Show LEAGUE JE MAY I USE WAR FORCE Other Nations May Join Brit Britain in in inAction inAction Action 1 t t LONDON Dec 20 UP Great Britain has sent note to four Mediterranean pow powers rs asking them if th they wo would ld support her in c case ce se of an attack by Italy it was learned to today y PARIS Dec 20 AP AP- AP France has informed Great Britain authoritative quarters quarters said today that she has has' already taken the necessary military precautions to face facea a possible Italian attack G GENEVA EV A. A Dec 20 The 20 The suggestIon suggestion tion was advanced In m international I circles today following tho lead of ot Primo Minister Baldwin of Great Britain that tho League of Nations Nations' council should consider asking league members to toc contribute fightIng fighting lightIng fight light ing units to a league military force This military force which could Include land sea and nd air forces would be bo used for tho the protection of the league covenant Sources which disclosed the suggestion sug sug- explained tho the league would not be intended for aggressive aggressive sive purposes against Italy b but t would merely assure Great Britain sho she was not acting alono alone in the Mediterranean through her tle fleet t concentration Baldwin told tho the house of commons commons com corn mons yesterday that Great Britain alone of all league members had acted to maintain peace in the Mediterranean Medi Medi- Action Permissible Such action is permissible under article XVI of the covenant under which tho the league Imposed economic and financial sanctions against Italy The opinion prevailed in certain quarters however that the the- suggestion suggestion sug sug- would not be f followed up Tho The permanent councils of the little entente and tho the Balkan en entente entente entente en- en tente decided in Inn a meeting here today to to day that the tho league covenant should bo ho strictly observed Russian Confers Tho The meeting which included representatives rep rep- of ot Czechoslovakia Czecho Czecho- slovakia Rumania Bulgaria Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key and Greece was presided over overby overby overby by Nicholas of Rumania Vladimir of Russia conferred conferred conferred con con- with on the tho p pogress progress gress g- g ress made toward tho the conclusion of ofa a 11 Russo-Rumanian Russo pact of mutual assistance which will be similar to the Russian Franco and nd Russo Russo- Czech pacts Tho rho sudden death of the British and French plan for Italo peace evoked assertions of satisfaction satisfaction tion by League of Nations Nations' Continued on oi Page PAre Two TwoS Column Two S LEAGUE FORCE MAY BE ASKED Continued from fron Page One today that a major victory was won for the cause of col collective security More l Peaceful Although peace appeared being restored in East Africa the atmosphere of anger agitation and despair which had prevailed in Geneva gave way to a more peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- I ful air League supporters said there never was such a demonstration of the power of ot public opinion as the protest over the Franco British Franco pro proposals which to Italy Italy declared declared an aggressor and being punished by the league league to to end that nations nation's warfare in Ethi Ethi- opia opla They pointed to the resignation of British Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Hoare coauthor with French Premier Pierre Laval of the plan and the discarding of ot the project I by the league council yesterday as evidence of the strength of the popular popular popular pop pop- ular demonstration for the tho league Find Satisfaction At the same time persons opposed to o application of league punitive sanctions sanction found satisfaction from the fact that the Franco British proposals although they failed to bring peace put off oft consideration of further war penalties against Italy The league council after instructing instructing instruct instruct- ing the committee of 13 all 13 all council members except the p parties concerned con con- to to consider the situation as asa asa asa a whole I agreed to let the current arms arms financial and j economic san sanc sanc- sanc continue for forthe the present The question of imposing an oil oh embargo on Italy was postponed at l least t until tn mid mid-J mid January if it not abandoned The truce until after alter the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas holidays in dealing with the international crisis was welcomed on all aU league sides Diplomatic sources however felt I some uneasiness because of ot the general general gen gen- I eral political situation particularly that caused in France by the discredited discredited discredited dis dis- dis- dis credited peace plan feeling it had been unsettled by the controversy over int international questions The natives of southern Greenland Greenland Green Green- land wear very few clothes in Green I summer summer sum sum- mer because of ot the temperature Hospitality stra stranger ger Is is p part tl of ot the Hopi religion |