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?ce s, v ith whom 1 am com?
pletely in accord. Wo do not seek at:
international army to make war, but
to prevent ;t. God knows we are t
peaceful people and we have proved it
?iuring forty-four years of mental an?
guish if, the face of the military
preparations going on. east of us.
"Future disturbances ?>'." the world's
peace will come from Germany alone,
Germany's unsatiated greedy appetite,
her lust for power and domination, will
return as soon as she feels strong
enough to renew her aggressions. In?
asmuch as Germany some day will be
admitted to the league of nations,
what M. Bourgeois and myself objected
to was the necessity of being placed
in the position of taking Germany's
word (or anything. The German peo?
ple have not progressed along the lines
of sincerity.
Declarer Confidence in Allies
"We have every confidence in the un?
dertakings of the United States, Great
Britain, Italy, Japan and all other
members of a league of nations. We
are willing to accept their word, but
we desired in the futuro to avoid the
possibility of having no other guar?
antee :':.:, Germany's engagement for
nur s.ifctv.
"Henceforth Germany will strive to
develop her recent chemical discoveries
and devise new ones, and new means
of destruction in which gunpowder,
cannon and rifles will not enter. The
Germans will seek to profit by their
development along the lines of chem?
ical discoveries at the expense of other
nations, which are somewhat belated
or are unwilling to search for new
methods of destruction.
"These means of destruction easily
may bi ? i. and therefore it is
not possible for us m> accept the deeia
i.'.- ioi ? reste 1 nation in such
matters, when such interested nation
is Germany."
Professor Lar;.and. added that with
new developments in aerial warfare
Germar.v n ight prepare secretly suf?
ficient air forces to destroy Paris in
one day.
German Covenants Worthless
"Surely when Germany enters a
league of nations," Professor Larnuude
continued, "she will agree to sign every
undertaking we desire; but we know
what undertakings mean to the Ger?
mans. Did they not sign a treaty ?guar?
anteeing the neutrality of Belgium?"
Rete-ring *?? the international army,
which the French desired formed, Pro
fesf-or Larnaude says:
"What we asked for was not an in?
ternational army in the strict sense of
the word. We are too grateful for
what America did for us in the pres?
ent war to expsct that she again would
send her men by hundreds of thou?
sands to future wars. But perhaps we
meant, the protection of America's
great fleet. We thougnt it unfair that
France should have to keep a bugo
standing army to protect herself from
Germany'^ attacks.
"It will be hard financially. It will
be the harder because of our depleted
young manhood, after losing 1,500,
000 men ?hiring the war."
Asked if the matter of the formation
of an international army would be
brought up again. Professor Larnaude
replied he was unable to say.
"But," he added, "the covenant has
not yet been signed. It has merely
been presented, and it is hard to tell
what discussions may yet arise."
In conclusion Professor Larnaude
said: "Upon one thing, however, all
the delegates are ful'.v agreed. It is
that your President is blessed with a
most amiable disposition. He presided
over the sessions with great dignity
and equanimity, even during the most
trying discussions, and we wish him
godspeed and a prompt return."
Economic Leniency
To Germany Feared
In League Draft
.V? u- York TriJiunp
European Bureau
(Copyright, 1919, N'e-.v York Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, Feb. 16.?The restricted
character of President Wilson's resolu?
tion for the establishment of a supreme
economic council to deal with financial
and kindred affairs ?luring the armis?
tice was no? at first properly under?
stood, though it relates to the much
?wider - the economic terms in
tho forthcoming peace treaty.
Presidents proposal is consid?
ered purely an emergency exped?- n ,
but its application is regarded a3 a
' n. Here, and ob
r Allied countries, there
exists a real apprehension that in the
effort ? ? the genuine char
acter of the li ague of nations idea Ger?
many may bi ?.corded favorable treat
?? beyond her deserts and ?given a
ble advantage over the countries
which she iniured and despoiled. But
fears have been moderated since
arning addressed to the en?
emy by President Wilson and the de
to p'-rm'.t Germany's im?
m?diat,- entry into the league of na?
tions, which will make her depend? nt
upon the Allies for raw materials and
financial facilities in the international
money markets.
