Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
WILSON LEAGUE PLAN
KNOWN To SEKA1 1ORS
Secret Revealed TO Members Of
Both Parties; No Danger Of
Treaty Rejection

Washington. Dec II President VII
-,E ha~ IN mmd no League 81 Nations
that VIII dominate the world hv force -
aims The picture oi 2 "our, above con
crcssr> and soverClgns that Senators
pdCC. Knox and oth"r~ have painted III
thclr opposition to the Pre- Iicnt' s plans
tar having the na,hincrt to prevent wars
an integral feature of the peace treaty Is
only 4 irurN hctch
II became known last night THAI, before
II" lcit Washington the President divulgcd
~um, measure of his ldCa oi what would
constitute League Of Nations competent
20 prevent another world conhagration
~ number OF Senators. not all Of his
party, and that idea is as far from the
S,pcr-trib1lnal prepared to blast with fire
and sword any country offending against
IT. decisions rs could hc imagined
The League of Nations President VII
son outlined 10 these Senators would
interfere with ilc government of the
constituent countries N no particular II
would not even take away from them the
power 10 declare war, except rs the opinion
Of mankind would make such declaration
IntmnkAbc and would bring IN its
tram such penalties IN the form Of nom
intercourse rs would make il impossible
for thc offending nation to perScverc.
The League would have no nterna-
Jlounl police Ia impose its sentences on
s,.Ipri kingdoms and republics. but il
would have, the moral influence Of 4 united
world each competent ol which would lend
II- power TO make the vCrdicts OF the IN
tcrnatInnal congress effective.
Nations 60 to war, SAID one OF the
Senators who received the President
confidence in order to advantage them
selves, either by getting something they
haven't got or To prevent another nation
from taking from them something they
wish IL retain, either material or moral
II the cause that would send them into
battle j wst they can win Il through
q league ot nations il il isn't they know
ihcy cannot get Il and with the certainty
ii ing mp aEaiu>t the world instead Of
rhr single nation they wish 10 vIctimlzc.
they axe not gong IL attGnp' il
When the President treaty comes
before the Senate /: probably vii he
approved, because mono ot the objections
that have been raised against the hypo-
thrtlral treaty 0ili appIv
There are not fifteen men in the whole
| rltCd States Senate SAID a Republican
Senator Yesterday. who would vote for
4 League Of Nations i il involved an in
ternatiena police force capable If sup
planting the authority nf the country
Tho other kind oi a League of Nations.
the sort OF tribunal the President out
lined viii not have such opposition
Tins makes j easy To understand why
the anticipated clashes between the Amcri-
can President and the premlcrs Of the
great European countries have not even
tuated and why every days dispatches
indicate closer approach to agreement SO
Il. u. L.
principles Of the peace viii be 50 well
formulated BY he middle OF February as
10 make the Presidents return possible
without the feaI bat hc is letting the job
60 unfinished
Il should not be telling the truth #
/ tad always been IN agreement with Lin
on al points SAID Premier Clcmenccau
III telling the ChaInhcr of Deputies Of his
with President Wilson
Yet both the Tiger ol France and LLOYD
George Of England have pronounced for q
league Of nations and that Is the knottiest
question OF ali
The statement Of the President 10 the
was nor disclosed before as il
was deemed unfair 10 announce his posi-
ton III advance Of his stating it TO the
u her members of the great conferences
that are now settling the affairs Of the
world The Senators were not bound 10
-ecrery but they understand the Presi- !
dent desires and even now they will not
permit quotations from that converse
,lon
senator Mckeller seems to have had
an mixing Of what was sand though be
vas not in the particular conference re-
Icrred to, for his utterances today in the /
senate sometimes came very near to what
thc President SAID on the eve Of departure.