Show ARGENtINE ACTION GIVES STRENGTH y 10 TO I y'S S 'S up LEAGUE Withdrawal of Delegates Is j Held to Be No Peril to I Future of Body Body i I f B By H H H. N. N RICKEY o f N E NE A A. Staff Correspondent i v t Special Cable 7 qi VIVA EVA Switzerland Dec 15 15 r The withdrawal val of the Argentine Argenti e delet dele dele- s t jm the tle the league of na nations hons dele j as- as Fein nii 1 when he- he n first announced crea created ed j lr sensation I j ome li of f the weakest spirits among j r. r and delegates feared at ati 1 i f ti i that the league structure was wasI was I I SS f j yet let strong enough to withstand o t E 1 J. J e. e shock shock h k of such an attack and t that at I IIi I r p o wet very v life Ufe net not only of the asI as a's as- as I 1 pl bly but of the league itself was was Ir ed ned i 1 l Sunday Sundar intervened the ng of pf the Argentine ultimatum ultimatums s d U the e necessity for action upon it 11 the assembly This gave all of delegates delegated plenty of time to closely the Argentine position and II J IUle o n. n m motives tives back of oC it 1 99 R REASONS UNTENABLE Ot t t was so obvious that the reasons I en ven by the Argentine delegates for Withdrawing ng were unten- unten Ia le and that it was it-was was a deliberate attempt at- at tempt to embarrass the assembly and WEaken the league that by the time tho t 3 assembly meeting was called to tos Border Monday l morning there was s pJ a cU un unanimous determination 1 W the tho de delegates of all the other nations na- na i s that the attempt should not not succeed 1 When the he Argentine ultimatum was wasl f l i 1 td ad to tp the assembly not a voice was wasS S YV tP Wised to o defend her action Lord r fi f cit spoke briefly regretting that i delegates had taken I Argentine Argentina i fetich t l cri c a step but adding that no onet onee one e t. t t n nation tion could presume to control the theion B ion n of the league t. t V I His is speech was unan unanimously approved ap- ap 0 proved and the assembly proceeded with its regular order of business 0 i p Argentine A withdrawal being a ar i r d' d incident LEAGUE GUE ST STRENGTHENED R E N GT H E N E D. D jf X j of oP the assembly and the he the o league o Being weakened ed d the Argentine Argentine Argen- Argen Argen- Argen tine att attack c they have hav been strengthened strengthened strength- strength ened v They f have ve demonstrated the thep p powers powers w rs of of f resistance to influences which wish to to destroy the league that man many doubted they possessed The net result of of the Argentine fiasco is that fifty nations instead of fort four forty are now functioning Inthe in inthe inthe the assembly and that there is greater great great- er solidarity among those nations than before Argentina attempted her ridiculous coup The Argentine delegates will will- n t be invited to return to to the assembly They eith either must ask ash to come back backor or 01 pack their trunks and go home They will probably do the latter and antI it will then be up ups to the Argentine gov government to decide whether or not Sit it is is to give the two years' years notice of withdrawal from front the league which is provided in the covenant SEE GERMAN INFLUENCE I There seems t to b be very ver little litti doubt doubt that the action of the Argentine delegates dele- dele pates gates was the result of German in influence in- in fluence luence The point the they emphasized was that the assembly had refused to discuss the admission of all nations to the league at this session Germany Germany Germany Ger- Ger many was not mentioned particularly but Germa Germany was meant Germany would like to get into the league feague before beCore she has made good her treaty treah obligations and Argentina which was wes German Germanys Germany's s good during the war seems seems seems' still to to tobe be beJ playing that role of Argentina Argentina Argentina Ar Ar- foreign secretary gentina and leader of that delegation here directed the Argentine scheme Ever since tl 11 J first da day of the as assembly assembly as- as lie be has been very active on the floor and in committees posing as one of the liberal l leaders aders of the 1 assembly Now it develops that his nis whole purpose was to create a favorI favorable favorable favor favor- able impression which would bring I to his aid other liberal leaders rs when he lie got ready to force the discussion I I c c Germanys Germany's admission admissions to the league LIBERALS SHOW SINCERITY I That he miserably failed and that his purpose is io clearly exposed is evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of the good sense and sincerity of the real liberal leadership of the I assembly Incidentally it is said that On is candidate for president of f Argentina and that his play here is designed to strengthen him with I If I the party at home The Lodge interview published in European newspapers citing clUng the Argentine Argentine Argentine Ar- Ar I j gentine withdrawal as proof that I Iother other nations are now finding le league gue J weaknesses that America found two j years ago is as far as possible from facts I It is true that the fact that the I I covenant should be amended at the j next session of the assembly in several several several sev- sev I eral particulars pa is generally accepted j I But it is equally true that action as wee was based on no such worthy motive It would be a great mistake for the American people to be misled as to the character of this assembly's s 's actions actions actions ac ac- ac- ac by comments made by American American American Amer Amer- ican senators hostile to the league who base their remarks upon inadequate inadequate quate or garbled information |