Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-07


which are to be set in motion
when the council of the league con-
venes in Veneva, Switzerland, Feb
ruary 81. and the problems which
await their action, are defined in
forecast of the work of the league
which has just been received here.
Arthur Sweetser, an officer of
the American commission to the
peace conference at Versailles and
is now attached to the league of
nations secretariat staff. is the
author of the forecast. He says the
twelve cogs are really special COM
missions. the personnel of which
will In some cases be designated
by the council at its forthcoming
meeting.
Subjects TO Be Handled.
The subjects that will be ham
died by the commissions are
enumerated by Mr.. Sweetser as
follows:
Reduction OF armaments-Tech-
nical examination into the present
condition of world ornaments, now
under way by the permanent mill
tary, naval and air commission of
the league will be completed. In
addition a temporary commission
of experts in the political, social
and economic world will be asked
to submit plans for reduction of
ornaments. The aim of this COM
mission will be to get members of
the league to agree not to exceed |
their present scale of ornaments,
to agree to a proportionate and
simultaneous reduction in military
budgets and to accept the principle
of scientific and comprehensive re-
duction of ornaments to the least |
figure compatible with national
security. Investigation of the pri-
vate manufacture of munitions and |
war material. denounced as "a
source of danger to the world |
through an extended sale through
out the less civilized areas in Asia |
and Africa" will be undertaken.
Permanent court of international |
justice-Nomination of eleven |
judges, chosen for a period of nine |
years, are to be made next summer |
and the selections announced at the !
second assembly to be held in
September next. The list of candi-
dates will be prepared mainly by
The Hague court of arbitral just
ice and all nominees will be voted
upon separately by the assembly
and the council. So far twenty
two notions, including Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and Japan, have
signed the protocol providing for
the court whose adoption by
unanimous vote of the assembly
is held to be the greatest single adj
vance the league of nations has
yet registered in international re-
lations.
Two Important Problems.
Two important problems which
had to be decided before the court
begins to convene were, first,
should the court have the power
of compulsory adjudication And,
second, should it be organized by
resolution of the assembly or sub
mitted to ratification by individual
nations? These questions were
decided by the assembly providing
that those nations so desiring may
accept the principle of compulsory
adjudication and that the organi-
cation of the court should be sub
ject to ratification of individual
Action for or against the
court will be taken in a number of
which meet this year.
Mandates - An international
of nine members 'front.'
non mandatory powers is to be ap-
pointed by the council in accord
ance with an agreement reached
on November 20. The question of
for the 100000 or
more people of the Pacific islands,
South Africa, Turkey and Kiao-
Chow, freed from Germany and
Turkey during the war, opens one
of the least advanced of all the
leagues problems. Tentative
drafts have been proposed by the
allied powers so that the league is
now in possession of the terms of
all prospective mandates. These
will be analysed and. where neces-
sary. possible changes recon-
nended.
Economics and Finance.
International Economics and FL
lance--A permanent. centralizing,
and financial organization
IS to be formed within the league
by the appointment of an advisory,
and financial committee,
the membership of which will be
of leading world finan-
ciers and economists. This com
mittee in sense will be the sue
cessor of the supreme economic
council. 1t grew out of the Brus-
Iels' international conference and
will be charged with the duty of :
the immediate applica-
ion of that body's recommended
ions.
Nv commissions are proposed
to the covenant of the
eague, registration and publica-
ion of treaties between member
methods of applying the
he international economic block
lde and means of providing funds =
or the secretariat and auditing its u
.ccounts. 10
Other commissions or organiza- I
ions will take up methods Of i'm
,roving means of communication I
nd transportation in Europe and
coordination of international \
Iealth organizations in. combating
pidemics.
Humanitarian Work.
Under the head of humanitarian
york come such subjects as the Ar
nenian massacres and the white
lave and opium traffics which are n
o be handled by the cooperation H
f several or all governments in \
he league The United States,
pain and Brazil, at the councils
have agreed to use their
lfluence to end the Armenian hor- J
ors and the allied powers, through
heir representatives at Constanti- \
ople, are now ascertalning the i
est methods of approach.
Fifteen nations. including Can 4
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