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With the election of Czecho-Slovakia to the Council of the League of Nations in place of China, the Fourth Assembly of the League of Nations (at Geneva) adjourned after a month's session. Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, of Cuba, President of the Assembly, in an eloquent valedictory address, said the entrance of the U. S. into the League was " vastly important for the future of mankind." His address was received with enthusiasm by the delegates. It can fairly be said that the only exclusive business enacted during the Assembly was the admittance of Ireland and Abyssinia...
...Running broad jump for women: Mlle. Mejzlikova, Czecho-Slovakia, 540 centimeters...
Mutual Defense. The committee appointed to examine the Treaty for Mutual Defense adopted articles which provide for mutual guarantees between Members of the League according to their geographical position (TIME, Aug. 20). Dr. Benes of Czecho-Slovakia and M. Léon Jonhaux of France pointed out that "such treaties did actually enable States to reduce their armaments...
...Seven" of the Fourth Convention are: Lord Robert Cecil, Britain; Fridjof Nansen, Norway; M. Motta, Switzerland; ex-Premier Hjalmar Branting, Sweden; President Cosgrave, Ireland; General Jan Christian Smuts, South Africa; Edouard Benes, Czecho-Slovakia...
...competed directly for the flotation of the new $20,000,000 Norwegian loan. New York won, just as she did in the struggle for the recent $20,000,000 Swiss loan. The Austrian loan was shared between London, New York, Paris and other centres. New issues from Argentina, Canada, Czecho-Slovakia, Yugo-Slavia and several South American nations are anticipated this Fall, and only the Canadian issue is expected to be handled in London...