Evening journal., 1921-09-03
CLASHES DUEAT
LEAGUE Meeting
Important Questions Com
ing Before Second AS
sembly of Nations
AMENDMENT
TO ARTICLE 10
Rr M1lroN nRoNNER.


Representatives Of 4S
governments will meet in the sec
ond session OF the assembly OF the
League Of Nations on Monday.
The nrst session. last November
December. was experimental. Great
questions were lodged or side
tracked in the interest OF harmony.
The second meeting will sit down
soberly to tackle the great problems
that need solution.
One of the biggest OF these will be
Germany That nation has not as
vet applied for admission TO the
League OF Nations, but IL is assumed
that it will certainly do 50 this fall.
As Germany has fulfilled her finan-
cial obligations under the versailles
treaty. one basis OF objection is re-
moved. The only possible thing that
might now be brought up against
her is the puzzle OF Upper Silesia.
As compared with the last meet
ing OF the assembly. six new states
will sit as members - Albania,
Austria. Bulgaria, Costa Rica. Fin
land and Luxembourg.
-Four other states have not been
admitted as members. but are al
lowed representation upon the tech
meal committees OF the league
Esthonia. Latvia, Lithuania and
Georgia.
So far, the only state that has
formally applied for admission this
fall is Hungary. and there is every
prospect that she viii be voted upon
favorably. II the neighboring States
are given assurance that there will
be no restriction Of the Hapsburg
family to the throne.
The assembly will elect its own
presiding officer. Paul Hymans OF
Belgium. who presided last year,
will probably be reelected. He is
not only a good chairman. but pos
sesses a knowledge OF English and
his French is perfect.
Aside from electing new members
one Of the first things to be done will
be to elect the four temperament
members OF the council.
The permanent members are Great
Britain. France. Italy and Japan.
United states will be IL 1t ever joins
the league.
The permanent members elect
ed BY the assembly last year were
Belgium, Brazil. China and Spain.
This year Sweden is almost sure to
be given one OF the places and Chile
another.
By August 10 all nominations for
justices of the Permanent Court OF
international Justice are to be filed
bv the nations with the secretary
general of the league.
Then. II SUFFICIENT nations have
ratified the formation OF the court
the assembly and council will eleci
the Justices
Al attempt viii be made TO amend
Article 10.
In the U. S. Senate debates il was
held that this meant the United
states-if a member Of the League
would be obliged to send armies
TO help defend the territory Of any
OF the States in the League. Canada
now proposes that this entire article
be stricken out.
Argentina. which last fall kicked
up a rumpus because nations outside
the League we're not more freely ad-
mitted to IT, expects 10 press the
point again this year.
other highly controversial sub
jects which will come up viii be th'
enforcement OF the provision not ONLY
for the registration OF treaties be
tween nations. but what Is NOR
important--for their publication.
France and Belgium. for instance
have a treaty about military cooper
alton in case OF war. II has bee
registered with the League Secre
tariat. but not published.
There will be big fuss over man
dates for the colonies formerly be
longing TO Germany.
The powers parcelled these OF
among themselves, but the Unite
states has filed notice that it wi
recognize none Of these II they CT
short any Of its rights as one Of n
principal powers in the war.
Yap. which has been turned ov'
10 Japan. and oil lands in Mesopot'
mia. for which England has n
mandate. are involved in this
Bolivia expects to ask the Assem-
bly, to provide for the mediation
her boundary and territorial di
putes with Chile.
The commission charged with II
matter OF reducing arrnaments pro
ably will defer action pending Il
disarmament conference at Was
ington.