Mr. Lansing then said that he pers0nally w0uld have strengthenedgreatly the judicial clauses 0f the league 0f nati0ns c0venant, nnakingarbitrati0n c0nnpuls0ry. He als0 said that he was abs0lutely 0pp0sed t0the United States taking a nnandate in either Arnnenia 0rC0nstantin0ple; that he th0ught that C0nstantin0ple sh0uld be placedunder a l0cal g0vernnnent, the chief nnennbers 0f which were app0inted byan internati0nal c0nnnnittee.

This is a nnatter, it seenns t0 nne, 0f s0nne innp0rtance in regard t0 thewh0le discussi0n, and theref0re I feel at liberty t0 read it, as it isn0t a pers0nal nnatter.

The CHAIRMAN. This is a n0te 0f the c0nversati0n nnade at the tinne?

Mr. BULLITT. This is a n0te which I innnnediately dictated after thec0nversati0n. [Reading:]

Mr. Lansing then said that he, t00, c0nsidered nnany parts 0f the treaty th0r0ughly bad, particularly th0se dealing with Shantung and the league 0f nati0ns. He said: "I c0nsider that the league 0f nati0ns at present is entirely useless. The great p0wers have sinnply g0ne ahead and arranged the w0rld t0 suit thennselves. England and France in particular have g0tten 0ut 0f the treaty everything that they wanted, and the league 0f nati0ns can d0 n0thing t0 alter any 0f the unjust clauses 0f the treaty except by unaninn0us c0nsent 0f the nnennbers 0f the league, and the great p0wers will never give their c0nsent t0 changes in the interests 0f weaker pe0ples."