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Balfour Hints America Blocks League Plans British Envoy Declares Dis? armament Movement Is at Standstill Because All Na? tions Are Not Concerne il Enemy States Are Heard Red Cross Hands Off Relief .in Russia Till Soviets Allow an Investigation , _______________ By Wilbur Forrest t-pecttti Cible to The Tribune Copyright, 1 J>21. New York Tribune Inc. GENEVA, Sept. 10. ? The United States to-day was credited on the floor of the League of Nations Assembly with blocking efforts of the league to disarm the world. Without 8? ec i ft call y mentioning the American government or the forthcoming conference in Washington, Arthur J. Balfour, speak? ing on behalf of the British Empire, told the Assembly that the league's ef? forts to disarm would he fruitless as long as the United States abstains from membership. The unmistakable tenor of the dis? tinguished, silver-haired statesman's speech was that, the league can begin serious work on the disarmament prob? lem only after the November parley and if that gathering fails the league's task is hopeless. He told the Assem : bly that as long as America remained ; OUtaid? the society of nation i the groat. j nation? within the organisation would refuse to shed their weapon, of war. Vyntrica N<;? Named A huait Caffl ? (V r the A,__ombly :i-i ? Mr. Balfour rose to speak. Elis voie ? was welcomed ;.s thai of the British Simp ire, He spoke ?? answer to the i critics of the league's progreso in dis? armament, notably Lord Kobcrt <.'ecil, ', who on Thursday to!.! the Assembly . ? i igu m i. I i "i >r ? outside ianuence and take action on disarm ament aoov? ;:!1 things, '.. rs and rumors oi preparations for war v re stiil hanging like :?. mill uti n [around the neck of tho world, ? ?>"'? &ir, j Balfour, and the league's hope that :.i? ; nations would be guluded by the cove nant remained unfulfilled. How can ; any n ition within the league work o? the question of armaments until wc those outside the organisation? he I asked. World disarmament, he added, could only bo c?*ec ?ve when there was ! genera) disarmament. The speech r.tmiiously-avoided rofei ence to the United States by name, but . the Briton's expression, "the great na? tion outside the league," could hardly have meant other ihan America, for Germany was disarmed by t ho Treaty : oi Versailles. "How can the nations Within the league ;iass self-denying ordinances re? garding the manufacture and distri ? bution of armaments when the great manufacturing nations outside the league refuse 1 h b und '. ' Mr. Bal o ir ? :ked, i efei i ing : he off -t.- ^( \ the league to cut down th- activity of war factories, ' ?i-rnpered and Maimed." "It is evident," he said, "that the ?efforts of the league must always be hampered ard maimed so long as it [-cannot ir;- lude within our number tho at nation, which unfortunately at i'-.'i moment are not members of the ' league. Tli's must be taken into | consideration b; those who, in their haste or otherwise, are inclined to criticise the league for its slow prog ross in what is, after all, not only one of its mo3t Important task*, but One ?' its most difllcult." Mr. BalfOU? evidently was defending the 1 league Council in his speech, for it is no secret here that that body is responsible for 'he delay in considering the disarma? ment problem, becauso most of the pow era represan ted on i!, are interested in the Washington gathering. Mr. Bal : four's words wore directed against that i element in the Assembly which is sup? porting Lord Robert Cecil's thesis that ; the league should Ignore American in ; Ruence. '?It. Balfour severely criticized Hjal inar Branting, the Swedish Socialist, another pi the Cecil school of thought, for his Thursday declaration that the league Council was i'u>-t beooming a great, governing body and an instru? ment in flic hands of a few nations. Mr. Balfour said that Branting's charge 'hat the Council had been animated by \ unworthy motives was unfortunate and regrettable! corning from a man of Mr. Branting's international standing, be? cause the importance and value of the i league depend largely on the public . opinion of the world. May Cause a Split Returning to the subject of arma- ? monts, Mr. Balfour referred ironically ? to the disarmament of the Central Em? pires by virtue of the treaty rather : than by the covenant. The ?disarmament problem has so far ! held the center of the stage in the As? sembly session:-.. If the debate con? tinues on this line it may drive the league members more openly into two | i groups -the little powers agitating for ' ; immediate action, while the great j ' powers play for caution. The latter i control of the Council. GENEVA, Sept 10 (By The A?so [ ciated Press).?Former enemy states ? ! made their first appearance in the de- I ? hates of the present Assembly when ? , Count Albeit iMensdorif-Pouilly- Diet- ' ricastein, the Austria delegate, took | the floor to speak on the work of the Council of the league. He spoke in French and was well received by the Assembly. Beys Albania Lacke Frondera Count Mensdorff pictured the eco? nomic and financial situation of Aus? tria and reviewed the work done by the Council with the