New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

delivered IL t1te of res naNon 10
President Nymans to-day Sc asked me
whether vo4ld not alter MY position,
e'en - small exte and told him
Ne"
Senior Ve.asqucz Of Paraguay arose
% speak on behalf Of Pueyrrcdon =;
this morning. session and said that in
The general surprise and commotion
Friday when the Arcentinans voted
against tie motion TO postponc consid-
Grafton OF amendments nobody had
noticed that ne (Velasquez) also had
voted with the Argcntinans. The secre-
inry, in counting the votes, mad re-
corded -the delegates from Paraguay as
voting in favor OF the motion
Doher:y's amendment 10 the league
covenant reads: Resolved, that Article
Of the League of Nations covenant
shall be and hereby is struck out
GENEVA. Dec (By T. Associated
resst.-There ARE two currents Of
opinion his evening, one is that the
directing minds of the Assembly have
too much neglecte the feelings Of the
smsller powers and have erred in on
posing discussion of amendments; the
other IS th { the -eentine dolega-
lion has been too precipitatc in It's
There is no indication that the other
South American delegations Will fol-
low the example OF Argentine. Most
Of them are in favor OF Pueyrredon's
amendments. but Viii 10, 20 to the OK
sent of withdrawing from the Assembly
( they are not taken into considcra-
lion. Dr.. Octavio. Of the Brazilian
delegation, said today he regretted in
.nitely that the Argentine delegation
had found it necessary TO take such
radical action. He hoped that the
vithdra~al or this delegation from the
Assembly would be only temporary.
Latin Americans Resent Treatment
From another Latin American dele
cation II was learned that there is
much tecllnS over The manner in whicn
the South and Central American dele
cations nave been Created here. The
sensitiVeness characteristic ot the
Latin people, it is declared. has not
oeen taken into consideration in APP
plying the rules of the Assembly, /
which are still lily defined and imp,r-
fectly understood BY the delegates.
Several OF the South Americans have
cons .dered themselves roughly treated.
Inere IS, moreover, a marked senti-
mrnt among the smaller powers that
th.y are not expected 10 take any con-
picuc0s part.
re Canadian delegate, c. j. nohertv. /
Ala 10 he Associated Press after the
mo- nihg session: In introducing the
resolution for eliminating Artcl, Y
rom tho covenant of the league am
"nly following the policy adopted from
tne peginning OF the discussion Of that
article during the peace conference.
We reEer approved it: we ratifed tbe
covenant containing /, because TO re-
'ect 1T was 10 reject the Treaty of Yer
sa.iieN, but Wc reserved tine ricnt 10
Ak Np 1hg question again at the
Aske0 regarding the report That one
q tA' prne'pai cbjects va, to nave
me Wy Tor the ontrv of tn, Gated
states into the league Mr.. poherty
'aid: "cf course, If. incidentally. elm
nation Of Article \ facilitates the en-
r.! 81 our ne4Asnor We SHALL be de-
.lgnOe', bat IL is Canadian initiative.
from (. purely Canadian standpoiut.r
Barnes Attacks Council
Ceorgc Nicoll BaInes of rhe British
delegation. called up bis demand Tor
IN explanation by the league Council
WnT II had not interviewed between the
Pole. and the Bolshcviki 10 prevent
'nem from fighting last summer r.
5lst!ns stfoNg pressure exerted 70
.-ave h.m Withdraw his demand. Atr.
'arnes succeeded in gettiAg "a reply
roM Icon Bourgeois president Of the
Council. and from former Premier Pa
Ger~~ski OF Poisni.
Mr. Barnes said he thought tho coun-
il could and should have done some
,h.ng. lie concedcd there We're -ome
Hypothetical circumstance, IL which +
- Council could not Intervene for iu-
.ance III ne event o. Wer between +
lie United States and MeNico. hu. be .
-se AIRED this case Wa different.
NJ. Bourgeois replying 80 Mir F
5arnes, not fot the Council he cN-
.iaineA. but s. member OF it. said
-1e Soviet government had repulsed .
al advance made by the Council .'l +
IL Polish affair. making moral inter (
v@ntion Impossible. ! COR TIE use Of
Sorce, added n. Bourgeois, ,ho demand +
5cr a. international force to impose J.
decisions Of the LEAGUE had heeu re-
'ecied by the peace conferences
j. PaderewSai vas warmly an-
yiauoed before and after he made his /
~ appearance o. the speakers
stan6 Of the Assembly, He took the
etand to-day 10 deny the input4tions
ef imperialism which had been at
-rlbu.cd TO Poland by Nh Balnes in
us remarks. The noted music;an-
tatesman carried .hc entire Assembly
Hith HIM i appeared, when ne cried:
Poland wants peace but viii never /
accept terms Incompatible wth her
honor