Evening star., 1923-01-28

ny SdDic 10 lpo St2r ana New YORK IrlDune.
Copyright 1923.
PARIS, January 2Z-The two out
standing questions to be taken UP
when the council Of the league Of
nations assemblies here Monday will
be reparations and MosuL This will
be the first session OF the council
since 1t was enlarged to include rep
resentatives of ten nations instead Of
eight.
The session opening Monday will
also raise the important point in con-
nection with the constitution of the
league of nations. The council Of
ten will be called on to decide the
detailed steps to be taken in order
to have a report ready for the next
assembly on the Canadian proposal
looking toward the amendments to
article X, to which the original op-
position OF the United States to the
league pact was chiefly due.
The Canadian proposal submitted
to the last assembly calls for amend
ments in article Y in two directions.
Amendments Proposed.
First, it is proposed that any
recommendations from the council re-
garding the preservation OF the ter
dependence of any state should take
into account political and geographi-
cal circumstances II a state is in
vited to give aid. The second Of
these vital amendments Is that, while
any recommendation from the coun-
ell should be considered Of the high
est Importance among members Of
the league. at the same time no men,
Der should be under obligation to
engage in any act of war without
consent Of its parliament.
In accordance with the decision taken
at the last Geneva assembly on the ini-
tiative Of the British and French rep
resentatives, the number Of non-per-
manent members has been increased
from four to six. In addition to the
big four permanently represented,
England, France, Italy and Japan, and
the four states which served last
year as temperament members,
Belgium, Brazil, China and Spain, the
two new members, Sweden and Uru-
quay. which were elected by the last
assembly, will now appear for the
first time. This introduces to the
stage, as tho colleague Of Balfour,
Viviani, Salandra and Adatci, the in
teresting personality. Of Branting, the
Swedish premier.
ReparntiOns Question.
Owing to the motion Of the Septem-
ber session, backed by De Jouvenei
and Lord Robert Cecil, tho French
and British representatives at the
assembly. there 10 q standing instruc-
tion that the league Of nations should
watch along on tho reparations ques-
tions, but Branting 10 credited with
tho intention OF raising the question
here in a moro positive form.
1t Is thought that he will take
the initiative along the lines OF a
standing instruction that the league
of nations examine the reparations
question, with the participation OF
all interested nations.
In view Of the fact that France
already has turned down tho British
plan put forward at the
premiers' confsrsnos IN Paris. ono
feature OF which was the reforming
Of the reparasaons commission into an
With the participation
Of Germany and neutrals ~ we'll a.
the United States, It may be taken for
granted that q proposal such ~ that
credited to Branting will come UP
against the firm opposition Of France.
Unanimous Decision Needed.
The decisions Of the council must
be unanimous to be effective. 30 that
Frances veto would rule ont Brant-
ings plan. The council, however,
generally triss 70 work along the
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