In the new British Parliament, which
is now ? - ? ? memb? rs have lost
no time m - explicit assurance
from the govi rnment that Germany
will be compelled to pay the war bill
to the utmost of her resources, an?l ?a
: ' rmim tion of America when
. i framed will operate
t any mi iplaccd leniency of ;.
'hi ? G many' recuperation
at the exp?"'":. of the Ai' i
? f an indemnity is pre
an industria! situation
that will i it, and some assist
unco will pi- bably !>?-? needed to permit.
Germany t.. get a fresh start, but this
can Ktrict'y be limited to the accept?
ance of the suggestion that Germany
be provided with raw materials.
A system of deferred payment would
- y prejudice the post-war rc-cv
cry of Fran?-., and Belgium and, to a
lesser extent, of untry, and it is
not believed that America desires to
! her foreign trade by helping
the enemy at tee exepnse of the Allies!
Ford Quits Republican Club
Ju'lire Objects to Heck'? Criti?
cism of Wilson
Supreme Court Justice John Ford
??'nt bis resignation yesterday to the
Pepublican Club because it had failed
to repudiate critici-ims of President
delivered by James M. Heck at
?> ' ? In Day dinner. Justice
Ford had beer a member of the club
for more than twenty-five year?. He
wrot?, in part, at follows:
"i'y invitation of the accredited
?t.-tCv i of the Republican Club
tb3? rn;ir\ \U-r-v. v/nu. invited to its most
snt annual function to strike
tb?- blow or. Lincoln's Birthday.
"I had hoped that some public dis-J
avowal or r< ty for tnis treach
?row. effort \o hamstring our Pr<
Would be forthcoming from ?owe repre- ;
<S?ntative of the ciub.
??From the fact that oo repudiation
has appeared, no iess than from the1
rapturous and protracted applause
which grcoted It? ? It' I uttei ? ?
/ am tortea to conclude that th< doml
? './?-.<???>, t,t i.i,,: club \t In ???' - '"'.'
?with him and approve? his Indecenl
perforcnaj ? <
"i ' .'.'-?? to my
. . .
? -IH: Club,
Wilson Said lo Favor Syrian Mandate
By Frederick Moore
Now York Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
1>ARIS, Feb. 16.?The Arabian Emir Feisal understands that Pres?
ident Wilson will advocate on his return from America the ac?
ceptance by the Uniteei States of a maneiate from the league of na?
tions for control of that section of Syria which France claims by tho
treaty of 1916 with Great Britain.
As has already been reported in The Tribune's interview with
Prince Feisal, the latter does not desire France as a neighbor, be?
lieving that Arabia would have less difficulty in the future in obtain?
ing the transfer of Syria to Arabia from America. This is in keep?
ing with the known attitude of the President regarding the Marmora
littoral and an Armenian protectorate, both of which the British have
been continually urging the President to accept in America's behalf.
The British believe that Anglo-American control of the shattered
Turkish Empire will be most beneficial for the people concerned and
will prevent grave political suspicions and difficulties which would
otherwise be certain to arise. The plan is "to compensate France
with territorial mandates elsewhere.
Fr en eli Hint
At Alliances
Despite League
t'ontlnuetl rrom naff?? 1.
ditions prevailing in the Eurasian Co?
lossus.
The President departed from France
yesterday uneler circumstances strik?
ingly different from those nttenelant
I upon his arrival. His departure was
accompanied by none of the enthusiasm
which reached its height on the brill?
iant day of his entry into Paris ex?
actly two months ago.
The change was not in Mr. Wilson.
His policies and intentions seem to
have deviated little from thoso with
which he left the United States early
in December. To understand what has
happened one must know that before
Mr. Wilson's arrival the French were
uninformed regarding him. The French
censorship had eliminated many phrases
from his speeches, even from that of
i September 27, when victory was within
the Allied reach.
Perhaps the single, most serious
source of misunderstanding is the
I c]uestion whether Germany should be
reejuired not only to make reparation,
but to pay heavily toward liquidating
| the cost of the war.
Reparation Promised Britain
Early in December, before Mr. Wil?
son came, Arthur Balfour, in a long
interview with Amercan newspaper
correspondents, stated emphatically
that his interpretation of the armis?
tice terms would include ample pay?
meats by Germany toward the costs of
the war. Even afte?r the President's
arrival in France Lloyd George and
other men now forming the British
Cabinet promised in electioneering
speeches to exact from Germany all
?he could pay.
