The Washington herald., 1920-11-28


nitted to date to the assembly.
Many OF the sixty-one are be-
tween former triple alliance.
members and members of the
league. II was pointed cut to-
night that II s now fnpes-
sibIe for the United states TO
negotiate secret treaties with
any other eouatries than Russia,
Turkey and Mexico.
Special casis Dispatch 10
Ths Warrington Hsrsid..
GENEVA, Nov. 17.-Americs's next
door neighbor. Canada, has been one
of the most potent factors in keep
ing alive the name of the United
States before the league assembly.
Hardly a speech Is made by one OF
the Canadian delegates that the
United States is not mentioned.
1t has been often the case during
the discussion. of the last two weeks.
both in the. assembly and within
the committees. that Canada's
spokesmen have rallied to the sup
port Of the American point Of view
And cleared UP some Of the foreign
delegates misconceptions about
America and on many occasions
they have reminded the delegates
that before taking a definite, irrev-
ocable decision in this or that mat
ter IL would be wise to remember
that the United States might wish
to be consulted.
One OF the staunchest defsndersl
Of the American viewpoint here q
-Joseph Doogherty, Canadiah rnfnfsS7
ter OF justice. who during one as
sembly session when several Euro
pean speakers talked critically of
Americas faulty Handling of the
Armenian mandate question, arose
and recited the American effort to
aid Armenia
Tine. Money, Labor Given.
Citizens of that great republic
have given oftheir money, their time
and OF their labor without stint to
bring help to the Armenian people
and there Is actually today $1,000
600 worth Of property in that un-
happy country representing proper
ty of the American people," said
Dougherty.
Dougherty said that he did not
favor the methods employed to in
duce Americas entry into the league
and that II was a matter for the
American people alone to decide
when they wished to enter. He be-
heved the United States right in
trying to safeguard her own sover-
eighty.
In similar way another Cana
dian delegate, former Premier
Newton Wesley Howell, came to the
defense of what he believed was
the American position regarding the
pooling OF the worlds raw. mater
ials for the benefit of Europe. He
has been insistently telling the
delegates that the United States and
Canada cannot support this idea.
Fears are being expressed here
lest the leagues decision Tuesday
as made known by the committee
dealing with constitutional ques-
tions. not to consider any amend
ments to the covenant. would be in
terpreted in<the United States as a
step toward blocking a possible re-
vision OF the pact conforming to
the terms enunciated by the Re-
publfcans as the conditions of
Americas entry into the league.
The delegates hastened to assure In
quirerx that this decision was liable /
to liberal Interpretation and elastic
enough to he set aside in such an
urgent and special case as a request
for Americas admission.
Decision vitaHy Impsrtspt.
The decision, which was taken !
only after a bitter fight by the /,
Scandinavians, in which they were /!
supported by two little :
American cousins, Cuba, and Pam
anna, was said to be of the most ,
vital Importance as regards the
protection Of the treaty of ver- /,
sailles. The French delegates held I
that the assembly should take no
action which appeared to reverse
the decisions Of the treaty and were
supported by viscount Ishii. who I
was strongly OF the opinion that |
any proposal to amend the cove |
nant was premature.
The rejection Of the Danish, Nor !
wegian and Swedish amendments.
which were considered of the high i,
est Importance, has raised the ques- |
tion whether a single commission I
Is qualified to say yes or no when a
state offers objection to the coven- 4.
ant auQ prOpOScc dtncttouicuts Which
IL considers as safeguarding its SOW
ereienty.
sweden'ss objection to Article 1s
may well be compared with the re- I
lection by american opinion of Ar
ticle 10. Sweden, while agreeing to
the economic blockade as league
weapon and its rapid and most ef-
fectiye enforcement when necessary.
that for certain states of Z
importance-whose sttu-
alton owing to the vicinity of other
and more Important states is espe-
cially exposed-a complete rupture
Of economic relations as the ceven-
ant. provides would present grave
danger Sweden claims that In such
p case the large power in question
be in q position to occupy
the territory of the smaller power
30 as to protect the very important !.
economic interests which. as a result
Df the blockade would beat stake.
IT fs evident that the Scandinay-
ans have Germany in mind and
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