Evening star., 1924-09-29
WILL KILL LEAGUE
PACT IF DEMANDS
FAIL, JAPAN WARNS
Geneva Session to Save Ar
bltration Protocol in Crisis
Is Dramatic.
PRIVATE PARLEYS FAIL
TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES
Negative Vote by TOXIC Envoys
Would End Chance for Dis
armament Session.
BY the Associated Press.

'1->I@' A. september ~. - j W0
members of the japanese delegation
declared to press representatives to-
day that if japan did not obtain
satisfaction of her demand for an
amendment to the proposed protocol
or arbitration and security, she prob
ably, much to their regret, would be
obliged to vote against the protocol
when ii was submitted to the assem-
bly, of the League of Nations
If this happens, the protocol init
lated by Foreign Minister Benes of
Czechoslovakia and elaborated by the
disarmament commission and its sub
committee Will fail of adoption and
consequently the international dis
armament conference provided for in
the protocol and planned for next
Summer will not be held
Session Dramatic.
The Palace of the League of Ma
tions was the scene of dramatic in
cidents today as the wearied dele
gates reassembled in an attempt TO
discover solution of the difficulty
created by Japan's demand.
The subcommittee to which the
matter had been intrusted held
brief meeting, but adjourned until
this afternoon before taking UP the
japanese problem. because the leaders
decided it would be more practical
and less dangerous to find a satisfac-
tory formula in private conversations.
therefore NiScount Ishii held a meet
ing with AriStide BRAND and Louis
Loucheur OF the French delegation.
Paul Hymans Of Belgium and other
members of the council
Another NEE ling was held at the
Z ilND nd Iaae
by Mr.. AdaChi of japan, J. Limburg
| of Holland. II. Rolin of Belgium. Wiz
torio Scialoia of Italy and Raoul
Fernandes of Brazil. who opposed the
japanese amendment last night and
who today endeavored 70 find a
formula which would satisfy the
japanese aspirations while safeguard
ing the rights of individual states as
regards sovereignty in domestic mat
ters which have been pronounced 10
be strictly domestic by the World
| Court of Justice.
Discussion AmiabIe
! The discussion at this meeting an
parently was of a most amiable char
| acter, but little headway was made
before the adjournment because most
! of the confereeS supported the Japa-
nese point of view, Mr.. Rolin particu-
/ larly being bound by his public dec
| laration yesterday evening.
! The subcommittee. acting on NJ
| Loucheur's advice, decided there was
! plenty of time for discussion on the
| theory that an overhasty solution
! would be worse than none at all.
! This attitude on the part of the
! delegates is bound to Iengthen the
Session of the present assembly
which, it is now foreseen, may last
until the end of the week
Meeting ResuItIess.
| None of the forenoon discussions
| succeeded in finding a way out of the
! difficulty. The Japanese insisted that
| their only desire was to close up eff
! fectually all of the loopholes in the
| covenant and protocol so that japan
| and the other countries would have
the opportunity to continue media
| tion discussions when they had been
/ thrown out of court on the ground
that the disputed question was purely
within the domestic jurisdiction Of
! the party.
| The members of the council. on
leaving this mornings deliberations
| on the Japanese situation. refused to
discuss what progress had been made
NJ. BRAND jocularly referring TO the
| present cold spell in Geneva and say
! ing:
We merely attempted to warm up
! the atmosphere"
NJ. Politis, former Greek foreign
| minister, who looked worried. was
! equally uncommunicative The same
| confereeS will meet this afternoon.
SantO Domingo Enters.
The league assembly voted today
TO admit the republic of Santo Do
| mingo to membership. The vote was
| unanimous.
Jacinto De Castro, Dominican dele
gate, said in an address that his
j her autonomy, deemed it her first
/ duty to join the lea que and thus
to voice her desire henceforth to
| remain sovereign state and to
| affirm her attachment TO law and
Justice
The assembly adjourned after
| adopting the 1925 budget which shows
| a reduction over the 1924 budget of
| 100000 gold francs. Abiding to the
difficulties raised by Japan, President
| Motta announced he was not able to
fix time for the next meeting be-
| cause of the failure to complete the
| protocol on arbitration and security
| Bulgaria has offered to appoint
| agents who under the auspices of
| the league of nations will supervise
| Bulgarias treatment of the Greek
minority population and receive all
| petitions from Greeks residents in
| Bulgaria concerning their treatment
| The council of the league accepted
! the offer.