PRESIDENT WILSON AND HIS SENATE
—— OUESTIUXS AlllSlNG FROM THE ■ . PEACE TREATY. -- . Washington, August 21. President ."Wilson, .replying to a ; written question from." Senators, stated that i the President has 110 power to declarepeace' by proclamation, and lie would not consent to any such suggestion. It was Questionable-whether the League of Nations, could be created by three or more nations' adhering to the Paris covenants. . Explaining the mandatory system, tho President pointed'out that the German colonies were only-provisionally granted to the present mandatories, ,who wore subiect to the League of Nations as trustees. No legal' title to late Germanterritory wak vested in Britain, Australia. South .Africa, or New Zealand-Ana.-N.Z. Cable Assiu
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 281, 23 August 1919, Page 7
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