Show LEI CUE COUNCI J fl J I 1 L HAS 0 OPIUM i UN 1 UN PLAN i GENEVA MEETING PUTS FORTH ra FOR cm ING difficulties nations body has no right to intervene but hopes to effect definite plan against traffic rome the league of nations council answering an appeal from president zable of the opium conference for Z aid in solving the difficulties at the geneva me mating suggested convoking a joint session to include both the present conferees and the delegates to the first conference on far eastern opium questions which failed of it its s objects the council informed M bahle that it had no right tv t mt intervene ervene in an international meeting of arles aries but that it had decided to offer the above suggestion after detailed discussion the councils action is quite quita unprecedented fremd anted but officials explain that it wax was taken in a desire to help solve a question which holds extraordinary interest for people the world over the decision to intervene informally is considered especially noteworthy because it was supported by such oh M members embers of the council as an austen chamberlain of great britain and ex premier briand of france as representatives senta tives of countries having a preeminent interest in the first opium conference which failed to report any effective system for bringing about the suppression of opium smoking in the far east in other words although the delegates of these and other powers having far eastern possessions where opium smoking prevails did not see their way clear to negotiate a satisfactory conven convention ilon at geneva their representatives on the league council took an initiative which is virtually in opposition to the geneva decisions decicio no it is recognized in rome that the councils action was taken as a result rf of the vigorous assumed ad at geneva by representative stephen 13 on G porter and bishop brent of the american delegation the batters lat final appeal as he was leaving geneva reached the members of the council in rome and is considered undoubtedly to have influenced their ultimate decision |