Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-06
TWELVE IMPORTANT
Goes IN MACHINERY
Of LEAGUE WHEELS
REID CTION on ARMAMENT AND
NUMEROUS OTHER DETAILS or
VITAL WEIGHT GIVEN
by Associated Prrss.

by Associated Prrss.
NEW YORK. Feb l-Twolve Inn
portani cogs In the machinery VI the
League u Nations. many II which nrc
20 d g set IN motion when the Council
Of the League cOnvcncS IN Geneva.
Switzerland. February 81. and the prob
lens which await their action. are de
fined IN u forecast ~ the work Of the
League which has Just lpen received
here.
Arthur Swcetser. an officer of the
America nconmission 10 the Peace
Conference Mt Versailles and now ut.
tachod to the League 81 Nations
Secrotariat staff. IN the author " the
forecast. lie says the twelve cogs
are really special commissions the per.
sonnet Of which will In some eases h.
designated by the Council at It's forth.
coming meeting.
The subjects that will h. handled by
the commissions are enumerated by Mr..
Swetcser as follows:
Reduction OF Armament Technical
examination into the present condition
Of world ornaments now under way
by the permanent Military Naval and
Air Commission ~ the League viii b.
completed. In addition temporary
commission ~ experts In the political
social and economic world will he nsk.
I'd "a submit plans for a reduction of
ornaments. The aim uf this commits
sion viii be Ia go, members ~ the
Ieaguc 10 agree not 10 exceed their
eNR Ia IT
90 q prOportionatc and Simultaneous
reduction In military budgets and 60
acccp, the principle ~ scientific and
comprehensive reduction ~ ornaments
60 the least figure compatible with
national security. Investigation ~
the private manufacture " munitions
and war material. denounced as ~
source Of danger to the world through
an extended sale Throughout the less
civilized areas In Asia aud Africa VIII
he undertaken.
Permanent Court of International
Observation-Disclosures ~ II Judges
chosen for a pcriod 81 nine years. arc
60 IL made next summer and the sclec
lions announced at the Second Assem-
bly, 10 be held In September next. The
list Of candidates will lie prepared
mainly by The Hague Court II Arbl
trail Justice and NIL nominees will be
voted upun separately by the Assembly
and the Council So far 20 nations
Including Great britain. France. Italy
and japan. have signed the protocol
prov illng Tor the court whose adoption
By, q unanimous vote of the Assembly
II held TO bc the greatest single al
vance the League ~ Nations has yci
registered In international relations.
Two important problems which had
20 10 dccid~l before the court begins
10 convene were. first, should The
court have the power 81 cumpnlsur,
adjudication And. sccund. should u be
organized 10y resolution ~ the Assem-
bly, ~ submitted a ratification 10y In
diyidual nations' These questions wcr,
decided BY the Assembly providing
that those nations 81 desiring ma,
acccp, the principle IL compulsory al
Indication and that the organization 81
the court should D. subject 10 rttifica
ton ~ indiV idual nations Action Tor ~
against the court will hc taken ia O.
number u parliaments which met
this year.
Msndatcs--An international commits
sion VI nine members from non.man
da,ory powers. II to be- appointed h'
the Council In accordance with an
agreement reached un November %
The question II mandates Tor the 10
100000 or murc people IL the Pacific
Islands. South Africa. Turkey am
KlaoChuw. freed from Germany and
Turkey during the war. opens one OF
the lcas, advanced ~ ~ the League
problems Tentative drafts have bccr
proposed by the Allied powers 81 that
the League II now In possession ~ tn
terms ~ all prospective mandates
These viii hc analyzcd and where
necessary. posgiblc changes recon
mcndcd.
international Economics and VI
nance a permanent ccniulizing
economic and financial organization Is
Ia hc formed within The League 10y th'
appointment ~ an advisory. economic