Evening star., 1923-10-21

OF tAe league, ana for the time 1t
least. Its teeth have been withdrawn.
THE second provision of the league
l. ia that all the nations agree TO
work together for certain non-po-
liticsl subjects which are mainly well
fare, financial ana economical. These
include all matters as to interna :
tional health. the control of the traf-
tlc in opium and other dangerous
drugs. and the suppression OF the
white slave traffic in women and chill
dren. They relate also TO certain
financial and economic matters and 10
matters Of international transit.
To carry out these objects the
league of nations has been organized
into an assembly and council. The as
sembly is composed OF delegates OF all
the states belonging to the league,
each delegation having only one vote
and the majority ruling. The council
might be called the standing commit
tee OF the assembly. 1t IS composed
of one government delegate from
each of the four great powers
France, Great Britain, Italy anG ia
pan-and one delegate from each OF
six smaller powers. the latter TO be
elected by the majority vote Of the
assembly. Thus the assembly consists
OF all the delegates, and the counI
ell has only ten delegates, Of which
France, Great Britain, Italy and ia
pan must be q part. The assembly
meets here at Geneva once a year In
September; the council meets every
two months.
These two bodies are the live act
ing parts of the league and every
thing below them is made up of sub
ordinate branches. The secretariat
general is clerical force devoted to
carrying out the DEGREES of the Coun-
Gil and assembly. It gathers infor-
nation for them. outlines future
work as directed and makes plans
and specifications and methods of
action. II is the great source Of In
formation as to every subject with
which the league has to deal, and 1t
may be called upon by all the MEM
bers at Will. This body consists of
a secretary general, Sir James Eric
Drummond, Il. G. NJ. CT. Q. b.. who for
years was the confidential assistant
to the three well known English
statesmen, Asquith, Balfour and Grey.
He has under him about 350 experts.
clerks and officials of one kind or
another and he can call in experts
from all over the world when occa~
sion demands.
In addition to this body there is
the International Court Of Justice,
consisting Of eleven judges and four
deputy Judges, elected for ninety
seven years by the assembly and
council, which sits at The Hague, and
the international labor Office, which
has its headquarters here separate
and apart from the secretariat gem
eral. which alone occupies the so-cailed
World Palace OF Peace.
The head of the labor office is AL
bert Thomas. who was minister OF
munitions in the cabinet of France
during the war. and who has long
been prominent in advanced move
ments regarding all matters of labor
from an international standpoint.
He has an even greater number of
clerks than the secretariat general
and he Is an important part of the
league.
This is o bare outline OF the con-
stitution of the league. What 1t has
accomplished and what 1t is doing
would fill several columns of this
newspaper. During my stay have
had talks with Sir James Eric Drum
mond and Albert Thomas. and also
with many of the experts and Off
cials from q dozen different promi-
nent countries, Including Japan. ]
am impressed with the earnestness
and confidence that all seem to have
and with their plain common sense
point of view of world troubles
There are in the secretarist alone as
active workers, representatives of
thirty.cna different nations and per-