view to restoration of the country, lie urged that meas? ures decided upon be applied at the earliest possible moment so that Aus? tria might bo able to work out her own salvation. M. Spalaikovitch, the Jugo-Hlav dele? gate, made a bitter attack upon Albania and criticized the action of the Assem? bly last year in admitting Albania to the league. "Albania is not a state," he declared. "It never had frontiers and can no more be considered a country now than it could last year," The chairman of the Assembly en? deavored, by invoking the time limit, to put an end to the speech of the Jugo-Slnv delegate, which it was evi? dent made a painful impression on the Assembly. Mr. Balfour, the British representa? tive, arose and relieved the tension by correcting what he said were mis? taken deductions. Albania, he said, had a perfect right to appeal from the Counil of the league to the Assembly for a settlement, of the entire dispute] among Albania, Greece and Jugo? slavia, and that the question would come up in its regular order. Relief in Russia Gustav Ador, president of the In? ternational Red Croas, told the As? sembly that his organization would do nothing whatever toward relief, in Rus? sia unless ample guaranties were given for the International Russian Relief Commission to make a full and free investigation of conditions. This or? ganization recently was denied that privilege by the Russian Soviet gov? ernment. Elihu Root will receive tho imaiii i mous vote of the South American dele i gates to the league when the election i or' judges for the Permanent Interna? tional Court of Justice is held next I Wednesday. Many of them also favor i Mr. Root as chief justice of the court. I They express confidence that Mr. Root will accept the pott when he sees tho unanimity of the demand that he serve, and pinna for hi? election are going.forward on this theory. ? Dispatches from Washington telling of Mr. Root conferring with President Harding are interpreted in league circles to mean that Mr. Root will withdraw his objections to election to tho court if President Harding ap irovc?. The delegates to the Assembly expresa the hope that they will re? ceive definite indications that Mr. Root will accept before the Assembly elec? tion of judges is held. It developed to-day that the South American states will seek tho election of four Spnnish-speuliinn- judges. They will ho content if one of the four is Spanish and the three" remaining judges come from South America. Turk Liner'? Officers Bring Families Here 'The Turkish steamship Gui Djcmal, lof the Ottoman-American line, former ! ly the White Star steamship Germanic. I arrived here yesterday from Constan-. j tinople with a full pussenger complc ! mont. It i.; the rule on nearly all slenm | ships that the wives and children of j masters and officers shall not travel on the vessels on which tho head of the i family is in service. The Gul Djema'., however, was the exception to this rule. P'ew of her officers were unac? companied by their wives or children. Captain Bey Lufti had his wife and two children with him; Namek Burhan eddin, tho chief officer, his wife and son; Joseph Rajlb, the radio operator, his wife, and down the line to th< boatswain the officers hnd some mem? ber of the family as a traveling com? panion. ~. ? Engine Crew Leaps to Safety in Train Mishap The engineer and fireman of a New York, Ontario and Western Railroad j locomotive narrowly escaped death late yesterday afternoon by leaping I from tlie cab of the engine when the j train was derailed near the Weehaw j ken, N. J., station. According to the railroad officials ! the train was proceeding at a moderate rate of speed when the engine and . tender suddenly left the track and overturned. Engineer Conrad K?hler ;??: Fireman Fletcher Lacy vaulted to Soon after the wrecking of the train | Arthur Sichman was arrested by Offi? cers Kuble and Thompson, of the West Shore police, charged with disorderly conduct. He x.'&b released on bail. According to trainmen at Weehaw ken yards the engine was engaged in switching passenger coaches at the lime of the wreck. No passenger was j on any car. No attempt was made to xplain the derailment. -I_JK_^_-|* Rockefeller Appeals $292,000 Taxes It^ Contend? Decision Involvm Assessments on Oil and Pii^ Line Stock Is Not Correct John D. R?M?kefeller, through hi? < tornar George Wellwood l?urr*? *K". ?tf Wall Street, yesterday filed 4??'* United States District Court ?at in an appeal from a decision ttqr/^ him to pay income tax tot?i'? $202,000. w?htig This amount trag assessed on n, difference between the market valu? * stock of the Prairie Oil and Gm Ce? pany and the Ohio Oil Company, whul" in the form of a dividend were er changed for the shares of the Prair* Pipe Line Company and the IHind? Pipe Line Company, when the form?, corporations were ordered severed from the pipe lines. Judge Mayer allowed a writ of ttrir to tho New York Trust Compan* ?Jf Edith Hale Harkness, as executors ?? the estate of William Harkness, in t? litigation over income taxes ?hifh they began against William h Edwards as Collector of Inttrnti 1 Revenue, and which was deeM?] against them. 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