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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Ruling on Unanimity Clause May Cause Argentina to Quit League of Nations. WILSON WILL HELP ARMENIA Entente Warns Greece Not to Restore Constantino to Throne D'Annun zlo Declares War on Italy President-Elect Harding Home. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Comparative hnrmony, forced by stress of circumstances, marked tho doings of the League of Nations assembly assem-bly during the early part of the work, and then came discord that threatened to result In the withdrawal of at least one Important member nation Argentina. Argen-tina. Certain amendments to the covenant had been proposed by the Scandinavian delegates and the commission on amendments had reported against them nnd any other amendments at this time. In the assembly there was a motion mo-tion to refer the amendments to a special spe-cial committee for a report next September. Sep-tember. Delegate Pucyrredon of Argentina Ar-gentina alone opposed this, and since the covenant requires a unanimous vote for the carrying of nny motion, apparently the proposition wns blocked. Put Vlvlnnl of Trance at once nsserted thnt this was a "question of procedure" nnd thnt the unanimity rule did not apply. President Hymnns supported the contention, declared the resolution curried and ndjourned the meeting. , Dispatches from Iluenos Aires said the government wns momentarily expecting ex-pecting a cablegram from Pueyrrcdon, who Is foreign minister of Argentlnn, nnd that the withdrawal of the nation from the league was likely to follow. The league members thought they hnd found the way to save whnt remains of the Armenian people, for President Wilson, asked by the league council to mediate for Armenia with Mutnphn Keniul Pasha, consented to undertake the task through a representative repre-sentative to he named by him. lift made It plnln that his effort must be personal and that ho would have to rely, In determining the method of npprunching the problem, on the ad-vieo ad-vieo of those nearer the scene of ac tion. Such advice will he supplied by the commissioners of the nllled nations In Turkey. Spain and Brazil have offered to co-operate with the United States In the matter. When, and If, the Armenian affair Is settled, Greece evidently must pny the price. Kotnnl must be placated, and this can be done only by a radical revision of tho trenty of Sevres. At this writing the plans for such revision re-vision nre beln; arranged in London by Premiers Lloyd George of Great Britain and Leygues of France. The most Important changes In the pact doubtless will be made at the expense ex-pense of Greece's newly acquired territory ter-ritory In Asln Minor nnd Thrace. Slnco tho Greeks ousted Venlzelos and prepared to restore Constnntlne to the throne their ambitions hnvo received re-ceived smnller consideration by the great powers. Already, It Is understood, under-stood, Great Britain, Franco nnd Italy have agreed that tho Smyrna region shall bo Internationalized and policed by locally recruited gendarmes officered of-ficered by an international ofllcors' corps. It Is certain that Kcmnl will not be satisfied with this Smyrna concession, for his growing power is cnusing his demands to Increase. Newspapers of Angora, where ho makes his headquarters, head-quarters, say bo asks thnt Thrnco be given autonomy, Constantinople bo evacuated by tho allies nnd the nllled and Interallied zones of control nnd influence In Syrin and other pnrta of tho Turkish empire ho abandoned. It Is probabfo somo of theso demands' will ho rejected, nnd equally probnblo thnt some of them will bo granted. Kemnl's military strength Is worth consideration and his populnr support Is widespread. Sixty Germnn officers have been making over his bands of i rtgliters Into regulnr nrfhy units, and he recently ndded to his equipment a quantity of artillery obtained from thu bovlvt JUusslans. From Geneva cdufo a story thnt tho league committee on Armenia, of which Lord Bobert Cecil is chairman, probably would appoint Gen. Leonard Wood commander of the Armenlnn 'expeditionary 'ex-peditionary force with the title of high commissioner. The choice, It was added, was on the recommendation recommenda-tion of Sir Frederick Morris and Gen. Weygnnd. Ofllclnls in Washington Washing-ton did not take this report seriously, but It mny turn out to be true. By unanimous vote the lengue commission com-mission on new members decided that Austrln Rhould be admitted, nnd there was no doubt that the assembly would ratify the action. Bulgaria also wants to get In at once, but Greece, Serbia and Koumanln all nre opposed to her admission nnd may prevent It There wns reuson to believe they would be supported In this by France, which seeks to gain strength In central European Eu-ropean friendships. For tho present, at least, France has her way In barring bar-ring Germany from Immediate membership mem-bership In the league. The commission commis-sion has decided against the admission admis-sion of Ltchtcnstetn nnd Azerbaijan, but recommended that Costa Rica be made a macr. , Gustav Adar of Switzerland, bncked by tho delegates of several other nations, na-tions, tried to have the economic commission com-mission Instructed to study menns of preventing monopolies of raw materials mate-rials and measures to Insure their distribution throughout tho world, the argument being that raw materials belong not to the nation In which they nre produced, but to the world. This was blocked by Sir George E. Foster of Canada, who said his country and tho United States never would sub- I scribe to that principle. A futile effort ef-fort to have Spanish adopted as tho third official language of the lengue brought out the statement by the foreign for-eign minister of Pnnunm thnt the IB states of Central and South America are united around Spain ns their leader. If the Greeks recall Constnntlne to the throne, they will forfeit tho good will and support of Great Britain. Franco nnd Italy. These three powers. It wns decided at a conference In London, Lon-don, should so warn the new Greek government, and a note to thnt effort