The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
STATE ESMEN WILL GATHER ID REVIEW w
 WORK OF LEAGUE
Fourth General Assembly To Be Opened At Geneva
 Monday Morning

GENEVA, September 1.-(By Asso- ciated Press)-The fourth general assembly of the League of Nations will be called to order Monday morn ing, September 3. by Viscount Ishii, former Japanese ambassador at Washington and now ambassador to France.
 The forthcoming meeting is re- garded with great International in terest. The league has passed through it's most active year of en- deavor, and numerous are the ques- tions which will come up for dis7 cussion by the representatives of the 52 nations affiliated with the Geneva . organization. It is regarded as cer- tain that Ireland will apply for mem bership; Turkey and one or two other states may do likewise,
 The assembly wrm bring together many of the worlds foremost states men, including General Shuts, the celebrated leader of the South Afri- can republic; Lord Robert Cecil. Dr. F. Nansen, for many years prominent in European relief work; former Pre- mier Granting of Sweden, Foreign Minister Benes of Czechoslovakia, representatives of the British over seas dominions and spokesmen of some 16 South American republics.
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 Expect 1,B00 People.
 Something like 1,50o people, inc cluding national delegates, experts In various fields and Journalists from all corners of the globe are expected, and already Geneva is making ready It's display of flags of all the world, preparing the great fountain which plays in the inner harbor, and other wise planning for the reception fof men from many lands, of many races and of many languages.
 All the work of the assembly VIII be done in public. Every sesslon, both plenary and committee, Is open to the press. Apparently efforts are being made to prevent the league from falling into those ways Of se- crecy which often mark the course or diplomats ih international negoua- tions. Occasionally, during the last year, some sessions of the councli were held privately, with resultane criticism based on the allegation that if the league, as 1t gets stronger yields to the temptation to follow the road of secrecy, it is eventually doomed to failure because the Key note of it's success must be open COW enants openly arrived at. The as sembly generally discusses not otly what the league has done durlhg lne past year, but also what It h@s nv done and should do. s
 Each state which is a memper ot the league may be represented by not more than three delegates, Who arg annoir,ted by and responsible to their respective governments. As the esv work vror rt < of the league covers many different ns fields of international H1e, anu a' the sessions are run with the great est possible expsditio4f: many 9yylesates gates and evnert advisors on various prop ana isms' eAPSst Each, % however, has but one one vote. Practically all questions nsi1 Et inv by pO, ,Uaoimous ,9i-r vote. One state could block block an agreement, if it wished tp tp take the responsibility 1, As au a bas ma{set not arisen ar sae'i in the history of the league. sui one of two policies has bsSe Dssg been tSin loM '.5 eu ,,nti1 an agreement accept pbie PbIste to all has been reached or states Ge;i which felt unable hsve to aSses a5sfsined ne from nltG tbns allowing the proposal to he adopted by the other countries