The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-11-27

1 The Assembly of the League or Na
 ions is the popular or representative
 branch of the double body designed t 1 guide the affairs of that organizatio. Us created under the Treaty of Vel sailles.
 While the representative characte. # the gathering will be impared b. ! he absence of the United States, Gel many, Austria and Russia, yet wit .nesc exceptions it will come near
 epresenting the greater part of u. .vilized world. The session has ada .ional interest as marking the con.
 llete organization of the League a.
 provided by the Versailles Peace Tres. ty.
 Forty-two nations, ranging in i'm .,ortance from the British Empire t. he Republic of Haiti, are expected t. send delegates. Of the 45 states men lioned in the Covenant, only three will
 be unrepresented- the United States, .iondruas and Ecuador. Fifteen more nations have applied for admission. Ind the question ot granting them ac- cess to the session as new members will be one of the first items of busi. Jess to be considered. Among thes. applicants are Austria and Bulgaria
 ,l the former enemy states and | lumber of small nations just emetl d into statehood.
 The question of admitting German! o membership will also come under discussion, as it is likely to be raised. ,y several of the former European. aeutrals, and it seems likely that tht admission of Mexico may also come before the session. All the states seek
 ng membership will be required t. ,ubmit to such regulation of their mil sary naval and aerial armaments a. ne League may deem necessary, an
 ne Leagues Permanent Advisor.
 Commission on Military, Naval all,
 iir Questions has been at work sine,
 .ugust collecting the data which wi. ,e needed by the Assembly for prope. .ction on this matter.
 The acting president of the Assem- ply, M. Hymans of Belgium, will ope,
 he first meeting, as the Assembly has .ot yet had a chance to elect 8 presi lent of it's own. This election will b
 he very first order of business, anu ,ill be followed by the election O.
 our vice-presidents and the appoint nent of committee on credentials. Enough names of delegates ar snown to show that the absence O. aonarchy will not detract from the importance of the gathering, althoug,
 may reduce it's picturesque quality
 omewhat. Among the more noted fig 1 tres may be mentioned Dr. Edouare Benes, Foreign Minister of Czecho- Slovakia and creator of the "Little- Entente"; M. Paderewski, first Prime Minister of the new Poland; Hjalmal Granting, Prime Minister of Sweden until few weeks ago; President Mot ta of Switzerland, and his predecessor, | ex-President Ador, who recently acted
 as ct<erman at the International Fin
 ancial Conference at Brussels. Many ! If the non-European states will be re- presented by diplomats, but it will not be the. rule even in their case. Thus
 Argentine will send it's Foreign Min ister, Senor Pueyrredon, as one of its
 delegates, while Chile will be repre-
 sented by Don Antonio rHuneeus, for mer Foreign Minister, and Don Man
 uel Rivas vicuna, deputy and former
 Minister of Finance Each member
 nation is entitled to three officially ac'
 credited delegates, but they may sen
 substitutes and experts as well Swed