The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
GE ER|NANY MAY ASK F0R MEMBERSHIP IN TIE LEAGUE
Preparations Problem Must Faced By Officials at
 League Assembly

GENEVA, Sept. 1.-(By Associated Press.)-The separations problem and the question whether Germany Is to be admitted to membership in the League of Nations are two mat ters, in the opinion of league au- thorities, that probably will come up at the meeting of league assembly which opens in this city, Monday October 1.
 gate said recently:
 T don't see how 1t will be possible to keep the reparatlon problem out of the discussion, unless 1t be settled beforehand" And another delegate from one of the northern Scandina vian lands. referring to the popular movement in Germany to apply for | membership, said: Certainly Ger many should come in. If she applies she would probably be elected easily"
 These and other questions. like the problem of opium have served to create an atmosphere of unusual in- terest in thls years doings of the as- sembly.
 The first business on the agenda is the election of president and six ! vice presidents who, with the pres idents of tho six committees later elected, form with the president a bureau responsible for the general conduct of the business of the as- sembly.
 Discuss Annual Report.
 The actual work of the session then begins with discussion of the annual report of the secretary gem 1 eral, Sir Erie Drummond, on the ac- tivities of the council during the past year and with @ statement of what has been done to make effective the recomm of the previous as sembly. After debate the assem- bly, usually divides Itself into six general committees These include constitutional and legal questions, such as amendments to the cove- nant of the league; the work of the technical organizations on economics, | finance, transit and health; the ques- ton of reduction of armaments; the | budget and other matters of internal administration; social questions, such as opium, the white slave traffic and refugee problems, and political ques- tions such as the admission of new states.
 Really Small Assemblies. These committees are virtually small assemblies in themselves. for each country has the right to be rep resented on all of them. As three committees sit simultaneously one day and three others the next, the work of the assembly Is greatly ex- | pedited. Newspaper correspondents are kept busy following all these meetings. When the committees make their final reports, usually brief. the full assembly affords a final debate On any point still at is- sue.
 The official languages of the as- sembly are French and English l Speeches delivered in one are trans lated Into the other tongue. The as- sembly convention lasts from three to four weeks and generally marks out broad policies whose detailed execution is left to the council, which Is the cabinet Of the League of Ma tions.
 In view of the late President Hardings recommendation that the United States join the international court of justice, of special interest to Americans will be the election of a successor to Judge Ruy Barbosa of Brazil as a member of the court. This election is carried out by the concurrent majority action of the as- sembly and council. The American group of the old Hague arbitral court exercised it's prerogative this year, and nominated a candidate to succeed Judge Barbosa.