Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-05
BY H. N. HICKEY E. A. Staff Correspondents


 GENEVA. Switzerland. Dec. 1.-'1 came to scoff. l remain to pray.
 This remark was made today by one of the delegates of the Assem- bly,. who. on the eye of the first meeting, viewed the League anu it's possibilities with uarc5ervcd pessim- ism.
 It typifies the changeI mental at titude of most of those who came to Geneva in hostile or doubtful frame of mind. One must indeed be hiInd to events which have happened here during the past two weeks not to 3D. preciate their tremendous signifi- canoe.
 And. as the peace of the world must be founded upon understanding and goodwill among the nations. these events are the best possible dusury for the substitution of justice for war the one great object of the League. Millennium Isn't Here, But One may freely admit that the As lsembly has not by any positive action taken a step toward the millienium. which overenthusiastic friends Of the League predicted for the first session. ! He may go still further and admit the many inherent weaknesses and crudities in the League structure, the iambiguities of language of the cove nant, it's lack of power to enforce it's judgments. st lI And, having. made all these admis- sions he may say with truth which lis uncontrovertible:
 What has come into being here 1 on the shores of beautiful Lake Cen eva is so vitally important to the hu- man race and>to the continued exis- Itente. of the civilization which is the | fruit of its thousands of years .ot up ward struggle that il cannot die 1 Compared with this fundamental fact which blazes out like d beacon in the night. most of the critlsicm tof the mere machinery of the League iand the temporary difficulties or the practical application seems petty and unworthy.
 1 Undoubtedly, if one assumes cri- ltical attitude. much can be found 10 !criticise. At times it seems even the !boldeSt spirits in the Assembly, the Cecils and Nansens and l1anges ana tPueyreddons, are lacking in sufficient icourage to graple with the racial Iantipathies. national jealousies and lnersonl vanities and ambitions that lobtrude themselves. But when they Trout these evil influences by indirect land cUnciliatory rather than direct land provocative methods have prov ed successful. one is forced to admit ,the validity of their judgment.
 old Idea Dying Hard
 It would be vain to deny the age men is dying hard But that it is dy. ing and that it cannot possibly sur vive the idea embodied in the League and being vitaliZed at this first ses- lsion of the Assembly. is as certain Ias fate.
 This changed world psychology is manifesting itself here in many ways. The most important manifestations is the almost complete success of Cecil and his liberal associates in their eff forts for full publicity for all the ac- 1ons of the Assembly and it's com. mlttees. Ceci Host his first battle to compel all the committees to meet in public, but finally under pressure of public opinion, the president of each committee meets newspapermen after each meeting and reports what was said and done.
 Also, many of the committee meet ings are held in the open and all of the plenary sessions of the Assembly are held so.
 Questions of the most vital impor- tance and the most delicate nature are discussed at these open meetings with a frankness and courage that makes the few survivors of the old intriguing diplomatic guard shudder
 To them the taking of the common people into such condolences means the end of the world. And it does mean the end of the world in which