Then came the preliminary discus?
sions between Mr. Wilson and Premier
Clemenceau and Mr, Wilson and Pre?
mier Lloyd George, after which the
I resident stated that he found himself
in close agreement in principle with
these two most important statesmen
in Europe.
But a str?ng?: r.ote of discord sound?
ed almost immediately. M. Clemen?
ceau, during the President's visit to
London, announced in the French
Chamber of Deputies that in fact some
impeirtant differences existed between
them. At the same time another states?
man, in a position to ascertain and
comprehend the views of Lloyd George,
Clemenceau and Wilson, privately in
formcel me that, although the Presi?
dent and the Britsh Premier had both
declared themselves in complete ac?
cord in princple, he would not be sur?
prised if they were founel in radical
disagreement when it came to the in
i terpretation of those principles.
Harmony With Wilson Sought
It was obvious that the British Cab
j inet, following the British policy of the
i last half century, had d?termin?e), as
I Lloyd George put it in one of his cam
| paipn speeches, to make serious sacri?
fices to reach a complete agreement with
the United States, and as the Premier
later said in private conversation. "The
' President represents the United States
at the peace conference, according to
; the American Constitution, and despite
1 the Republican majority in Congress."
Whether, however, the: British Cabi?
net can forego the imposition of at
least a part of the war costs on Ger?
many to meet the President's wishes is
a grave question. And this issue has
not yet been readied in the peace con?
ference. The British have shown
characteristic patience, but the French,
who expecteel much, have he-en more
imperative; they have pushed the issue:
and founel that upon point after point
the President appeared to be against
the position the-y assumed.
They desired action in Russia, be?
cause, they contended and still contend,
that the security of Europe.' is impos?
sible until the Russian problem has
he-en solved. American supporters of
the President, who generally, though
not always, echo his opinions, often
suggested that the French desired emly
?<? recover the billion dollars they have
invested in Russia. French statesmen,
on the other hane!, pointed out that a
billion dollars was comparatively un?
important.
Demobilization Insisted On
The French furthermore insisted
upon the: demobilization of the? German
army; but the President was opposed,
contending that Germany, in justice,
should not be required to go beyond
the armistice terms, which she had
signed in tj-oe><l faith.
This was the.? issue that reached its;
climax during the- last week of Mr.
Wilson's sojourn in Paris, developing'
acutely and causing so many recrimi?
nations within the: confere-nce ?inel so
much press comment that the Presi?
dent threatened tej propose the removal ;
of the peace conference' to another cap
i tal. The mediation e?f certain Ame-ri
can and British delegates, however,
brought about a reconciliation, and
President Wilson agree-el to accept the?
British proposuls, which lay between
the American and French ideas regard?
ing the monthly renewal of the armis?
tice.
The- British contended it waB an er
ror to continue? roncwing the armistice
on the original te-rms because it was
delaying demobilization and was inju?
rious to all Europe. The British pro
the new armistice terms as an
advance- toward the ultimate? peace'
terms, anel upon this basis the J'res
I agreed,
Simultaneously with opposition to I
measures that the French statesmen
anel publicists believe to be for the
'?Kieniti'i.1 inte-re'sts e>f France, the? Pros
ident bus been contending continually
for the? re-he-f of Germany through the
i li ?' of the blockade. The French,
moreover, were grieved at Mr. Wilson's
failure 4o visit the devastated urea? of
Prance and Belgium. They have en?
deavored to show to all the Americans
he terrible, deliberate e|r?struc
>i'/o the Germana wrought upon neigh?
boring countries for the purpose of
obtaining commercial advantage. Some
Frenchmen have gone so far as to
... , that, ? ?? en I hough j.tc r? lally de
? ?? '. / can still v/in the ?/,-.. i
i t by ue i ontrol ol the t\ I
resources ol ?battered llu*sia am ?my
: almost any indemnity and yet within
a generation become the dominant [
power on the continent of Europe.
The American argument, is that Ger- ;
many's geographical position and Rus?
sia's backward condition are such that
this is not so much to be feared
as that the immediate bondage in
which France desires to put Germany
would bring Bolshevism into the coun?
try and prevent the making of even
! reparation payments.
