Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-15
Peace Delegates Divided
Over Powers Of League
Of Nations.
TWO FACTIONS WORK
III TOWARD SAME END
One Group Believes League Of Nations
will Autom atieaIly Result in Good
Behavior on hieh Ssas-Question OF
Financial Domination Of Weaker
states Forces lts Way Into Con-
ference.
rBy the Associated Press.l

IBy the Associated Press.]
z Paris. Jan. 15.-With the resumption
today of the meeting preliminary to
the peace conference it Is apparent
that the movement to create league
of nations IL being carried on by two
forces having the same object but
differing as to the means for making
effective the decisions Of the proposed
world sovereignty.
One Of them represents he oonten-
tion that the decisions Of the league
must be backed by its combined ply
sical forces. while the other represents
the view that Its dndinSs can be en-,
forced without the aid Of a common
world police force.
Diplomats, watching the movement
OF the two ideas as they come into be-
ing before the conference. seem i'm.
pressed with the view that both are
moving toward a common srouno.
which for example might provide that
the nations could reserve for each in
dividual case their decision whether
they would utilize armed force or avail
themselves OF othef means.
Plans Being Put Into Shape.
There u reason to believe that such
an arranxeueut would meet with the
support Of some Of the European
statesmen, and there Is nothing to In
dicate that it would be rejected by the
American representatives.
This. IL the feature Of the situation
a. It exists today. The plans are be-
Ing rapidly put into shape in INFORMAL
conferences and are working toward q
position swheee the peace conference in
sfull session can discuss them thprorgh-
II and then probably name commit-
tee or commission, from among It's
membership, 70 produce the framework
In writing with the assistance OF the
technical advisors.
4 The work before today's session OF
the <dpreme council comprised COM
pletion OF the allotment of represent
alton of the various nations and q
further delvins into the questions Oh
whether Russia should have delegates
In the large body,
The preliminary work will 90 on con-
tinuously. with. the expectation u
having It entirely disposed Of by Sat-
urday. when the hrst formal sitting
OF the peace congress will be held
h Tentative Program.
The program commonly agreed upon
call. for primary consideration OF the
forming Of q league Of nations ana the
conxress will work on this to the ex-
clusion OF al other subjects.
Those European statesmen who now
appear friendly to ~ purpose Of put
tinr the league Of nations question 70
the fore have repeatedly expressed the
view that the formation Of the leaSuv
ana the making of peace are Joint
nroblerns which can not be disaIssociat-
Cd The efforts thus seem to be to
bend all energies to the lying OF the
foundation Of tbe league. 90 that the
conferences may proceed to the actual
making Of tho peace treaty IN tho early
spring, even Indeed II 1t be only a
preliminary one which will dispose Of
the pressing question of demobiliza-
tion and the return OF the warning
countries as near as possible to the
economic conditions Of peace. This is
recognized by all the statesmen at the
conference as of the utmost necessity
and 1T is not q view confined to the
Europeans alone.
question of Money Domination.
The sponsors for the league Of ma
tion. plan contemplate the broadening
ont OF the functions Of the proposed
league a. the preliminary discussions
proceed, the assumption being that
ihcse win range far into the subjects
az law. material and finance, proceed
ing on the theory that the financial or
economic domination Of small nations
By the larger Is no less danger than
armed domination. The financial pro-
gram OF the league, as viewed IN these
quarters, will be 70 consider whether
the league itself should lend Its AID
financially and. economically to the
smsli Independent states which are
rising cute the war. y.
DsIciun Not Satisfied.
While the apportionment OF dele
rates 10 the peace congress has not yet
been officially made known, the list
i nublishod after Mondays session OF
the supreme council has caused an
nnfayorable impression among some OF
the missions, according to the French
I. press. The Serbians and Belgians are
notably dissatisfied with the giving Of
three delegates to Brazil while they
are only permitted two each. I.
In the case Of Belgium the three
seats allotted her by the French plan
I admitted Of the nomination Of repro
sentative Of each Of the parties. con-
scrvative, liberal and socialists. With
\ only two delegates the representative
of one party must needs be dropped.
VI Logically. 1t Is pointed out, 1t ought
10 have been the least important party
thus 10 suffer but It IL impossible 20
drop from the delegation the foreign
4 minister. Paul Hyrnan, q, liberal. Con-
sequently, the commentators say II
would seem to be Emile vandervelde,
the socialist minister Of justice. who