LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 1175, 19 February 1919, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

SUPPORT. ly ifaria /February 16 W&M Piohon/Vad ares sing Allied Hoe Inrench Govern- ’ .^jsTtj%unaqim ou J 1 y in favour 'ofjfations, and had 020 weakening it, T ; bough flfeHieas some necessary exalterations needed to be madeif the covenant, which wsa-a !K2^^yQ us document. Its adoption step. Any amendment be first examined by ' before submission to the Plm&ry Session. President Wilson expressed th j hope before leaving that many questions would be ripe for decision when he returned. SIR JOSEPH WARD’S VIEWS. United Service. Praris, February 16. Sir Joseph Ward, discussing the League, said everyone must agree without hesitation that the fundamental need of the peace settlement ia definite machinery tor the prevention of a recurrence of the great world tragedy. An honest effort mast be made to construct international means for avoiding war. The covenant certainly represents the best and most honest thought on the matter. It is not free from ds.foots, but it provides all the principles for substantial foundation of International co-operation. It is less .cumbersome than was expected, with enough elasticity to permit general improvement and evolution. The article dealing with the future admission of enemy states is explicit regarding necessary safeguards. Many articles represent drastic restrictions oj previous freedom of enterprise. but the League should succeed in maintaining general tn them. Aa regards mandatories, the delegates must accept the system. 1 If such |be given a thorough trial the experiment should never ba worse than tolerable. Those with little knowledge of the South Pacific necessarily favour British control, because it develops the natives and gives them liberty. We need net fear. The mandatory clause will inevitably lead to a desire by the natives for free absorption in the neighbouring British communities, where they will gat a foil measure of justice and equal opportunities. Sit Joseph Ward added: The alternative to the scheme was ruination by Bolshevism. He did not regard the League as creating a super-nationaLl State; indeed there was nothing in it preventing the proper upkeep of the British Navy. “FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.” A JOKE AGAINST PRESIDENT WILSON. Paris, February 16. an’American correspondent that the “freedom of ibesean” issue was dead. He anid '‘lt is good joke against myself. The Freedom of the Seas question ■ concerns the rights of neutrals, but under the League of Nations there will bo no neutrals. The League will fix naval codes and regulations, but it may be the freedom of the seas issue no longer exists.’’ THE MANDATORY SYSTEM. A SOURCE OF PRIDE TO ENGLISHMEN.

The Times. Ra ceived Feb 19, 9 a.m. London, Feb 16 The Times, in n leader, says that it is a source ot pride to Englishmen that the article expounding the mandatory system of Government might be taken as an exposition of the principles animating the relations between Britain, India and Other Dominions. That the Dominions should ha recognised as nations before the world is a faot of tremendous significance. The League of Nations is the cul ruination of sane and enlightened patriotism. The covenant is the most important international document ever published, and if worked out in the spirit of the founders wiil exercise a permanent influence for good on the human race. NEWSPAPER COMMENTS London, Feb 15 P Newspapers comment enthusiastically on the League of Nations covenant. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. New York, February 16. The Tribune’s Paris correspondent states; When Mr Ealfonr learned •oat Press despatches to the United States said that the British delegates Were in argeement with President Wilson’s desire to remove the place of conference from France, he communicated with the American authorities and tried to stop the transmission of the messages. Pars, February 17. . The Supreme Council Committee is meeting to deal with the subject °f Ronmania’a claims. The committee is inquiring re the for the war also in 8 ess ion. ' THE KAISER’S CRIMES. PRINCE HENRY’S PROTEST. , Amsterdam, Feb 15 , Prince Henry, in a letter requesting Hindenburg to accept the Presidency of the League for the Kaiser’s Personal safety, says that the shameloss demand that the Kaiser shall be delivered to his enemies for execution is a deeply humiliating insult «o Germany. Every German should loin the League to prevent this everlasting disgrace.