New Britain herald., 1930-09-10
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LEAGUE CONFINES
 IN llTH ASSEMBLY
Grandi's Sudden Departure for
 Italy ArouseS Comment

Geneva, Sept. 10 LP)-The eleventh assembly of the League of Nations convened here this forenoon. Cesar Zumeta, of Venezuela. as temporary chairman, opened the session.
 Dino Grandi. Italian foreign min ister, called by affairs of his office at Rome, left Geneva by automo- bile this morning without attending the assembly.
 His departure caused considerable comment among the delegations, but in Italian circles it was said that i- was in accordance with a previous plan. There was no official eXplan- ation to the league, however.
 53 Nations Represented
 Representative of 53 nations gathered here for the session. Pro- ceedings of more than ordinary mo- ment were forecast, with Aristide Briands project for a federation of European states due to come up for debate and consideration.
 The first days meeting, as custom ary, was the occasion for cordial greetings between old-time workers or rivals; these smiling exchanges were felt to serve the useful pur- poses of erasing slight aches and pains which the rough and tumble of the years activities has left here and there.
 Friends of the league aver that ic initial displays of personal good will and kind feeling. Among the rep resentatives here are 22 foreign min isters. those cabinet officials whose portfolios place them in closer touch with international relationships than any others.
 Cesar Zumeta, of Venezuela. pres ident of the League of Nations council, is ex-officio temporary chairman of the league assembly and as such started it on it's work.
 Briand Plan Waiting
 In addition to the federation pro- posal fathered by NJ. Briand, the as- sembly, to which it has been passed by the council of the league, must decide what form within the frame work of the league itself the plan for regional collaboration will take. Presumably the assembly will set in motion the discussion and study which may take several years to reach the practical stage.
 The assembly also will seek to modify the covenant of the league so as to close it completely against the possibility of war, thus harmon izing it with the spirit of the Kel- logg pact.
 Another big problem involved is the attempt to reorganize the league secretariat in way that will make the headquarters bureau of the league more efficient and truly international in spirit
 The difficulties in the way of this accomplishment are many and stub born. Chief criticism of the present constitution of the secretariat comes from the Germans and Italians who say that British and French mon- opolize the higher offices.
 Plans Economic Survey
 The assembly also will seek to further plans for improvement of the economic situation and to strengthen sentiment for freer tradA. The leagues work in Humanitarian and social fields will be reviewed and plans laid for advancing these activities.
 The assembly elected Nicholas Titulescu as it's president. M. Titu- lescu has been Rumanian minister to the court of St. James's.
 Senator Scialoja, veteran in league councils became chief of the Italian delegation upon Signor Gran dis departure.
 In his opening address the chair man spoke of the great, loss to the league in the death or Dr. Gustav Stresemann and Fridtjof Nansen. He spoke in high praise of the con- tributions of these men to world peace and international understand ing.
 In Italian quarters it was saiI that Dino Grandi, minister, had not intended to remain longer at Gen. eva, being interested chiefly in the European conferences handling of the Briand scheme for federation of European states two days ago.
 The assembly began it's proceed ings with reports on and expressions of sympathy with the populations oi Italy and Santo Domingo for losses sustained n the earthquake and hurrican@ of the past few weeks.
 TWO PLAYERS SOLD
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