Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1920 — BELGIUM URGES LEAGUE ARMY [ARTICLE]

BELGIUM URGES LEAGUE ARMY

Envoy at Geneva Proposes International Military Force and Staff. GERMAMY REPUDIATES PACT Berlin Government No Linger Coneider* Itself Bound by Claus* of Versailles Treaty by Which Germany Loses Colonies. Geneva, Nov. 22.—An international military force, with an international staff, was pipposed to the assembly of the League of Nations by Senator Henri La Fontaine of the Belgian delegation. Senator La Fontaine had somewhat stirred the assembly by declaring the world was not yet ready for disarmament. — ■ ' “It is necessary to say frankly to the people,” he said, “that the time for disarmament has not yet come.” “Before the world could disarm,” he added, “entirely different ideas than those that prevailed before the war must be inculcated and applied.” He proposed that the armaments and armies be comprised in an international force, with an international staff, ready to be used “In the cause of right,” in such a case as arose from the present situation of Armenia. The first formal step toward the revision of the covenant of the League of Nations was taken by the assembly. The Dutch minister of foreign affairs, EL A. Van Karnabeek, Introduced a resolution for reconsideration of article 18, having to do with the registration of treaties. Germany Repudiate* Pact. The German government no longer considers itself bound by the clause of the Versailles treaty by which Germany surrenders her colonies to the allies, according to the official note of protest presented to the League of Nations. The note declares the allies have not fulfilled their undertakings regarding the danse of the treaty concerning the allotment of the German colonies and mandate. • It adds that, having signed the pact of the League of Nations, Germany understood she would be admitted to the league, and consequently take part in the allotment of mandates, but that now she ho longer considers herself bound by that danse of the treaty. Labor View Presented. Mandates, open diplomacy and the admission of former enemy states to the League of Nations furnished material for much discussion. For the first time the word “revision” was pronounced, and for the first time also the viewpoint of labor as regards the league was presented. The Views of labor were presented by George Nicoll Barnes of the British delegation, who was applauded when he declared that “a general peace is impossible until we have Industrial peace, and industrial v peace is impossible until labor gets Its full share of the product of its own effort.” For Admitting Former Enemies. - Twice again the admission of former enemy abates into the league was advocated. Labor was quoted by Mr. Barnes as in a large majority demanding it There now have been represented in the demands for the admission of the 'former enemy states South Africa, Great Britain, Switzerland, Argentina and Scandinavia. It still appears, however, that no one of, the delegations is ready to take the initiative in proposing the election es Germany to membership. Lord Robert Cecil of the British deb egation has said he will not do so, and Honorio Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine delegation, who has spoken strongly in favor of Germany coming in, declares he will not nominate her.