Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-26

barrassed these transactions serl-
ously but it is expected that If the
league gets into the whole Near
Eastern question, the Armenia mat
ter can be worked out in conjunc-
ton with the Turkish question.
New Questions Taken Up
A new question, taken up by the
league comparatively recently, re-
Iates to Eastern Galicia. The league
has invited the attention OF the
powers to the importance OF set
thing the status of this territory
and plans are afoot to hold confer
ences on the question.
Another new question now in
process of diplomatic negotiation
relates to the province of Eastern
Carella. Finland feels that Soviet
Russia has been Nencroachtng or
her sovereignty in Eastern Garcia
and the matter has been referred
to the league. The Baltic Stats
| Latvia, Lithuania, Esthonia and Po-
land have nationalistic interests in
this region and are having a voice
in the settlement.
The League of Nations has been
continuously concerned with the
government of the Saar Basin and
has been proceeding with admins
trative work of a wide variety in
| Guiding the affairs of the Free City
of DanZig, the protection of minori-
ties and the adjudication of minor
boundary disputes.
A great technical organization
has been functioning steadily, gath
ering and studying statistics of TIE
various nations of the world. These
include finance, transportation,
navigation, hydro-electric develop
ment and other power, navigation
of the air and a score of other sub
jects.
The other great international
body which the Treaty of Versailles
created Is the international Labor
Office. This is not an adjunct Of
the League of Nations, but a sepa-
rate body maintaining a large staff
at Geneva with branch Offices
throughout the world. The United
States, not having ratified the
States is so important industrialiy
that the office maintains an Ameri-
can correspondent, Ernest Green
! wood, whose headquarters are in
Washington
II 1lLNG AoOSk "a
seeks to improve the condition. CT
labor throughout the world and, to
that end, already has obtained the
ratification by s~ignatory members
of the following conventions:
Regulation of use of white phos-
phorus, which Is dangerous to
/ health of match workers; standard
ization of hours of labor of women;
night work; child labor; and the
regulation of employment of women
before and after childbirth.
The office is working on agree
ments affecting various other mat
ters vital to laboring people, chief
among which are unemployment,
ciprocity of treatment Of workers of
| different nations; control of an
thrax; lead poisoning; vital statis-
tics; employment for seamen; a sea-
mems code; rights of workers 20 as
sociate; weekly periods Of rest for
workers and various types of in
surance for the working classes.
The office holds annual CONVEX
tions and at each progress has been
reported. 1t is hoped TO standard
ize throughout the world the condi-
tions of labor in various important
industries, bringing the conditions
of the worker to a higher plane.
Both league and labor office are
subsidized by the nations which
have signed the treaty and both
give every indication of being on a
firm and permanent basis. Whether
| either will assist in preventing war
is a matter concerning which there
is wide difference of opinion but 1t
generally is conceded that these
bodies perform a useful function in
assembling important information
! and improving conditions Of life in
the countries which support then
| efforts.