Evening star., 1923-09-26
ARTICLE X CHANGE
MAY YET Be MADE
League Assembly Head Rules
lnterpretative Motion Is
Still Before Body.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
GENEVA, September 26.--Dr. de la
Torrtente. president of the league of
nations assembly. reserved the ques-
ton of final and definite action by
the assembly on the resolution in
terpreting article Y of the covenant
by declaring that, although the reso-
luton had not been accepted, he
could not say the motion for its ac-
ceptance was lost This was so be-
cause the assembly had not declared
itself in favor of contrary inter
pretation.
=, The league council will be given
the details of the vote taking. and
meanwhile efforts will be made to
induce Persia. the only state voting
against the resolution, to make its
approval unanimous. The states
which abstained rom voting were
Albania, Costa Rica, Esthonia, Fin
!and, Haiti, Latvia, LIBERIA, Lithuan-
ia, Panama, Poland, Siam Czecho-
slovakia and Venezuela.
Says Wilson Approves.
In his address favoring the reso-
tuition. Sir Lomer Gouin of Canada
declared the resolution conformed to
the views held by the father of the
covenant, Woodrow Wilson, and also
by William H. Taft, another former
President of the United States He
said the time had come for Canada
to know exactly the limits of her
duties and obligations as a member
of the league.
Prince Mira Khan of Persia said
the resolution weakened the value of
the covenant He declared that Per-
sta's geographical and political posi-
ton was vastly different from that of
Canada, which was situated between
nd y n
member of the British empire, which
would defend her II she were at
tackled. But Persia, he continued. sur
rounded by nations which were not
members of the league, attached the
greatest Importance to the protection
afforded by article " which obliged
all members of the league to help a
colleague whose security was i'm
periled.
Speeds ExpertS Reports.
That speed is the guiding principle
In the league of nations determina-
tion to have it's covenant subjected to
1uridfcal Interpretation was evil
deneed last night by the fact that the
SpeclaI committee of legal experts
had already framed its preliminary
upon because of Italy's refusal to
admit the competency of the covenant
with respect to her recent dispute
with Greece.
The league council last night re-
ceived the report of the experts, who
were appointed to frame suitable
questions on which the covenant
could be judged, the idea being to
submit them to the Permanent Court
OF International Justice for an ad-
visOry opinion and to secure illumi-
mating rulings which will serve as a
basis for the future. Just what does
the covenant mean is the general end
which the league seeks to attain.
Five Quekffoua nraxru
There will be no abandonment OF
the question apparently, because the
council plans 10 make a full report
TO the assembly before that body ad-
Journs next Saturday, and allow no
suspicion to linger in the mind of any
delegate that the grave issue of the
covenant Interpretation has been
thrown aside.
The experts reported that they had
Drawn up five questions. These have
not been made public. but 1t Is under
stood that three of them directly con
Germ the leagues competency. One re-