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Show FAVOR ADMISSION OF HM LEAGUE LABOR LEADER PLEADS CAUSE OF GERMAN PEOPLE BEFORE ASSEMBLY AT GENEVA. Five Nations Said to Be in Favor of Admission of Former Enemy, But No One of Delegations Willing to Make Proposal. Geneva. Mandates, open diplomacy and admission of former enemy states to the league of nations furnished material ma-terial for discussion on Friday in the assembly of the league of nations. For the first time the word "revision" was pronounced in connection with article XVIII of the covenant of the league, which provides for the registration of treaties or international engagements. For the first time, also, the viewpoint of labor as regards the league was presented. The views of labor were presented by George Nicoll Barnes of the British delegation, who gained applause when he declared that "a general peace is impossible until we have industrial peace, and industrial peace is impossible impos-sible until labor gets its full share of the product of Its own effort." Twice again the admission of for-mer for-mer enemy states into the league' was advocated. Labor was quoted by Mr. Barnes as in a large majority demanding demand-ing it. There now have been represented rep-resented in the demands for the admission ad-mission of the former enemy states South Afrien. Great Britain. Switzer land, Argentina and Scandinavia. It still appears, however, that no one of the delegations is ready to take the initiative of proposing the election of Germany to membership. . Lord Robert Cecil of the British delegation has said that he will not do so, and Honorio Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine delegation, who has spoken strongly in favor of Germany coming in, declares that he will not nominate her. Neither will the Dutch and. Swedish delegations, which are supposed to be Gennanys' strongest supporters, propose her admission to the league, notwithstanding the fact that sentiment frfvorable to her membership mem-bership crops, out in every debate. A protest by Germany against the manner of the distribution of mandates man-dates for her colonies created a marked impression in the assembly, particularly on account of the fact that it was addressed to the assembly, instead of the council of the league of nations. Germany consistently has maintained the attitude that the council coun-cil of the league does not possess sufficient suf-ficient authority to deal with such questions, since a majority of its representatives rep-resentatives form a group of former belligerents and that the assembly alone is representative of the entire league, and, therefore, competent to deal with the question. |