Evening star., 1934-09-19
LEAGUE DEMANDS
CHACO WAR END
French and English De.
nounce Conflict as Threat
to Geneva Prestige.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA. September 19.-with
Russia occupying her permanent seat
in the League of Nations Council for
the first time. France and Great
Britain today denounced the bloody
war between Paraguay and Bolivia as
debacle which must stop.
Louis Barthou, French foreign min
lister, told the Council that the time
has come for action in the Chaco
dispute and this conflict threatens to
affect the prestige of the League"
Capt. Anthony Eden, British Lord
Privy Seal, said the war had lasted
too long and the League must act.
Salvador de Madariaga of Spain
urged the warning nations to declare
an armistice.
Coincidence or design placed Maxim
Litvinoff, Russian foreign commissar,
beside the empty chair which Japan
had quilted when he attended his FIRST
session of the Council The vacant
chair was at his right; Poland's repre-
sentative was at his left at the horse
I, shoe table.
Benes Greets Russians.
AS Dr. Edouard Benes of Czecho-
slovakia opened the session, he ex-
pressed a welcome to Russia. The
crowd in the Chamber leaned forward
to hear as DR.. Benes said:
we realize the importance Of this
great political event and we are glad
to cooperate in a friendly way with
Russia for the Strengthening Of
peace"
Litvinoff answered with a pledge OF
cooperation with the League In q
spirit of friendship and loyalty.
DR.. Ribas Vicuna of Chile, taking
his seat on that nations behalf, said
Chile, as a member of the Council,
would give "the same untiring CO.
operation" which marked her attitude
as a member of the Assembly.
To the Council also was welcomed
Turkey.
The general atmosphere OF calm
! and welcome, however, was suddenly
shattered by DR. A. Costa du Rels OF
Bolivia, who protested against the
general arms embargo imposed on the
Chaco belligerenest with declaration
that without proper surveillance of
the embargo, Paraguay can smuggle
war munitions from the Atlantic.
| Sees Paraguay Aided.
The embargo" declared DR.. Costa
du Rels, blocks Bolivia and does not
block Paraguay. The embargo vo-
lates international law. The embargo
gives Paraguay the hope that she can
| break down our resistance. The en-
| barge means the prolongation Of war
and the encouragement of Paraguay,
which refuses to accept any pacific
| settlement"
responded Immediately, retorting that
Paraguay does not object to the en-
barge
| The attitude of Paraguay ard
Bolivia on this question" he declared,
lis symptomatic of their attitude for
peace or war"
DR.. Caballero Bedoya declared for
the submission of the dispute to a
world court of justice or to arbitra-
| ton. DR.. Costa du Rels said that
conciliation was wise and that II this
failed the League should make recon-
mendations for settlement.
At the last the Council referred tn
entire problem on the Assembly.
Russian Entry Protested.
| A protest against the admission OF
Russia to the League of Nations was
/ received by the Assembly today from
exlles who said they represented a
group of former independent republics
now federated with the Soviet govern
ment.
! Speaking for Azerbaijah, Northern
caucasus, Georgia, TurkeStan and
Ukraine, they alleged Russia commit
ted aggressions in their countries, oc-
cupied them by military force and
now governing only by terror"
| The protest announced a continued
struggle at Geneva to obtain inde-
pendence for the 100000 persons
in the states, most of which are linked
into the Transcaucasian Federal So
Wet Republic.
Russia was taken into the League
family yesterday, and Litvinof an
nounced he would offer amendments
to articles OF the covenant which in
certain instances, he said, legalize war.
League leaders, encouraged by the
| addition of Soviet Russia, were re-
ported today to be mapping plans to
induce Japan and Germany to return
| to the fold.
| An official ol1usin,, N fh;. x,a. .l>
by De Madariaga in a report on Rus
sias qualifications. He referred to
! countries which are still on the
threshold of the League, some of them
with their faces turned in other direc-
tions" and asked them to reflect
their situation"
U. S. Action Is Urged.
De Madariaga also expressed hope
the United States, along with Ger
many and Japan, the only major
powers not seated at Geneva, will add
to that element Of universally which
is still necessary for the very exist
ence" Of the League.
An indirect denunciation of both
Japan and Germany as being out to
refashion Asia and Europe by the
sword was read by many delegates
into the speech last night Of Litvinoff,
Soviet commissar for foreign affairs.
War must appear to all as the
threatening danger of tomorrow, the
! diplomat said. Later he spoke of open
promulgators of refashioning Europe
/ and Asia by the sword and many
assumed he referred to Japan and
Germany.
Soviet Russia could not observe"
! Litvinof said, increasing activity in
| the League of Nations of states in
terested in the preservation of reace
and their struggle against aggressive
| militarist elements. More, it noted
these aggressive elements themselves
were finding restrictions of the League
embarrassing and were trying to shake
| them off,
| VII Ed ne EY llIcRhMn