The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-07
AND HIS
COLLEAGUES MAKE
LEAGUEPROGRESS
Compulsory Arbitration Fea.
ture Removed From Plan as
1t Stands to Avoid Many
Difficulties in Future.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
special Cable Dispatch TO The News
ScimtkhF.

d OAhlO LA
special Cable Dispatch 10 The News
ScimitAr.
PARIS, Feb. S.-President Wilson and
~ OF MS colleagues sat around a cir-
GUAR table in the apartments Of Col.
house In the Hotel Crillon Tuesday
evening, discussing the best plan for
me league Of nations, which Il is ex-
pected win be formally proposed to the
peace conference in a few days.
m countries represented were the
Dhiteu states Great Britain, France,
ilaly, japan, China, Belgium, Serbia,
brazil ana Portugal, whose delegates
constitute the special committee. The
proposed covenant, which has the APP
pfoVal OF British and Italian members,
as Wen as the French with some Feser-
xatlons, Nas fully examined and vas
the basis for the discussion.
me Japanese delegates who hitherto
nave been uniformed as to the atti-
tude OF their government had heard
from Toxic and expressed a willingness
70 cooperate in the establishment OF
the league. Baron Chinda had q long
TAX with Col, House before the meeting
wnsrein ~ made clear he japanese
attitude as one desiring to offer no
obstacle, but, on the contrary, to make
SUCH suggestions as would strengthen
the league Of nations.
From one OF the principal delegates
present the informations was obtained
| Hs~N. NAL NbthINoNAS dIDlbIhlIoI IGalulB
OF the league will not be Included In
the final plan. No ~sangulne hopes had
Deen entertained Of Its adoption. There
have been some men like Col. House
who believed that II compulsory arbI-
tratlon were agreed upon prevention Of
war would be absolutely assured, and
K Is recognized by the AMERICAN dele
gates that not only would the Amerl-
can senate probably be unwilling to
submit every dispute to future arbl-
t%ration, but that other nations are un-
relay 4 must 70 e Be tG slear fbF a as ys'i that
the compulsory, submission feature still
stands In the joint plan under discus
sion. Procedure. therefore is this;
Three Methods.
Nations in dispute are compelled to
choose any n OF these three methods
for Observation-Disclosures, mediation or
a commission OF investigation--and dur
ing the tendency Of the method chosen,
hostihties will be forbidden, The ma
ton unwilling u accept any of these
plans will be declared as having broken
the covenant OF the league, which rec
ommends each state to be free to de-
clare war or take other commercial ac-
ton compelling submission Of the dis
pute.
| Inasmuch as the territorial integrity
Of every nation Ia to be guaranteed
by the covenant, n enation which in
vades the territory OF another in any
way whatsoever during the exercise OF
any n of the three processes of set
tlement mentioned, commits an act of
war against all signatories of the
treaty, and each Of these nations Is
free to take punitive action.
OF course II any nation accepts aTbi-
tration II Is compelled to abide by the
award, but the original suggestion
which has now been dropped would have
given no choice as among the three
methods OF settlement, and confined
I'll there has been further progress in
the methods Of arbitration. many Of
the delegates to the several nations feel
that the public opinion OF their coun-
tries Is not ready to be pound by UNI
plras Of other nations, preferring the
other two processes, which give fullest
publicity OF facts to the world. and
will still enable any nation which Is
confident of the Justice OF its cause
70 seek. further means OF confirming
Its opinion.
dropped for other reasons, too, The
| Japanese, for instance, would have felt
bound 10 raise at this time the ques-
ton OF immigration and their exclusion
from the United States and Australia,
and to endeavor to obtain the removal
Of TINS discrimination which they con-
Elder a question Of national honor, and
desire to know II they would be com
PEELED TO submit 1t to a court OF arbi-
tration.
To Gain Delays.