Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-11-22
P0NDERS
QUALIFICATIONS
Of NEW STATES
List Of Questions Is
Compiled for the New
Members to Meet.
Covenant Amendments
Will Wait Changes
Sought by America.

Geneva, Nov. 21-(By The Associated
Press. THE responsibilities of the
League of Nations and the responsible
ties Of it's individual members under
Article 10 of the covenant is one ques-
ton the committee on admission Of new
members in considering in connection
with applications of IA nations, not in
Guiding Germany. These applications are
now in the hands of sub committees
They are:
Finland Esthonia, Letvia, Lthuania
and Luxembourg, referred to a sub
committee presided over By NJ. PoulIet
Austria, Bulgaria, Albania, and Liech-
tenstein referred to sub committee pre-
sided over by Lord Robert Cecil, and
Georgia. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine
and Costa Rica, sub committee presided
over by DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, Norway.
Besides responsibilities under Article
10, the committees will consider in re
spect to each applicant the following
questions:
Questions Considered.
Is its application in order? r. the
government applying recognition de iura
or de facto, and by which states? Has
the nation applicant stable government
and settled frontier? What is its popu
lation and size? Is it elfgoverning
both acts and assurances with regard to
it's international obligations?
The latter question is supposed to
have been inspired by the French mem
Der of the committee. NJ. Viviani, with
view to any proposition that may be
submitted to elect Germany.
Final concrete solutions are not ex-
pected on all questions because most of
the important problems are complicated
by the absence Of the United States,
Russia and the central European pow
ers. It is hoped, however, that fllnda-
mental plans will be laid to control arm
aments. organize an international court
of Justice and put in force the blockade
against any power breaking the covenant.
Amendments 20 be Made.
Slight amendments to the covenant
may be made, though many delegates
hold the entire question should await
propositions from the United States
which they expect as a result OF Presi-
dent Elect Harding's consultations.
The question of mandates, in conse-
auence of Germany's protest to the as
tion of manufactures. touches upon the
relations.
Jurisdictions involved
Selection of manufactures touches upon
the relations between the council of the
league and the assembly and their re-
spectve jurisdictions. The Germans
appeal to the assembly is on question
which the council regards within its own
province
Some delegates intend to make an is
sue on the supremacy Of the assembly
over the council by fighting for the cleo
ton of all the members of the council by
the assembly. thus taking the control out
of the hands Of the big powers which un-
der present conditions name majority.
This would involve the revision of the
covenant on which it would be impossi
bic to reach the required unanimity.
1t is pointed out that the Importance
of Germany's protest is lessened by the
fact that it has been understood all along
that the present occupation of colonies
and territories subject to mandate is only
provisional, pending the action of the
league to sanction the method of ad-