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Show rSion I Not to Be Called in Oc- tober, as Originally Planned; May Be De- f erred Until 1920. , ! Abandonment May Re- suit From Failure of Great Powers Promptly Prompt-ly to Indorse Plan. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. It is now i virtually certain that the first meeting of tho league of nations will not be held in Washington in October as originally orig-inally planned. The exact dato depends upon tho action ac-tion of the United States senate in regard re-gard to ratification of tho peace treaty containing the covenant which creates tho league Should the senate ratify the treaty in time to permit delegates ! to arrive for a meeting in November, it probably will be held then, but if the discussion is much longer protracted pro-tracted the meeting time is expected to i go over, until the first of the new year, ! some time in January, 1920. There ; probably could be no meeting in December De-cember because of circumstances which 1 might make it. inconvenient for some of the foreign delegates to come at that. time. The first meeting of the league council, coun-cil, however, can be called any time j ' after the principal countries have rati-j rati-j " j fied the treaty. It. is expected to be hold immediately after such ratifica- ; ! tion. Unless the senate has ratified the treaty by that time the United States would not be represented at the meeting, meet-ing, which would be held in Pnri3 or ' London. POWERS HAVE NOT RATIFIED LEAGUE. i Germany already has ratified and France is expected by some observers to ratify some time during September. Italy generally is expected to be the I next in line and Japan is expected to act during the next three months. Great Britain has enacted legislation carrying carry-ing the treaty into effect but has not formally ratified it, probably waiting until after the Canadian parliament now in session has acted. The situation as to ratification by j lesser powers and a large number of neutrals which signed the treaty is not clear in Washington. President 1 Wilson recently told senators of the foreign relations committee that he had ; no official information on that phase of the subject. When the council holds its first meetingwhether meet-ingwhether in London or Paris the session is expected to be comparatively ' brief. Appointment of the Saar valley commission and the appointment ,of a high commissioner for Dantzig are expected ex-pected to be tho principal business. ASSEMBLY MEETING LANNED FOR AMERICA. 'JiThe meeting of the assembly, how-Jeyer, how-Jeyer, which is the gathering of the r'hole league with delegates from all countries and is to be held in the United States at the call of President WJlson, is expected to bring representatives representa-tives from practically every nation in the world. Perfecting a permanent organization or-ganization will be the first business, for the assembly undoubtedly will meet without a definite program. After organization has been i perfected, per-fected, committees probably will be named to take up such questions as the foundation of a permanent court of international justice, disarmament, manufacture of munitions, and kin-1 kin-1 dred subjects which were left by the treaty itself to the league to work out. The commissions to administer the mandatories, man-datories, as provided in the treat", also probablv will be named at this session. F T, T t-nnrrn ',n.-l Cl.MMon. ceau both have promised to attend tho first meeting if domestic conditions warrant their absence from home. Tho French elections, however, occur during the latter part of October and tniaht prevent the French premier's attendance at-tendance at that time, if the premier ere unable to come, Andre Tardieu, of the French deputies, former head of the French high commission in America, and who is persistently mentioned in French political gossip as a successor to Clcmenecau, probably would represent repre-sent France. Lord Robert Cecil is regarded re-garded as certain to be one of the British Brit-ish delegates. Meanwhile, delegates from all oyer the world have been making tentative arrangements to come to Washington in October, on tho basis of the first announcements, an-nouncements, and they are now waiting to hear of a defini'e meeting time. Manv delegates, particularly from the far east, who have thousands of miles to travel, will require notice ranging from threo to five weeks. |