Clemenceau Accepts
Berne Resolution
For Peace Council
PARIS, Feb. 16 (By The Associated
Press).?A delegation from the Social?
ist conference at Berne called on Pre?
mier Clemenceau this afternoon and
handed him a resolution adopted at
Berne and intended for the peace con?
ference. The party was composed of
Hjalmar Brantmg, of Sweden; Arthur
Henderson, G. H. Stuart. Bunning and
James Ramsay McDonald, of England,
and Jean Longtict and Pierre Renaudel,
of France.
Premier Clemenceau received the;
document, which he promised to present!
to the conference, lie said the resolu?
tion contained points that were in ac?
cord with the views of the conference
itself, and that there might be an in?
terest in direct contact, between the
delegation and the commission of the
I conference, charged with examination
of the different points contained in the
I resolution.
Russian Situation
Again Considered
By Great Council
PARIS, Feb. 15 (By The Associated
Press'. -The Russian problem was
again before the supreme council of the
great powers to-day. This was the day
I originally set for the assembling of the
conference at Princes' Islands, but while
I the day passed without a conference,
i hopes of holding the island meeting
. have not been entirely abandoned.
The supreme council heard Winston
! Spencer Churchill, the British Secre?
tary of War. Colonel Churchill proposed
: further means for adjustment of the
'. Russian situation. No action was taken
j on his proposal, however, which went
1 over until Monday. The. outlook for
i adjustment of the situation was said nut
to be encouraging.
The following official communication
was issued:
"The representatives of the Allied
and associated powers met this after
noun at the Quai d'Orsay, from 3 to
6 o'clock, and heard the delegates of
the administration council of the
Lebanon. They then began the ex?
amination of the Russian question.
"The next meeting will be at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon."
A communication dealing with the
work of the commission on reparation
said:
"The reparation commission met
this morning at 30:30 o'clock under
the presidency of M. Klotz.
"The discussion of the principles
on which the right of reparation is
based was continued, and M. van den
Heuvel, of Belgium, and M. Klotz,
of France, expressed at length the
views of their respective govern?
ments.
"Further discussion of this subject
I will be taken up tit the next meeting,
! Monday, February 17, at 10:30
' o'clock."
i League of Nations Plan
Meets All Demands of
Supporters. Says Houston
The league of nations plan presented
, by President Wilson to the peace con
j ferenee embodies virtually all the prin?
ciples for which supporters of the idea
have stood, Herbert 5. Houston, chair
man of the committee on information
of the League to Enforce Peace, said
in a statement given out last night. 1:
was most reassuring, he said, that the
plan had the unanimous approval of the I
members of the commission which pre?
pared if. }
"There is a large, probably a domi?
nant, body of opinion in the League to '
Enforce Peace," he said, "that bus held !
that international cooperation to do the ,
work which the world needs to have done I
will result in the creation of agencie';,;'
or 'bureaus,' as this plan calls tin ni.
which will quickly make of the league '
of nations a going concern, a vital or- '
ganism of essential and farreaching
service.
"A league equipped to render such
service will command from the start at?
tention and respect, and membership in
it will be prized by those, within and
sought by those without, and such a
league will be abb' to apply instantly
economic pressure that will be found to
have'teeth' against an offending nation.
The skeptics who prefer to see in the
plan only another Hague convention
are sure to be enlightened as to their
error, just as those will be who see in
home of the provisions definite viola-1
tiona of the Constitution of the United
States."
Popular reaction to the series of nine
conventions which the League to En
force Peace was holding in various
parts of the country showed, Mr. Hous?
ton said, that national sentiment was
strongly In favor of a league of na?
tions. State legislatures were inviting
convention speakers to address them'
ho continued, and the legislatures of
twenty one states had adopted resolu?
tions urging that the United States be?
come a member of such a bague. The
resolutions were adopted, ho said, be?
fore the presentation of the league plan
at Paris. , ]
Jusserand and Francis
Sail With President
PREST, Feb. 15. M. Jusserand, j
French Ambassador to tin- United
States, and Mme. Jusserand and
David II. Francis, former American
Ambassador to Russia, and his ."t.ri and
d uighl i ?? ero among I lie f'n sldentlul
party which sailod on the George
VV.. ningtoti to duj.
