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Show WARM DEBATE MARKS CLOSING ! DAYJDFLEABUE Balfour Charges Attempts Are Made to Coerce Council on Madates ATTACK ON COUNCIL LFD BY LORD ROBERT Much Business to Be Handled Prior to Completion of Session GENEVA, Dee. 18. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Charges by A. J. 13al- four. British member of the council of the hague.of nations, that attempts wore being made in avsembly cl,.elea to coerce the council on the question of mandates featured a spirited de-. bate In the nenembly of the league; icre this forehodn'. The assembly eventually ndopti U 1. 1 port of It- mandate committee which declared the council had adopt-; ,,l sin : poll y regarding mandates there was no opportunity to dlscliss 1 them pAbllcl ybefort they went into force The report also declared against iht recruiting ot soldiers by mandatory manda-tory nations In territories they were) administering . d against the exploi- j tation "i the natural resources of such , territories for the benefit of the man-J drtTOry jicvre-, M 1 t K 1 c. ml N( L. . 11 ...... 1 ne a 1 . 1 1 1 k uoi'ii uk u11m.11 by Lord Robert Cecil, who criticized Ihe council's refusal to communicate to tha assembly the t- x of the variou inn idatee for the administration of former German colonies Lord Robert too!; the council sb ;-1y ;-1y to task, first for Us lack cf ehergy and clear slghtedncss In dealing with nations that had been given mandates and. fecond, fnr the secrecy practiced by the council rer ''ding' the terms . r the ma n da I they ha I received Thi immlttee'e report called the attention at-tention of t te assembly to the council's coun-cil's refusal to communicate these mandates o the s'prr.My and sti-t-.-te-l t'tie sitU.it io'n should 'ecr-ive attention at-tention from tin- committee appointed appoint-ed to study amendments to the covenant cov-enant of the league with a view to clarifying the re ations between the council and ihe assembly. CHINA TO W IXI Certain quest LonS affecting Internationa) Interna-tiona) relations -onting within the lu-risdlctlotl lu-risdlctlotl of the league of nations have been reserved by China for a more opportune occasion for bringing them to the attenllon of the council or assembly as-sembly of the league. Dr. Wellington Koo. Chinese, delegate, declared at this morning's session of the assembly. The asrenda tctr today promised ta) li ti heavy Including the question of the responsibilities of the leagifs for mkndatea river former enemy territories. ter-ritories. An effort was made lo dispose dis-pose of that question thK morning and 11 was hoped that 'he report om the Armenlbn committee might alto be acted upon. This prggram. if carried out. would leave i';f .iftirnoon BSSSlon for cleaning up miscellaneous unfinished unfin-ished business and the ceremony of closing the session of the assembly. Tios REPRESEX1 ED. Revrsscntatives of Apstrla. Uulii.i-ri-L Luxemburg. Albania, t.'osta Rica and Finland which have been mem b( ts of the lenuue. hud seats In today's to-day's meeting, but did not participate in the proceedings. It was Impossible to secure the proper credentials In the hor spare ..f time whleh has intervened inter-vened since Hies.- nations were accorded accord-ed membership. The formation of the protocol by the representatives of 11 number of nations accepting Jurisdiction Juris-diction of the international court was planned to be held at headquarters of the league secretariat this afternoon. |