LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1919, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION. WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY ALTERED. Received March C, 1 a.m. Paris, March 4. The great majority of the peace delegates hold the view that the present constitution of the League of Nations represents a composite world view, and will not be materially changed before adoption. It is expected that the League will begin the exercise of its functions immediately after the, peace treaty, which probably will be signed in the autumn—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. PRESIDENT WILSON IN DEFENCE. SOME STRONG REMARKS. Received March 5, 8.15 p.m. New York, March 4. President Wilson, in a speech, said: "I am still convinced that th-,. people of the United States are in favor of the League of Nations. I will not return from Europe until the world is assured of a permanent peace. The League of Nations is a notice to the Powers that the rest of the world will go to war to prevent aggression."

President Wilson added: "If the United States does not enter the League it will be the most contemptible nation in the world." He continued: "I solemnly warn opponents of the League that they will bo overwhelmed by irresistible tides of world opinion. I hear from Paris that settlements towards peace now occur rapidly."—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.