THE LEAGUE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17015, 11 December 1920, Page 9

THE LEAGUE.

SALARY LIST CRITICISED. r,Ve—Pr«== notation—Copyright.) iustrslian ar.d K Z. Cable Association.) 1 GENEVA, December 9. "Phe discitssons or. the Budget Commission's report £;hc-.v that if all tho States liacl 'heir contribution by Juno 30th Inst, tho League would have entered its period with a credit of £100X00. instead of £*d. TBs removal to Geneva absorbed a largo part of t&e I.oauue-s working capital. Tho Indian drlegnu like the Aus- . Q i:„ n iml New Zealand delegates, wnrmlv critici.-crl ihc salary list. Prince Rnniit=inh.ii pointed out tiiht the salaries were 'much.higher than in ttio highlv-paid Indian Civi bervice. Indeed the goner* l cuduct of the League was 'decidedly hiv^h. Sir James Allen »>:<i»o.-rtl tho contention that, been use thrj organising committee in Tar is fixed the salaries, the Awemblv could not deal with them for -ftvcvea'rs. He l»>i"ted out that tho J \ Council meeting at Rome provisionally r approved of the salaries until the Assemble confirmed the. Budget. The" Assembly resumed t'he discussion of tho technic;; 1 organisations. Mr W. M. Kowell (Canada) announced that a compromise had been reached on matters of principle. Tho Hon. E. D. Millen (Australia) wished to tie assured that the organisations proposed were to bo temporary. He was prepared to support the report •on this condition. , . , After a dull debate, the technical organisations report was adopted. Durin" - the sub-committce's consideration of tho economic weapon, Lord Robert Cecil said tho question to bo , solved was what Powers were to exer-1 cise sea action. It would bo unbusiness- ! like to ask Australia to send a ship to blockade a small European State, although .it was clear that Australia and the other members ought to make some contribution. THE ARGENTINE' S POSITION. BUENOS AIRES, December 3. The withdrawal of tho Argentine from i the League meeting appears likely to become the subject of a violent political controversy. The newspapers state that, tho question will bo the issuo at the Presidential election in 1922. Various patriotic and civic organisations are preparing movements for_ and against the Government's international policy. I The Radical Party lias announced that it will hold public demonstrations in support of President lrigoyen. Prominent peoplo in the Argentine, on the other hand, who. during tho war, organised the Association of tho Friends of France and the Allies, have railed a meeting of protest regarding ftesident Irigoyen's policy, pnd have issued a manifesto stating that tho Argentine delegation at Geneva has •placed the nation in a ridiculous position before all the' civilised countries of "the world. • Tho newspapers, generally, also criticise the Government for its failure to , announcft its future policy respecting the League. AMERICA AND DISARMAMENT. ' ' WASHINGTON", December 8. President Wilson has informed the League Council that, inasmuch as the United States is not a member of the League, ho did not feel justified in appointing a commission to participate, 'even de facto, in the discussion of disarmament. (Received December lOtli. 7.20 p.m.) GENEVA, December 9. Mr Wilson, replying in terms of the ./New York cable discussing particjpation in the Disarmament Commission, added that the Government was symria- ' thetic with any sincere effort to evolve a constructive plan of disarmament. ADMISSION OP BULGARIA. (Received December 10th, 7.25 p.m.) GENEVA, December 9. Tho Fifth Commission has dccided in favour of recommending the admission j of Bulgaria.