The Washington herald., 1922-09-05
LEAGUE TOCALL
SMALL NATIONS
NARMSPARLEY
Would Apply Washington
Principles to Most
OF World.
THIRD ASSEMBLY
OPENS IN GENEVA
United States Protests
Britain's Seizure OF
Phosphate Island.

GENEVA, Sept. 4-calling of
another conference to extend to
most of the nations of the world
the armament Limitation prin-
ciples agreed upon at the WASH
ington conference is among the
proposals to be considered by the
league Of nations at its third
general assembly which opened
here today.
The disarmament commission Of
the league recommended that
B conference of nations not attend
ing the Washington meeting be
held.
A protest by the United States
over Great Britain's seizure of the
phosphate deposit in the Pacific
Island Naurn was revealed this
evening at the council meeting
during a bitter debate over the
administration of a mandate which
provides tor equal exploitation OF
national resources in inundated
territories by the allied and associ-
ated powers.
L. :. Seeks Phosphates.
Although the league gave the
British Empire mandate to
Nauru without the right of trans
fer il develops that England has
given New Zealand and Australia
AZ per cent each of the phosphate
rights to the island. retaining the
other I6 per cent herself after an
Australian discovered on the island
a solid block of the precious min
eral representing a fabulous value.
and able 10 supply the world with
phosphate for many years
1t was divulged that Secretary
of State Hughes had instructed
Ambassador Harvey in London last
week 10 inquire Of the British gov
ernment Americas right to par
ticipation at Nauru-
Premier Seipel of Austria arrived
at Geneva this afternoon ineognito.
, The chancellor held long secret
interview with Premier Benes of
Czecho-Slovakia. 1t is understood
that they reached an agreement for
eo-operstion between their eoun-
tries.
II the powers and other merNber3
of the little entente assent. a mer-
ger of Austria and Czecho- Slovak Ia
will prove a solution of the critical
problem in Central Europe.
Achievements Listed.
Though the United States is not
a member of the league. more than
seventy Americans were present.
acting in semi-official and unofficial
capacities = the largest delegation
present
ing the last year were listed in
part as follows:
Established international court Of
justice at The Hague
Settled Upper sflesian Dispute.
Germany and POLAND signing treaty
applying league settlement.
Obtained Serbia's evacuation of
Albania, fixed Albania's frontiers
and assisted in organization of gov
ernment.
Obtained thirty three signatories
to congention against white slave
trafic
Prepared machinery for protec-
tion of European minorities in
eleven states which have signed mi
nority treaties.
Carries on Genoa Work.
Aided in technical work OF the
Genoa conference and took over
study of reconstruction of Europe
where the conference left off.
Obtained signing Of treaty neu-
tralizing of Aaland plans.
Continued campaign against
opium traffic
Held international sanitary con-
ference at Warsaw to fight epi-
denies In Russia and Eastern Eu-
rope.
Continued evacuation of Russian
refugees. reparation of war prison
ers from Russia and assisted return
OF deported women and children Of
Turkey.
Prepared plan for world wide dis
armament
Formed machinery for co-ordina-
tion Of international intellectual
effort.
Admission of Germanx.
Admission of Germany to the
league to be demanded at this ses-
sion and probably will provoke a
protest from France.
Forty-four countries were repre-
sented. with Argentina, Bolivia,
Peru. Honduras. Nicaragua, Saliva
dor and Haiti absent.
Answering oft-repeated asser-
tions that the league of nations
might easily become a world-goy
erning super-state, President Da
Cana of Brazil declared in his open-
.ing address that 10 is now only nee
essary for the league to continue
to work In the spirit of interna-
tional cooperation which has char
acterized IL thus far