Show r EMBLY Y OF NA NATIONS LEAGUE TO HOLD HOLD FIRST I 1 H 42 42 CO f I I AR huE SENDING United States Germany Germany- A Austria str a and and andRus Russia Rus aAre a- a Are A Absentees tees GENEVA Nov ov 13 The 13 The assembly y Si of f i the league of nations s which will hold hold its first meeting at Geneva on Monday next 15 is the popular or representative branch of oC tim the double bod body designed to guide the affairs affair of ot that organization as ns created ted under the tho treaty treal of Versailles While the representative character of or the gathering will be Im Impaired alred bY bythe bythe by the absence of the United States Germany Austria and Russia yet with these exceptions it will conic come near to representing nUng the greater part of the th thI I civilized world The session has adI additional ad- ad Interest st as mar marking the complete com corn I organization of the I league gue as provided by the Versailles peace treaty TWO FORTY-TWO MEMBERS two Forty nations ranging In tn Importance importance im Im- im- im from the British empire to the republic of Haiti are arc expected to send delegates Of the forty five states mentioned in the covenant on only three will be the the I United States Honduras and Ecuador I Fifteen more nations have applied for forI admission and the question of grantin granting grant grant- lag ing them the access to the session as I new members will be one of the first items of business to be considered Among these applicants are Austria I and Bulgaria of the former enemy states and a number of small nations just emerged into statehood The question of ot admitting Germany to membership will wilt also come under discussion as it is likely to be r raised by several of the former European neutrals and it seems likely the admission admission admission ad ad- mission of Mexico mo may also come be before before before be- be fore the session All Ail the tho states states' seekIng seeking seek leek leekin in ing membership will wilt be required to tos s submit to such regulatIon of or their lr military naval and arid aerial armaments aa UI the league may deem necessary necessary and the UlO leagues league's permanent comI commission com corn mission on military naval and air am questions has been at work since August August Au Au- August gust collecting the data which will be needed by the as assembly emblY for proper action on this this' matter TO ELECT OFFICERS The acting president of or the assembly assem assem- bly ty M. M I. I Hymans of B Belgium will wll open I me meeting as DIY assembly lias mas not yet had a chance to elect a president president president dent of its own This election will bo bothe botho botho tho the very first order of business and will be followed by the election of four vice presidents and the appointment appoint appoint- meat ment of a committee on credentials Enough names of or delegates are known to show the importance of the tho gathering Among the more moro noted note figures ma may be mentioned Dr Edouard D nel foreign minister of CzechoSlovakia CzechoSlovakia Czechoslovakia Czecho Czecho- slovakia and creator of of the tho th little en- en entente tente M. M first e prime minister of the new Poland HJalmar Bran Branting tI ng- ng prime minister of or Sw Sweden den until a few weeks ago President Metta lot Met lotta lotta ta of Switzerland and his predecessor President ex-President Ador Adm- who recently acted as chairman at the international fInancial financial finan fInan- cial conference at Brussels Many Mahy of ot the non-European non states will be represented represented represented rep rep- resented by diplomats but It will not be the rule even in their case Thus Argentine will send send its foreign minis minis- ter Senor as as one of or Its delegates while Chile will be represented represented by Don Antonio Huneeus former former former for for- mer foreign minister and Don Manuel Rivas Vicuna deputy and former minIster minister min mm- ister of finance Each member nation is entitled to three officially accredited delegates but they may send s substitutes and experts as well Swed Sweden n has availed Itself of this privilege and andone andone one of its Us three substitute delegates is isa isa isa a woman Mrs Anna Bugge- Bugge Bugge widely known a. a aa as an expert on International international international Inter inter- national law S IMPORTANT DETAILS Much of the early work of ot the s ses session sea sea- s- s sion slon will be bo devoted to organization the appointment of committees being one of the most troublesome items The likelihood is that some twelve or fifteen committees will win be bo formed and that the tho various Items on the agenda will be divided Into related groups and distributed among those commit commit- C Among the duties of the assembly will be the final and formal establishment establish establish- ment mont of a a. number of permanent subordinate sub aub- ordinate organizations like the court of International justice the health or organization organization or- or the commission on communications communications com corn and transit and the special ape ape- special cial tribunal that Is Js to deal with all disputes connected with International communications v I Incidentally certain questions will willbe willbe be considered concerning th the relationship relationship relation relation- I ship between the council and the as assembly assembly assembly as- as as well as between those bodies bodies bod bod- ies and the various technical organizations lions crea created ted by them ECONOMIC BOYCOTT Other important subjects to come before the assembly will be action on the recommendations of the recent In International International International In- In financial conference at Brussels formulation of policy and methods for tho the employment of the I leagues league's weapon the economic bo boycott boycott boy boy- cott and preparations for tor concerted action looking toward the suppression of all traffic in women and children Other questions of equal Importance may be broached as the assembly is absolute master of ot Its own procedure and can vote leave to advance an anen- anen en entirely entirely en- en new proposition at forty-eight forty hours hours' notice Subjects to come before tho the assembly assembly assembly assem assem- bly at the instance of individual member member mem room ber her nations are several amendments to the covenant some of which aim at improving the position of ot the tho smaller nations within the league while one submitted by Ho holand Holand Hol- Hol land and deals with the covenant provision provision provision pro pro- vision for suppression of the opium traffic in the Far East i |