Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-15
Moral Questions to Be
Among Work of the
Peace Assembly.
TO TAKE OVER TASK
GIVEN TO HOLLAND ]
Chinese Delegate Expresses ApPrc-
citation Of Americas Efforts to
Check Use Of Opium-White Slave
Traffic Discussed-Woman Makes
Strong Plea For Extension of Eff
forts in Asia Minor and Armenia.
BY Associated Press.

Geneva. Dec. 15.-Pro2osal that the
which heretofore have developed up
on Holland. under the international
opium convention, regulating traffic
in the drug. was taken up by the as
sembly at this mornings session.
The committee which had been in
vestigating the subject, recommended
that the secretariat OF the League coli
lect information from the interested
countries and that the subject be
further investigated by an advisory
committee, including representatives
from the countries especially con-
cerned Holland. Great Britain,
France. India. Japan. China, Siam
and Portugal
[Under the International opium
convention, signed in 1912, the United
States being among the signatories.
various duties developed upon the
Dutch government. Among the
proyisos was one that the contracting
powers should communicate with ono
another regarding facts connected
with the subject thru the Dutch mni-
lister of foreign affairs. The ratt
fication machinery also was placed In
the hands~of the Netherlands rore.En
office.1
The committee report mentioned
the difficulty resulting from the alb
sence Of the United States and Ger
many from the league and suggested
that IL these governments could not
forward their Information to the
league they might continue to COM
municate with Holland on, the sub
ject.
China Grateful to America.
During the discussion DR.. yelling
ton Koo. Of the Chinese delegation.
reviewed the efforts made by China
during more than a century to sup
press the opium habit. He recog-
nized, he said, the great debt China
owed the United States for Americas
aid In this work. He was particu-
larly pleased, he said, that the COM
mittee had decided the United States
should be especially invited to send
a representative to meet with the
advisory committee.
The committee suggestions were
adopted by the asss-.lbly and the
subject of the w lite slave" traffic
was taken up.
The propositions regarding this
traffic are that the countries which
adhere to the international convention
OF 1904 be invited to send delegates
to another international conference
tol be held before the next assembly;
also that the council appoint com
mittee to investigate the deportation
of women and children in Asia Minor.
Women Appeals For Action.
The discussion Of this question
brought to the platform for the first
time one of the women substitute
delegates. Madame Henni Fortham-
mer, OF Denmark She was received
with warm applause.
Madame Forthammer made an ap-
the women who had been depcrted
during the war and since its concIu-
sion. She urged the assembly to
send investigators to Asia Minor, and
appealed to the delegates individually
to prevail upon their several govern
ments to strengthen their legislation
to suppress the traffic in women and,
children.
Madame Forthammer, speaking in
excellent EaS.istl, was entfusi-
astically applaudzI especially when
She pleaded for the 10000 Armenian
women still in captivity.
When the white slave" resolutions
came to vote they were unanimous
ly adopted by the assembly.
Austria Taken In.
Austria was elected a member of
the league Of nations by the assem-
bly, of the league today.