Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-13
MILITARY CONTROL
OF PORT OF DANz|G
MAY co TO POLAND
Council of League Of Nations Re.
ceives Recommendation TO
That Effect
NEW PLAN OFFERED
FOR WORLD COURT
sy Associated press % Evory Evening

~ Associated Press % EvorY Evening
Geneva Dec Il Military control
~ Danzig by Poland has been recon-
rnended tn the council of the league
Of Nations in report from the military
commission. A request from the Polish
government alleged hat military cou'ro
~ the port ~ Danzig was necessary -
insure the transport ~ food, munitions
and raw materials m Poland
separate action by the premiers of
France and Great Britain on matters
before the assembly of the League ot
Nations are made the subject q sharp
comment by the committee on admission
of new states Lord Robert Cccil. repre-
senting South Africa, y. w Rowell, of
Canada and Or Nansen of NORWAY
agree IN critiGislng the action of those
governments IN announcing policies re-
garding such questions "a the admission
of Armenia through other channels than
their representatives ut the assembly.
Leon Bourgeois oi France has pre-
sentesd report from the committee on
an international court. The plan differs
from Elihu Roots plan chiefly in the
fact that Jurisdiction of the tribunal would
be voluntary instead of obligatory.
United states senator MedIl McCor-
mick watched proceedings during this
mornings session from the press gallery
Senator Mccormick had refused an
invitation from the British delegation 70
occupv a seat with { he delegates.
After VISITING the assembly senator
Mccormick left Tor Budapest. The
dinner gwen IN his honor last night by
l. ] Balfour Of the British delegation,
failed 20 develop any extensive political
discussion. the senator adherlng 20 his
decision not TO speak IN Europe on PoLtl-
/ cal subjects.
+ Berlin, Dec Is 3-CoUnt Won Berstorff,
E former German Ambassador 10 the United
States. in an article written Tor the Ger
man Society for 3 League OF Nations, says
the Geneva Assembly gives the impress
sion OF s wagon with horse hltched TO
each end
The English horse. says Won Bern
storff. would pull the wagon forward. but
the French horse On the other end pulls 1t
backwards However, the English horse
appears to be the stronger. Lord Robert
Cecil IS vet the driving force Of the As
sembly
Germany hopes for membership IN the
League Of Natiors. SAYS Count vOnBern-
storff. rests IN an eventual union with
England and America 20 reform the
Lea que aS constituted. ne writer e1-
presses the belief that an understan din <
for cooperation TO this end Is probable.
III declared Count Won Bernstorf,
the reformation agreement succeeds.
public opinion in Germany will indorse
this nations entry into the League
Count Won Bernstorff sees in the visit
70 Germany rext week OF United States
Senstor Medill Mccormick n happy
augury" for Germany
Buenos Aires. Dec l2-President
Irlgoyen personally directed the course
OF the Argentine delegation at Genevs
which resulted IN it's withdrawal from
the assembly Of the League Of Nations
says La Epoca, the government organ
in an editorial praiSmg the attitude q
Argentina relative 70 the league.
Only President lrigoyen could have
had the strength to say no when 43
nations said YES knowing that no
like the ark Of Noah IN the food made
safe the ideals Of humanity, says the
newspaper
Rome, Dec l. Count Storza, ltahar
foreign minister, has been informed tha'
United States Senator Medill Mccormick
viii arrive in Rome December y TO con
tinue conversations they began in Lon
don recently relative TO ltalo-Americal