Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-14
Revised Covenant Held to
Be Weaker Than First
Constitution.
CALLED WILSON'S
GARDEN OF EDEN
Injection Of Clause Preserving Monroe
Doctrine Arouses Antasonisr OF
British Newspapers-President Said
70 Be Working For Confusion Of
Other Nations and Greatness Of His
own--Merely an,Allianee.

! London, April 14.-The summary o!
the amended covenant OF the league
OF nations evokes no enthusiasm in the
London morning newspapers. and it is
declared by some commentators weak
err than the first draft. The Chronicle,
for instance. points out certain points
which it thinks makes the new brief
distinctly and perhaps decisively in
ferior to the old"
The newspaper condemns the policy
of requiring unanimity for the deci-
| sions of both the council and assembly
The Daily News. which is warm
champion of the principle OF the
league, sees danger in some of its
provisions. The newspaper does not
express any greet confidence in the
efficacy of the league in any case.
The labor newspaper. the Daily
Herald. declares that from a demo-
cratic viewpoint, the league is still an
alliance of states and not union OF
peoples"
Wilson's Garden Of Eden"
The Post. which is an opponent OF
the league and a severe critic of Presi-
dent Wilson, refers ironically to the
new Garden of Eden" in which "the
Monroe doctrine will take the place OF
the tree of knowledge. of good and
evil,"s referring to the fruits OF the
western hemisphere being forever for
bidden as signatories of the league.
,Attrihuting to President Wilson per-
sonally the features of the draft to
| which it most objects. the newspaper
says that ''posterity will place him
with Metternich and Castlereagh as
one who worked for the confusion OF
other nations and the greatness Of his
cyn. It concludes by declaring il
nionstrous that such covenant should
be signed without first fairly beins
considered by the public and parlia-
ment.
IAN outline of the revised covenan,
| appears on page 5.-Editor.1
British Premier Under Attack.
In commenting upon the result OF
the Hull byelection last week in which
the coalition, or government. candidate
was defeated the Daily Express re-
marks:
+ I'VE have faith in, David Lloyd
George and Andrew Bonar Law as
heads of the government but 10 not
believe whatever in the abilities OF
several of their colleagues or In the
policies these gentlemen are forcing
on an unwilling people. The country
is crying out against the men who
| want to carry the spirit and methods
Of the war administration into an era
of peace" -
The Daily News finds in it the result
Of a definite pronouncement agains,
conscription.
The Manchester Guardian declares:
"The electors think they have been
fooled and don't like it. There was a
good deal of humbug and pur demo-
gogy at the general election. and un-
happily our versatile prime minister
was in more ways than one responsible
for these things. Germany. which was
to pay all. will pay something. if We
are lucky and the German state holds
together. but not 1.-THE Of what the
electors were encouraged to think she
would be made to pay
The Guardian also aSeribes the de-
feat to the establishment over the
punishment of the kaiser and the
abolition. of conscpiption.