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Show PEACE TREATS IS GIVEN SANCTION f LEAQUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL APPROVES OF NEWLY CREATED CREAT-ED SPHERES OF INFLUENCE Flllcttous Speeches Mark Conclusion of Long Drawn-Out Conference France and Italy Agree on Mandates London. Mandates croattd undet the peace treaties were given the final seal of approval toy the council of the league of nations nt Itu last sitting sit-ting Monday afternoon. -M. Vivinnl of France referred to the council's action ns a solomn and Important accomplishment for tho league and ono full of significance and historic interest. in an eloquent but restrained address, ad-dress, tho Earl of Balfour outlined Great Britain's future policy in Palestine, Pal-estine, which, he suld, would be ono of strict impartiality and Justlco, in which all traditional rights, sentiments senti-ments and religious feelings of the different radical groups would be re-pccted re-pccted and held Inviolate. He predicted pre-dicted great material prosperity, rapid advancement and fullor privileges for the Arabs and others under the new regime. He was confident that the establishment of a Jorvish national league home, which had been acclaimed acclaim-ed in America, as in Europo, would not bo antagonistic to or Incompatible Incompat-ible with their interests. M. Vivinnl, who arrested the immediate imme-diate attention of the audience by his oratory and animated geatures, bogged the newspapers to believe that the secret sittings of tho council during tho past week wore in tho Interest of nn nmlcnble nnd speedy solution of tho mnny difficult nnd dollcnte problems pro-blems which could not be sottlod otherwise. oth-erwise. Thoro wero no sorlous difficulties botwoon France and Italy regarding tire mandates, continued M. Vlvlnni, who expressed confldonco that the negotiations on minor points which wero proceeding would result in n complete understanding. Murquls Imperial!, for Itnly, and Count Qulnes de Leon, Spanish ambassador am-bassador to France, nlso spoke, con-gratulntlng con-gratulntlng tho league on tho successful success-ful lsBue of tire mandates question. Attention was diverted from tho for-mnl for-mnl proceedings for n momont when" MarquiB Imporlull announced that Tuesday was the Earl of Balfour's seventy-fifth birthday and felicitated him, In behalf of his colleagues, on his long and brilliant career and testified to the warm nccord In which he was held by tho entire world. Lord Balfour was surprised und vis ibly nffeeted by the proceduro, but responded re-sponded with n feeling speech, in which he said ho did not know whoth-er whoth-er any man ought to bo congratulated on reaching nn ngo beyond tho traditional tradi-tional term of human life, but would always traisuro Marquis Imperlall's trlbuto nnd thnt of those nsscmbled there, who had applauded sj hoartil.v as one of the greatest sntlsfactlonr of his long career. Tho session of the council Monday was moro largely attended Uinn nny other previous mooting. In the audience au-dience wero dologatlona of Arabs Jews nnd Moslems, as well as man men distinguished In iie state, church nnd official llfo. Monslgnor CorrottI, representing th-Vntlcun. th-Vntlcun. who wua denied n horn-In' by the council on the'Vatlcan's clnlmt respecting tho holy shrine In As!r occupied n sent In tho rear and lie toned with rapt nttentlon to tho Eur of Balfour's promises that the Bacro' L-ndltlons of nil Interests In Pales tlno would bo preserved. |