The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-09
Insists on Same Rights as Allies
in Mandate Lands.
Unemployment in Q. S. CIassed
With Russian Famine.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND PARRY
Retard League Progress on Dis
armament, Claim.
Colombia Would Join Harding's
Society of Nations.

Geneva. Sept. 9.-The suggestion of
conditions which might call for a
blockade of the United States as a
non-member of the League of Nations
was made in debate in the league as
sembly this afternoon.
Lord Robert Cecil, in discussing the
report on blockade, charged that it
completely lodged the question of
what the league would do if the
United States supplied a nation which
the Eague had decided to blockade.
NJ. Schanzer. of Italy, chairman of the
special disarmament commission. re-
plying to Lord Robert, said the league
must either make arrangements with
America or blockade the United
States also.
Demands American Rights.
The United States, in its latest man
date note to the allied powers, insists
that America shall have the same
rights in mandatory territories as
members of the League of Nations, it
was learned here today.
The text of the American note has
been received by the delegates of the
allied powers attending the League of
Nations assembly meetings from the
various allied foreign offices
1t is understood that the American
note raises the following points:
l. America reasserts that the allies
must consult her before disposing of
the former German colonies.
2. America insists that she have the
same trade rights in mandate terri
tories as members of the League of
Nations.
8. No mandate shall be modified
without the consent of the United
T. The American note meets the al
lied argument that the United States
did not war on Turkey and conse-
Quently has no voice in the disposi-
tion of Turkish colonies by asserting
that Turkey would not have been de-
feated If the United States had not
fought Germany.
S. The American note suggests that
capitulations be maintained in Syria,
Palestine and Mesopotamia until ef-
fective governments can be estab-
lished in those countries.
Disarmament Progress Retarded.
1t is learned that all prospects for
any real progress on disarmament at
this session have been severely re-
tarded by the flat refusal of England
and France to Interchange full and
frank information" regarding arma-
ments. tho pledged to do so in article
8 of the League of Nations covenant
Unemployment in the United States
came in for attention at the League of
Nations assembly today.
NJ Lafontaine of the Belgian dele
cation, in criticising the report of the
league council, referred to both Amer
ican unemployment and the Russian
famine as two outstanding cases of
world misery.
The Belgian statesman condemned
the council for presenting a dry, sta
tistical report containing nothing that
offers hope to the world"
Lord Robert CeCfpS resolution ask
ing that the class A and class B man
dates be defined at once was referred
by the assembly to the committee
handling political questions.
Urges Loans for Russia.
DR.. Nansen, head of the interna-
tional relief work for Russia, made a
two hour speech offering a resolution
to refer the question of relief to a
committee of the assembly which
would make an appeal to all govern
ments to issue credits. DIR. Nansen,
before coming to Geneva negotiated
an agreement with the Moscow soviet
in which the latter requested an in
ternational loan of $50,000,000 to aid
famine and cholera sufferers The
British have already refused to par
ticipate in any such international loan.
asserting that Russia is bankrupt and
could not repay, and also because the
soviet did not give guarantees that
were satisfa ctory to England that the
food purchased with the money would
not be diverted to the Red army.
Colombia Dissatisfied.
should President Harding see fit to
create a new society of nations, Co.
lombia would be among the first to
apply for membership.
A. F. RestrepO, chief of the Co
Iombian delegation to the League of
Nations assembly, made this declara-
ton today in discussing a report that
Colombia among other South Ameri-
can states, might withdraw from the
league because of its rejection of the
Argentine amendment to the cove
nant of the league, providing that all
sovereign states should be members of
the league unless by their own viola
ton they abstained from membership.
He said Colombia did not regard the
rejection of the amendment as suffi-
cient reason to leave the league.
Senor Restrepo added that he believed