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Show iWHAT LEAGUE OF I i NAM MUST DO I Lord Cecil Outlines Great ' j Work to Be Accomplished in t Making World Happier. ' LONDON. Dec. 27 In a letter writ- ! ten lo Lord Robert Cecil, who will bo u In charge of all questions effecting tho I proposed league of nations at the peace conference. J. H. Thomas, secretary of , the National Union of Railway Men, declared that no section of the pooph4 ' in this country would give more hear-' ty co-operation and support in his of-forts of-forts to establish a league of nations than those in the labor movement. 1 In reply. Lord Robert pointed out 1 j that such a league would be more than an agency for preventing war. II would have to consider, he said, tho problem of the reduction of arm a- vil mcnls. it must protect smaller stales. '''H it must safeguard the races that aro yet unable to protect themselves and i it must act as the guardian of places of international importance. Products k essential to the welfare and prosperity t of mankind, he declared, must be made available for all. 1 Lord Robert said that such a levguo must revise obsolete treaties and, in his opinion, regulate traffic by air and sea, sanitation and even labor condi- IH tions. He added: "For this policy to bo successful!) inaugurated, we shall require not an ordinary peace treaty but a settlement every line of which is inspired by tho league of nations' spirit That is no light undertaking, but one thing is certain, namely, if the British people show they are in earnest in pressing forward this reform they will carry Jt i through as they have carried many another scheme for the freedom and improvement of mankind." 1 oo IfilH |