Cecil Predicts
World League
Will Succeed
! Motive Power to Consist
i
in the Good Intentions oi
the Nations, He Assert*
Plan Called Practicable
Reception of Draft by the
People Is Regarded a*
an Encouraging Augury
New York Tribu-lia
Special Cable Service
({"topyright, lfllf- New York Tribune Ina)
PARIS, Feb. 16. Lord Robert Cecil
the foremost figure in the drafting oi
the: covenant of the league of nations
who some time age) eieclared that il
America joined the league there would
be no more elanger of war, but If Amer?
ica eiie! not join the? factor of inter?
national insecurity would remain and
that another European war would re?
sult in the reversion of civilization tc
barbarism, gave an interview to the
correspondent of Tho Tribune to-day
Lord Robert said:
"I regard the way the draft of the:
league has been received as a happy
augury. It confirms my impression
?.'.?lined in the course of the sittings of
the. commission, and I am much en?
courageai thereby. The fact is that
as discussions proceeded the feeling
that the scheme would be successful
grew steadily. It is not Utopian. It
is practicable. Those who framed it
intended it to work. Those who exam?
inee! it believe it will work if the people
choose to make it so.
"It has been suggested that tho body
of delegates should be deliberative and
advisory anel the executive council
slioubl do most of the administrative
work, assisted by n permanent secre?
tariat. A small body like the council
is necessary for this purpose. It
shoulel be noted that no sovereign stute
can be bound against its will. I never
thought it practicable to have any con?
siderable sacrifico of sovereignty. Our
proposals in this respect are strictly
limited.
"The fact remains, however, that na?
tions cannot go to war until all meanB
of averting it have- been tried. I do
not think tho small nations are likely
to receive large representation on tho
executive council for tho present. This
arrangement is fair and generally ac?
ceptable.
''In regarel to tho question whether
a member of the league is obliged to
accept mandatory power over any ter?
ritory when requested to eio so, there
is nothing binding in the covenant, but
it is likely that In a league of any
organization unless tho people con?
stituting it are determined to make it
work the chances of success are di?
minished. The machinery is neces?
sary, but, after all, the motive power
must be a world spirit, anel the inten?
tions of the nations forming tho
league."
Lord Robert Cecil is known to be a
strong advocate of American assump?
tion eif a mandate freim the league of
nations over Armenia, Syria and other
territories in the Near Fast.
China Tells Delegates to
Reveal Secret Agreements
Wants Peace Conference to
Know About Shantung Treaty,
to Uncover Injustice
PEKING, Feb. 12 (By the Associ?
ated Press). Premier Chin Nun-hsun,
under instructions from President
Hsu Shih-chang, yesterday sent a dis?
patch to fhe Chinese peace delegates
instructing them te> disclose to the
peace conference the Shantung Rail?
way agreement aiul other secret
agreements with Japan. It, is report?
ed the President is encountering ex?
position from his pro-Japanese cabi?
net at every step.
The Japanese are said to desire the
publicity of the Shantung agreement
in the hope that the conference will
recognize its validity, while the Chi?
nese: hope thai ns the agreement has
not been ratified anel it would give
lapan a permanent position in Shan?
tung the conference will recognize its
injustice1.
Serbs Want Plebiscite
!roats and Slovenes Join in Plea
to Peace Parley
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes adopted
?esolutions yesterday at Palm Garden,
''??'_. eighth Street, near Lexington
.venue, calling for plebiscite's in the
?egions along the? Adriatic sought by
taly. The resolutions arc to be sent to
he? peace conference. The rapacity of
nore powerful neighbors, the resolu
ions said, was responsible for the tur-1
noil in the Balkans,
1 Russian Dukes Slain
For Liebknechts Death
pARIS, Feb. 16.?Paul Erio,
correspondent of the "Jour?
nal," who recently escaped from
Petrograd and made his way to
Helsintrfor3, says that four Rus?
sian Grand Dukes were shot some
time ago without having been
given a hearing, and that it was
understood their summary exe?
cution was a result of the killing
in Berlin of Dr. Karl Liebknecht
and Rosa Luxemburg.
