New-York tribune., 1920-11-22
Nations Not i'm War Object
to Being Called Upon to
Assist in Enforcing the
Versailles Treaty Terms
Armenian Mandate
Plan Gains Favor
Question of Admission of
Germany and Its Allies
Forges Steadily to Front
By Arthur S. Draper
'pecidt Gable 10 Tho Tribune

r rieht 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
WA, Nov. 21.-The nations that
=" utral during the war and are
"a go nbers of the League of Ma
~ dissatisfied with the present
FP4s between the league council
" me league assembly and are TAX
'bg bteps looking toward change. AS
pointed out by Giuseppi Motta, Presi-
dent of the Swiss Confederation, the
neutrals are called upon, By reason of
membership in the league, to enforce
certain terms Of the Treaty of Yer
sailles to which they are not party.
President Motta is in favor of hay
ing all nations members of the league.
and has even made the suggestion that
the league ought to undertake the
mandate for Armenia, but he feels that
there are phases Of reconstruction
work called for in the treaty which
the neutrals cannot join in putting into
effect This suggestion for a league
mandate in Armenia is gaining in
favor among the delegates, especially
since the establishing of a precedent
for the use Of troops by the league to
maintain order, as in the case of the
Wilma plebiscite
Question of Central Powers Up
The question of the admission of the
former Central Power states to the
league has come steadily to the front.
The address by George Nicoll Barnes
on Friday, appealing for the lowering
of the bars because the governments
that committed crimes in 1914 have
gone and the old alliances have been
broken up served to direct new atten-
tion to the subject.
To-day the commission of the League
assembly, which is charged officially
with deciding questions of admitting new
states, including the former Central
Powers, held an organization meeting.
This was its first gathering, and little
was done aside from appointing sub
committees to study problems on hand.
Antonio Huneus, of Chile, is chairman
Blanco, of Uruguay, is vice-chairman.
At the commission session Lord Rob-
ert Cecil, representing South Africa,
was made president of sub committee
eligibility for admission to the league
of Austria, Bulgaria, Albania and Lich-
tenstein. On the committee with him
he will have Hjalmar Branting, of Swe-
den; Sir George E. Foster, of Canada
Osusky, of Japan; Pagliano, of Italy;
Rene Viviani, of France, and Winerski,
of Poland. 1t is expected that despite
the ruling made by the assembly in
favor of privacy for the deliberations
Lord Robert will make an effort to let
the pubic know something of what de-
velops at the sittings of his sub-com-
mittee.
The report of the subcommittee will
be handed to the commission within a
week. and then the question of the ad-
mission Of former enemy states should
soon be ready for a full dress discussion
before the assembly.
May Wait on Germany's Application
The latest report of the attitude
likely to be taken by the commission
toward the admission of the former
Central Powers is that none of them
should be admitted until an applica-
ton has been received from Germany.
Although no single state, with perhaps
the exception of Greece in the case of
Bulgaria, is opposed to receiving Aus
tria and Bulgaria into the league, the
opinion prevails that their admission
would weaken the case for keeping
Germany at arms length until the
Allies have some guaranty that the
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