Evening star., 1921-09-03
u. S. AN INFLUENCE
IN LEAGUE ACTION
Disarmament Questions
Should Wait on Washington
ParIey, 1t Is Held.
Nv the Associated Press.

ON disarmament in Washington was
strikingly shown during this morn
ing's debates by the disarmament ana
amendment commissions of the league
of nations.
M Noblemaire of France held that
amendments to the covenant OF tne
league should not be decided on IN the
absence of representatives, OF tne
United States. He said the proper
Mace to discuss notifications OF the
league was Washington. ana that tne
members of the league should go there
without having pre5udiced their case
by previous action.
Leon Jouhaux, president OF the fIencn
General Federation Of Labor and aoor
representative on the disarmament com
mission of the league OF nations, toua.
brought before a subcommittee OF that
body a resolution calling for an interna-
tional congress on disarmament ne
declared that il his resolution was re,
iected by the subcommittee, ne wouio
bring it before the full commission. anu
II defeated there he would continue MS
fight before the assembly OF the ieaeue'
which meets here next week. ..,. ~,
The list Of nominations Tor 5unses VI
the international court OF justice mas
been sent to all countries. inciudlne the
limited States, which has acKnoWieuseu
it's receipt 1t is learned here tnat
American members Vi Ane 11oSeG -.
are celebrating the question OF whetner
thew have authority to make nomlna-
tions.
Rerret Roots Refusal.
Refusal, of Elihu Root to allow MS
name to go before the assembly OF tne
league of nations for a place on .ne
bench of the international court OF JUS
tice has caused great disappointmsn. IN
lea que circles 1t was strongly hopeo
|he would consent to- serve at least LOT
four years in order to aid in inaugu-
rating the court :. 4.
ibelieyed here. has greatly increaseu
the chances Of election OF Ut a
Brown Scott, president of the Amer
loan institute of international Law
who was nominated for a 1udgship
by italy.
Cou.fder Territorial Dispute.
Ar its forthcoming meeting the as.
sembly of the league OF nations VIII
for the first time be called upon "
decide a Territorial dispute rms ls
n result of the action OF tne ieasue
aouncii today in referring to the as
IS mbly the entire question raised py
AIhania's complaint against Greece
and JucoSleyit for occupying territory
Conceded to Albania by the powers
in 1913. O.. .ha
ssamhly by a Harvard graduate.
Hshon Noli. who is head of the Al
banian delegation. Jugoslavia VIII con
taat the right Of the Albanian del
eeation to speak Tor tnat county,
contending it has been divided by the
establishment of the Mirdite republic.
The Jugoslays ask that a commission
he sent to decide whether the old gov
ernment at Tirana or the new repub-
lie is qualified to speak for the peo-
ple. Bishop Noli called the councils
attention to the fact that the capital
Of the new republic is at Prizrend, In
Serbia
Would Amend Covenant.
The council today received a report
by the blockade commission. which
recommends an amendment to the
covenant of the league doing away
with the rule requiring unanimous
vote in a case where the council Is
required to decide whether there
shall be a blockade against a nation
having representative on the coun,
eli. This, it was pointed out, would
prevent the offending nation from
blocking action by the council.
In a rather animated meeting of
the disarmament commission this att
ernoon the failure was registered OF
the proposal of the assembly last year
that an attempt be made to induce
the powers to limit armaments for
two years to the amount of their next
budget. 1t was reported that only
fifteen countries had replied in the
Affirmative: six countries were willing
to accept the proposal conditionally.
while seven had given no for their
answer.
Denies Militarism Charge.
Charles Noblemaire, representing
France in the place of NJ Viviani,
made a heated protest against the
charges of militarism lodged against
France. He declared his country was
maintaining men under arms on the
Rhine mot because she wanted them
there, but because the powers in
making peace had assigned to her
largely the duty of watching the
Rhine
When all were ready to cooperate
for mutual security. he added. France
would be glad to demobilize these
men