Evening star., 1921-09-08
NEGATIVE POSITION.
or US. BLAMED FOR.
DELAY MANDATES
Lord Robert Cecil Criticises
American Policy in Talk
to League Assembly.
RAPS ARMS COMMISSION
FOR LACK OF RESULTS
Chile and Other American Repub-
lies Threatening to Follow Ar
gentina in Withdrawing.

s'~AN SsAASA &AA4SAACtSA 4sOpUU.
lies Threatening to Follow Ar
gentina in Withdrawing.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September S.-Charges
that the purely negative" position of
the United States had been RESPONSE
Die for the delay in the application
of mandates by the league of nations
were made by Lord Robert Cecil, rep
resentative for South Africa, at to-
days session of the assembly of the
league, which took up a general dis
cussion OF the accomplishments Of
that body to date.
A furry of interest spread over the
audience as the South African dele
late arose anu announced he wlSneu
to speak on mandates Lord Cecil
reviewed the whole mandate question,
ouring Wnicn he TOOK occasion not
only to criticise the policy Of the
Cnited States, Dut also the lack OF
publicity permitted the recent meet
ing OF the council OF the league.
AeSarding the note recently sent
by the United States Department of
fairs would have been better ad-
fanced hau 1t been received earlier.
Says Action Must He Taken.
These territories" he said. refer
ring to the countries over which man
dates were provided by the covenant
of the league of nations, 'lpust no
longer be LETT in their present situa-
tion, deprived of a definite status or
a definite government
lie SAID ne did not want to appear to
criticise the United States. But the
m a In
interest Of the peoples directly In
trusted with them, and without fur
ther delay"
while the interests of the man
dated peoples" Lord Cecil continued,
ARE safeguarded by the covenant.
they are not yet SO safeguarded by
the league organization"
The mandates, he added. must not
be "camouhaged."
Tho delegate from South Africa
scored the action and consultation of
the military commission Of the
league. which. he said. had been
studying disarmament for a year and
a half without formulating a single
constructive suggestion regarding
disarmament. without which no pow
er or organization would ever be able
to make progress toward permanent
peace.
Cannot Go On SDending.. -
The world cannot afford to go On
spending 20 per cent of the govern
ment outlay for ornaments, he de-
clared.
'is the revival of the Industries Of
peace to solve the economic problem
Of the world. The distraction Of 20
per cent. of the governments efforts
on armaments is the reason for high
prices. he declared. He introduced
resolution providing for an immediate
definition Of the mandates OF the A
lows:
"The assembly, regretting the delay
which has taken place in the definition
of mandates, recognizes that the coun-
Gil is not responsible for that delay
and is of the opinion that it would be
desirable that mandates of the A and
B classes should be forthwith de-
fined"
Shout Brings Applause.
Upon introducing this resolution,
Lord Cecil shouted:
Nations are going on building
armaments with which to tear one
another to pieces, and in SO doing they
are tearing themselves to pieces"
This assertion was greeted by loud
outburst of applause.
Lord Cecil, in concluding his ad-
dress. demanded with great energy
that the league continue its work Of
disarmament without interruption and
that 1t get at once to practical action.
Prince Dowleh of Persia, who fol-
lowed the South African delegate on
the speakers stand. lent some color
to the session, wearing an astrakhan
fez. He expressed the hopes of Per-
sia and that country's confidence in
the league. The prince proposed that
members Of the council of the league
be elected by the various parliaments
instead of being appointed by govern
mentS
Reports Taken Up.
Reports detailing the activities Of
the council of the league Of nations
OF the league Of nations were taken
up by the assembly at this morn
ings session. These reports were
expected to open a wide and compre-
hensive debate on nearly all work
done by, the league since last De-
uanian dispute. the Albanian COM
plant against Greece and Jugoslavia
and the controversy between Costa
Rica and Panama over territory
along the frontier of those two coun-
tries 1t was also expected that ex-
ternational troops through Swiss ter
ritory might be discussed. 1t was
expected there would be some sharp
debates as to the work of the coun-
ell and Its relation to the assembly.
Open Sessions ON Disarmament.
The commission on disarmament
has decided to hold open sessions and
give fullest publicity to its work.
This decision was reached upon the
motion of Sir Robert Cecil. represent
ing the, union Of South Africa, who
was supported by Signor Schanzer of
Italy and Rene Viviani of rance. M.
Of understanding Of the subject of
on the part Of the peo-
pie generally, and declared that wild
est publicity was, necessarQ. Refer
ring to the conference on limitations
Of armaments, to be held in Washing
ton this autumn. NJ. Viviani said he
did not know whether the discussion
there would include land armaments,
but II it was confined to the naval
sercice, the result Of the conference
must be limited. He declared, there
fore, that tn league must go on with
this work.
Charges that the league Of nations
had been extra,vagant and had DIS
criminated against countries which
remained neutral In the world war
were made by Hjalmar .Brlpting Of
Sweden at this mornings session of
the leagues assembly. H. also criti-
cised the action of<the o6unci1 of the
league in awarding thS Aland Islands
to Finland. sadng re regretted that
that ought not apply"
spakests Using Funds ~ Club.
Ne Branting ssuggested that the
their contributions 1 the organs of
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