Evening star., 1924-12-29
PEACE PRIZE GIVEN
!. TO WSCOUNT CECIL
Mrs. Wilson Attends Dinner.
War President Lauded as
:,
League Creator.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 29.-While
an orchestra played God Save the
King" and British flag and the
Stars and Stripes floated above him,
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood last night
received from Norman H. Davis of
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation the
$4,000 award and medal plaque pre-
sented in recognition of his service
for world peace.
More than 1000 guests, among them
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. thronged the
grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor az
the dinner in honor Of Niscount Cecil,
given on the anniversary of the birth
or Woodrow Wilson. and applaude d
the presentation of the award
After the playing OF the British
anthem the orchestra struck up The
Star SDangled Banner and a spot
light played on an American flag as
II streamed out in an artificial breeze
= When NiScount Cecil rose to accent
fhe award the two tiers of balconies,
as well as the main floor, were crowd
SG with listeners, who applauded him
aS he defended the acts of the League
et Nations, laying particular stress on
US attitude during the Corfu and
ESEptian incidents
Sees "Marvelous' Advance.
In accepting the award, Viscount
Secll asserted that the advance in the
past 1--WE years in the direction of in
eernatIonal cooperation had been
shttlc short of marvellous"
s1'raising the United States for hav-
BIZ consistently stood for peace, Wis
COUNT Cecil said that he would not
utter word of criticism of the atti-
fude of America toward the League
10 -tr u.
tl1" accomplishments of the league
Since its inception under the leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson, whom he
Sharacterized as "a great American
aEd a great citizen of the world
adding: There is no title to fame
higher than that
sAlr. Wilson's contribution. he said,
Yas the idea that peace was based
on unity and solidarity of mankiad
IN idea contrary TO that motivating
the pre-War system. which NiScount
Cecil called international anarchy
diversified by war"
Champions League stand.
sIn explaining the actions and atti-
fddc OF the league throughout its
existence. ViScount Cecil dwelt on
tie problems raised by the Egyptian
and Corfu controversies. He cham
ltSned the stand of the league in both
diScS, affirming that the outcome had
Been a victory for peace.
,"fhc league is there to deal with
international relations, not with re-
lations affecting the national admin
istration of any country" Viscount
Cecil explained, and lie pointed out
that the relations between England
and Egypt are Of a very special char
AFTER
'IIe asserted that mo objection can
bs justly raised TO the British action
regarding Egypt, which, he said, was
npt an international matter. England 5
offer after the controversy to lay be
fore the council of the league a full
s satement of her action in Egypt he
declared to be ''one of the most strik-
ing testimonials to the progress of the
idea of international unity
Defenes Carfu Action.
iThe viscount defended the league s
stand during the Corfu incident as lone
of the most distinguished successes of
tie new international inception He
said that the league is not d
SGpcr state and that If two nations are
in conflict "thc leagues function has
bEeu discharged when it has brought
t6em together and put them on the
read To agreement. and shat function
WIS most successfully accomplished in
tAe Corfu case
THE speaker listed the activities of
tbc league. calling attention to the fact
that in the first eight months of 1924
T6 international cOnfe, ences had met in
Geneva. He praised especially the
leagues action in taking up health
questions and in warning against cpl
dtmics and the drug evil. 1t must yet
attack the traffic in women and chit
dren and the publication of obscene lit
erature, he said.
After dwelling on the political dis
putes arbitrated before the league, Wis
count Cecil spoke Of its work in the
rehabilitation of Austria and Hungary
and its success in backing the Greek
loan.
He asserted that. although the Dawes
plan was devised entirely without the
sphere of the league, it was founded on
principles similar to those advocated by
the que. ITO my mind" he said
what | hope will be the great success
OF the Dawes scheme is just as much
result of the new international con-
ception for which Woodrow Wilson
stood as anything that has been done
by the league ITSELF
Praises Labor Office.
The treaties signed by various
central European nations to remove
discrimination against racial and
linguistic minorities within their
borders, NiScount Cecil said, formed
one of the greatest achievements of
the league. He also praised the work
of the international labor office and
the Permanent Court of international