In Council
At the 29th session of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva, the following business, inter alia, was discussed:
Russian Refugees. Senor Alberto N. Guani, Uraguayan member of the Council, stated that Russian refugees would be welcome as immigrants in South America, particularly into Uraguay.
The Council decided to transfer the Russian refugee problem to the International Labor Office (League Organization) as it was no longer political but economic.
Greece informed the Council that some 100,000 Russian refugees on her territory should go elsewhere, as she was unable to continue feeding them. The Council voted to continue to extend help to refugees in Greece.
Armenian Refugees. A project to assist homeless Armenians, now without country, was approved by the League. The Council asked all Governments to provide them with identity certificates similar to those now granted to Russian refugees.
Armaments. A resolution was adopted, calling upon Secretary General Sir Eric Drummond to ask all members of the League to refrain from exceeding the annual navy, army and air force estimates, provided for in their budgets, until after a general scheme for reduction of armaments in all countries should have been elaborated.
There were reservations made to this resolution. Viscount Ishii (see Page 12), representing Japan, said he would transmit the request to his Government; but he did not think they could act upon it.
Lord Parmoor, representing Britain, indicated that his country could do nothing in line with the resolution until a general agreement had been reached.
The French representative took the same stand as Lord Parmoor.
Hungary. Jeremiah Smith, Jr., of Boston (TIME, Apr. 14), High Commissioner of the League for Financial Reconstruction of Hungary, presented his report. He said that a loan of 250,000,000 gold crowns was about to be floated in England; that the revenues to secure this loan were already being paid into a control account, and were in excess of original estimates. The Council approved.