New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
League Avoids
direct Action
On Wilma Issue
lssembly Assures Council
Of Moral Support; Urges
Poland and Liihuania
to Settle Their Dispute
Resolution Disappointing
Warsaw Delegate Presents
His Side and Suggests
plebiscisc Decide Case

GENEVA, Sept. "a BY The Associ-
..sa Press The Assembly of the
league Of Nations to-day unanimously
ave its moral support to the Council
i the League in its efforts to settle
q. dispute between Poland and Lithu-
,ris over Wilma. The delegates avoided
sk;ne sides openly. and Leon Bour-
rsois Of France, in the closing debate
Emphasized the impartial roles of both
,hs Assembly and the Council.
4 canvass Of the delegations. how
ever. showed that the impression on
d, floor of the Assembly, as in the
he case by NJ Hymans. of Belgium,
and the speeches of Lord Robert Cecil.
,,snresenting South Africa in the AS
.smbly and Delegate Andrade, of
pnrtugal must be interpreted as de-
handing sacrifices of Poland in par
ticular.
Resolution Disappsints Many
Many of the delegates and a ma
,ority of the spectators showed disap-
nointment that the Assembly could do
No more than adopt q resolution thank
irg the Council for its efforts to settle
fhf dispute. ASSOl ilS IL luc 1ull SUD
port of the Assembly and appealing to
Poland and Lithuania to arrive at an
agreement so as TO preserve the peace
ef the world
Comment after the session, however,
vas to the effect that the Council,
With the unanimous backing of the
Assembly. viii now De in a better po-
sition 10 take 2 firm stand and, insist
upon an early settlement.
Professor Simon Askenazv, the Pol
sh delegate, IN outlining Poland's stand
in regard to the Wilma question to the
Assembly described Lithuania as a
Polish province with small proportion
Of Lithuanians, who, he said, after hav-
Ing been promised the largest auton-
cmy, prohted by the military situation
TO make the peace with Moscow which
accorded them Wilma. "They appealed
10 military force" Professor Askenazy
declared while Poland appealed to
the League of Nations"
Polish Delegate Argues Case
The Polish delegate denied the Lith-
usnians had any ethnic claim upon
wilma, asserting they comprised only
q, per cent of the population of the
city OF Wilma, and only y per cent of
that Of Wilma province. He said he did
not defend General Zelgowski, the Polish
irregular" leader who occupied Wilma
After all, Professor Askenazy said,
General Zelgowski was not simple fill
buster but simply was a brave soldier
sho. when he heard the Lithuanians
lad been left in possession of Wilma,
vent there from patriotism and re
Esned there because the people wanted
In to remain.
the League of Nations would or
szsze plebiscite. Professor Askenazy
ad, he would promise in the name of
hland that Zelgowski would retire at
Mce from wilma. The delegates from
de countries comprising the Little En-
ante were the only ones to applaud
mis- statement
Delegate Andrade, of Portugal, said
Poland had saved the peace of the
1or!d once by stopping the Bolshevik
hordes. He appealed to Poland to save
peace again by making the sacrifice
lecessary to reach an agreement with
Lthuana.
Bolivian-Chilean Verdict Not Final
Announcement was made that the
text OF the finding reached by jurists
IN the controversy between Bolivia and
,,hile which has been cabled to South
'nerlca. is not as vet regarded as the
inal oflclal decision. 1t may be modi-
led, it was said, so that direct applica-
lion to the Bolivian demand for a sea
port on the Pacific coast may be
svn'ded
Hungary has asked the Assembly to
suspend action on her application for
admission 70 the league rntil next year
Count Albert Apponyi, the Hungarian
delegate her~, To-Day wrote to President
van Karnebeek of the Assembly that
on account of the trouble in Burgen-
land, awarded to Austria by the Trianon
nneaty, Hungary prefers to wait (The
eouncll Of Ambassadors in Paris mott
ned hungary Friday that she must com
Rletely withdraw from Burgenland,r or
west Hungary. n the near future or be
Mreefully eXpelled by the AlIiesl