The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-12-10
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Ruling on Unanimity Clause May
Cause Argentina 10 Quit
League Of Nations.
WILSON WILL HELP AR1.ENIA
Entente Warns Greece Not to Restore
Constantine to Throne--D'Annun-
zio Declares War on ltaly-Pres-
ident-Elect Harding Home.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

4 BY EDWARD w. PICkARD.
Comparative harmony, forced by
stress of circumstances, marked the
doings of the League of Nations assem-
bly, during the early part of the work,
and then came discord that threatened
to result in the withdrawal of at least
one important member nation-Argen-
tina.
Certain amendments to the covenant
had been proposed by the Scandinavian
delegates and the commission on
amendments had reported against them
and any other amendments at this
time. In the assembly there was mo-
ton to refer the amendments to spe-
cial committee for report next Sep
TENDER. Delegate Pueyrredon of Ar
gentina alone opposed this, and since
| the covenant requires a unanimous
vote for the carrying of any motion,
apparently the proposition was
blocked But Viviani of France at once
asserted that this was a question of
procedure" and that the unanimity
rule did not apply. President Hymans
supported the contention, declared the
resolution carried and adjourned the
meeting.
Dispatches from Buenos Aires said
the government was momentarily ex-
| pecting a cablegram from Pueyrredon,
| who is foreign minister of Argentina,
and that the withdrawal of the nation
from the league was likely to follow.
| The league members thought they
had found the way to save what
remains of the Armenian people, for
| President Wilson, asked by the league
council to mediate for Armenia with
MuStapha Renal Pasha, consented to
undertake the task through a repre-
sentative to be named by him. He
made it plain that his effort must be
personal and that he would have to
rely, in determining the method of
approaching the problem, on the adj
vice of those nearer the scene of ac-
ton. Such advice will be supplied
by the commissioners Of the allied
nations in Turkey. Spain and Brazil
have offered to cooperate with the
United States in the matter.
When, and If, the Armenian affair
| is settled, Greece evidently must pay
the price. Renal must be placated,
and this can be done only by a radical
revision of the treaty of Sevres. At
this writing the plans for such re-
! vision are being arranged in London
by Premiers Lloyd George of Great
| Britain and Leagues of France. The
most important changes In the pact
doubtless will be made at the ex-
| pense of Greece's newly acquired ter
ritory in Asia Minor and Thrace.
| Since the Greeks ousted Venizelos and
prepared to restore Constantine to
the throne their ambitions have re-
| ceived smaller consideration by the
| great powers. Already, it is under
stood, Great Britain, France and Italy
! have agreed that the Smyrna region
shall be internationaliZed and policed
| by locally recruited gendarmes Of
ficered by an international officers
| corps.
1t is certain that Renal will not be
satisfied with this Smyrna concession,
| for his growing power is causing his
| demands to increase. Newspapers of
| Angora, where he makes his head
| quarters, say he asks that Thrace be
given autonomy, Constantinople be
evacuated by the allies and the allied
and interallied zones of control and
influence in Syria and other parts of
the Turkish empire be abandoned. 1t
is probable some of these demands
will be rejected, and equally probable
that some of them will be granted.
Kemals military strength is worth
consideration and his popular support
is widespread. Sixty German officers
have been making over his bands of
fighters Into regular army units, and
he recently added to his equipment a
quantity of artillery obtained from
the soviet Russians.
From Geneva came a story that the
league committee on Armenia, of
which Lord Robert Cecil is chairman,
probably would appoint Gen. Leonard
Wood commander of the Armenian ex-
peditionary force with the title of
high commissioner The choice, it
was added, was on the recommends
ton of Sir Frederick Morris and
Gen. Weygand. officials in Washing
ton did not take this report seriously,
but 1t may turn out to be true.
By unanimous vote the league COM
mission on new members decided that
Austria should be admitted, and there
was no doubt that the assembly would
ratify the action. Bulgaria also wants
to get in at once, but Greece, Serbia
and Roumania all are opposed to her
admission and may prevent it. There
was reason to believe they would be
supported in this by France, which
seeks to gain strength in central Eu-
ropean friendships. For the present,
at least, France has her way in bar
ring Germany from immediate mem
hCrship in the league. The commits
sion has decided against the admis-
sion of Lichtenstein and Azerbaijan,
but recommended that Costa RIGA be
made a member.
Gustav Ador of Switzerland, backed
by the delegates of several other ma
tons, tried to have the economic COM
mission instructed to study means of
preventing monopolies of raw mate
rails and measures to insure their
distribution throughout the world, the
argument being that raw materials