Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-01-23
League of Nations Is Born but
United States and Other
Nations Are Absent.
BLOODY RIOTS IN BERLIN
Communists Attempt to Start a Revo-
lution-PoIand Needs Help to Re-
pei Observation-Disclosures of
Adriatic Trouble-Consti-
tutionaI Prohibition
In Effect.
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARD

The League of Nations came into
being last Friday, the first meeting
of It's council being held in Paris pur-
suant to a call issued by President
Wilson. At present it is admittedly
somewhat of a weakling, since the
United States is not a member and
Russia, Germany and some other pow
ers have not been admitted. But
America doubtless will adhere to the
covenant before long, and the league
will her proceed to fulfill, or not full
fill, the rosy predictions of its crea-
tors. Most of the world wishes 1t
well and hopes it will prove to be the
beneficent institution that it's ardent
supporters believe it will be.
The nations participating in the
opening meeting Of the league council
and their representatives were:
France-Leon Bourgeois, former
premier.
Great Britain Earl Curzon of
Kedlestone, foreign secretary.
Italy-Signor Scialoia, foreign min
lister.
Belgium-paul Hymans, foreign
minister.
Spain-Count Quinones De Leon,
ambassador to France.
Greece-Eliptherios Venizelos, pre-
mier.
Japan-viscount Chinda, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain.
Brazil-Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha, am
bassador to France.
The people Of the United States, es-
pecially, perhaps, the business men,
do not at all relish the fact that this
country alone is now technically at
war with Germany. They are letting
the senate know how they feel, and
thus the pressure on that august body
to reach a compromise On the treaty
has been increasing daily. The people
do not wish the matter put up to
them as a political issue in the presi-
Dental campaign, for they do not
claim to be experts at treaty-making
and feel that the senate should attend
to its own business. All last week
the compromisers were busy trying to
reach a common base, assuming that
President Wilson would not reject
moderate reservations despite his re-
pea<ed assertions to the contrary.
But article 10 was, as ever, the stick
ing point, and at this writing a settle
ment was not in sight. Meanwhile.
Immediately following the promulga-
ton of the peace treaty, the other ma
tons are sending their representatives
to Germany and pushing their cam
paigns to secure trade.
Plans are being laid for a great edu-
~cational, financial and Industrial con-
ference for the purpose of restoring
normal conditions throughout the
world. Support for the scheme has
been asked of the governments of
the entente and neutral nations of Eu-
rope and the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States by a large num-
Der of leading men of this country
and Europe. The original call does
not include Germany and Austria, but
1t is stated that these countries as
well as Japan and the Latin-American
republics will be asked to send dele
gates.
The communists of Germany, who
take advantage of every excuse to
start trouble, staged a great demon.
stration in Berlin against the govern.
ment's measure putting the work.
mems councils on a legal basis. Thou.
sands OF them undertook to force Their
way into the ~reichstag and Noske's