Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-25
PREVENTION OF WAR
 FOREMOST QUESTION
 1924 LEAGUE MEETING
(By Associated Press)

VI pl " dl Oy NdI CluIIy Oi ganized system of arbitration, of re- duction of armaments, and of mu- tual assistance against covenant breaking nations, ranks foremost among the questions before the League of Nations in 1924, says an official communique issued here which presents a detailed review of events which came last year before the Geneva peace organization. But while bringing it's main efforts to bear on this peace problem, the sum- mary goes on to say, the League settled certain number of political questions, pursued it's administrative work, and by the agency of it's tech ncal organizations, promoted inter national cooperation in the most va ried fields
 A summary of the review follows: The Leagues work during the past year in connection with the proven ton of war may be said to begin with the draft treaty of mutual as sistance prepared by the fourth as sembly, and to culminate in the pro- tocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes, drawn up by the fifth assembly, The draft of mu- tual assistance, was debated in Sep tember, and subsequently, the assem- bly adopted joint resolution "to strengthen the solidarity and securi- ty of the nations of the world by settling by pacific means all disputes which might arise between states" On the basis of this resolution the assembly drew up the protocol for the pacific settlement of internation- al disputes, which contained sys- tenn of arbitration from which no in- ternational dispute, whether legal or political, should escape. It provided for a military, financial and economic cooperation, which, by guaranteeing the security of states, would render possible a considerable reduction of 1.ational armaments. Thus the three factors of the problem, mainly, arbi tration, security and reduction of ar lnaments were combined.
 With regard to the investigation os AuStrian, Bulgarian, German an1 Hungarian armaments, tie council drew up a scheme for the exercise, if and when required of it's rigut of control as contemplated n th- peace treaties This control would be eX- q lclsed through commissions appoint ed by the council.
 4 draft convention on tle super visi6n of the arms traffic WIS elabo"- aLei during the year and will be Ii- naliy discussed at an intern 2tional conference convened for May 4.
 In the political field several dis putes were submitted to the counc!; for mediation, as provided by the covenant. The status of the Memel territory, long in dispute between the principal allied powers and Lithunia, and the JaWorzyna boundary dis pute between Czechoslovakia and Po- land were both settled in March.
 The question of the frontier about Mosul, between Irak and Turkey, Iof ia1, ont a special commission of three mem bers to investigate on the spot. As frontier incidents had taken place the council laid down a provisional boundary between the territories oc- cupied or administered by the Brit ish and Turkish governments.
 The question of the Greeks of Con- stantinople also was brought before the council in virtue of the Treaty of Lausanne. The permanent court of international justice has been re- quested to give an advisory opinion on this question.
 Finally, the council intervened with the conference of ambassadors with view to obtaining prompt settlement of the Albanian frontier question.
 The permanent court of interna- tional justice, in June of 1924, dealt with the Mavromat's affair, with the Greek and British governments as parties before the court; dis pute between Greece and Bulgaria, and the question of St. Naoum, in- volving the frontier between Serbia and Bulgaria.
 Important progress was made in the domain of international law, a committee of experts representing the principal legal systems of the world, being constituted for the pur- pose of drawing up a provisional list of subjects of international law, the regulation of which by in T. tional agreement would seem u-sir- able and realizable at the present