TAFT UNABLE TO SPEAK HERE

Ex-President William Howard Taft has sent word to the University that he will be unable to speak on the League of Nations in Sanders Theatre on May 27, as was previously announced. The reason for Mr. Taft's change in plans is his speaking tour of the country which will start on May 21, and will not end until the eighth of June. He was also forced to cancel his engagements to address the students of Yale and Cornell.

As the results of the efforts of a group of undergraduates and the Student Council, arrangements had been made for Mr. Taft to speak here on the League of Nations on the 27th, with the purpose of "presenting to the men a clear and concise exposition of the facts of the case." The proposed meeting was not to be a debate, but rather a lecture on the problems of the covenant. The men interested in the meeting are unwilling to take Mr. Taft's refusal as final, but hope that he may yet be persuaded to come. If it is absolutely impossible for Mr. Taft to speak, it is hoped that another man may be procured who will take his place.

Mr. Taft's speaking tour is part of an extreme program which is being carried out by the League to Enforce Peace in order to educate the nation concerning the plans for a League of Nations. On May 24, a convention of the League to Enforce Peace will be held at New Haven, at which he will speak.