At Geneva

Once again the halls of the League of Nations resounded to the noise of "great argument" about peace, security, arbitration, etc.; but, as ever, the assembled statesmen "came out by the same door" as in they went.

Peace. The feature of the week was the passing, with every Nation voting "yes," of the Polish proposal for outlawing aggressive warfare (TIME, Sept. 19). The adopted resolution declared: "all wars of aggression are and always shall be prohibited, and that every pacific means must be employed to settle disputes of every description which may arise between states."

Security. With the idea of mak-ing the world safe to disarm, the disarmament committee of the assembly unanimously approved the French project of empowering the League Preparatory Disarmament Commission, while arranging for a general conference on limitation and reduction of arms, to study means of making arbitration compulsory and of instituting a graduate system of security among Nations (TIME, Sept. 26).

December 1st was provisionally set for the resumption of the commission's sessions and the U. S. was asked to continue to sit in on all meetings.

Arbitration. German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann informed the assembly that his government had signed the compulsory arbitration clause of the World Court, which means that the Reich commits itself in advance to settle each and every dispute with a foreign power solely by arbitration.

Liquor. A hum of excitement rose above the chatter of the assembly when Dr. Fridtjof Nansen's report on rum running in the mandated territories was suddenly and dramatically shelved. Dr. Nansen (Swedish) was about to introduce a motion asking certain mandatory powers to take more active steps to prevent rum selling to natives. As the wording of the report was thought likely to arouse the ire of those "certain" Nations (Britain, France, Italy, Japan are the chief mandatory powers), it was whisked away for "toning down."

Sneer. Spanish Dictator Primo de Rivera from far-off Madrid, Spanish capital, sneered: "the assembly is no better than a casino; no worth while results come from its discussions." After thus belittling the League, he asserted that Spain had no intention of rejoining that organization "until it is changed," meaning, obviously, until Spain is awarded a permanent seat on the council.