Show LEAGUE OF NATI 0 N HAS PRACTICAL TAS K WILL ADJUST THE CONTRO controversy vensy BETWEEN SWEDEN AND FIN LAND OVER ALAND ISLANDS action of two nations places in the hands of league an international dispute that might have led to war paris finland and sweden haac agreed to lo accept the intervention of tilt alio monglio of nat Joll for tile settle lent of alo dispute between ill klicin is as to the possession silon of tile tiie aland islands island lying tit nt tile mouth of ti the lulf if or lot between betwee ll the liu two countries A commission will bo be tw pointed by thi executive council of tile league to investigate vesti gate the question and re tell till nil early decision TIKI tho acceptance of the council its is orbi arbitrator bi Is s regarded by the in members embers of the council na its a long stop step toward the die recognition of the league by the tilt nations of the world us its a medium for tile alio prevention of future wins wars alio 10 decision of finland and sweden to acce accept vt the intervention of the longue league was saturdays Satui days electing L of the council which was attended by hjalmar li rantIng tile swedish pre premier niler and 11 Bo ickell tile finnish foreign minister thu the council adopted tile report of the committee of international jurists which had beet been appointed 1 to determine it if the league leaga lo 10 biad act jurisdiction in III tile the elite case the fiction of tile ho two nations places n the hands of the leannie leng tie nil an international dispute which at one time was thought might lead to war and tile the members of the council do not disguise their satisfaction over tit alio do de cislon cl slon which Is pointed to its as one olle of tile the strongest expressions of support iid and confidence the league lids has yet received A commission of three hns fins been selected to furnish the league lit in the Ih s shortest oriest possible wile a report which will enable it to tb framo frame either cither 11 final or a provisional settlement i premier bremler branting and foreign aln iter E kuckell both expires expressed sed thol their r approval oval of the course of the co council tinell and sald they felt confident confide ni that a solution acceptable to both finland and sweden sveden would soon bo be reached bythan by that body Sw edens claim to ownership of the aland islands dates back more than a century they belonged to her ter up tip to 1809 when they were taken by illus sla and R attached tta clied to ilic lie province of finland separated front from russia na its a consequence of tile alio war anti and tile the revolution finland now claims she Is entitled to tile the continued ownership of the group sweden Is setting up her previous ownership together with tile the large preponderance of swedish population tion of the islands as reasons anson 8 why they should now rovert revert ve r e t to 0 h her c r it in i the spring of colb when bell warfare betA between yeen the white guards and bolshevik forces fences broke out in finland and it was reported tile the germans planned to make lisa ilse of the islands in in con connection fiet with their operations in finland sweden gent troops to occupy tile tho islands |