The Washington herald., 1920-11-19
BY CARL w. ACkERMAS.
toepyrisht, 1890. BY Pubic LsdgSs Co.


CoepyriGht, 1870. BY Pubic LsaSSE oo)
GENEVA. Nov. lS-The crisis
within the league Of nations "a
approaching rapidly. Tho fight be-
tween the liberals and the con-
servstives is coming 10 a head The
test issue is the admission Of ne
former enemy countries at th-s sea-
sion of the league assembly. 1Ota5s
Austria and Bulgaria, which has0
applied ofncially for membersbiI %
the league.
/ learn from direct sourC5s rasI
4 the league council. reprssenuug th9
chief allied powers. during a Two
hour secret session last might do
cided against the sdmiss.8n x
either OF the above nations az q
I Germany. The conflict with tts
council. however. was descriSe- AS
most Interesting" II was tn mos.
dramatic. most tense OF all the ses-
sions of the council since its l-s-
meeting months ago.
Fight Given 90 Committee
AS q result of this decision o Iaa
council, the fight over the qUS-s.vu
of eIecting the former enemy c5ua-
tries members of the league Was
transferred to q commission OF anN
where there will be aother cOEscst
before the issue 4s- dstsrminee ~
the asse mbiy itself. But now a..
the council has gone on recorG a.
cretly against opening the leag-C 10
lGermany. Austria or Bulgaria, 20
lqurstion arises as TO what action .-.c
assembly will take and. much " The
iastonishment OF old world Siss.o-
mats. they find that the Latin 0o-k
Of nations in Europe ana s"E,h
America actually holds the ba.srrc
of power within the assembly -Ic
the real question disturbing tEa
: delegates OF the great powers -s
how the South American naNo..-
will vote.
As Col. House pointed out in ,rs
of his statements in August tE--s
il approaching a conflict betI I''a
French and British diplomacy %
Europe. This contest is cNiecE-
here, but, according to inside IL
formation, Great Britain is not SCI
ready to break with France .-l1
does not desire TO force the Iss1s
here. II this be true and IL a..
six delegations representing the
different states within the British
Umpire vote a. directed by Down
ing Street, with the possible eNcep-
tion Of South Africa. France WI
have seven votes to begin with In
the assembly. In addition she is
assured Of the votes Of Japan
Spain. Belgium. Greece, POLAND
Rumania. Czecho-Slovakia, Serbia,
Portugal. Siam and Liberia. making
a total Of eighteen votes. This IS
what observers term the couserva-
tive block.
Latin BLOCK Numbers Ie.
The Latin block Of questionable
states. including Argentina, Brazil.
Bolivia. Chile. Colombia, Cuba
Guatemala, Hayti, Honduras. Mica
ragua. Paraguay. Panama, Peru.
Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela.
numbers sixteen.
The third group TO be reckoned
with in the issue. which is destined
to be the deciding question between
a strength of the liberal and con-
servative factions OF the league. Is
composed Of China, Denmark. Italy,
Norway. Holland. Sweden and
Switzerland. numbering seven votes
in the assembly. II is calculated
that France and Spain will swing
fifteen votes in the Latin block, ali
except Argentina. and at least
thirty-three votes will be cast
lagsinst the admission of the for
mer enemy states, a majority of
twelve. providing Denmark, Nor
way, Holland. Sweden, Switzerland
and Italy and possibly China cast
their votes for the Teutonic powers.
which is doubtful.
The die is cast today against the
liberals and against the admission
OF any of the former enemy states.
and there are only two visible fac
tors which can change the situa-
ton: Great Britain swing into the
liberal ranks, or the force Of public
opinion exerted upon the govern
ment having delegations here, neI-
ther of which appears possible.
vivinni Master ParlInmentarian.
During today's short session N.
Viviani showed himself a master OF
parliamentary rules and general
ship. As the result OF the first vote
for six vice presidents was an
, nounced IL was evident that Cecil
and Nansen, who received only
eight votes each, compared 70 thir-
ty-two for Viscount Ishii and large
majorities for II. A. Van ksrnebeck,
of Holland; Honorio Pueyrredon, Of
: Argentina; DIR. Benes. of Czecho-
Slovakia, and Sir John Foster. r.
, Canada, were in a minority.
election. however. resulted in 9
, vote for the sixth vice presid
NJ. Hymans ruled the asse-
should choose between DR.. o,
Of Brasil. and DR.. Nansen.
way.
Nivia4i a. =, u, -cdc
objections, demanding a secret ball
lot On s~S csS-iSsA.e. II. Nivtez
tuimett<tely diHps tohed his whips
tror1 one dsissstion to another and
the voting began. with the result