LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1919, Page 6

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

QUESTION OF INCLUSION IN TREATY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT WILSON. Paris, March 21. Lord Robert Cecil, addressing the press, said the question exciting the greatest interest was whether the covenant of the League of Nations should be included in the preliminary peace. He believed the latter was intended to peace; he therefore thought it essensettle the broad principles of the world's tial that the League covenant should have a part in it. He doubted whether it was possible to proceed successfully with peace unless it was known what the-League was to be. For instance the German colonies could not be left in the air. The clause dealing with mandatories was settled by the Council of Ten and confirmed by the League Commission; therefore they could not deal with the colonies until the League was part of the machinery.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, March 19. It is understood that the preliminary Peace Treaty does not include any reference to the League of Nations. The British attitude favors outlining !the preliminary agreements so as to restore peace between the belligerents; afterwards a detailtd settlement can be considered and the League of Nations left for inclusion-in the final treaty.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. New York, March 15. Mr Tumulty, the President's secretary, has received a cablegram from President Wilson stating that the Plenary Council has positively decided that the League of Nations must be part of the peace treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

OPPOSITION SET UP. New York, March 20. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that Senators Reed, Borah and others have declared against the League of Nations organisation, and will send couriers to France for the purpose of circumventing the American and French censorship and to keep the American people correctly informed of the events at the Peace Congress, also to communicate to the French press and people the real American sentiment towards the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE WATERWAYS COMMISSION. Paris, March 21. The British presented clauses to the Waterways Commission providing for free transit'.