Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-21
LEAGUE PLAN IS
DRAFT Of FORMER
FRENCH PREMIER
Baron de Constant and Leon
Bourgeois Prepare Draft
Which Is Received With In
tereSt by CIemenceau,
lay SosmHo JOURNAL sp-~,,l t-.suo ~rHr,

ihY MORNING. JOURNAL aP,-~SL LrAsup wiRGl
Paris, Dec. 20--Raron D Estour-
nelles DE Constant today gave the AS
ISOLATED Press the French plan
for bringing about society OF nations
which the baron and Senator Leon
Bourgeois, formerly French premier,
presented to Premier Clcmenccau sew
eral days ago. The French premier
gave assurances that the principle of
a society of nations would be inscribed
at the head of the French program
before the peace congress.
Baron D'Estournellos De Constant
and NJ. bourgeois were French dele
gates ut both peace conferences at
The Hague and are the French mem
bers of the permanent international
court at The Hague. They said they
had presented their plan to Premier
Clcmenceau with some apprehension
as he had not yet declared himself in
favor of a league of nations, having
been regarded as typifying the fight
ing spirit which has gained him the
name of Tiger
They first handed the premier a
letter which said in part:
1--WE are convinced that a durable
peace can be assured only in suhstitut-
IL
lied right. 1t is the object of our as
ISOLATION to aid in the constitution of
% society first of part. ana then of
al the nations. This society should,
according to the recent declarations
Of President Wilson, be n most essen
tial PARTY in securing the maintenance
OF peace
Premier Clemencoau was m attcn-
tive listener to the details for the for
nation of such q plan. Concerning the
principle OF such an organization, he
declared, II would be set down in the
program and go before the peace con-
gress at the head of the subjects to be
discussed Tut he asked for specified
particulars concerning the details of
the organization of this international
society, especially as to whether theI
French advocates of the plan are co.
operating with British, American
Italian and other organizations, to as
certain If the present object Is sup
ported by all nations
plan in Detail
Explaining the detailed plans pre-
sented to Premier Clemonccau Count
d Estournelles De Constant said to
the Associated Press:
"The essentials of the plan are:
First. compulsory arbitration without
limitation or exception This leaves
out the old exception of questions in
volving national honor and dignity.
| Second, limitation of ornaments.
Third the establishment of u council
| of administration of the nations for
| the formulation of new international
| administration and international law
procedure. Fourth. the application of
| sanctions for making effective the
! decisions of the society of nations.
I Sanction is a diplomatic expression,
/ meaning the various steps of enforc-
| ing compliance They are four-fold.
First, diplomatic sanction-the So
| cietv of nations shall break diplomat
| ic relations with any recalcitrant ma
! tion and give his passports to the am
bassador or minister representing that
! nation.
| SECOND. judicial sanction whereby
| tho courts of all countries will be
! closed TO a recalcitram nation. 1t will
! TINS practically he ouarantined and
! nlaced outside the nale of civilized
| states
| third, economic sanction, whereby
! the economic means of ali nations
| shall he directed against anv recalci-
trant state. This economic weapon of
/ the united nations will be q great pow
| or in isoIating any offending nation,
| cutting off its foodstuffs and raw ma
| teriaIs, when It acts i'm defiance of the
| society of nations.
| Fourth military sanction-this is
Tho last sanction nv which the Joint
| nations would undertake to enforce
| observance of the decisions Of the So
| cietv of nations. This military sane
| tion 10 The most difficult and delicate
| az ali the questions involved in Great
ing the society of nations
"There viii be different views con-
cerning nc military enforcement of
| peoco. II is the nurpose OF our or
SANITATION to reconcile these differ
| ences and secure some workable basis