Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — 4 STATES VOTED INTO THE LEAGUE [ARTICLE]

4 STATES VOTED INTO THE LEAGUE

Bulgaria, Casta Rica, Finland and Luembourg Made New Members. FIVE OTHERS TURNED DOWN Application* for Membership by Armenia, Esthonia, Lithuania, Letvia and Georgia, Refuted. Washington, Dec. 17. —The atota dopa rt in cut cabled President 11y uia na of the league of Natloue announcing! the appolntmeut of iluury Morgan! hatt to uct aa mediator lu the Aruienlan-j Turkish controversy. Acting Becr*~ tary of State Davla al»o naked for In-, formation aa to how Mr. Morgunthaa should proceed. Geneva. Dec. 17.—Four new natlona were rnude members of the League of Natlona by the assembly of the league here. They were Bulgaria, Coat®, Rica. Finland and Luxembourg France and Australia abstained from voting when the admission of Bulgaria waa before the ussembly for decision. France abstained from voting on the question of admitting Bulgaria, to the league. Rene Vlvlanl, the heaq of the French delegation, declared lb had no objection to Bulgaria aa ®i member, but preferred not to vote* in view of the Incompleteness of th® Information given It regnrdlng Bulgaria's fitness. Thirty-five states voted affirmatively when the piloting took place, and Australia Joined France In not recording her vote. Costa Rica Next on List. The question of admitting Coat® Rica was the next on the day’s ngenda. Doctor Nanaen of Norway explained that the only doubt In hla mind waa whether Coata- Rica was not too small a country, but in view of the membership of Ita neighbor, Panama, be decided Coats Rica could not be excluded on that score. Antonio Huneus of Chile and Senar Rest repo of Colopibla asked that the assembly vote unanimously In admitting Costa Rica. The committee reported unfavorably on the application of Armenia, Ksthonla. Lithuania, Letvia and Georgia. It failed to recommend the admission of Armenia because authority over the entire territory of that nation waa not exercised by the government. The Impe was expressed that Armenia might be admitted at an early date. It waa pointed out that Armenia waa a signatory of the treaty of Sevres, the Turkish peace treaty, and the question waa raised whettjer the ratification of that treaty, when It waa accomplished, would not mnke her automatically a member of the league. The decision of the assembly for the present, however, was against the admission of Armenia. Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Peru. Uruguay. Venezuela, Portugal and Salvador voted for her admission, but the votes of 21 states were recorded against her. China. Persia and Poland abstained from voting. Praise for Wilson. The assembly adopted a resolution presented by Delegate Rowell of Canada expressing the hope that President Wilson’s efforts would result In tha saving of Armenia and the establishment of a stable government so that she might be admitted to the league In the not far-distant future.