The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-23
AMERICA GIVEN
RELIEF JOB BY
ALLIED CONSENT
II0o,eI 10 Supervise Feed
ing Of Europe,
T. Tie Associated Plsm.

INEls Dee President vii.
r ,.l,'cnoc today and iomoffov
,a. IWlly complete the preliml.
rr. .'a B, expected 10 dispose Of he.
gmng - England They prob.
a,i ly The principal part 81 the
ground aurk ur the actual peace
conference
Nr Wilson con,idcs the most
pressing Of all problems before the
tl'eIle nation, in ialf way toward
being solved This j., the question
oi supplying foJd 10 the starving
people, of liberated countries i,
now seems probable that the work
will he handled principally by the
United States through Herbert {.
Hoover. American food adminls'fa.
tor II has been made plain IN the
entente nations that the United States
las no wish 10 claim entire credit
for the work OF feliei in the minds
at The people who are 10 he led and
satisfactory understanding appears
10 he in sight, Mr. Hoover will con
fer With the presiden, again today
Subjects for League Action.
Participation By the United States
in various councils that have been
handling food questions, matters OF
shipping and the like is being gfadu-
ally wound up. as American officials
are tending toward the opinion thai,
these are proper subjects for the
consideration Of league of nations
or at least OF preliminary ofganfa'
iionS which may prccede II.
Some OF those who have been Civ
ing the subject close study and have
been following the conference with
entente representatives say they
would not be surprised II the real
foundation Of league Of nations
were TO be laid in cooperative ar
rangemen,' between the United
States and the allie, for handling
these fundamental questions.
Refers TO Bryan Treaties.
Mr.. Wilson's address a, Sofbonne
on Saturday. in which he again de.
fined his conception oi a league Of
nations attracted closest attention
from all public men here, This is
especially true OF his statement that
the war could never have occurred II
the central powers had discussed Il
for a fortnight and certainly not II
they had been forced 10 talk matters
over for more than year.
The presidents address has recalled
tia, tho United States through w J
Bryan had negotiated a dozen atbi-
tration treaties, one oi them with
Great Britain. One OF these bound
their sieua,oties to discuss their con-
troversies for a, lcaS, year before
proceeding to 4 declaration OF war.
Al attempt was made 20 negotiate
such trl,y with Germany but the
Berlin government, refused 10 enter
tain Il II is also recalled the same
idea was once expressed in plan
for preserving peace put forward by
n klVuI UftuNl Nv l0' Vhill lai'N '
Bryce. former British ambassador to
the United States.
Good Progress Made.
There is no official authority Tor
the Sia,emcn, that Mr.. Wilson is
thinking Of the Bryan plan as one OF
the elements in the proposed machn-
cry for preserving world peace but
this reference to the plan In his Sor-
bonne speech has set public men to
talking.
No announcement has been made as
TO how far the conferences between
Mr.. Wilson. Premier Clemenceau
Premier Orlando and Foreign Min
is,er Sonnino have gone, but French
public men have declared that their
prcmier's talks with the president,
were entirely satisfactory. II is also
believed that Mr.. Wilson has made
substantial progre" in his confer.
ences with Italian statesmen.