The correspondent says cer?
tain of the Bolsheviki advocated
the release of the Grand Dukes
and that their view was about to
prevail when the Bolshevik vigi?
lance committee opposed this, and,
to show that it alone had the right
to decide the fate of the prison?
ers, had them shot.
Wilson Plea
May Modify
Senate Debate
Continued from pa??e 1.
the President has been much embar?
rassed in his negotiations by the clear
evidences of a sharp division of opinion
in this country, following on the heels
: of an election in which his appeal to
the country was rejected.
Knox Speech Disturbs
They tell of the effect in Paris of
such speeches as that of Senator
Knox, of Pennsylvania, whose ideas, as
I those of an ex-Secretary of State of
the party which had just carried the
i country in an election carried great
weight with the foreign diplomats.
?Supporters of the President point
! out that it is scarcely possible that
; the President should be followed on
his next trip to Franco by such vol?
leys of criticism as were poured out
in the Capitol on his previous depart?
ure. Opponents of the league of na?
tions, it is pointed out, have had their
targets much restricted by the pub?
lication of the text of the, constitution
actually proposed. It is no longer
i possible to get anywhere by attack?
ing an international army or navy,
for instance. The sort of criticism
which was made so vigorously by Sen?
ator Borah, of the Republican side, and
Senator Reed, of the Democratic side,
will have to be greatly modified.
In this situation, the President's
admirers point out, the cards are all
in the President's favor. If he can, by
strong personal arguments, smooth
away a part of the opposition?if, for
instance, he can only persuade Sen
til or Henry Cabot Lodge or Senator
Philander C. Knox to remain silent?
ho will have accomplished a great deal
| by way of enhancing hi? own prestige
] at the peace table when he returns.
There is manifest among the mem
I hers of the Foreign Relations commit
| tees of the two houses a marked aver
j sion to anything smacking of flagrant
( disregard of this request. Some of the
? Senators and members admit privately
j that they do not want to open the dis
i cussion themselves now, but that they
; are hoping they will be forced into a
| debate of the subject seemingly against
? their will. This virtually means that
! there will be no set speeches on tho
i league by committee members.
It also means that the very men
i whose word would have great weight
: in Paris have been to a certain extent
i restrained from attacking the league
| until tho President gets an opportunity
to win them over.
-.-.
Italy's Claims Favored Here
Local Federation Shows Need of
Territory A.skcd
Nearly 4,000 persons crowded into
the Manhattan Opera House last night
to attend a meeting under the auspices
of the Federation of Italian Irredent?
ist Association for Italia Redente.
Resolutions were adopted unanimously
setting forth the necessity of granting
to Italy the territory promised in the
Treaty of London.
Italy's independence and security
from invasion, it was said, depended
upon her geographical boundaries be?
coming her nationnl boundaries. Italy
must hold the watershed of the Alps
and the Dalmation coast, of the Adriat?
ic, the resolutions declared, or she
would be in continual jeopardy.
Representatives of the Italian and
British consulates were present, as
were British, Italian and American of?
ficers. The speakers were Salvatore
A. Cotilio, Professor A. Oldrini, Colonel
1,'go Pizzarello, Miss Amy Bernardy,
Professor Giovanni Lorcnzoni and Pro?
fessor Oreste Ferrara.
Rabbi Urges Prayers for
Success of World League
Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein, who
spoke yesterday at Mount, .Morris The?
atre under the auspices of the Institu?
tional Synagogue of Religious Recon?
struction, said that prayers must be
offered for the success of the league
of nations just as there wer?, for vic?
tory during the war. The Young Men's
Hebrew Association movement, he de?
clared, was not an important factor in
religious reconstruction.
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Doubt Clouds
Paris View of
Peace League
Comment Reflects Faint
Praise and Intimates That
Proposal Is Inadequate
New Hague Court Hinted
Draft Hastily Prepared to
Permit Wilson to Carry
It to U. S., Is Suggested
New York Tribune
Special Cable Service
j (Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
PARIS, Fob. 16.?It is not a chorus
of praise for the league of nations in
the French press this morning. A little
cloud, no bigger than a man's hand,
seen above the peace conference yester
j day, is now in full moisture and drops
are falling. Only the cleverest meteor
I ologist could divine whether there is a
storm or sunshine ahead. The official
Socialists, for whom Allah is Mr. Wil?
son, do not conceal their disenchant?
ment.
