Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-18
FOUR NEW NATIONS
GIVEN Membership
IN WORLD LEAGUE
Bulgaria, Costa RIGA, Fin
land and Luxembourg Ad-
mitted : China Takes
Place Of Greece in Council

GENEVA, Dec. 16.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press -Four new nations
were made members of the League
of Nations by the assembly of the
league here today. They were Bull
garia, Costa Rica. Finland and Lux
embourg. France and Australia alb
stained from voting when the d.
mission Of Bulgaria was before the
assembly for decision.
Rene Viviani, the head of the
French delegation, declared it had no
objection to Bulgaria as member,
but preferred not to vote in view of
the incompletaness Of the informa-
ton given>in regard to Bulgaria's fit
ness.
Thirty-five states voted affirmative
ly when the balloting took place and
Australia Joined France in not record
ing her vote. 49,.
The question of admitting Costa
Rica was the next on the days agen-
da. DR.. hansen, of Norway, explain
ed that the only doubt in his mind
was whether Costa Rica was not too
small country. but In view of the
membership of it's neighbor, Panama,
Yhe decided Costa Rica could not be
excluded on that score.
| Costa Rica Vote
Antonio Honeus, of Chile, and Sen
or Restrepo, of Colombia, asked that
the assembly vote unanimously in
admitting Costa RIGA.
1t was stated before the voting
took place that France had no OBJ
lection to Bulgaria in particular, but
| would not vote because there was
some analogy between the cases OF
Bulgaria and Germany. 1t was as
serted the delegation desired to main
tain consistent attitude on ques'
tons relative to qualifications OF ap-
plicants for admission.
Debate was expected when the re
port relative to the admission OF Bal
tic and Caucasian states was to bt
ada, gave notice to the committee
| that Canada, as a Pacific ocear
power, took special interest IL
the Russin question. He declared
that question had been raised in it
entirety by the proposed relation
between the league and the state
considere-. N. w. Rowell, of Can
carved out of the former Russian
empire.
Although the Baltic states Ildu III
4 full sympathy of Canada, he assert
ed, the situation in Russia Nigh
change, and the league might fin
itself faced by . w government
claiming access to the sea, in which
J. eventuail the league would incu
: grave responsibility.
At the opening Of today's session
President Hymans announced tina
2 the request for consideration of tn
Tacna-Arica case at this session o
the assembly had been withdraw
with the request that it be put Of
5 the agenda of the next assembly, tt
, meet in September. g.
League Budget
1t was planned, If the assembl.
finished the election Of new member
; soon enough to take up the leagu
budget and pass appropriations 70
, the coming year, which have beel
!, somewhat criticised at committe
meetings with regard to salaries. o
men connected with the secretariat
The committee reported unfavora
bly, on the applications of Armenia
ESthonia, Lithuana, Letvia ant
Georgia. It failed to recommend thu
admission of Armenia because au
thority over the entire territory O.
that nation was not being exercised
, by the government. The hope wa!
! expressed. that Armenia might b.
admitted at an early date.