The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-23
PLAN
To Be FIRST
PEACE STEP
Allies TO Adopt Principles
Before Making Terms.
HUNS THEN MUST ACCEPT
Germany to Have No Cp-
ton, Matin Asserts,
BY The Associated Press.

Dy lne fssOcAlen ffeS.
PARIS, Dec. 2j--Ihe Maiin today
was authorized 10 pfln, the article
which was censored Yesterday The
article. the first headline OF which
read
Yesterdays utopia ,omorrow's real
i,y." sets forth the manner OF pro-
oedure OF the promoters OF league
OF nations acting IN agreement with
the allied governments
The formation OF a league OF na-
tons, the article says, will be in three
stages. The allied governments will
decide the principles Of such an or
ganira,ion which will include COM
pulsory arbitration and limitation OF
arm,men.s Germany ard her former
allies will then be told ,ha, they must
aceep, these principles, after which
the treaty of peace will be formulated.
No Standing for Huns.
Later, a conference will be held 10
discuss the formation oi a league.
Neutrals will be admitted. the article
continues. but Germany would not
have an equal standing until she has
expia,ed her misdecds and before she
can do - aan International ofganifa-
tion will be working. ~
There will be three stages" the
Maiin says.
First the allied governments will
settle among themselves the prineiplsl.
OF a league As fundamental ruiz
they will set down the right OF peoples
to decide their own destinies. As, .
practical consequence it follows that
there will be limitation OF armaments
and compulsory arbitration among the
nations. II seems indispensable that
at this poin, the entente countries bind
themselves to put these clauses in the
preliminaries OF peace.
Ideals TO Dominate.
1T has appeared absolutely neces-
sary to the promoters thar the regime
OF the future world should be fixed
in its main outlines before there are
any questions Of indemnities and ter.
ri,ories, so tha, for the first time in
history the dclibcrations OF the pleni.
potentiaries should be dominated by
higher ideals than mere individual To-
| ,ereN.
The second ae, will oonSis, in noti.
lying the enemy powers Of the funda-
mental principles laid down in the
preliminaries and requiring from them
their adhesion TO these principles ~
to other conditions of peace prelim-
inafes. as in the case OF stipulations
OF territorial financial and economH
character, no discussion will be ad.
mi,ted. The entente delegates will say
to Germany and her allies:
"'Compulsory arbitration and lin
itation OF armamen,' are integral parts
Of our conditions You mus, subscribe
to them at once. You will know later
how these principles will be applied
Details TO Come Later.
| The prcliminarics once signed, de.
tails of the peace treaty will be dis
euSsed among the belligerents and
only after the signing Of this treaty
o! peace proper will the third stage
be reached This will be a UNIVERSE
conference to settle the new relations
TO he created between the peoples
TO this conference nou,rals may be
admitted. No nation, however. will be
admitted TO full membership in the
league OF nations il it does not offer
sufficient guarantee Germany, hav.
ing started the war. will have been
condemned by the peace conference 10
make restitution and reparation. She
cannot be regarded as beino on an
equal footing with other nations until
she has paid her debt Germany has
committed a crime and she must atone
for it before she can he admitted 10
the ranks OF honest and civilized peo-
pies
Meanwhile, the other countries win
be united by formal agreements, a
world police will have been created
and sanctions of all kinds will have
been instituted. An international
tribunal will be working and the
spectre OF war, a far .-1i' t0Sa-"y
| ooss,hte will he hau,shed from the