New Britain herald., 1920-01-16
Leon BourgoiSe ted Chairm an; Wilson's Absenc, plored; Britain ges Support
PREDICTS BIRTH
 OF A F'NEW WO


 F'rance, Great Britain, Italy, { Belgium, Spain, Japan and members of the council of the| of Nations-met in the ''clocH of the French foreign officd o'clock this morning for u meeting in the history of theI The council organized at 10:3O| by electing Leon Bourgeois ci and confirming the choice of Drummond, of Great Britt general secretary.
 The first official act of thd council was the appointment commission to trace upon t the frontiers of the territory Sarre Basin.
 All of the members of the called for by the covenant league with the exception of resentatives of the United Staf present when M. Bourgeois cd meeting to order. Besides M geois, the members were: Ed zon, the British foreign secret| Great Britain; Premier Venizd Greece; Carlo Ferraris, Italia ister of industry, commerce, lal food, for Italy; Paul Hymal Belgian foreign minister, i'd gium; Baron Matsui, anbassl France, for Japan; Dr. Gas Cunha, ambassador to Fran Brazil; Count Quinones de LeI bassador to France, for Spain. Choose Chairman. Premier Venizelos, withoutI opened the proceedings by nl ing M. Bourgeois for chairmaj Curzon seconded the nominati M. Bourgeois was unanl elected.
 In his speech of acceptal Bourgeois predicted that Janu 1920, would go down in his the date of the birth of a new He said, in part:
 Deplores Presidents Abscj
 The task of presiding at thii ing and in inaugurating this gi ternational institution should falle nto Pres. Wilson. We resr reasons which still delay final ( by cur friends in Washington, press the hope that their diff will soon be overcome and representative of the great Ar republic will occupy the place ing him among us. The work council will then assume defnitI acter and will have that pal force which should be assertd our work
 January 16, 1920, will go d history as the date of the birj new world. Decisions to be Il today will be in the name of tions adhering to the covenant league. It will be the first del all free nations leaguing theI together for the first time il world to substitute right for But the organization of the led nations will not be complete uI assem- b1y ow all the states med
 To ''InSure Practical Effciei
 Earl Curzon, British secred foreign affairs, and that natiou resentative on the council of u que, said:
 "On behalf of the British I desire to express the loyaltyl government and the external nance of the British crown il spirit underlying the covenant league of nations. It is our in1 by every means in our power, sure it's practical efficiency" ii firm belief that through its mentality alone we can hope to that such miseries that the has experienced during the pa years shall not be repeated ar a new era of international re ship shall dawn.
 The league of nations is preSSion of the universal des saner methods of regulatir fairs of mankind, and provid, chinery by which practical effe be given the principles of inter al friendship and good underst; The success of the Iabors of ti1s conference is a good augury future of the league of nation! the first time an attempt was to bring together under the a of the league representatives { ernments. employers and Ia and an advance exceeding the of the entire work of the D quarter of a century has been in the field of international act industrial questions"
 Mentions Slscpticism.
 Signor Fercaris on behalf 0 said his nation was glad to r to the invitation "of the preside the great American people" H toned the skepticism amidst the league was born and sai
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