Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-05 | Page 1 | Move Made to Cut out Article X

M MO V VE MAO MADE I TO C CUT T OUT J I X Canadian Delegate t to League eague of Nat Nations ns Offers Resolution to Eliminate Section r I ENEVA A Dec 4 By the Associated As- As s- s V 2 soc Press amend Ari ment to the covenant to the league of nations eliminating article article ar ar- ar- ar tide X X the most mooted section of the pact was introduced in inthe the assembly assembly as as- of the league today by Charles J. J I herty C Canadian nadian minister r of justi justice justice jus jus- ti tice e.- e. The JIe amendment will probably be referred d. d to the com committee it r on amendments amend amend- end end- m ments Itts I IThe The Tho t text of Mr Mt- Doherty's re resolution I reads Resolved That article ten coven covenant n of th the league of nations q be lc and nd is 15 is hereby s stricken ricken out Before reference of this resolution to it will be necessary that assembly officials called the steering committee decide whether they shall recommend it be put on the agenda EXPLAINS MOTION C. C J. J Doherty Ca Canadian adian delegate said to the Associated Press today In Ia introducing the r resolution sol tion for eliminating article ten I am only following following fol fob folI I lowing bowing the policy adopted from the beginning of the discussion of that I article during the peace c conference rence We Ve never approved it we ratified the covenant containing it because to reject it was to reject the treaty lof of Versailles but we we reserved the I right to take up the question again I at the proper time I I Asked regarding th the report that a I I principal object was to pave the way I for th the entry of the United States Mr Doherty said Of course if incidentally id elimination Umi- Umi I nation of f article ten facilitates entry of our neighbor we shall be delighted i but it is 15 is Canadian initiative from a aI aj j I purely Canadian standpoint CHILD WELFARE I The welfare of children of-children in the countries countries countries coun coun- I tries which have been severely tried by bythe bythe I Ithe the war wax was brought up in the assembly assembly assembly assem assem- bly by the Swiss' Swiss delegation It proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed that the c council uncil name a high commissioner commissioner- to supervise child welfare welfare wel web fare wor work in those countries Delegate of Paraguay y explained explained ex ex- the negative vote he cast Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day on the resolution postponing conI con con- of amendments to the covenant covenant cove cove- I nant and appoint appointing ng a committee to I consider amendments proposed The I negative vote of the an delegate delegate dele dole I I gate which had been overlooked at the time he said did aid not signify opposition to the principe of pf care and deliberation I in the amendment nt of too the covenant He declared himself himself in in favor r of compulsory I wry sony Jurisdiction for t the e international tribunal I I POLISH SITUATION George Nicoll Barnes of the British delegation resisting strong pressure exerted to have him withdraw his de demand demand demand de- de mand insisted on an explanation by bythe bythe bythe the council as to wh why It lad had not Intervened in intervened intervened in- in between the Poles and the bolshevik to prevent them from fightIng fightIng fighting fight- fight Ing last summer He lie said he thought the council could and Should have done something Mr Barnes conceded there were some hypothetical questions in which the council could not Interfere interfere inter Inter- fere for instance in the event oyent war br-war f war between the United States and Mexico texico but buthe h this case s vas different Leon Bourgeois replying t td Mr Mr Barnes Darnes as member of the counci counci he explained said the tho soviet had recognizE recognized nizE all advances made made-by the council in ln the tho Polish affair making moral In Intervention intervention in- in Impossible As for tho the use of force added M. M Bourgeois the demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for an international force to-im to pose decisions of the league had been rejected b by y the peace o C conference Former Premier c 1 id of Poland was warmly applauded before Ion and after he made his first appearance on tho the speakers speaker's ers er's stand lIe took ook the stand to deny the imputations imputation's of Imperialism Imperialism Im Im- im- im attributed to Poland by Mr Barnes in his bis is remarks The noted mu- mu mu-I mu statesman carried the tho assembly with him It appeared when he ie cried Poland wants peace but will never I accept terms incompatible with her honor I I I i I i I 1 I I I I I I I i I j i j I