New Britain herald., 1919-04-29
TEXT OF WILSON'S
 TALK ON LEAGUE
Explains, in Brief, Various Chap.
 terS Of New Covenant

Wilson's speech before the plcnary session of tn" peace conference.
 Mr. President: When the teyt or the covenant of the LcaC aCuc Of Nations was last laid before you | had thc honor of reading the covenant in ov 1cnso. l will not dctain you toda, to road the covenant as it has now hocn altered, but will merely take the lib- crty of explaining to you some of the alterations that have been made.
 The report of the commission has been circulate ed. You yourselves have in hand the text of the covenant. and will no doubt have noticed that most on the changes that have been made are mere changes of phraseologN, not changes of substance, and that, be- sides that, most of the changes are intended to cIarify the document, or. "a ther, to make explicit what we all have assumed was implicit in the doc amcnt as it. was originally presented to you. But | shall take the liberty Of calling your attention to the new features, such as they are, some of thom arc considerable, the rest trivial.
 The last parag graph of Article l. Is new. In view of the insertion of the covenant in the peace treaty, specific
 
 treaty. who would become memb bers of the League, and also as to neutral states to be invited to accedc to the covenant were obviously necessary. The paragraph also provides for the method by which a neutral state ma y acccdc 10 the covenant
 The third paraeraph of Article I. is new, providing for the withdrawal of bNI. of tho 1c1 on q given of two years.
 The second paragraph of Article ". is new. providing for possible in crease in the council should other powers be added to the League Of Ma tions whose present accession is not anticipated.
 The two last paragra phs of Article ". are new, providing specifically for one vote for each member of the league in the council, which was un- dcrstood before, and providing also for one representative of each mem- ber of tho lea que.
 The first paragraph Of Article V. is new. expressly incorporating the pro- vision as to the unaninlity of voting, which was at first taken for granted.
 The second paragraph of Article VI. has had added to it that a majority of the assembly must approve the appointment Of the secretary genera.
 The first para graph of Article VII. names Geneva as the seat of the league, and is followed by a second paragraph which gives the council power to establish the seat of the lea guc elsewhere, should it subsc- uucntly deem it necessary.
 The third paragraph of Article VT. is new, establishing equality of em- ployment of men and women, that is to say, by the league.
 The second para graph of Article XIII. is new, inasmuch as it under takes to give instances of disputes which are generally suita ble for sub- mission to arbitration, instances of what have latterly been called jus ticla ble' questions.
 The eighth paragraph of Article NV. is new. This is the amendment regarding dom estic jurisdiction, that where the council finds that a Qucs- tion arising out of an international dispute affects matters which arc clearly under the dom estic jurisdic- ton of ono or other of the parties it is to report to that effect and make no recommendation.
 Ilt idNl pcil o pil OL Al tlt1N' -\ l. is new. providing for an expulsion from the league in certain cNtraor- dinary circIm stances.
 Article XXI. is new.
 The second paragraph of Article XXI. inserts the words with regard to mandatories. and "who are willing to accept it." thus explicitly introduce ing the principle that a mandate can not be forced upon a nation unwilling 10 accept it.
 Article NNIlL is a combination of several former articles, and also con- tains the following: A clause provid- ing for the just treatm ent of abori- zines: clause looking toward a pre- vention of the white slave tra fife, and tho traffic in opium. and a clause looking toward progress in interna- tionaI prevention and control of dis ease.
 Article NNN. speciflcaIl fly mentions the Red Cross as one of the intorna- tionaI organizations which are to con- meet their work with tho work of the lea que.
 Article NNNI. permits the amend ment of the covenant by a majority of th6 states composing tho assem- bly, instead of thre-fourths of the states though it does not change the requirement. in that matter with e. gard to the vote in the council.
 The second paragraph of Article \\NI. is also new, and was added at the request of the Brazilian dclega- tion, in order to avoid certain consti- tutional difficulties. It permits any m em ber of the league to dissent from an amendment. the effect Of such dissent being withdrawal from the lea gue.
 And the annex is added, giving the names Of the signatories Of the treaty. who become mem bers, and the names of the states invited to accede to the covenant. These are all the changes, ] beheNe. which are of moment.
 Mr. ffesldent-l take the oppor- tMnitN to move the foIlnwine. resnlu