New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-04
League on Eve
.Of Attem pit to
Gut Ar1lla1a1erlts
Third Assembly, Meeting
To-day, IL Expected TO
Adopt Cecil Formul a
for Regional Treaties
Austrian Appeal Also Up
Council to Consider Case
First as Pressure of
Neighbors Gives Interest

GENEVA, Sept. s{By The Assoc.
ciated Press The Importance of the
third assembly of the League Of Ma
tions opening here tomorrow in the
Hall Of Reformation lies almost en-
tirely in two subjects, Austria and
disarmament. Interest for the dele
gates is increased by the fact that the
league appears likely to take it's first
real step in an effort to obtain re-
duction of ornaments. Lord Robert
Cecil's plan to that end has been
approved by the armament committee
and is certain to be adopted by the
assembly
While 1t is recognized that the
league has no means at its disposal to
remedy Austria's situation, and can
only again recommend action by the
powers, it is hoped that progress may
be made toward restoring Austria.
The avowed intention of the states
neighboring on Austria to do some
thing on their own account il the
other powers fail to act gives pecu-
liar interest to the debate, which will
occupy the council firsta and then be
taken up in, the assembly on some
sort of recommendation of the council.
The only other important business
will be the election of four non-per-
manent members of the council to
succeed Belgium, Brazil, Spain and
China. South America which is con-
coded one member, will have to choose
between Uruguay and Chile, and ac-
sembly one of the non permanent
seats must go to an Asiatic country,
probably China. For the remaining
two seats Czechoslovakia will be
backed by the Little Entente, while
the Scandinavian countries will sup
port Sweden.
The Assembly leaders are still of
the opinion that it is too early to med
die with the covenant. and it is
thought that the proposed amendments
will be put over until next year, in
Guiding the Canadian amendment,
eliminating article 10.
The principal features of this plan
are: First, that the reduction of arm
amcnts must be general; second, that
security must be assured the countries
asked to reduce ornaments, and, third,
the best means of furnishing this Sc
curity would be regional or CONT
mental conventions, rather than a world
agreement.
Hungary's application for member
ship is still on the agenda, but it is
expected will be postponed until it can
be joined with Germany's application
in general effort to make theSLeague
universal. Such, move was planned
for this assembly. Switzerland and
other neutral countries were ready 20
support it but the more influential
members were not ready for action
which would automatically open the
League to Soviet Russia.
The assembly's work is expected TO
occupy three weeks. Nearly all the
leading figures of the League will be
present when Domicio da Cana, Brazil
ian Ambassador to Great Britain, will
cali the assembly to order. At least
fo,ty-five of the fifty-one states in the
League will be represented. The few
oiefections will all be Central and
South American states. Argentina, it
is known, will be absent, but nothing
mas yet been heard from Bolivia Hay
ii, Nicaragua. Salvador or Honduras.
Panama, which was absent last year.
will be represented, as we'll IS Peru.
A new international conference of
members of the League. of Nations to
prepare for the extension of the Wash
ington accord on naval ornaments to
countries which were not represented
at the Washington Conference is
recommended in a report adopted by
the disarmament committee. The COM
mittee decided that it could not in
vite the League to adopt the Washing
ton agreement on poisonous gases until
the American government sees fit to.
communicate that agreement to the
members of the League.
A resolution was also adopted COM
mending the initiative of the Chilean
government in organizing pan-Ameri-
can disarmament congress. The hope
is expressed that the Santiago con-
ference will reach practical solution
which will harmonic with the general
plan of disarmament now under study
by the committee.