Marcel Cachin, writing in the Social?
ist "Humanit?," says:
"It is proposed to admit to the league
only certain nations (fuesen by the En?
tente. On the questions of the reduc?
tion of armaments and private muni?
tions production we have nothing but
generalities. In tho permanent execu
? five council, which undertakes the
settlement of disputes, there is no ques
| tion of the representation of the peo
j pies themselves, for the delegates of
I the respective states are to be chosen
by the governments only. Instead of
the great organism, new, complete and
daring, which the war-worn peoples
awaited, we are offered a new edition
of the Hague Conference. The first act
of the conference must be promptly re?
vised if we are to avoid results among
the peoples of bitterest disappoint?
ment."
Hasty Action Suggested
Differing spiritually and politically
from the "Humanit?" the "Echo de
Paris," a leader among the conserva?
tive press, finds "the covenant bears
visible marks of the haste with which
it has been drawn up. It was neces?
sary to have the goods ready to go
aboard the George Washington on a
certain day, and from the conflicting
material at hand the most valuable
has been taken."
Tlie newspaper continues:
"The plan originates from two con?
cepts; that of the superstate above
the nations, absorbing part of their
j sovereignty, and that of a great alli
j anee in which the various states shall
have equal rights and, while main?
taining their independence, associate
? their strength for common defence.
' We have a facade, displaying the ap
: paratus of an executive council, a
? body of delegates, a secretariat and
: a court of international justice im
mitated from the Hague conference.
: Behind are hidden the two concepts
wo have indicated, and Mr. Wilson and
his collaborators are unable frankly
to choose one or the other. A? we
read the articles we seem to see them
struggling for predominance. The
struggle is not ended, and if the whole
is to nave any cohesion a choice must |
be made."
French Bulwark Inadequate
The "Echo de Paris" discusses what,
the league ?-tiers to France and finds
it insufficient, adding, we must either
have a superstate or "each individual
state must keep full liberty to make
military alliances." Tho journal adds
the prevailing opinion seems to indi?
cate that the French government pre?
fers the latter, because one is never
as well guarded as by oneself.
The "Figaro" finds that the idea of a
league "has been stripped by contact.
with world reality of what has been
held as too abstract and inapplicable."
It regards the covenant as "a close
alliance between the United States,
England, France, Italy and Japan," re- j
marking that "perhaps the Old World ;
alliance is not the right word. A new
and fertile concept has been super
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imposed, due certainly to the influence
of President Wilson and an expression
of general justice, whereby it is hoped
to make mere supple the too harsh
and too egoistic character of n
interests. The future is thus open for
a better regulation of the world."
The royalist "Action Fran?ais??" sees
one alternative: either to make the!
pact one of mutual protection or to
create a super state. Rut in a world
governed by compromise, the paper .
says, it was necessary to consider the
special circumstances of the contract?
ing parties, allowing them to enter the :
new association "without leaving te>o
many sacrifices and regrets outside the
door."
"Complete Security" Lacking
Thus, the paper asserts, the league
goes without its essential element
which, for France, was "comp?ele: se
curity, unconditionally guaranteed, not
on paper but by strict engagements,
anel supported by real strength." This
could not be, the paper avers, "and
we must rest content with what is
offered."
The Socialist "L'Ouvre?" says4.
"The society of natii ns and this
cannot toe> otten be repeated mus'
not be a league of governme i ? I M
association of peoples. The plan Mr.
Wilson submitted to the conference
eloes not affirm this but neither does it
deny it. The plan is but the foundation
of a humanitarian edifice, the building
of which must be completed by future
generations. The foundation is solid. |
Let us hope it will provo indestruc?
tible."
League Constitution
Generally Approved
By Press of Britain
New York Tribune
European Bureau
(Copyright, 1019, N',.\y York Tribun' [i i
LONDON, Feb. ' 16.?The league
of nations has received good press
notices in Great Britain. In some
quarters the constitution is con?
sidered to have exceeded the ex?
pectations of even the warmest sup?
porters of the scheme. Othe^rs believe
it has not enough "bite," as Mr. Taft
expressed it. Still others are satisfied
that it contains no harmful features.
