LEAGUE OF NATIONS-

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 110, 3 February 1919, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS-

PRESIDENT WILSON NOT TO DICTATE EXACT FORM MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S TRUMP CARDS £ a ABILITY TO LEAD EUROPEAN ALLIANCE By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. February 2, 5,5 p.m.) Paris, January 31. Mr. Keith Murdoch states: ''Such deep movements, thought, shufflings, and diplomacy as lmve marked 'the last 'fouflcj days' vehement debate will inevitably af-" feet importantly the general trend ot the world's affairs. Although .President son won the main point, l it wa:> evidehjj last night that his position _ hod beoujT seriously weakened, as distinguished raentf bers of'the Council said that' during 'thtfl' last hour's debate Sir. Lloyd George held the trump cards. He did not play them;? hut gave President Wilson a peep whicU seemed disturbing.; Mr. Lloyd beorge's trumps consisted of the ability of-<Bsivl tain to lead a European alliance which' would form its own League of Nations, based not upon fantastic schemes for foreign supervision of territories strategidi ally necessary for'the young democracies, but upon the great principles and traditions of the British Government. rM<"' other words, President Wilson learnt that if he insisted on dictating-the Sexact form the League of Nations aud all the settlements,'his'League would not be formed. During the debate a, Domin-.'[ ion delegate said: 'President Wilson,-you I are elected President of the Z United ?i' : States, but not. elected president of the • League of Nations.' j "The general effect of dragooning all | the Powers into a general'application'; I the mandate system has been to greatly strengthen the conservative conception of the League of Nations. Europe gave in I to President Wilson primarily because | he seemed determined to make non-ac-I ceptance of the mandate system into a ; crisis, and in return charging the Allies; with a breach of faith, in non-observaniSf)'" 1 of the Fourteen Poiits. This charge might have been difficult to refute, and, America, on such a charge, might have ] stood behiud President Wilson. It hus, j been made plain to President Wilson, * however, that he has forced the Allies to \ insist that the League of Nations shall j not be given power mischievously to in- | terfere with the administration of such !: j places as New Guinea and South-West j Africa. In other words, the League-of \ ; Nations scheme will be considerably weaker than was hoped. President Wil?,j. son yesterday was compelled to concednfs this when he accepted the British formula providing that in the case of the.South Pacific islands and . Africa the samo law's should apply as to'a' mandatory country. Its effect is to re-, duce the League's authority. League's mandate ceases necessarily to mean an open door, and the League' ceases to stand pre-eminently powerful for general freedom under supernattanal ;; authority."—United Service. GERMANY'S DREADNOUGHTS DOMINIONS EXPECTED TO ASKFFO r; SEVERAL. ....... (Eec. February 2, 5.5 .p.m.) '"' London, January 30. The "Pall Mall Gazette" states that it is expected that some of the Dominion. Governments will a6k for'the transferal ; , several of Germany's captured Dread- • noughts—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, KULTUR ! . -o BRITISH AND CrERMAN STANDARDS. The proclamations set out below TvereT issued respectively under British aiicV German authority in coaquered territory:— Under the British Flag. ■'"'' Proclamation of General Allenby read to the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the stops of the Citadel, -inr Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Greek, and Russian:—"To the inhabituuts of Jerusalem the Blessed, and to tho people dwelling in the vicinity: The defeat inflicted . .upon the Turks by the troops under my command has resulted in the occupation o£ your city, by my forces. I therefore, here and now, proclaim it to be under martial law, under which form of ailministration it will remain '.s<T long as, military considerations 'make'-it necessary. However, lest any of you should! be alarmed by reason of your experience at the hands of the enemy who! has retired, Thereby inform you that it is my desire that every person shouldi pursue his lawful business without fear' of interruption. "Furthermore, since your city is Ye.; garbled with affection by three of the great religions of mankind, and its • 'soil has been consecrated by the "pray-, ers and pilgrimages of devout people l of these three religions for many oeu-' turies, thercfore j do it knowil!j unto you that wei'y jacred monument, holy "spot,' 'shrine, tional site, pious "bequest, endowment or customary place of prayer will bss maintained and protected according ito the existing customs and beliefs '06 those to whose faith they ore sacred.'' "Guards have been placed at BetP lehem and at Rachel's Tomb. W Tomb at Hebron has been placed under, exclusive Moslem control. The hereditary custodians of the Wakf at the gates of the Holy Sepulchre have bee", requested to take up their accustomed duties in remembrance of the" magnanimous act of the Caliph Omir who'ffrotected that Church." " bK Under the German Flag, sod-* Proclamation issued by the H&ftfc o quarters of the German Military GRftw eminent of conquered Italy:— ' noi "A house-to-house search will W£ made for all concealed arms, weap'tffiS* and ammunition. *~1 "All victuals remaining in the'hoiita. must be delivered up. .'^ "Every citizen must obey our labp(sj regulations. ■ 1^,., "All workmen, women, and over 15 years old are obliged to worjf, in the fields every day, Sunday 'eluded, from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. . ai ,jj "Disobedicr.ce will bo punished in tjvfl following manner:— _ «|q I. Lazy workmen will be' accoißi panied to their work and waHieil '« Germans. After the harvest they ivflT be imprisoned for six months, arte* every third day will be given nothing but bread and water. _ .' '" "2. Lazy women will be obliged "W work, and after the harvest will ifficoive.six months' imprisonment, j>'' "3. Lazy children will be punisflSa by beating.' m . "The cominandant reserves the'riffKfi to punish lazy workmen-with 20 lasijj^ tnov Englisii hotelkeepers are certainly, dot lacking in the practical sense. So affirms Sir Rudyard Kipling, who'tells the s,fJ6?jF of an hotel omnibus which one j\kf damaged some trees in liis garden. wrote to the hotel, mentioning t\6 ; 'iffcident. No reply. A second letter "ffSfl no more success. At last he call on the hotel manager, who respywfully listened to the complaint, andntlNii replied blandly: "I have sold yourrTfost letter, Mr. Kipling, for a sovereign; the cecond for two sovereigns. I hope you will continue to mite to me in KieM that I may thus obtain sufficient SnWs to indemnify you for the damage caub'efi." Lord Leverhulme, who is the prietor of the island of Lewis, offi[4he coast of Scotland, in hie new schema-far the island after the war has ineludwbMS? for the construction of 100 miles of ceieej trie railway, • i biu d-jict