LOCARN& AND PRESIDENT WILSON
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—At a time when there is general rejoicing at the results of the Locarno Conference, it seems fitting that we should pause for a moment to remember the name of a Statesman whose last active work was in connection with the promotion of the cause of International peace. But for the fact that the League of Nations is in existence, and is a " living organi- zation, there would have been no " peg " upon which to hang the Locarno " hat." 'Whilst it is true that the idea of a League of Nations was not solely President Wilson's, " yet," as Colonel House has said, " the power to make it a real and living thing was his. History will give him the credit of using this power to the utmost to create an instrument to make wars less probable."
The occasion is, therefore, opportune to pay a tribute to the memory of one to whose power and influence the creation of the League owes so much, and to whom this new advance along the road of peaceful International relationships would have brought infinite satisfaction.—I am, Sir, &c., Brooks's, St. James's Street. .
ARTHUR C. MURRAY.
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