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Show 1 OPPOSE AMENDING I LEAGUE COVENANT jjffi VALFOUR OECLARE8 IT 18 TOO IK EARLY TO ATTEMPT . 1 1 8UCH A STEP. IKlj touth American Delegates Are of the WM Opinion That Any Amendment Rjjlj Should Await Propositions Ex Iji'iW pected From United States. jEff Genera. There will bo no nmend- ffl merits to the covenant of the tongue W 8 of nutlonH ut thin session of Uie ns- H fl acmbly if tho decision of committee h No. 1 that of general organization w I which has been considering amend- NE went, Ib approved In full session. HI Arthur J. Iiulfour, chnlrmnn of the 3K committee, suggested to tho commJttco Wm eii November 23, thnt It wns too early Km to draw conclusions ns to tho working tHf of the league or to form an idea as to how tho covenant may bo Improved. Hj Ho proposed that the committee rec- H ommcndod Uie appointment of a spe- ffi clal commltteo to consider amendments M and report to tho next meeting of tho H assembly. B The Scandinavian delegates on the Hjj committee. Instated upon consideration IMB Immediately of amendments they pro- K posed, but they wero outvoted. The in South American dologntes accepted Mr. HS Balfour's recommendation tho mora HJ readily becauso thoy nre of tho opinion H that any nmendmont of tho covenant K should await propositions that are ex- IHj pected from tho United States after H President-elect Ilardlng's consultations 0 on the subject. Thoy doclared It would Hi bo entirely out of order to revise the HI covenant In tho absenco of one of HI tho most Important nations of the H world. |