Evening star., 1934-09-18
RUSSIA ELECTED
TO LEAGUE SEAT
Reds in Geneva Paste Signs
on Store Windows Wei
coming Entry.

GENEVA, September 18-The as
sembly of the League of Nations today
elected Soviet Russia into member
ship.
The vote on the admission was SO
voting.
The election took place before a
packed assembly hall which had taken
on a gala atmosphere for the occa-
sion. For an hour prior to the cleo
ton. spectators had poured into the
meeting place. A crowd formed out
side.
Smartly clad women We'd with
meticulously garbed men for the few
available seats in the public gallery
which filled up as soon as the doors
opened
Detectives Examine Buildings.
Prior to the admittance of the pub
lie. Swiss detectives and underofhcialS
of the Lee que Scrupulously examined
the building, then took up posts where
they could scan all the entrances into
the hall
Another big crowd assembled at the
Quai Mont Blanc before the hotel
where Maxim Litvinoff, Russian
foreign commissar, was expected to
stay. Detectives there kept the crowd
moving along the sidewalk, although
they did not interfere with the masses
along the lake close by. Many of the
spectators there sat patiently on camp
chairs requisitioned for the occasion.
BY a coincident the Soviet repre-
sentatives had selected for their head
quarters the hotel in which former
Foreign Minister Gueguetckoi of
Georgia lives Georgia recently petit
timed the League to induce Russia
to ~c-tore her independence.
{ mmunist placards welcomed So
Wet Russia into the League.
The signs, paFted on windows Of
many stores during the night, said:
welcome to the Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics, Which Brings Us
Peace"
Geneva government. issued an order
to police to interfere no longer with
persons wearing red caps.
The action of the Leagues Political
Committee in recommending Russia
for entrance clinched matters yester-
day. The Netherlands. Portugal and
Switzerland voted against favorable
report.
Against Quitting League.
Giuseppe Motta, who vigorously at
tackled Russia on behalf of Switzer-
land, indicated to newspaper men
afterward that he is hostile to any
movement for his country to resign
from the League, as it would mean
Switzerland would fall into isolation.
Some delegates thought DR. Edouard
Benes, CzechoSlovakian foreign min
lister, was alluding to the United States
as well as to Russia during the debate
when he said I'VE need all factors at
Geneva Until we get them we can
not settle the question of peace and
war"
A mutual assistance pact providing
armed help to protect the inde
pendence of Austria was studied by
the assembled statesmen today.
With Italy taking the lead, there
were consultations to determine what
form such a pact might take. Its
proponents said it was based on the
idea Of maintaining Austrian SOW
ereigntv against all corners as vital
to the peace of European powers.
Seek Peace in Chaco.
The Juridical Committee of the
League decided today to concentrate
on conciliation in an endeavor to end
the war between Paraguay and Bolivia
in the Chaco Boreal.
The committee decided that the As
sembly of the League possesses the
right to proceed with an inquiry under
that section of Article XIV of the
League covenant which provides for
conciliation. No decision was reached
Immediately on a Paraguayan con-
tention that the other sections of
Article XIV were not applicable to the
war
Caballero Bedoya, the Paraguayan
representative, reiterated that Para
quay was willing to take the question
into a world court of justice or to
submit to arbitration. He told the
Juridical Committee that Article XIV
could not legally be applied to the war
in the Chaco because war, and not a
dispute, exists.
Jean Ray, Bolivian jurist, outlined
the Bolivian attitude. referring the
committee to the extensive reviews
already delivered to the Political
Committee by DR.. A. Costa du Rels,
the Bolivian representative He urged
that the members apply Article XIV
to the case as "the simplest, most
rapid and most legal solution"
Grant Right for Settlement.
The Juridical Committee advised the
Political Committee it could proceed
with the discussion of the Chaco War
under Article XIV, granting the Colln-
Gil the right Ito endeavor to effect a
settlement of the dispute"
The Juridical Committee, working
parallel with the political body, will
continue general discussions of the
legal points involved in Dr. Bedoya's s
protest tomorrow.
Bolivia asked the League to place the
question of the arms embargo against
Paraguay and Bolivia on the agenda
of the next session of the Council. DR..
Costa Du Rels said that the announce
ment made by Great Britain, that
henceforth she would effectively ap-
ply her embargo, proved the necessity
OF a decision as to whether the League
OF Nations officially supports the en-
bargo. Bolivia contends that the ban
on shipments of arms to the combat
ants is illegal and unjust to Bolivia.