur-
esque quality somewhat. Among
the more noted figures may be
mentioned Dr. Edouard Benes, for
eign minister of Czecho- Slavaki
and creator of the "little -entente;'
NJ. Paderewski, first prime minister
of the new Poland; Hjalmar Bran
ting, prime minister of Sweden I'M
til a few weeks ago. President Mot
ia, of Switzerland, and his prede-
eessor, ex-President Ador, who re-
Gently acted as chairman at the in
ternational financial conference at
Brussels. Many of the nom Euro
pean states will be represented by
diplomats, but it will not be the
rule even in their case. Thus Ar
gentine will send its foreign min
lister, Senior Pueyrredon, as one OF
its delegates, while Chile will be
represented by Don Antonio HUI
neeus, former foreign minister, and
Don Manuel Rivas Vicuna, deputy