The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
SWISS DELEGATE HURLS BOMB INTO
 GENEVA COUNCIL
Switzerland and Italy Want League to Control Natural Resources e ana d a
 Threatens Withdrawal
By Associated Press

Geneva, November 2S.-The quesetion whether countries shall be allowed to control and dispose at will of their natural resources is the subject of a sharp conflict in committee of the as- sembly. The contest arose over reso- lution by Gustav Ador of Switzerland, setting up a permanent economic and financial commission, one of the duties of which would be to examine meaures for preventing monopolies in raw ma- terials and the means of controlling their distribution.
 The resolution is based on Article XXIII of the covenant which assures all states equitable treatment. It is sup ported chiefly by Italy, Switzerland and other countries not rich in raw ma- terials. One Of the strongest opponents of the resolution is Sir George E. Fos- ter of Canada, who hasataken the same attitude as N w. Rowell, also of Can- ada, who served notice on the assembly in an impressive speech recently that any attempt to exercise such control would be regarded as interference in in- ternal affairs to which Canada would never submit. Mir. Powell at the same time said that the entry of the United States could not be hoped for if any
 
 The question of mandates is another difficult subject coming up this week. The council has on the agenda for tomorrow the nomination of a permanent mandate commission and an another committee, at the same time, will take up the. gen eral question in the form of terms and the control of mandates. This commit tee, which is known as No. G. has rec commended that the United States be in vited to cooperate unofficially in the study of the question of disarmament.
 Still another important matter on the programme of the council for tomorrow is the election of a successor to Sir Reginald Tower as high commissioner at Danzig. The council may also finally decide what reply shall be made to the German protest against approval of the results of the Eupen-Malmedy plebescfte. Germany contends that the Belgian troops of occupation exerted pressure on the population.
 With respect to mandates, most of the delegates are very conserved concerning the hearing the position of the United States would have in the matter of the exploitation of the Mesopotamian oil fields upon the settlement of the man. date question by the assembly.
 One of the non-European delegates points out, however, that the Mesopo- tamian mandate is in Class A, which 4 cdlFleS WILL }h uiiy zeN aSDtya AV"oi P, VT the part of the mandatory, and that con sequently it is for Great Britain to ad- vise not dictate, what shall be the eco homie policy in Mesopotamia. Others recall that the whole theory of mandate rests on the people of equality and jus tice and that it was not intended that territories involved should be exploited for the profit of the mandatory states. If it is true that the nations seeking mandates are looking for the utmost good of the people placed under their guidance" said another delegate, then any profits from the exploitation of eco homie sources under the mandates will naturally go to the peoples themselves