El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

/ 7 ONDON. Eng, April 1.-THE sum
1 Il mary OF the amended covenant OF
the league OF nations evokes no en-
thusiasm in the London morning
newspapers. and It is declared by some
commentators TO be less satisfactory
than the first draft
I The Chronicle. for instance. points
out certain points which It thinks
makes the new draft distinctly diff
ferent and inferior to the Old
The newspaper condemns the
policy OF requiring unaniHity for
the decisions to both the council
and assembly and also condemns
the terms upon which the cove
nanf may be amended and per
mission given any nation TO WIN
] draw on two years notice u re
cards the covenant ~ unharmeo
4 by the Monroe doctrine amend
uienf, which Il believes should m
ciIftnte the adhesion OF the United
States to the covenant
The Daily News, which is warm
Y champion Of the principle q the
/ eague. objects TO the constitution OF
] the new council. which, II says, III
manifestly be controlled BY promo
inent representatives OF the i've greal
bowers when they are in agreement.
and Il fails TO see how the four repre-
Isentatives OF other powers CHOSEN tor
. the assembly can have mucn 1uuepeh-
Idence- The newspaper does not eA-
press any great confidence n me elli-
cacv Of the league IN any case
Main Items Agreed Upon.
The main items OF peace with Ger
many have been substantially agreeo
upon by the council OF four, the Paris
correspondent OF the Sunday observer
understands The only problem when
they have not yet approached IS Lhat
OF the Bohemian border, he says This
problem. he points out. IS intricate, as
'it raises the question as 70 whetner
q considerable number Of Germans
must be included in the Czecho-SloTak
state He continues;
e7Ths question Of Danzig viii likely
be settled by setting up kind OF au-
.toromous state in that district while
Including Il In the Polish customs
France Gets saar Coal Mines.
The CORRESPONDENT understands that
president Wilson has definitely agreed
TO the proposal originated by premier
Lloyd George. which virtually consists
IN giving France ownership OF the
Saar coal mines while making the dis
rrict a neutral state under the league
OF nations. The questions OF repara-
tion and OF disarmament in the Rhine
more or less settled in their broad out
whether the treaty viii be ready
by Easter IS. or course. another ques-
ton"
The correspondent continues
sThe Important fact L.. however,
that the council Of four seems TO
have agreed on all vital points,
As to the western border Of Ger
many, the correspondent states, ne has
It on good authority that premier Glenn
encesu's main object has been from
the first day Of the conference 10 pave
the way TO a settlement that should
be entirely based on the idea OF
right"
CIemeneeau sIIzunderstoOd.
Those who believed he would try
20 annex TO France the whole or part
misunderstood hts intention" the cor
RESPONDENT declares Truly enough,
when the question Of the western Dor
der OF Germany came before the coun-
ell o. four. he asked at first for a
rectfffcatfon- Of the frontier. which
would amount 10 reestablishing the
French border OF 1914 To understand
such a demand e must be recalled that
the compare lively small district eE-
tending between the border Of 1870
and the border Of 1914. includes places.
such as Sarrelouis. where so percent OF
the Inhabitants are said to be IN favor
OF reunion with Franco
Yields to objection.
still, as objection was raised inside
the council OF four that such step
might be Interpreted as amounting TO
annexation. the French government
made Il clear on March % that Il old
not wish TO maintain its demand n
Great Britain made objection.
sSIuce that date France has con-
fined itself TO claiming that the
coal OF the saar valley was due to
France ~ reparaflou- This prin-
cinIe was agreed 10 ~ all parties,
rs Il recognized shat the transfer
Of the mines f. but Inadequate
compensation for the havoc delib-
erafely wrought in northern
France by the Germans.
The solution Of the Saar pro olem
was suggested last week by Lloyd
George. It consists in giving the Saar
a kind OF autonomy resembling that Of
Luxembourg. The local authorities
would remain free from Interference 4
by either France or German admins 4
tration. the political status OF the dis
trict being. besides guaranteed by Z
the league OF nations. The suggestion !
was carefully worked out by a sub D
commission The scheme was laid be- ]
fore the council OF four early last
week and heartily supported by Lloyd 4
George"