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Show I LtASUt IS hi i HIE l , Plan to Thwart War Makers Is Ready and People Are Using It Olive Thomas in Her Lasl Picture ?.t the Ogden Today tft By II S. RICKEY. jf j- M staff or - ondent. : 1 (Special Qiblc). MM genkva Swltserland Dee. 11 Tin BH assembh has entered Its thud am iH final phaae and present indication: HH are that It will conclude Its labors am -T U adjourn December 15. K The first phase wa i d tWm ganlsatlon md letting up the neces- 1 sarily complicated machinery wmci V would make it possible loi iln- reprc -fl sentatlves of forty-one nations, spca. 9 fl inq - mi fl '" 1 "" " H 41 i i.i. rix ti.iv ot -w commltu a on - , 1 ol hij I every naton has a representative, thr "ill aubjeel 1 1 wl these committees. TJ The - md ph w is the meeting! M of the-e committees which have kept the dele-fates pusy day and night. iH The third phase consists of plenary G sessions of the assembly to reci in i the reports of the committees and 3K act upon them . . 01 o amendments will be made to the iS covenant now. it seems to be the unanimous sen-gflgf sen-gflgf ttment of the delegates thai the covt - nant should he amended in several H particulars, but that, an iho league is HH less than a vear old and as the pro 's posed amendments have not been p sufficiently thought om. it would bt t-v ise to deft r ai -ion. Igfl The point was also pressed by Ar- Smm thur J. Kalfour of England, that the mBM covenant and the treat' are so RJWK interwoven that amendments now fjH might give (Germany a chance to f9 raise embarrassing questions RESULTS OF i iUSi SJ SSION glH The committee- have all gotten far enough along 1" their work to Iffijni make It possible to forecast with rea K&yH sonablo accuracy what the net result fB of the first selou of the assent h- 9jR Is- will be. . - , v PERM VM M CtFURI 'TJPi In order of Importance u the fu; jjlrf turo peace of the world is to be af- mlmm fected the ratification by the as- gH scmbly of the plan for .". permanent court of international Justice comes HH first. 9N The committee having thla In ha-M I I 1b still at work It has befon II jj report of the council embodying thi W plan foi ai Inten ition . i 1 J drafted a: The Hague by th com- jF mission of which Elihu ttOOt was a W" mber. ifL 1 The council amended Ihi original Evfl druft by taking from the court the HE power to force a nation before the court at the demand ol another lion. The committee and the lv will, undoubtedly accept this coun-ell coun-ell amendment, although most of the smaller nations want mo court to BjjH have this power. There may be a few other minor changes In the original Hague plan, but In the main. -the work will stand HE and the governments of the world will WLM be asked by the assembly t" enact the BH necessary legislation to have the per- 9p niancm court of International Justice i k. become the accepted medium for the settlement of disputes, which, if uu- I settled, may lead to war. This would bo the longent step forward for-ward In the direction of world ioacej ihat has ever been taken and of It-; self would more than justify the for-' matlon or the league and this sea-1 elon of the as8emb!. 2 LJJ11 I'M IOK Ol IRM Oil X i -The question of limitation of arm-' aments is probably at K In import-, ante. While, 11 is not probable thuti any posllvc action will be taken, there! a greatest mind., of the assembly have! 1 laid the foundations for a formula ' nl 3H This vitally important matter Will H remain In the hands ol the permanent military, naval and air commission for! jH further study and report J9 The L'nied States baa been asked o IH take part in tint commission without; Sff being bound by it. If it accepts, 11 Is. jjuJ generally felt that this most difficuii roblera w .11 be nearer .vjiuuon. ;! IBMISSXOM r M.W NATIONS 11 it has been decided t. admit Am--. ! trla to the league and Liulgarla will H also probably be admitted. This Is chiefly important as establishing a. precedent as to Germany. Bsjf I MEDIATION l"-: kRMENIA. The action of the assembly In sc-j curing the consent uf the United 8 a tee W f to mediate between "1 and the Armenians Is consldcrel by! I delegates, among th in Lord Robert Cecil, as an accomplishment of the; first Importance, both in its humanitarian humani-tarian aspects and as II ;:ff--eto tjje ultimate ul-timate settlement of the many perplexing per-plexing problems of tin Near tSastt Even should this mediation fall Lord Robert and others point out that tho league, having once undertake!! the1 task of saving the Armenians, must! and will find other means. INTERNATIONAL POLICE The sending of an International army to Vilna to act aa a police during the plebiscite which will decide a vary dangerous jiicstion between Poland and Lithuania, establishes a precedent prece-dent as to league aulhorhy and will-Ihgneas will-Ihgneas to assume responsibility the future value of which can hardly be over-eat i mated. 1 OF! IN DIP1 ( JM ( The publication by the council through the secretarial of all of the note- and documents about the Pol-Ishf-Llthuanlaa controversy is the sort. f open diplomacy which makes for International health and world peace. This action was taken .is the result of pressure put upon the council b the assembly and is a distinct victory for world liberalism as represented b"! the peoples' delegates over the old flip-' lomatitS Intrlgui 1 1 I VGUE PRO i s WOHK , At th- end of the third week of (his gathering unique in the world's his I k tory, nothing has happened to cause me to change the lew w hii ii I have several times expressed in these ca-j bled dispatches, that the leagus oX nations not only has sufficient vital-1 Ity to live, but thai it is demonstrating demonstrat-ing its capacity as a workable machine ma-chine through which the people of the world may insure future peaci in spite of those who w ould embroil them In I war. Of itself it will not accomplish this great bbjeel Tho peoples must work oct their own salvation But the league is the Instrument ready for th lr use, the first they have sver had. And they have begun be-gun to use ll If they will continue to use ll and i dev elop it to iiiL-el the r ,1 - ..f ., changing world, the age-old dm im of a world In which peace and Justice j reign, will one day change from a -dream lo a realltv. v |