Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-09
-FOUR PROPOSALS
OF VITAL IMPORT
REQUIRE ACTION
Wilson Pressing Commits
sion Toward Early Do
cision on Document.
PLANS FULL CONFERENCE
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK
French View Is There Is Small
Chance of Changing Ar
misticc Terms.
TAKE OVER ALsACE-LoRRAISE
Entire Province Now Practically in
/ Possession of People of
France.
TAKE OVER ALsAcE-LoRRAlsE
Entire Province Now Practicall. in
Possession of People of
France.

france.
PARIS, Feb. S.-Two third Of tile
draft Of the league Of nations has beer
passed upon by the committee having
ii in charge. The remaining fourtn.
however. CONTAINS four OF the most
Important proposal L. 5y r
A =uScommiSsee was appointed To-
day to consider these four matters and
report to the tulf commission,
President Wilson Is pressing TIM
:onnm ission toward decision. Enrppeaa
statesmen are not accust omed TO I'd
the pace Mr. Wilson is settin e !. CO..
them They SAT- until late last night
and were NJ II again at 10 O'clock
this morning. They take it good-na-
turcdty, but undoubtedly the wo.k or
the conferences ,WNl slow upSwhen the
PresideT: departs. ~. rs
full draft OF the League of nations
should Bro ready Tor gu misaAon Go the
run coaaerence; early ext we eks Th4k
wall iea..o tane fer. amen nneist an,,
s GEE sse NJ ss sa
fior,. hotae3EIf ,he. ! ~ q bic! toAtak nome
Sast dsart {of ,as
srHA DY PsssssDREl MAKES ) - 7: ~:
.tI.LIED LEAGUE CERTAINTY
IL he had MOI come to Europe am.
kept his steady pressure upon. ( i,As
ptenipote nttafhea there would undo ups-
cdix have been no league at all. iigs 81
While st,ere has been mucn talk sin,
the Freneh press about strenst henits
the conditions In case che eamisties Is
asasn e1tendsd, there Is little ikei..
mood that they Will be Ihe othsr
are not alarmed by tue recnperatios,
OF Germany. They gay Germaay and
Austria will DO allowed to recnpe-ate.
and, indeed. viii be helped. if the Teu.
which the eAaxions OF the peace Goa,
ference Will nut upon them -
For entimeDtal reasons the iater.is-
Lena Of the Rhine VIII be a
necessary TO safeguard forever the Sc =
cu-Sty of France. Switzerland also!
is Commanding the Observation-Disclosures
OF the Rhine. ais -. d
p>n1c nnferenoe to give them .alsace-
Lorraine. They have practically a.
ready taken full Toss essson OF ID.
rrovnee The allies are, Of eourse,
COMMISSION EEAns
END OF, ITS rAsS
Al the end of this mornings ses-
slon at the Hotel Cril!on the peacs
conference commission on the leaeue
OF nations found itself nearing the
eoun OF ITS ;o task !. was officially
covering the morning sitting. Only
q rev matters still remain 10 be clar,-
NED, and other points professionally ac-
the statement. says. Harmony market;
the deliberations. according TO the
commnniaue. the text Of which fols
lows:
"At 1880 this morning at the Hotel
Crillon tho commission of the league
OF nations held a meeting marked By
the same accord OF views that has
characterized it's previous sessions.
MATTERS ARE REFERRED
TO DRAFTING COMMTT-rFsE
al the end Of this meeting the com
inittee dnds itself nearing the end o.
It's task. A few matters referred to
O. drafting committee for Qualification
sim recurring reference hack to tbs
commission 's,1nsm!s and certain points pros
for. discussion before the eomn1ittss
makes it's report to the conferences.
M Ricl Busati was named 10 rem
resent the Italian delegation on tie
The committee will mes, again az
the Hotel crillon at 1880 Mondsy
~ s
."on Sunday afternoon the draftias
committee above referred to, oonsiss:
Ing Of Messrs. Hymans, Bourgeois
Venizelos and Lord Robert Cecil, will
meet In Lord CeciTs room at tho Hotel
Majestic In order to prepare a report
for the next meeting Of tho eenmit-
tee" - 49,
GIVES Up
HIS TRIP TO BELGIUM
The President has definitely post
poned his trip TO Belgium, although the
Iselsians greatly desired that he per
sonally inspect their ruined country
and industries and be convinced OF
the justice OF their Am for repara
ton lF'e
The French also would have been
glad II the President not only, could
nave been able TO so to Belgium, oui
g he could have continued his visits
to devastated France The French
feeling in this matter has been voiced
by Captain Andre Tardieu In his dec.
aration that the German blockade
should BIO continued Indefinitely.
More important demands however
nave required the Presidents continued
presence In Paris. 1t lis regarded "a
necessary that the associated powers,
shall present solid front when. the
delegates OF the central powers arr.
.dm'tted into the conference. II they
10 not present q solid font It Is fei,
n some quarters the enemy, deSeatea
IN the feld, might succecd, by can 4
hing and Intrigue, la causing dfsscu
'ion among the associated powers laf1f
N getting better terms for Ia en-. seiya,S
,y Offering teniptlpS alliances. ri A
main efforts Of the Conferences isadetSs
therefore,. are being directed htpwarfs,
he con so]fdatiou of their own.s fSrcss
md In gaining adhedlou 10 the afpx ~