Evening star., 1920-12-07
TangIe Arising Over Various
Powers Seems to Defy
Solution.
GENERAL POLICY IS TO
LET TIME TAKE COURSE
Relief Appeals for Poland and
Typhus-Swept Countries Create
Stir in Assembly. '-.
By ne Aasociated Press.


+. GENEVA, December 7-Plans for
cooperation on technical organi1a-
tions Of the league Of nations by rep
resentatives of Armenia and former
Russian states, though those states
are not admitted to full membership
in the league. were discussed by the
assembly Of the league here to-day.
This was the principal item on the
agenda, having been brought into
prominence by the decision yesterday
Of the committee on admission OF new
The assembly also continued the
work Of laying q working basis for
the league which would enable it to
function rs efhciently as possible
pending the time necessary to get .
clear Interpretation Of various mat
ters and note the practical effects Of
the intricate system by which the, as
semhly and cotncil dovetsif into each
The most enthusiastic suppsrtsrs Of
lens 81 tie cqyshant whie1 sssm fSs
the moment at least, beyond solution.
since II 10 impossible to tell how pre-.
ent skfa1n7kmentaE1re eoing to work
out, The general polIey adopted eeems
to be u lat ttr.4 woEk put q Anlattel|
|fesc6ed n tns oominittss on telakioHs
bstWsen the ASSEMBLY and scohnciI last
night. t6 Apply tins policy to the con-
tested point as to wh6thef the word
exclusive sh0uld be eliminated from
the .eeeond< Of the four general 'princi-
pies. enunciated by the COMMITTEES - q
working basis. for the league. This
sentence reads at present. -
Report en Authsrity.
"The assembly has no power to modi-
fy decisions canning within the :exclu-
sive conpetance yof tho council; 1:sl2E!
that the whole paragraph be dropped
from the report rather than prolong q
discussion which might be fruitless.
Work In the typhus campaign now
going on in Poland and plans looking
to the welfare Of children in Europe
were also discussed today.
One OF the early acts of the assem-
bly, this morning was to approve the
decision Of the committee on relations
between the ASSEMBLY and the council
for the elimination Of the entire para
graph of its report which provided
that the assembly had no power to
take up questions within the exclusive
Jurisdiction Of the council.
Delegate Rowell OF Canada, who
made the report, pointed out that the
elimination did not change the present
situation. The report. being merely
interpretative, could not change the
relations between the council and the
ly explanatory Of the provisions of
the covenant
Sir George e. Foster of the Canadian
delegation stirred the assembly by an
eloquent appeal for action against
typhus in Poland and the near east
in general Canada and Slam. he re-
marked,Swere the only countries that
responded with cash contributions to
the call OF the council for aid.
Appeals for Relief
'Let it not be said that the fioodgates
Let it not be said that the sensibiIities
of the world have been dulled to such
imperative calls
A member Of the Indian delegation,
the Prince of Navanagar, added to Sir
Georges appeal by giving a vivid de-
the east. He declared the world was
facing in this graver emergency than
the situation in Armenia. ~
A member Of the Norwegian legation
said that the typhus could be effective
ly fought with the price Of two torpedo
ing of a committee to get the money.
Sir George Fosters reminder to the
assembly that much had been promised
in aid of the anti-typhus campaign, but
that little had been paid except by Siam
and Canada, produced a decided reac-
ton among the delegates. Representa-
tives of nations in all corners Of the
world succeeded one another at the
speakers stand to give assurance of
their cooperation in the work.
Announcement was made today that
Honorio Pueyfredon. head of the Ar
gentine delegation. which has withdrawn
from the assembly Of the league of ma
tions, will leave Geneva tonight. 1t
was said at the Argentine headquarters
this morning that the rest Of the dele
cation would depart tomorrow. =.