THE COVENANT.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 102, 1 May 1919, Page 5

THE COVENANT.

JAPAN'S RACIAL AMENDMENT.

JUST AND EQUAL TREATMENT DENIED.

■\u*f.ralian and N.Z Cable Association ! (Received April 30, 8 p.m.) PARIS. April 29. i Baron Makino, addressing tire I plenary Oowncil, regretted that the! covenant -lid. not enunciate the prin- j fiiplo of racial equality, leaving the' Governments concerned to devise in; a fair spirit means to meet it... If just and equal treatment was -denied , to certain nations at would lvaye tlie significance of a certain reflection on : their 'quality and status, and their, faith" in., tlie'justice and righteornsiross , of future international intercourse between meittbers of the ILeagtie j rr-ight be slia^ken. This would 'be de-; trimemtal to the harmony and cooperation, on which the League cculd ; only be- securely built. Japan would j not press the proposal at the mo~. inent, %ut' tlie Japanese (Government; and people felt poignant regret at I the failure to approve M their iflst i demand. They would continue to in- i sis& on tli© adoption of 'the principle j by tlie League in future. M. Bourgeois referred to the; ; .French amendment for ■ strengthen-■ ing the League's power against , Mid-; den military aggression^ France^ con-i sicbred that' the League was weak "in! this respect; '