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2 Brit. Y.B. Int'l L. 150 (1921-1922)
The Work of the League of Nations

handle is hein.journals/byrint2 and id is 156 raw text is: THE WORK OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS By REGINALD BERKELEY, Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple. ON January 10, 1920, the League of Nations came into existence as a political institution. Previously it had been an unrealised conception. The bringing into force of the Treaty of Versailles, in the forefront of which the Covenant of the League had been embodied, gave it life. It had been provided that upon the deposit of ratifications by three Great Powers and by Germany the Treaty should take effect; and upon that date the necessary ratifications took place. Directly the Treaty of Versailles was ratified it became necessary for the League to take action. Under Article 48 a Com- mission, three of whose members were to be appointed by the Council of the League, was directed, within fifteen days of the coming into force of the Treaty, to delimit the frontier lines prescribed for the Saar Valley; and there were several other matters of urgency, such as the appointment of the High Com- missioner for Danzig, and of the Governing Commission of the Saar Valley, which, although not specifically directed to be perforLled within a definite time, called for early consideration. Furthermore, there was the whole organisation of the League to undertake. It had also to be arranged when and where the Assembly should meet. A large amount of valuable preliminary work had been carried out by the Secretary-General, Sir Eric Drummond, who had selected a highly qualified international staff and obtained temporary premises for accommodating the League in London. But all his arrangements were necessarily of a provisional nature and required the confirmation of the Council. No time was lost in calling the Council together. On the morning of January 16, within a week of the coming into force of the Treaty, the Council met in the Salle de l'Horloge of the French Foreign Office. M. Leon Bourgeois, the eminent French representative, was unanimously elected to the chair. The Secretary-General was invited to take his seat on the left of the 150

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