New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
ecil Calls ON
League to Solve
Debt Problems
pr;ton BIanes the Great
Powers for Europe's )
Condition, i'm Address
That Rouses Assembly
lppeal for Austria Made
CHANCELLOR Seipel Hints
That War May Come il
Help Is Not Provided
By Wilbur Forrest

r..r-,ght 1929 New York Tribune. Inc.
gENEyA. Sept. 6. - Lord Robert
r..,l representing South Africa. elee-
..sea the somnolent session Of the
gs.rue Of Nations here to-day with
g,napd for action in matters Of prl-
.a..v ;,unortance. I'VE cannot con-
,lsue 10 dabble in matters Of secondary
,sture !. he declared, ''but must take
a. full responsibility laid upon us BY
he covenant. We need courage. /
sm profoundly convinced that # we
r;sk nothing we viii achieve nothing.
Lord Robert brought the most vital
uroblems of Europe abruptly before tne
Assembly, tossed then, into the faces OF
the representatives of the fourty-foor
,.t;ons who sat below him, surround
;nu tbe rostrum, and asked them how
losg the question Of debts and reDara-
.;ons was to continue to poison the in
,.-rssionai atmosphere. He spoke
,,nrs,v IT the purely inter-Allied ques-
sisns n Indebtedness, and said they
ss,ssys the cause of the economic crisis
jn Europe to-day.
Halds Great Powers Responsible
The speaker declared that Europe
and the whole world were facing the
.,sasest crisis since the armistice.
wabip few yards of the speaker sat
l,ss garl Of Balfour and the members of
- - french delegation, and when it is
sss.;aered that it was Balfour's note
ssss nreciuded the discussion of inter
sIsd debts at the London meeting of
,rsnsers. Lord Roberts words prob
s,kiv struck the hardest blow at the two
!. issdiue delegations, although he di
! ssstsd his remarks to the entire gather
81 Indirectly his speech charged that
IL most powerful nations of Europe
we're responsible for the prolonged eco
annie crisis through their unwilling
as or inability to come into accord on
4 i vital question OF debts.
4 q wonder" exclaimed Lord Robert,
II this is not matter which the
..eue should take up" adding that
.sre action of useful kind should be
sttsp,pted He then traced the failure
9the league to bring about the redUc-
lar Of ornaments, which had been
s,nsidered ever since its organization.
aThe action of the league will not
10 much toward the reduction of arma-
nents,e he said, because the inter-
national mind is not vet favorable TO
the project. Before you do anything
IN this direction you must have moral
disarmament, and this depends upon
the solution of economic difficulties
which have described"
Gives League World Jurisdiction
Lord Robert declared that the League
Of Nations had right to take up any
matter that affected the peace of the
vcfid, and ne asserted that the Turko-
Grsisn Var and the conditions in
Russia were within it's purview. He
eu!qgised the accomplishments of the
lsssus, but said they were of secondary
Importance, referring particularly to
tae partition of Silesia, the repatria-
hen Of the war prisoners and the move
. suppress the white slave and the
1prm trsffies.
The success of the appeal made by
iss eloquent Briton depends upon the
isitude Of his own delegation and that
aFrance. Gabriel Hanotaux, a mem
sr Of the French delegation, told The
snhune correspondent that the speech
II sght be, made the basis for some use
hegotiations and said he was con-
need that Premier Poincare would re-
b pa 1t with the greatest sympathy.
the matter stands the eyes of Eu-
hre have been focused upon Downing
afeet and the Quai d'Orsay, and the
ne:ess or failure of the frank PROPOSAL
ssde by Lord Robert depends upon
ns!r reaction to his appeal.
Inc League council heard an ex-
aaustiye report on the desperate
Eight Of Austria, and appointed
@nmittee Of five to make a further
INDY OF the situation and make rec
lamentations within the next few
oays. The original report was read in
ssfman by Chancellor Seipel of Aus
ma whc said that Austria had
searched everywhere for aid and was
shally shunted off to the League. He
aecisred that the problem Of main
sasning the Independence Of the @ conn.
~ ms..s sas now fundamentally political,
ssaaoalng Indirectly that her neigh
sss we're known to have designs
sa.sl sssslu alsmemberment because of her
weakened state. % M
See Hint of War
pas OF the Chancellor's statements
re- interpreted as a desperate threat
war unless the League does eones
'ailg to relieve the situation 'N
an1,.;r i;rahkly admit, he said," that the
ian isst.s;aa people would rather perish In
Rom Rss ~. taan submit to the chains