Evening star., 1935-08-04
LEAGUE FORMULA
WINS ACCEPTANCE
OF |TALy-ETH|OP|A
Resolution for Resumption
of Arbitration Is Voted
Unanimously.
COUNCIL WILL REVIEW
CONFLICT SEPTEMBER d
Eden Determined That Solution
Shall Not Be Dictated to
African State.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA. August 3-The League of
Nations gained victory in its uphill
fight to prevent a threatened war be-
tween Italy and Ethiopia tonight when
both countries agreed to resume arbi
tration.
Resolutions were rushed through the
Council of the League providing thai
conciliation commission, whose ef-
forts to solve border dispute recently
begged down, will go to work again.
and calling a session of the Council
September to discuss oil angles of the
quarrel.
The arbitration resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote. The Itsl-
ian delegate abstained from voting on
the resolution calling the Council into
session In September.
Council Meets September 4.
"The Council decides to meet, in any
event, September to undertake a gen.
eral examination in its various aspects
Of relations between Italy and Ethi-
opia," stated the second resolution.
Adoption of this course of procedure
followed many hours of private nego-
tiations by Anthony Eden of Great
Britain, Premier Pierre Laval Of
France and Baron Pompeo Aloisi, the
Italian delegate.
Discussing the September meeting
Eden said. Great Britain will devote
every effort to secure specific settle
ment of the dispute. We realize the
gravity of the issue and are mindful of
our obligations as a member of the
League"
Before leaving late tonight for Lon
don Eden said he was determined that
a solution should not be dictated
to Ethiopia and that the African gov
eminent would be consulted at "ap-
propriate moments"
Laval Echoes Eden.
Eden's announcement that Britain
would devote itself to a peaceful set
tlement was echoed by Laval, who
asserted: With all my force and in
every form will contribute to seek
ing possibility of conciliation."
Although tri-power conference be-
tween Britain, France and Italy was
only briefly mentioned at the Council
session. Eden announced later it
probably would begin in Paris in
about 10 days.
There was no allusion during the
Councils discussions of no resort" to
force, but there was in the resolution
providing for arbitration of the Ualual
incident. The resolution recalled that
the arbitration will take place under
Article v of the Italo-Ethiopian treaty.
which contains a stipulation that
there shall be no resort to force
pending a decision.
Texts of Resolutions.
The texts of the two resolutions
adopted by the Council of the League
of Nations tonight on the Italo-Ethi-
opian question follow:
/. The Council decides to meet in
any event September to undertake
a general examination in its various
aspects of relations between Italy and
Ethiopia"
2. The arbitration resolution:
The Council, referring to its reso-
luton of May 25, 1885, concerning
settlement of the dispute which arose
between the Italian government and
the Ethiopian government in consc-
quence of the Ualual incident, winch
settlement is to be effected by the
Italo-Ethiopian treaty of August 2.
1928;
whereas. proceedings of the COM
mission for conciliation and arbitra-
ton have been interrupted and in
order to insure their resumption, the
two governments concerned have sp-
piled to the Council to interpret the
agreement reached between those two
(See ETHIOPIAN, Page 81