Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-27 | Page 2 | Nation League Blames Swiss

MTIONW Her Refusal to Let Army Pass Hurt Prestige of Peace Body PARIS. Feb. 2fl (Ily tho Associated Associat-ed Press.) Doon Itotirgeols. of France, speaklnjr today before the league of nations council, said that Switzerland struck a blow at the moral prestige of the league by refusing right of way across her territory to the league's forces to preserve order during the Vll- na plebsclte. Dr. A Dun.int. Swiss minister In Paris, h:d atplainid that, while Switzerland Switz-erland regretted being obliged to refuse, re-fuse, still sh,. could not grant tho request re-quest without abandoning her neutrality. neutral-ity. He pointed out that Poland nnd Lithuania, parties to the dispute, had not agreed on the plebiscite arrangements arrange-ments nnd there was the gravest men-are men-are of hostile Bolshevik nctlon. Mr. Bourgeois sald membership in the league Imposed obligations OS well as Conferred rights, and hoped the Swiss representative would convey to his government the assurance that tho Council uderstood the difficulties, but keenly felt the prejudlco causod the league by Us refusal.