The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-14

NEW CAUSE FOR
DEPARTURE IS
GIVEN LEAGUE.
Argentina Claims Nation
Never Really Belonged
to Association.

Never Really Belonged
to Association.
Geneva. Dec. 1.-THE League
council this morning unanimously
approved the plan of an interna-
tional credit organization, framed
at the Brussels financial confer
ence. The economic commission
appointed by the Council. after
more than 20 sessions, has ampli-
fed the scheme into what the COM
mission members believe will be
working organization, but the fun
damentals Of the plan remain un-
changed.
The Council met again this after
noon to ratify finally several re-
naming provisions of the plan.
Buenos Aires, Dec. 14.-The Ar
gentine government will not give
any notification of withdrawal from
the League of Nations in accord
ance with article one, of the pact,
because it does not consider that
Argentina ever has been a member
of the league, The Associated Press
was informed by the foreign Office
today.
This statement was made to clar-
ify a misapprehension concerning
Argentina's Withdrawing from the
assembly of the League of Nations,
which had arisen on account of
Geneva dispatches indicating that
notification of withdrawal from the
league was expected from Argen-
tina as the next diplomatic step,
and that it was considered she must
continue to be member of the
league for two years after such
notification was given, in accord
ance with the terms Of the pact.
The foreign Office points to diplo-
matte documents published last
week regarding relations Of Ar
gentina to the league which are
held to show that she only accept
ed the formation of the league "in
principle" Her adhesion, it is de-
clared, was adhesion in general" :"
The documents are adduced to
show that Argentina sent delegates
to assist in the organization Of the
league after having set forth in
diplomatic communications that it
favored the establishment Of a
league in which all nations would
participate without distinction.
Conditional Adherence.
The governments adhesion,
! therefore, was cenditi0Aoyit is
further explained, and its delegates
! went to Geneva to discuss the con-
ditions of the leagues establish
ment. This was the reason, the ex-
PLANTATION sets forth, why the Ques-
F, ton of adhesion was never sub
mitted to the congress of Argentina
for ratification, since the govern
ment had not entered into any in
ternational agreement that could be
ratified.
Had the league been formed in a
way acceptable to the Argentinian
government, then the question OF
ratification of Argentina's partici-
patton in it would have been sub
mitted to the congress.
The Argentinian governments
view, it is declared, is that since
the Geneva assembly did not permit
discussion of the Argentinian con-
ditions, the withdrawal of Argen-
tina's delegation ends the matter
for her so far as the present league
is concerned.
Consider Disarming.
| Geneva, Dec. 14.-(Associated
Press. Reconsideration of the dis.
armament program of the League
of Nations, as settled upon by com.
mittee. began in the assembly OF the
| league today. 1t was expected the
project would be accepted without
modification, but, like the plan fol
an international court, which wa.
discussed yesterday, it was to fur.
nish occasion for another series o.
addresses.
/ The feature of the program is al
appeal to the powers to agree no
to increase appropriations for ar
maments during the next two years
From this beginning it is hoped t,
develop a gradual reduction, finall.
reaching a point where a genera
limitation based on previous appro
priations, may begin.
! Other important matters on to
days agenda were reports on tn,
"white slave" trade and the opium
traffic, which were to be taken III
following the debate on Gisarma
ment.
i Two sessions Of the assembly viii
be held daily, beginning today an,
ending on Friday, this provisicna
| agenda being adopted for the pur
pose Of finishing the meeting Of tn
assembly before Saturday.
Smothered by Eloquence.
Paris, Dec. 14.-Doubt relative t
the future of the League of Nation
has been expressed by United State
Senator Medill Mccormick, a Ge
neva dispatch today to the Ech
d'Paris says. Senator Mccormick
says the dispatch. declares tlat b
has an impression that the leagu
will be smothered by the eloquenc
OF its members, and that a grea
deal too much time is lost in use
less verbiage."
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