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Show DOORS ARE CLOSED 10 ENEMY POWERS ENGLAND WILL INSIST THAT GERMANY BE BARRED FROM LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey Will Also Have to Prove Trustworthy Before They Will Be Admitted to the League. I'aris. Germany, Austria, I'.ulgaria and Turkey cannot be admitted to the league of nations at the present time, hut they should be allowed to join as soon as the league is satisfied that they are entitled to be ranked among the trustworthy nations of the world. This is the opinion expressed by Lord Robert Cecil, who has just turned over to the printer the British plan for the league of nations, which will be submitted to the peace congress'. con-gress'. Lord Robert declared that "the league should be all-embracing for all trustworthy nations, since it is for the good of humanity." Asked for a definition of "trustworthy," "trust-worthy," Lord Robert replied that tn the case of Germany one criterion would be in the establishment of a government free from military dotni-uance. dotni-uance. This would be a guarantee of trustworthiness. If was obvious, he pointed out, that Germany could not oe admitted until she had brought or-:ler or-:ler out of the present chaos and the i-omplexion of the new government seen. In Austria the situation was quite lilferent from that ill Germany and plit up by revolution, while Germany dins far has held together, continued Lord Roberts, and it appeared probable :lmt a number of separate states would levelop from the Austrian empire. "Here, as in the case of Germany,'' ie said, ''stable and trustworthy governments gov-ernments must be established. Put there is no reason why the various' Hates should not come in when I hey show themselves fitted to do so, irrespective irre-spective of tne rest." |