Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-15

peace conference when opened al o.oU o'clock this afternoon, when in per- son he read the covenant establishing I League Of Nations.
 There was added interest in the ses- sion us it was the last gathering of the delegates prior to the presidenHs departure as well as being the Occa- son or presenting the document with which his name is identified
 The president Was received with military Louors as he arrived at the ! foreign office and the large crowds l which had cousTeEated gave him a | cordial welcome a he passed through. | The delegates already were assembled | when the president entered the couE- CD chamber. When he entered the chamber the | president was greeted by Premier Gle | uelre-u, Foreign Secretary Balfour | and \lsU0ugt MIlner OI Great Britain | and tae American delegates at the | head 0t the -llIe There was little l tuImalitv. Premier Clemenceau, who | l= president UI The conference. called , the .1u.erDEDe Go order. President Wilson rose and addressed the gath erlns "I have very great pleasure" said President Wilson as he began, in pre- seurlE the report of the commission which has framed the constitution of a League lL Nations. l am paTtiCu- I-rIv happy to bg able to say it is a ula1 nous report signed by the rep re-eu-8t.raS Ot all the powers on the committee
 President Wilson spoke earnestly, but without turilal effect.
 "Tne best report 1 can makc." the president continued. Ifs to read the document itself"
 Thereupou he read from a printed sheet The constitution of the league, while th. asee~h'. followed his read .Hs with the closest attention.
 Nl-. tl- p -lu.ut uas reading 1-r. Wilson accompanied by the president naval aide. Was escorted tI - place back ol the delegates Ls~ l.e
 The reading continued for thirty lsc minutes without interruption or .lp.auso. As he closed the president laid aside the document and spoke .t what had been accomplished. Tn ..'ih.rauols ot the commission had ..-l most iu -tructivc and throughout fHc proceedings there was an under tone ot enthusiasm in the great work ..iuz accomplished ne said.
 The results, said President Wilson, .-ureseu,ed the judgment of fourteen .lLous represented on the commis- sion. and these fourteen nations were representative group of the confer nee itself.
 "This Is a union of will in a com mon purpose the president proceed eI "It is a union which cannot be resisted. and l dare say one which u1 nation will attempt to resis-."
 The president pointed out that the document was no strait jacket" It was elastic. and rot a vehicle or might, he said. lt was yet 90 be developed, and as yet care should be taken as to rHnHnna While GiugtlG get it was definite.
 Tt is definite" continued President Wilson. -as a guarantee Of peace. It is definite as guarantee against az Eressiou. It is definite against re- rewal or such cataclysm as has just shaken civilization
 The president spoke with especial emphasis as he referred 10 the wrongs committed against helpless peoples.
 There Is one especially notable fea lure in this document" he said. "We are done with anneEatiOns of helpless peoples, at times accomplished in ,ht rdst for the purposes of the exploiting rf these peoples. In this doculnent We recognize that these helpless com munities are first to be helped and de- yeloped and lhat their own interest. and well being shall come before any material advantage 10 the mandatory entrusted with their case.'
 Too often in the past the presiden added. the world had seen the land or helpless communities appropriated for political purposes.
 And SOL he said, while this is practical document, 1t is above all human document. It is practical, an, at the same time it is designed t purify, Co rectify. to elevate
 President Wilson closed his addres .t f.a0 o'clock, having read an spoken just one hour. An interprete then proceeded Co render a discours, which occupied another hour
 Lord Robert Cecil, head of the Brit ish commission on the League of Nd tons. followed the interpreter in a earnest speech It was a good omel said Lord Robert, that this documer has been laid before the world befoi being finally enacted, so that peep everywhere could advise upon an criticize it. The problem had been or uf great difficulty. for it was to prt serve the peace of the world with u least possible interference with ns tlonal sovereignty.
 The results accomplished he coI tinued embraced two main principle First. no nation shall go to war uni every other means of settlement sha 1e fully and fairly tried. second, nation shall fOrci1ly seek to distu1 . territorys integrity or interfe with the political independence of Il nations O. the world. These were il great principles, but later anoth great principle must be laid dow 1amciy that no nation should reta ornaments it only for aggressive pu poses.
 Dr. Vittorio Orlando, the Italii prime minister. expressed deep sati fac-ion at having Collaborated in wh Fas going 10 be one Of the greate documents of history. He would n .sreak OF the merits of the scheme, I Orlando continued. as these had be explained by one whose noble inspi at.0u had brought 1t into existen, The war had brought forth the nece si'v for this document.
 Thus born out of the pains of wa fine premier exclaimed, this is a dc ument or freedom and right whi represents the redemption Of huma Itr by sacrifCc'
 Leon EOur-H..s oe the French de E1uon spoke in behalf of France iue good win which he said had pI vailed Ir formulating he project.
 Inc same t.ua he said, the F'ren ,arat,= reserved the right 10 pl
 .uf fhrr views on certain details
 Joe plan as whole, which was