Two matters so wholly incongruous in character should surely have been dealt with separately.

Whether it is now too late to attempt a remedy for the consequences of this unfortunate combination is a question which can be answered only by the diplomatists whose business it is to be intimately in touch with the susceptibilities of the various nations concerned.

In the meantime, however, on the assumption that this state of things is productive of regrettable results, I may perhaps venture to indicate, recommending their adoption, the steps which appear to be required for the reformation of the Treaty as drafted.

My suggestions would run as follows:-- (1) Subtract from the Treaty of Versailles, Parts I.and XIII., the former constituting a League of Nations, the latter, in pursuance of a recital that universal peace "can be established only if it is based upon social justice," wholly occupied with a sufficiently ambitious scheme for the regulation by the League of all questions relating to "Labour" which may arise within its jurisdiction.
(2) Let Part I., with Part XIII.

annexed, constitute a new and independent Treaty; to be, as such, submitted to the Powers for further consideration.