was drafted. Tho restoration of the former king, snys the unrnlng, "could oply he regarded as rntttlmtlon of h!. hostile acts" during the war. This decision de-cision by the entente Is a victory for the French point of view. D'AnnunzIn having refused to nc-cept nc-cept the agreement between Itnly nnd Jugo-Slavla, the Italian government sent General Cavlglla to Invest Flume. This he did, nnd sent to the poet war-rlor war-rlor by olrplano a proclamation announcing an-nouncing the Intention of the government govern-ment to enforce the conditions of the Rapallo trenty without delay and cnlllng on the regency of Flume to withdraw all Its forces behind the frontiers. Ho next InWted D'Annun-zlo's D'Annun-zlo's troops to leave him nnd re-enroll re-enroll In their old units, nnd threatened threat-ened n severe blockade of the city. D'AnnunzIn, seemingly undnunted, responded re-sponded in n declaration of n state of wnr with Italy, effective December 8. General Cavlglla I doing nil ho can to nvold bloodshed and his troops would hnto to fire on their brother Itnllans, hut If It conies to actual wnr-' fare the result cannot be In doubt. D'AnnunzIo would soon be crushed. The wnrnlng Issued by the British government, thnt the Irish were about to carry tho "war" to England, wns Justified. To date the chief weapon used In this new development of tho conflict Is arson. A Inrgo number of Incendlnry flres were stnrted simultaneously simul-taneously along the Liverpool waterfront' water-front' and soveral big cotton warehouses ware-houses wero destroyed. Tho Incendiaries Incen-diaries worked In sinnll groups and somo of them, being Interrupted by the police, killed one ofilcer and n civilian. About the same time 'tho London pollco said thoy hnd foiled n plot to start flres In the metropolis on n Inrgo scale. Elaborate precautions precau-tions worn tnken In nil tho Inrgo cities of England. Sundny night two motortrucks full of bluck and tan recruits, all former officers In the wnr, were ambushed near Kllmlc.UucI, Ireland, and 15 of them njurderyd." " Reprisals continued In Irelnnd unchecked. un-checked. The town hall and other buildings In Cork were set on fire and five Sinn Fein clubs were destroyed. Ftnlds by the military nhd police wero frequent, there and elsewhere. Uniformed Uni-formed men entered Klllnrney and smashed nil the windows in the business busi-ness section of the city. The British government met with defeat In the house of lords when the home rule bill came up. Buron Oran-more Oran-more and Brown offered an amend ment providing for the establishment of n senate for southern Ireland, nnd It wns adopted against the government govern-ment by a vote of 1110 to 30. Another amendment, bestowing a second chamber cham-ber on the Ulster parliament, also was curried. It Is reported that the government has decided that all members of the Irish republican nrmy who have been or may bo rounded up shnll be Interned In-terned In enmps In Irelnnd nnd held without trial unless they are charged with some penal offense. Gen. Alvnro Obregon wns Inaugurated Inaug-urated President of Mexico at midnight mid-night Tuesday, and nt about the same time officials of the American Department Depart-ment of Justice made wholesale raids at various points nlong the border. These age-'s captured a mnss of docn- nentttry .ide...o proving tho exist-epri' exist-epri' of n plot, organized on this sldo f the border, to stnrt a new rovolu- on and overthrow the Obregon gov-"timent. gov-"timent. It was sold that Luclo tlniico, n former officer In Cnrranza's mny, wns at the head of the con-pltney. con-pltney. Just before his Inauguration Ohro-mn Ohro-mn stated In nn Interview thnt article "7 In the Mexican constitution, restricting re-stricting ownership of oil lands, would not be nbrogated, but he wns sure the 'ippllcntlon of tho nrtlclc would soon 'ie regulated to tho satisfaction of 'It Putted Stntes by n commission to he nppolnted. He said Mexico 'ould not nsk admission to tho Lengue if Nations, but would give consldera-nn consldera-nn to an Invltntlon to Join the lengue. President-elect Hnrdlng has rein re-in ned from his trip to the Canal 'one. presumably with enlarged views i 'be building up of trade with the i.ii''n American republics nnd the oil-'utlnn oil-'utlnn of better relations with them. t o It may bo iisMiniod thnt he has 'liirned n lot about the need of strong-defenses strong-defenses for the Panama canal. Mr Hnrdlng made n brief stop last week In Jamaica where he was re-M'ed re-M'ed as royalty would have been. It uns announced that he would be in Washington Monday nnd would occupy occu-py his seat In the somite for n day or two, nnd It was certain thnt his colleagues would call on him for an tul'Jress. The senate and house committees on agriculture began n Joint session on Friday to consider emergency mensures for the relief of American farmers who are snld to face a loss of $7,000,000,000 through sale of their products at less than cost. Among the suggestions discussed were the Imposition Im-position of a tariff on Canadian wheat, the revival of the war finance corporation, corpor-ation, and extensions of credit to Rus-sla Rus-sla nnd Germany to enable them to purchase American farm products. According to Senator Capper, the farmers demnnd, In addition to those remedies, the following: "Adequato credit for farmers through short time nnd long-time loans adapted fairly nnd practlcnlly to the peculiar conditions of tho farming business. "Afford farmers the same credit accommodations ac-commodations now afforded other lines of business. "Abolish gnmbllng In wheat, cotton, corn, nnd all farm produce. "Full legal authority for nntton-wldo co-operutlve marketing by fanners. "Regulation of the puckers. "A national marketing bonrd, In which the producer will lie represented, represent-ed, with power to the board to regti-Ilate regti-Ilate the rate of marketing and to advise ad-vise and assist In stabilizing pi Ices. ""roaO'"i and strengthen the fed eral farm loan system. H "Tariff revision to protect American ngrlculture. H "Protection for wool growers anil H the public from the unfnlr competl- H tlon of shoddy goods." H |