Opponents eu4 skeptics are s'il!
grudging of approval of the document
which has been sanctioned by the rep?
resentatives of the nations assembled :
in Paris, but. one may search in vain I
to find a single downright condem
nation of the elraft. Fach article is
being carefully scrutinized and its
bearing on British affairs studied
minute'?v.
In official circles the highest np- :
proval has been given. Probablj early
next week Parliament will discuss the'
document, but no full discussion will
take place until the peace conference
reaches a final decision, which may be
many weeks away.
"The Westminster Gazette" rejoices
in the fact that the scheme is not
limited merely to preventing war or
e nforcing peace, but has a po
side, namely, guarding of :,?
peoples and the uplifting of the masses
in all countries.
Magna Charta e>f the Wetrld
"The Daily Express" calls il I ? ?
"Magna Charta of the World, which has
justified the labor spent upon it, and
in its modified form is an indie
that President Wilson lias learned a
great de.'il since he came to Europe."
"The Express" thinks many eif the
extreme ideas with which the league
was encumbered have been toned
dov 'i. and notes with satisfact '?
? . ? ? ige reading the league " -liai! se?
cure a??,i maintain freedom of transit
and equitable treatment for '.he
merce of all states."
"The M;,:iehes-i.'r Guardian" w
the constitution liad pri r whal
confj ri . :'
?! tlu' le*P?- ' ? ????anil'
he journal
the force necessary to give it .
and power, hut a Ids, "W!.
?lent come, back rica ?L1
f t
" rnaybesi oasomewh.*
searching revision. Apart from this it
"desponds v - hope? ?"
have been founded unen ?> "
All the N'orthcliffe ' papers e\-pr?,
the fullest praise, "The Daily K?
declaring it. marks "the opening of ?
' ra in b"; ' ' ?? lif ." and "Th*
' stating:
, "PeKCe : ' ; hav?k
what is mere, pe? i in t
is tor the first ? w.;."
hunders of its own."
"The Times." as well as several <rh
or Jou ' - '?'? ':' Pride that con."
struct ?on conf new featu-c?
advanced by Bi General
Smuts, and a c. : ".k'of Gener?
al Smut's book supports this claim
in many important particulars. Raving
heard Lord Roberl Cecil express hi*
mi ? y ? .... league of
: ? stated w th
assurance that he, f -, played a '? ?"?
part in the dra I ie document,
"Th? 1 nos"
"The covenant n 1! be found, tha
more it. is examined, to go deeper into
the causes of war and to do more for
their removal than any one expect-??!
We venture to say it is the most im?
portant document ever published, and
one which, if it works in the spirit of
its founders, will exercise a perms.
nent influence for good on the futura
of the human race."
Civil Wars 1'nprovided Against
"The Morning Post," always a strong
opponent of the project, linds fault
with the consti M ?units its
criticism to the minor issues, saying:
"The criticism we are tempted to
make is that the scheme makes provi?
sion only for national wars. Yet his?
tory and experience prove that the
most deadly, fatal and cruel wars ara
these between classes or faction? wi'h
in a nation itself, as for example, the
wars in Russia to-day. or tho Civil
War in America."
"The Post" congratulates the fram
ers upon not att l pting tn create an
international police force. "The Globe,*
ague, says:
"So long as I powers are
banded together in amity no serious
dangers are likely to threaten
peace of the world. Their moral, as
....; as their material influence, can?
not fail to exert a wholesome effect as
i deterri tit to would-be wrong-doers
.m..' g the nations of the world at
large. That at least anpearsto be the
face value of ti e proposals."
Publical on of the ; roposed consti
, ? of nations is ex
iected to have a good effect upon the
abor situation, not. only ??ere but in
?ranea.
talian Press Hails
League Covenant as
World Peace Basis
ROME, Feb. 15. The whole JfaJisn
,ress greets with joy and satisfacl
he announcement of the foundation
>f the league of nat ons. and praises
? '-'. ; n the evider.ee
,. has -he mi : ' a concrete
for the fo?.Havlh5
'or America. All declare that ho
var has not been in vain if were
?rises wnlcJ ?J
. r ?.r?vent a recurrence of sucn
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