LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1919, Page 3

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

1 AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]

A TANGIBLE ADVANCE. WASHINGTON, January 27

- The prevailing feeling in official circles here is that the Peace Congress by its action regarding th e adoption of the League of Nations has taken a tangible step towards the realisation of the League. It is now thought that no rerious opposition to the League will develop in the United States Congress from, those who have criticised the League proposals.

WELCOMED BY LONDON PRESS. LONDON, January 27. •The full accounts of the Conference spj'ococdi'wgs for itlie adoption of the l.ca,gn e of Nations are favourably received ■by the London press apart from the “Morning Post,” which alone continues hostile criticism. It is generally recognised that the 'Conference has now really got to wort'There is a general recognition of Cle•menceati’s strong lead and his anxiety to get the business transacted. Some {newspapers consider General Smuts supplied the basis of the official scheme for the League, The protests of the smaller nations receive some press attention, though

. - their attitude is regarded as not as on e of fault-finding but only a natural expression of disappointment that they are not able to take a larger share in the Conference deliberations.

PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE BODY. NEW YORK, January 28. The .Globe’s Paris correspondent • states-: The British have conceded a most important point in America’s plan for the League of Nations, namely the constitution of a central administrative ■body, sitting continuously, and com•posed of one representative from each •great Power and a limited number of representatives nominated by groups of the smaller nations. The French alone •ar e still undecided concerning the acceptance of certain minor phases of the •plan.

BRITISH CONTROL. PARIS, January 26,

The United Press interviewed a British peace delegate, who said that Britain would be allowed to control the German colonies, the Dardanelles, and Mesopotamia, hut with a strict accountability to the League of Nations. Naturally, if she were unable to render a satisfactory account, her trusteeship ■would end.