Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
LEAGUE UPHELD BY
TAFT ORGANIZATION
Statement Rccounting Its Achieve
ments Issued With O. X. of
Ex-President.
FOUL. BALL.
By Associated Press IN Every Evening

By Associated Press IN Every Evening
New York, Sept. 2s.-The Executive
Committee Of the League 10 Enforce
Peace yesterday announced it's position
on the League Of Nations issue IN state
ment framed at recent meeting here
but held 10 await the approval of Will
liam VI. Taft, President Of the orgnniza-
tion. Mr. Tafts 20. X /" was received yes
tsrday by wire. The statement follows.
'fThe League TO Enforce Peace is a
non-parssun organization founded 70
secure an association Of nations TO min
imize war. Both parties have confirmed
the necessity and gwen assurance of
the formation Of such an association.
II is not our function to cast our influence
on the side Of any political party.
THE committee has accurate infor-
nation as 20 the fflnrfionfnc Of the ey-
istlng League Of Nations which IL r.
proper for it 10 state.
''rhe League of Nations has formed
its Council and has called its Assembly
together to meet in November.
'It has established successful admin
istrative commissions in the Sarre VAL
ley and ut Danzig
'It has begun, through a committee
of experts, n survey Of ornaments, to
their gradual reduction.
1T has brought together conferences
20 conside the economic, financial and
labor problems which perplex the world.
at has made arrangements for the
registration and publications of all trea-
ties, to avoid secret diplomacy.
'It has taken up the task OF arbl-
trating the dispute between Sweden and
Finland concerning the possession OF the
Aland Islands, to avoid threatened war
between those countries.
cit has, acting in accord with one of
its articles, formulated through its ad-
visory committee, of which the Hon.
Eihu Root was a leading member, q
plan for permanent court of information
al Justice, which the committee has rec
commended should be gwen ultimate
mandatory jurisdiction in lusticIabie
questions.
The League has not functioned in the
present war between Poland and Russia
because, being an unfinished part of the
great war, ii has not been taken out of the
hands of the Supreme Council of the allied
powers
''In view of these facts this commit
tee reaffirms its position that the only
practicable method of framing and Sc
curing an associate to minimize war
by either party which may come into
office lies in building upon the founda-
ton of the existing League of Nations,
with such reservations or amendments,
if any, as may be required and approved
by the President and two-thirds of the
Senate, and as may be acceptable TO
the present members of the League of
Nations"
Members Of the Executive Committee
who attended the meeting and approved
the statement are
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, William
f. Cochran, William Jay Schieffelin, VIII
liam H. Short, Henry S. Drinker, Glenn
Frank, Edward W. Frost, Philip II. Gads-
den, Hamilton Holt, Herbert S. Houston,
Sam A. Lewisohn, A. Lawrence Lowell,
Fred ]. Miller, William Saunders, Franz
Sigel William +. Slocum, Oscar s.
Straus, Isaac NJ Ullman, John A. Voll,
William H. Wadhanls, Thomas Raeburn
White, George w. Wiekersham and Tai
colt Williams.