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Show MESITIi WILL 1 PUCE PACT Secret Overtures by Colonel House Revealed in Statement PARIS; No 10 Argentina is ready to 0a hei utmost to contribute I to the success of the league of na-j.tions, na-j.tions, said llonorlo Pueyrredon, for-elgn for-elgn minister of that country, to a representative rep-resentative of the newspaper Eclair of this city last night. "I nm i;oing to rjeneva to attend a Itii etlng of th league assembly." he BSJd, "With the greatest enthusiasm, I believe, In the success of the league If each nation brings to It good will, "And ithaf seems easier than the pessimists Imagine, Nationalism! properly un-di un-di stood. is not incompatible with healthy international Ism I "Argentine, it Is said, did not di-rectlv di-rectlv contribute to the constitution of the league, but this Is no reason she should not take the liveliest interest In It I will tell you something that never has been published In this matter mat-ter When the supreme council was studying the organization of the league, rolonel E. M. House, In the name of President Wilson, asked Argentina Ar-gentina to give her views. The question ques-tion of a private meeting of what were then neutrals was dlscussod, but Ar- j gentlna declined to participate Mar-cello Mar-cello de Alvear, our ndnlster to Prance, following my instructions, told Colonel House Argentina WSS JBSfl J to gle her opinion in a public ossein -rdy repularly summoned. Argentina has but one wish and that it to do all in her power to banish ban-ish war from the face of tho earth |