The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-23

riority, if not of absolute supremacy,
/ on the part of the dominant units in
4 the Council. SO much Of the present
yelled in secrecy quite repugnant TO
the theory Of open covenants, openly
arrived at, and cards face up on the
table, that ii is difficult to estimate
the acuteness of this internal contro-
versy. The outward symptoms. how
ever, are sufficient to Justify serious
approximations.
In the next place, the Secretariat,
an establishment created to be 4 sort
Of permanent and international Colo
mel House, and managed AT large
salary by a former private secretary
of the Hon. HERHERT II. AsQUITH, is
accused, justly or uniustly. OF usurp-
ING legislative functions ana having
too much TO say when talk is on. A
certain amount Of feeling as to the
upstart Of Sir JAMES ERIC DRUMMoND
and his desire to figure in somewhat
more than Secretarial capacity is
reflected in the dispatches. II indi-
Gates another rift In the lutte.
But far more important than these
interior disorders are the broad evil
dences of inherent powerlessness to
agree or to act upon such questions
as those which the League was sup
posed to handle with suavity and
CELEBRITY. Examples are accommodating
daily.
Spain, q neutral in the late war, is
impelled by protests at home 10 deny
that she win participate with small
detachment of troops in the enforce
ment-of the Leagues policy with re-
gard to the Polish-Lithuanian dispute.
In other words. Spain holds back from
the performance of a military obliga-
ton under Article XVI. of the Cove
nant because public opinion at home
is opposed to that sort of employment
for her soldiers.
/ The sanction in Article XVI is
clear enough, and so is the duty of
/ the Governments which have sub
scrlbed to the undertaking. should
! any member Of the League" says that
article, resort to war in disregard of
It's covenants under Articles NIL,
! NH. or XIV, it shall ipso facto be
/ deemed to have committed an act of
war against all other members Of the
/ League" Further: 1T shall I've the
duty Of the Council to recommend 70
( the several Governments concerned
what effective military or naval
/ forces the members of the League
shall contribute" Here is n concrete
example of impotency a majority of
the nations ar Geneva. telegraphs our
correspondent, Mr.. LAURENCE HILLS.
seem TO feel that Poland is guilty
and needs , to he spanked by the
League. The Council, in the face of
Frances attitude regarding Poland,
seems 70 he afraid 10 seize the slip
per-" Spain holds back, by reason Of
domestic pressure. when summoned TO
participate in police duty. although
the requisition is for only two COM
panies of infantry.
What would be the plight of Amer
lea, in another and larger case of
requisition by Supergovernment, If our
Senate had ratified Mr. WILSON'S
treaty and we were called on for five
hundred thousand men?
We are already getting an impress
siye object lesson Of what might have
been. There is not only Poland-Lith-
uania. but also Armenia. There are
Greece. Turkey, Bulgaria acting on
national and not international inter
ests and ready to fight, League or no
/ League There is the new Peace Pal
ace by Lake Leman, the headquarters
of diplomatic intrigue and the battle
I ground of concentrated and conhiv-
/ inc selfish interests within the Leaga ,
membership.
/ And all are saying that IL the
4 United States would only come in
everything would 90 as sweety and
serenely as wedding march; which
means that If the United States were
/ involved IL would have a practical
monopoly of the police job for the
entire world.
Day after tomorrow is Thanksgiv-
ing Day. Don't forget Geneva.