Argentina, the first neutral to join the League of Nations
withdrew from the Assembly on Saturday last because her piroposal to amend the Covenant was not accepted. Argentina demanded (1) that all large States should be admitted forthwith, (2) that very small States should be admitted without having a right to vote, (3) that the Assembly should elect the Council, and (4) that a court of compulsory arbitration should be set up. It should have been clear to the Argentine delegates that the Allies would not have Germany and Bolshevik Russia forced upon them as fellow-members of the League in thin
unceremonious way. The League will not suffer greatly by this temporary defection. The Covenant, ,as Mr. Balfour said last week, must inevitably be modified, but America will doubtless have some definite proposals to make after March next.
