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Show BALFOUR SAYS NATION LEAGUE NEEDSCHANGES But He Tells Committee That Now Is Nnt the Time for Amendments SOLEMN MESSAGE OF CRATITUDfTO WILSON Germany's Protest on Plebiscites Plebi-scites Not Allowed by Geneva Gathering QKMl a x. Dae. i tv tin la odaicd Prraa). roaolotkw ra-jc-ting tin- onaalderatlaa f mandmentii to Hie ieaysa oora-nmnt oora-nmnt i tui aaasdnn and providing provid-ing for 11 oomnaluat t- dau dianajci before ti" me" ttni ol she nt-Xi s-llll)'l vvii- u ill b the .. 1 , mbl) of th I i-u- t lodaj 's e - Ion with but ni dbx-nUng vote. Till- vva- a-l bv IK-Iatc Pii'vr-n-lon, of Xr-nlbia. lie Ivnd luk-111 luk-111 tb- float diuiM '" Cehate on tii. rraolutloOi itliloh v.i- an animated an-imated on.- and hi- negative rote rhk'h whs cntlral ajacxp" rauatstl coaaertianOii Use aa-u- 11 wa- oonaldored it 1 would pre real Use pnaaa ol tbe r.- nlutlou inni Hte pawkdoai (l,..i Irttuill v all UCte of live ns-Bamblj ns-Bamblj muft K by ungninuiuH , ta ol the mcinb. r natioali r pi Hasced, I'rrsstdi hi Mvutauf. however. rosad lhai iha QOaaUoa area one r pn-cdure. DOl niulrliu; iiliaiil- mity and nnlwtchatandlng Ihe Vr-(entlnlan'a Vr-(entlnlan'a negative v.u- declared iIk' raaoluUon adi itei J GENEVA, Pee. J. (Bl the Asso-, icia'.od I'reaa). In reporting todOA the ! decision of the oswrnhly commltt'-o'on J ainendiunnts to the leaaue covenant, not to recommend changes at this session. ses-sion. A. J. Raifour. of Gradl Britain, forecast the poealblg need of important import-ant changes In the future. The covenant cove-nant wna not regarded as ptYiect or I immutable, he srild. and the event-; . ualllv must be considered of the n'Xl aaaymbly beinc culled upon to consul-, ! er amendments of far fcn-i'tr Itnport- ance than tbix- now p: 1 1. The covenant. Mr. BglfOUT polnt-e.l polnt-e.l out. was framed with remarkable rapldirv- and doubtless amendmente would ie neceaeary, bui the commit- ti- found the moment inopportune. UecaiiHc the eoinml.tec icjected the amendment! propoad by the Scand'-; a m utaa nnlinlrlM it Wn 4 CO! to be I'Oll- I sldered that II 6 -igr..d arltb lh-m. If you amend the covenant, ou amend the ity of V. rKillles which gave seal to the peace of the world." he said. Mi .l To WILSON. Dispatch of n solemn mesaaKe 01 1 gratitude to ITaaldcnt Wilson for the w;v he regpohdod to the nppal of the council of the league of nations) to act as mediator be tar Can tho Ar-; mcnlans and the Turkish Nationalists,! J was proposed to the aembly of the league by I'aul Hymans. Us president, xlmnl.v aft-r today's session of the assembly began. After the. opening ceremonies. II. rlymana announced Mr. Wilson's of-CM of-CM to n.edlate In Armenia, and read the council's reply. That body In-i ' fo;med Mr. WlleOD lhat It Is lusklnc I the Kraxlllan and Spanish govern- I ments. which yeaiardaj also offeredj i their srvices as mediators, to communicate com-municate direct with Washington, re-' re-' gardlng the means of action. ll UPP1 t Dl The reading of Mr. Wilson's mer sage drew h'-artv epplauat from t hi eparaal) filled house. A large pro portion of tho dilegataes are suffer-, Ing from colds and were not present at the beginning of todays sessions M. Hymans also proposed that mea-j aagea of gratitude bo sent to Brazil . and Spain. I Lord Cecil, representative of tho 1 I'nlon. of South Africa, arose and said 1 thanks were also du- the Kn-nch del-1 I egatlon. particularly Kene Vivian!. ; whose eloquence, he declared had inspired in-spired ' this meritorious effort to .i Armenia." PROTECT in Mi i I Germany's protest against acceptance accept-ance by the league of what the Berlin Ber-lin government deemed falsified raj turns from the plebiscite held In the. : Ruphen and Malmedy districts, alongj the lu lirian frontier, pas been reject-; reject-; ed by the council. In Its reply to tho1 German government, the council says ! it finds no reason to modify Its prev-I prev-I lous decision to accept the result of the I plebiscite. There was apprehension in aomc ! quarter that a sharp conflict would develop today at the seaelon of the aa-, i semblv which took up the question of I amendments to the covenant. Hon- rl Pueyrredon. foreign minister of Argentine, and head of that nation's delegation, had not yet announced hit. opoaitton to the report of the commit- to recommendlnK postponement of all amendments until they had been stud-led stud-led by a apeclal commission. He had declared ho would tiring to the floor of the assembly the proposition that all members of the council should bo elected by the assembly. Hope wag' ( expressed. however, that the clash , might not take places A large major-; major-; Ity of the delegates hold that the lit- tic work this session of he assembly' can hope to accomplish should be done' without a dissenting volco on any question. ques-tion. i -l Rl I t YOKED i The sub -commit considering ap-! ap-! plications of smaller ;.n.-s (,r meni-' meni-' bervhlp In the league, ha decided to i i aaiilaBs i en Pngui i u.j I I, Balfour Says Nation J Y League Needs Changes I out In ued From Page One ) report favorably upon admlaalon of Cost Rica, but unfavorably on Azerbaijan Azer-baijan and Llchtensteln. Thli body will recommend to th ia r::i coi mlttee that a favorable report be upon the proposition udvanced by President Motta. of Bwltaerland, which would provide that I iti having sufficient Importance to be H -come full members of the league! J vould have a special status. It has been suggested In this con-' H nectlon thai they might bo given sea.it m the assembly for purposee H aultation hut without tin- rlsht to vott Albania may find herself in this H being opposed at- a full member bj the Italian delegation m h A. J. Balfoui presented the report Of the committee on amendments to the 1 tog?nant. explaining that the com- mlttee had found the, moment Luoppor- J H tune for changes. The fad that i o H rhanges were recommended did not H mean that the committee H -the covenant &u perfect and tmtnut- H h- I ON I MOK'M, IM I I EiNCSk ' H WASHINUTi i.V. Dei - The rep-j H I resentiitho to be chosen ly Preatdent I Wllaon t; medlau between the Arme- 1 niaps and ihe Turkish Nationalists will act foi the president of th United -tntes and not WoodrOW Wilson per ' B sooally. It was said todav at the state H department. This statement was made B in rrponse to Inquiries to ihe elr-H elr-H act meaning of the B tlon in his letter to the league of na-, B rlons that he would ie piad t(J proffei BBH his "personal mediation." H state department officers de. larod BBH ihat the American mediator, who is' BBBBBI yet to be chosen, would have al of ihr BBBBI mflupme niid prestige of the BBBBI states governmeht .behind him in his! 1 negotiations. It has been mad. Clear H by the president, however, thift moral BBBBBB tnnunncc- Is the only kind which the BBBBBB T nlted StatoH can une In the situation.! 1 oo |