Evening star., 1920-11-27
U. s TREATIES
+. ON LEAGUE RECORD.
Sweden Presents the Text o.
Two Agreements With
America.


America.
GENEVA. November II tby the A.
sociated Press).-The firSe America
treaties to be filed with the league
nations were put onscially on recor'
today when Sweden presented th
text Of two aGreen,ents with Oh
United States.
Tho first OF these. &iGnea Ocfo0e
10 last. 10 in the form q . procaams
tton by President Wilson extending
the copyright law OF 1893 as applies
between Sweden and the Unite'
The second treaty cancels artieaes x
and XII Of the consular couventt0n be.
tween Sweden and the United states
making them terminate March u. 1921
The treaty was signed June u last.
Fifty-0ne FBea TAas Ear.
Under the covenant OF the leagu,
Of nations the various countries INNS
since January 10 Of the present year
even those In which the other con
tracting party is not member OF th
The arrival of the first Americn:
treaties. although they are mino
ones. visa an occasion OF considerable
interest among the league member
and officials.
A total Of hfty-one treaties and
agreements have SO far been flee
bers. OF these. fifteen were fied b,
Great Britain. eleven by France. fou
by Sweden. ak by Switzerland Ant
nfteen by other nations. which hlet
one convention each. Germany, al
though not member. has voluntarily
MED nine treaties, two OF which were
with soviet Russia
Expect to Finish Next Week.
Optimists At the meeting Of tho as
sembly arc counting upon finishing ths
work OF tho session next week. or ter
days earlier than was calculated by
league officials This hope u based Oh
the fact that committees number one ard
two have virtually fnished their wofk,
tho International court 10 out Of the way
and the armaments question has been
disposed OF by . practical adjournment.
The principle relative to the admission
Of new members has also been decided
upon.
Some apprehension Is stal feat in
s some auarters. r howsver; % thai sns dis, DIS,
be resumed on Tuesday, especially those
on the question REGARDING the relations
Of the league council and aaSem6ay. will
Be prolonged.
Oppose Aanitting Austria.
Csechoslavak delegates are now fur
nishing the only opposition to the nd
mission OF Austria 70 the League. 9wttz-
erland Ia strongly advocating admission.
with the proviso. however. that u reac-
ton Of the monarchy. she wiN insist
upon the right of the peuvinco of
Voralberg to decide whether 70 remain
part Of Austria or not. VorsIheE
recently requested that II be attached
to Switzerland. but this request was re
jected by the latter country. :
Committee number four. which has
been examining the accounts Of the
league, finally has approved the com
paratively high salaries paid the pefeon-
mel of the secretAriat. finding the high
cost OF living In Geneva tustihed them.
worker in reaching his native country
should also be taken into account
The organisation committee has de-
cided to approve the suggestion that the
four elective Enemoers OF the council
shall be chosen 30 that only one term
cided to set up . COMMITTEES 70 study
all proposed amendments to the cove
nant OF the league. ....s:
Aoot C00St PlaA ADORove9. !" ?
Tho committee presided over by
Leon Bourgeois. which has been con-
sidering the International court OF
justice question, has virtually COM
pleted it's work. arriving At ths deci-
Hague by Elihu Root and other 5uf-
lists shall stand ~ amended by the
league Of nations council At Bruooe1k.
4 subcommittee Of ten members was
appointed today to draft Q report
along these lines.
It win not be possible under the
alan PAe q iAfaur NATHAN n AftA
another nation before the court. both
sides to = controversy having to ac-
cept tho Jurisdiction Of the tribunal.
Otherwise q complainant can have re-
course only to tho council OF the
league.
tion in the plan adopted by the COM
mittee was due largely to British In
huence, though some members or the
committee who favored obligatory
jurisdiction voted against II because
they regarded u as contrary to the the
question is not considered ~ dnslly
settled. however. It will b pointed
out that the action OF the assembly
II IL APPROVES the amended plan shall
not be regarded as anal disposition Of
the matter: that II may be reopened
Whenever it may b deemed advisanse-
Deninatisn UnaeR Dan.
The 0lmCUIIy Oh any dtuBSS pVNSt
or inuuepce Dominating the League OF
nations was demonstrated when the
council Of that body. In spite OF de-
termined protests by the Brttieh mem
per, decided Anally 70 give contfoi IN
the permanent mandates commlasion
20 non mandatory powers. This com
ssntatives Of ave non-msndatory pow
ers and four Of the mandatory states
That the United states would be the
heat nation to accept the mandate Tor
Armenia Is the opinion OF Lord RooeIt
Cecil. who IL acting as one Of South
Africa's delegates 10 the league OF ma
tons assembly. ~ expressed 70 tne
American newspaper correspondents.
.rhe United States, he added probably
v,ould have more influence with NM
stapha ksmal, the Turkish nationalist
Snasier who Ia conducting q campaign
aEainst the Armeaians. than any other
uAtl0n.
aao,eeA,Ooo Hastisaatee Csst.
.y.ord Robert aaid 31v.0oo.o00 would
supply lhA necessary mtntety Ast-
xnuo 70 put ArEuenla ON mar teec
~ havs nean aANlaeo BY very good
military oplnion," he declared. 'thah
n xooa deni could be uone 70 nave
Armenia with the expenditure OK tnAe
amount. we have appealed 70 many
.sa tea and orgxnl8aesuns. but % tar
we nave nxd noemng Dut suEYonuons..
II think the unltsu StAtea would be
tho bet,g country to soivs tina AFne-
man question, lnasanuoh n thas cOoh-
nv would nave the most tnnuenco
with Mussapna. kemal. Twenty nal
..,a.- ~wAs,tA anahAA ma IN or