Part 49 (1/2)

The White House, Washi+ngton, 16 March, 1919

PRESIDENT WILSON, Paris

Former President Taft asks if he gestions about which he has been thinking a great deal and which he would like to have you consider He said that these suggestions do not look to the change of the structure of the League, the plan of its action or its real character, but si objections in ue of nations, whose fears have been roused by suggested constructions of the League which its language does not justify and whose fears could be ree

TUMULTY

_Cablegram--Paris_

Received at White House, March 18, 1919

In reply to your nuestions and would welcoive yourself no concern about ard to the embodiment of the proposed convention in the Treaty

WOODROW WILSON

_Cablegraton, 18 March, 1919

PRESIDENT WILSON, Paris

Following fro back the Treaty with the League of Nations in it, make more specific reservations of the Monroe Doctrine, fix a terue and the limit of armament, require expressly unaniates, and add to Article XV a provision that where the Executive Council of the Body of Delegates finds the difference to grow out of an exclusively doround will be coue in the Senate Addition to Article XV will answer objection as to japanese iration as well as tariffs under Article XXI Reservation of the Monroe Doctrine ht be as follows:

Any Arity of Aovernue or not, and may, in the interests of American peace, object to and prevent the further transfer of Anty to any European or non-American power

Monroe Doctrine reservation alone would probably carry the treaty but others would ned) Wraton, 21 March, 1919

PRESIDENT WILSON, Paris

The following letter froht help more if I was somewhat more specific than I was in the memorandum note I sent you yesterday, and I therefore enclose another memorandum _End Quote_

_Duration of the Covenant_

Add to the Preaations of which any ue may withdraw after July 1, 1829, by two years' notice in writing, duly filed with the Secretary General of the League _End Quote_

_Explanation_

I have no doubt that the construction put upon the agreement would be what I understand the President has already said it should be, namely that any nation may withdraw from it upon reasonable notice, which perhaps would be a year I think, however, it then the Covenant if there was a fixed duration It would completely remove the objection that it is perpetual in its operation

_Duration of Arraph of Article VIII, the following: