In the circumstances there can be no impropriety in disclosing the truth as to the cause for a course of action when the course of action itself must be set forth to complete the record and to explain an ignorance of the subsequent negotiations regarding the League of Nations, an ignorance which has been the subject of public comment.

Certainly no one who participated in the conference can object to the truth being known unless for personal reasons he prefers that a false impression should go forth.

After careful consideration I can see no public reason for withholding the facts.

At this meeting, to which I refer, the President took up the provisions of his original draft of a Covenant, which was at the time in typewritten form, and indicated the features which he considered fundamental to the proper organization of a League of Nations.

I pointed out certain provisions which appeared to me objectionable in principle or at least of doubtful policy.