29 NOVEMBER 1919, Page 2

The world, the manifesto continues, is in a state of

unrest and trouble. Great communities are starving and destitute. The nations are looking to America, now the strongest and richest of the countries of the world :- " The restoration of production and of- trade is waiting for the peace settlement ; for the acceptance of the authority of the League of Nations. Whatever inadequacies or defects the preliminary compact may contain- are small matters as compared with the necessity of securing now the peace of the world. The constitution of the League itself makes provision for all cor- rections and amendments that may be found necessary or desirable."

The American Bights League is right. The world- looks to America for a constructive policy of reform.