The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-28
PEACE LEAGUE
PLAN OUTLINED
Paris Newspapers Publish What
Purports to Be Tentative
Plan of Allies.
ARTICLE THOUGHT TO
.. BE EMI-OFFiCIAL
When Decision is Reached the
Enemies VIII Receive Orders
That They VIII Be Required
to Obey.

Paris, Dec. 23.-The Matin today
was authorized to print the article
which was censored yesterday The
article sets forth the manner OF pre-
cedure of the promoters OF a league
of nations acting in agreement VILE
the allied governments.
The formation OF a league OF na-
sions, the article says, will be IN three
stages. The allied governments vii!
decide the principles Of such an organ
ization, which will include compu!-
sorry arbitration and limitations OF
ornaments. Germany and her former
allies then Will be told they must &C
cept these principles, after which tbs
treaty of peace will be formulated
Later conference Will be held te
discuss the formation of league
Neutrals will be admitted the article
continues, but Germany would no.
8 have an equal standing until she h2s
expiated her naisdeeds and before she
can 90 so an international organize
ton will be working.
There VIII be three stages, the
Matin says. First, the allied gov
ernments will settle among them
selves the principles Of the league
AS a fundamental rule. they will SCI
down the right Of peoples to decic;
their own destinies. As pracI:ca
consequent it follows that there vii
be limitation Of armaments and com
pulsory arbitration among the ma
tions. It seems indispensable that al
this point the entente countries bino
themselves to put these clauses in the
preIiminaries Of peace.
The second act viii consist IN no.
tifying the enemy powers Of the fun
damental principles laid down in ths
preliminary and requiring from then,
their adhesion to these principles. rs
to other conditions Of peace prelini-
naries, as in the case of stipulations
Of a. territorial, financial and eco
nonic character, no discussion will be
admitted. The entente delegates vii.
say to Germany and her allies:
3 :" Compulsory arbitration and limi-
tation of armaments are integra
parts Of cur conditions. You mus
subscribe to them at once. You vii
know later how these principles vii
SQS -dppl1CO.
'The preliminaries once signed, de
. tails of the peace treaty will be dis
cussed among the belligerents ane
only after signing Of the treaty o.
peace proper will the third stage b.
reached. This will be universa
conference to settle the new relation.
to be created between the peoples.
ssTo this conference neutrals ma,
{ be- admitted. No nation, however, vii
be admitted to full membership in tbs
league OF nations if it does not offel
sufficient guarantees. Germany, hav
ing started the war, will have bee!
condemned by the peace conference
to make restitution and reparation
She will not be regarded as being OF
an equal footing with other nation:
(, until she has paid her debt. German,
/ has committed a crime and she mus
atone for it before she can be admit
ted to the ranks Of honest and civiliZ
!! ed peoples.
; Meanwhile, the other countric
viii be united by formal agreements
word policy will have been Great
!: ed and sanctions OF ali kinds viii hay
keen instituted. An inlernatioCa
tribunal will be working and the sDe
cifc Of war, as far IS it is humanl,
possible, Will be banished from Ia
S.nath of civilization