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Show IMp END DECISION NOT TO AMEND THE COVENANT AT PRE8ENT ONE OF IMPORTANT FEATURES. Request for the Admission of QeVmany Denied, While Austria and, a Number of Minor Powers Are -Admitted to Membership. (ieneva. The first meeting t the league of nations closed on December 18 in a burst of eloquence In nrutliur agitated debate. 4 . In farewell speeches, I'aul Hymaiis, president of tho assembly ntijl Dr. Uulsoppe Motta, president of Switzerland, Switz-erland, declared the first assetnblj had proved the league was nfllvlng prgunism and u success. The opbilon expressed by muny of tho delegates Is that the assembly has done all that could be expected of It, If notjnnoie. Tho closing speech was made hi I'resldcnt.llyinnns of the assemCly. "We have tried a great experiment," he sald,v'"and we have succeedqd. Out; work has shown the wisdom of refraining re-fraining from, amending tho covenant of tliu league of nations n't this tlme ; . "Th great work . for future. activities activi-ties of tho' assembly Is the constitution constitu-tion of, the International court." Outstanding Features. Some of tho outstanding feutqres of the first session of tho league are: 1. Decision not to amend the covenant cove-nant at this time. -'. Rejection of the request for the admission of Germany. I). TliiKiidmlssIou pf Austria Uuli garla ami minor powers. ' ., 4. An effort to relieve tho .situation .situa-tion In Armenia, torn by International dissensions and menaced by both Turkey Tur-key and Russia. ' . fi. The withdrawal of the Argentine Argen-tine delegation, Dr. llonqrlo I'uurry-ron, I'uurry-ron, Argentine foreign inlnlster protesting pro-testing against the rejection of Argentine's Argen-tine's Hcrlus of suggestions, (1. Clash between tho nssembly und tho council an the control of mandates. man-dates. 7. Postponement of tho.'.Chlno-Jnp-"aiieso clash over Shniitung, awarded to Jnhaii by the treaty of Versailles, |