WORLD'S NEW ORDER.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 164, 11 July 1919, Page 5

WORLD'S NEW ORDER.

FURNISHED BY ALLIES. artTST BE MADE PERMANENT. PRESIDENT "WILSON'S SPEECH TO SENATE. (By Cable. —Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received 10.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 10. President Wilson, in presenting the peace treaty to the Senate, said that the' treaty was an indispensable instrumentality for ihe maintenance of the new order which the Allies purpose to furnish to the world. President Wilson said that the peace treaty would be a scrap ot paper without the League of Nations. The people demanded tiiat League, and would brook no denial. The League of Nations gave the Peace Conference a ieelinjj that the new order •was permanent, and constituted practical statesnr n's hope of success in difficult world problems. Hitherto the nation's only defences for alliances were armies and fleets. These %vere used to foster national ambitions instead of preserving peace. A league of free nations was the only replacement of such armaments. The United States offered, moral leadership and the world dare hot reject it without breaking the world's heart. America's aid to Europe was indispensable. America's isolation ended twenty years ago. She sought no repatriation for herself—the only restoration was the right to liberty everywhere. The treaty squared with the fourteen points as well as with practical needs. The new States would be unable to live nnless the League protected them in their early years of existence. The United States entered the war as a disinterested champion of right, and was interested in peace in no other capacity. Were they to stultify what had been done at Chateau Thierry when they stopped the German advance on Paris and gave the Allies needed moral strength. That strength must continue to work for peace. The League of Nations included every treaty, including the Bulgarian. The Treaty of London gave Fiume to Croatia. Italy did not claim the city when that treaty was signed. The United States must establish a sound basis of European credit in order to re-establish her economic life. The German colonies had not been governed, merely exploited. It was necessary to provide for their future as well as to supervise Germany herself. President Wilson intends to present the peace treaty pact with France, under which Britain and the Un.ted State 3 ton aggression, separately tr the Senate. A resolution was introduced into the Senate asking President Wilson to produce a copy of the letter in which he protested against Japan's claims to Shantung. — (A. and K.Z. Cable.) Speaking a? a reception to newspapermen, ilr. "Wilson said that the United States ought to resume trade relations with Germany immediately. United States troops were required in Oermany until the military terms of the treaty vere fulfilled.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) SIGNED BY EBEET. GER3£ANY'S RATIFICATION . COMPLETE. (Received 9.35 a.m.) July 10. Herr Ebert, President of the German Eepublic. has signed the ratification of the Treaty of Peace. — (A. and N.Z.) UCFTING THE BLOCKADE. RATIFICATION NOTIFIED. (Received 1.50 p.m.) PARIS, July 10. The German delegation informed M. fSemenceau that the treaty had been latified. The Allies will" immediately lift the blockade. On the first reading of the Ratification Bill in the Xationa.l Assembly-, the majority in its favour was 93.— (A. and Xi Cable.)