Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-19
FIRST ASSEMBLY,
PROVES LEAGUE
IS ALIVE, SAYS
Meeting Ends in a Burst of
EIoquenCe in a Rather
Agitated Debate; Results
Said to Be Satisfactory.

Geneva, Dec. slS.-IHe ilIdJ
meeting of the league of nations
assembly closed this evening in a
burst of eloquence and DR.. Gut
Seppe Motta, president of Switzer-
land, declared the first assembly
had proved the league was a living
organism and success. The opin-
ion expressed by many delegates
is that the assembly has done all
that could be expected of it, if not
more.
Pet Projects Fail.
Several pet projects have met
with disaster; yet there are few,
if any delegates who remained for
the entire assembly that will leave
dissatisfied with the work.
The final day was marked by
another encounter between the
English delegates and those OF the
British dominions. Lord Robert
Cecil, acting for South Africa, and
lC. j. Doherty for Canada, pro-
voked an aggressive and significant
declaration by A. j. Balfour to the
effect that if the assembly adopted
any recommendations concerning
the league council would pay no
attention to them.
Lord Robert Cecil and Mr., Do
herty criticized the council for
holding back information about
mandates and supported the recon-
mendation of the mandates COM
mittee, the most important Of
which were that the assembly eX-
press the opinion that the resources
of the territories under mandate
should not be exploited by the
manufactures for their own profis
or for the profit of the allies and
that the recruiting Of troops should
| not be allowed in such territories,
Recommendations Adopted.
The recommendations were
adopted unanimously, Mr.. Baltour
contending himself by saying they
would have no effect, instead of
voting against them.
Esperanto fell n victim to a sharp
assault by Gabriel HanotauX, when
the committee reported in favor
of an expression by the assembly
with the object of encouraging the
teaching of Esperanto in the pub
lie schools with a view to making
it eventually an international lam
guage and the language of the
league. After a debate the assem-
bly, voted against the proposal,
Hymans Praises League.
MsHymans, in his closing speech,
dwelt on the fact that thes session
of the assembly demonstrated to all
the value of the league.
"The league has developed
consciousness" he said, land now
resolves to live, and will live.
Through the setting up of an in
ternational court of justice, the
assembly has established a house
of rights and palace of peace
The activities of the assembly
respecting typhus, he declared TO
be n magnificent demonstration or
human solidarity. When the as
sembly spoke of disarmament, M
Hymans said, the members dis
PLAYED keen anxiety to lift the
weight of ornaments from the
world, but at the same time real
lied that in the present unsettled
conditions of Europe nothing pct
ter could be done than had been
done.
Fraternal Spirit Shown.
He referred TO the fraternal
spirit shown by the assembly, the
, members of which were separatd
only by shades of opinion, not by
principles. He appealed to. the
youth, the men OF tomorrow those
who fought in the great war to
construct moral world indispen--
sibIe to the future of mankind and
concluded:
Let us continue our ascending
march toward the stars"