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Show LEAGUE STARTS ON Hi WEEK j Geneva Delegates Must Act on Mandates and Whether to Admit Austria I GENEVA, Nov. 29. (By th Asso-I Asso-I elated PreasJ Appolntme n1 of per- Imanent mandate coin mission and eer-jtlon eer-jtlon of n successor t Sir Reginald Tower s high commissioner at I anxlg were two Important matter before the council of the league of nations when it met here today It Is believed that softie of the most Important work he-Ifore he-Ifore ti council and ihe assembly of i li-aCUc will I"" srcoinplisheil ilurlng the coming week. Committee, reports are rapidly being put into filial form Ware Iwo impi rtant matters h-fore the I assembly by ssturdnv night. 11 in said HMIss(i III l SI HI j among the Important questions Which will come before the assembly Ithls week Is the question of admitting Ausl is and Bulgaria to the league of nations isiii- the strong opposition of Serbia Rumania and Greec to the granting f membership to Bulgaria t a time when a larg number of rlele-gates rlele-gates serrn Iri favor of tnklng that Step- This Is virtually no opposition In I the case f Ausirls the application of which probablj will he favorably acted upon In u few dys. Dlacusslon or the ftetachmeni of r..nis the member nations will -nd Into iithuania as well as the organisation organisa-tion of a medical force to he dls-' dls-' patched to vilna were also to he considered con-sidered by the council today. In addition addi-tion the council intended to take up the guarantees extended racial and re- jiigkoiiN minorities in Jugo-Blavlna and Cecho-Slovakia POL M n i Rl ssi Delegates to the meeting of the ns- Isembly are awaiting with keenest in-Iterest in-Iterest the probable discussion tomorrow tomor-row Of " motion promised by Ueorge iNlckol Karnes, of Great Britain, regarding re-garding the conflict between Poland land Russia It is reported Mr Barnes may attempt to put Ihe league in a I pOSitlOn of defending its inactivity in i hat war. hut ther is a disposition on the pari of delegates not to permit the s,itjit to reach an) decisive issue For the last two das Kurupean depgales have been -h iding fbeir at- tention between the sessions -f the assembly as-sembly and the meeting of Premiers i Lloyd Ueorge an-i Leygues In London The decision of Prance sn-i Kngland regarding Greece ami the Near Baal !s awaited with much concern. Man delegates continue to dlsciss the proh- abillt) -f Greece losing its place on the I council of the league If lohStS tit I ne returns to the throne. Most of the delegates hae the impression im-pression that the rrPt ieplv of President Presi-dent Wilson to the council's note rela-! live to Armenia will be perfunctory, not committing the Tinted BtatSS In any way nor deflnlel) rejecting 'he offer. Mr Wilson's answer is expected to arrive within the next r-w days. ITHO V M N l VI I K M.rt M Tin' council of the league of nations this morning approved the final draft of lb,- project for Ihe perms lent man- dates commission, tentatlyejj a('-pt-ing the proposal to liae the commission commis-sion comprise five non-mandatary and four Mandator) powers ii wa decided de-cided that all the members be chosen by the eouricll. i The permanent commission, it is r catted, wjM probabl) met once a r nt Geneva and review the admin- istratton of the mandate holding COUIt- ! triea, Detailed rules for the commission also were ratified. The council did not consider today !io- proposed Invitation to the United Slates for its participation in the dis- sion over disarmament. SM ILL sT IT I SB BAKRKD The committee n the admission "f new members rinallj agreed loday that It t impossible to admit now the new M;ile i;ie,l ..'i! ,, i;iihi.hi -tii tors. The theory of the committee Is jthni these states will eventual!) form 'part of s new Russian confederation entirely Changing their present status. The commlltce will recommenii, how-'ever. how-'ever. that while these slates are not admitted to full membership their -le'.erat e.. Shall he allowed t.. sit In the asetiihl In a consulting - ftpaclt without the right to a vote TROOP MOVEMENT OPPOSJED. MADRID, Nov. 2s. Attacks upon the project of sending Spanish troops (to l.lthuaniH In execution of the plans of the league of nations were renewed todaj h iii- newapaper Bldebal n ile- lares that the project is 'of serious ! significance, f--i Hpaln, "whose people .weir- m-t consulted beforehand al"-.ul this decision regarding their armv Which was renr-hed by foreigners." Tlie I newspaper arguex thl Is a peruliar i manner In which to "pursue open diplomacy." |