LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12011, 13 March 1920, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. London, March 11. A meeting of the Council of the League of Nations is to be held in Paris on March 12th. It will appoint a commission of enquiry, which will proceed to Russia early in April. It is noteworthy that twelve of the thirteen nations which did not sign the Treaty at Versailles, but who were, invited to join the League, have definitely accepted. Received March 13, 10 a.m. New York, March 11 The Times’ Ottawa correspondent reports that the Preiident of the Privy Council, Rowell, speaking in the House of Commons, said if the United States Senate should adopt the reservations now before it and the President accepts them, the question of the United Staies entrance into the League of Nations might depend on the action of Canada, and under those serious conditions we could not possibly give the necessary consent, because we are neither prepared to cut the tie binding us to the Mother Country nor revert to the old colonial relationship, Mr Rowell added: “Wo all recognise the importance of the United States coming into the League, and no country is more interested than Canada that the United States should join. We should be the last people in the world to put any obstacle in the way of her entry, but if the United States should finally say “we will come in only on condition that you practically get out or have your, status impaired,” we can only reply “We as a self-respecting people cannot accede to your terms.”