The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
I.EAGUE SESSION GAINS IMPETUS
 FROM MACDONALD
Labor Ministry's Attitude
 Brings Recognition Cues. <s tions To The Fore

s GENEVA, March, .S.-(By Asso- easzee(ated Press.)--As one of the slogans of the new British labor scabiEet is that errsz1ore use be made of the League of Nations in the effort to put Europe's political house in order, special interest is attached here to the next meeting of x Of the council of the league which will Tsbe held at Geneva beginning March 10. On that occasion Lord Parmoor will make his official entrance on the league stage as the representative of Great Britain, replacing Lord Robert Cecil. rst a +, Lord. Parmoor's program of activity IS still an unknown quantity, but as Premier Macdonald has come out for the admission of Germany and Russia z..zaaAto the league, the new British delegate may come to Geneva with some tan gible suggestions calculated to hasten the advent of the two great European powers who are still outside the league portal. .s
 Interallied military control of the Rhine district as linked up with the great problem of security for France, constitute a weighty matter that may find an echo at the March council re- reunions League officials point out that st under certain conditions interallied con troI of affected German territory passes to ,the League of Nations, so that the 5S question of league direction does not difficulties once the great If NsnHwers and Germany reach an accord szasssfS accept the impartial Geneva. juris- 6liction. .f5 .,; .,.-
 American To Report
 Several, other matters of i'm portance@ occupy place on the Y March X agenda. Americans will be interested in the presence at Geneva of Norman, H. Davis, formerly assistant secretary of state, who is expected to deliver in. person the report of his spe- cial commission, on the complicated MemeE dispute which continues to threaten the relations between Lithu- ania and Poland. and menace political conditionssin the, Baltic.
 The tAsk, of ,AIr Davis and his fellow commissioners has been rendered more difficult by recent letter received by the League of Nations from the con ference sof- ambassadors, which voices 9ie hope that the league inquiry will not fepudiate the decisions already taken b5 the Paris ambassadoria1 body with xegard to Memel.
 Another important item is the report Qki tue On QuSSllOHS IOuCIAIS Il proper and equitable interpretation of the league covenant. This juridical study was a sequence of the Italian questioning of the competency of the covenant in the dispute which arose between Italy and Greece following the murder of Italian officers at Janina, and the subsequent bor1bardment of Corfu by an Italian squadron. It is re- ported at Geneva that the report handles Automatically the delicate issue of tombardment, but that t hits out clealy on all other questions.
 Naval Treaty Up
 The naval experts who have been meeting at Rome may com plete their draft of proposed convention for the extension; of the principles of the Washington naval treaty to non-signatory states, and may be able to make their report to the March meeting.
 This convention draft will form the basis of a later international confer ence.t It will fix the alloeation of re < placement tonnage for South American countries and the lesser naval powers of Europe. Other matters on the agenda include the report of the health Organization of the league, which is now seeking to coordinate international ef- 1ortS m an attempt more SucceSSIuly 10, Ac0mbat epidemics.
 SE,The past month shows an increase of American collaboration with the League of Nations. Minister Grew came from sBerne to take part in the deliberations to draft new convention for the con trol of the international traffic in arms. This is in connection with the general dtive of the league against excessive afmaments, and is deemed of impor- fahce in view of Premier MacDonald's Ambition to convoke a new international aeonference for the reduction of air shd under-sea warships.
 A tribute to the capacity of American f-> women has been paid by the appoint ment of Dr. Alice Hamilton of the liar vard medical school as member, the only woman member of the permanent health organization of the league.