LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1921, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

THE POSITION OF AMERICA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Washington, March 18. It is stated on good authority that more than Article 10 must be eliminated from the League of Nations Covenant - before the Harding administration'"Will eon rider making America a party thereThis statement was made in reply to Reports from Paris that M. Vivian! is homing to the United States to suggest that America become a member of the {League bn the basis of the elimination jxf Article 10. The New York Times states editorially that it dries not require miraculous jletective ability to perceive that important negotiations are afoot between Prance and the United States. The jnission of M. Viviani must be something more than a mere visit of con?•fiesy. Nor are the visible activities of She French Ambassador at Washington to be passed off as simply routine. JJf is also reported that the British yhnhasßy is not filled with diplomats ■sriio are asleep, and that the representa- ’ lives of Japan are ready to pick up the broken threads of their international business with the State Department. We may next hear that the Italians are stirring. » It bpgrins to look all told as if we feiight presently see in Washington a jfcnc? adjourned meeting of the Paris Brea* conference.