Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
CENSORED Note
GIVES PLAN OF
PEACE LEAGUE
Prediction OF Work Of Peace
Conference Puts the Paris
Matin Into Temporary
Eclipse. 3D..

Paris, Dec. 23.-The first column,
of the first page of the Matin, was
censored yesterday. Only the head
lines of the article were left. These
read: yesterdays Utopia tomor.
rows reality. Constitution Of
society of nations under serious
consideration. Germany and her al
lies will only be admitted if they
accept principles on which entente
governments shall have agreed.
The Matin today was authorized
to print the article which was cen
sored yesterday. The Article, the
first headline of which read: Eyes
terday's Utopia Tomorrow's Real
ity," sets forth the manner of pro-
cedure of the promoters of
league Of nations acting in agree
ment with The allied governments
The formation OF league of ma
tons, the article says. will be in
three stages. The allied govern
ments will decide the principles Of
such an organization. which will in !
clude compulsory arbitration and
limitation of ornaments. Germany
and her former allies will then be
told that they must accept these
principles, after which the treaty
Of peace will be formulated. Later
a conference will be held to discuss
the formation of league. Neutrais
will be admitted, the article con-
tnues, but Germany would not have
an equal standing until she had ex-
plated her misdeeds and before she
can do so an international organize
ton will be working.
In Three Stages.
"There will be three stages" the
Matin says. First, the allied gov
ernments will settle among them
selves the principles of league. As
fundamental rule they will set
down the right of peoples to de-
eide their own destinies. AS a prac-
teal consequence it follows that
there will be limitation of arma-
ments and compulsory arbitration
among the nations. 1t seems indis-
pensable that at this point the en-
ttrte countries bind themselves to
put these clauses in the preliminaries
of peace.
1T has appeared absolutely nee
essary to the promoters that the
regime of the future world should
be fixed in its main outlines before
there are any questions of inden-
mites and territories. so that for
the first time in history the deliber-
atoms of the plenipotentiaries
should be dominated by higher
ideals than mere individual interest.
"The second act will consist in
notifying the enemy powers of the
fundamental principles laid down
in the preliminaries and requiring
fro mthem their adhesion to these
principles. AS to other conditions
Of peace preliminaries, as in the case
of stipulations of a territorial. finan-
cial and economic character. no disr
cussion will be admitted. The en- .
tente delegates will say to Germany
and its allies:
Compulsory Arbitration.
Compulsory arbitration and lint
itation of ornaments are integral
parts of our conditions. You must
subscribe. to them at once. You
will know later how these principles
will be applied
"The preliminaries once signed,
details of the peace treaty will be
discussed among the belligerents
and only after the signing of this
treaty Of this peace proper will the
third stage be reached. This will
be a universal conference to SETTLE
the new relations to be created be-
tween the peoples.
ITO this conference neutrals may
be admitted. No nation, howevey,
will be admitted to full membership
in the league of nations if it does
not offer sufficient guarantees. Ger
many, having started the war, wifi
have been condemned by the peace
conference to make restitution 4saa-
reparation. 1t cannot be regarded
as being on an equal footing with
other nations until it has paid IFS
debt. Germany has committed
crime and it must atone for it bo
fore it can be admitted to the ranks
of honest and civilized peoples /.
Meanwhile the other countriee
will be united by formal agreements.
a world police will have been Gre
ated and sanctions of all kinds viii
have been instituted. An ipternS
tional tribunal will be working and
the specter of war, as far as it il
humanity possible. will be banisheg
from the path of civilization"
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