The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-16
BATTLE Of N15|
To MARK PARuEI
International Lawyers See Real
Test IN Formation of League
Of Nations--lnformal Confer
ence Opens at Paris.
BY Associated Press.

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BY Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. l4.-The first hy,sInes1
before the supreme war council when
It reassembled this afternoon was the
settlement OF the question OF rspr1sen-
tation in thef first session OF the i1tety.
allied conference. 1t Is still uuxet..
tiled h nations will b represented
or the number OF delegates which viii
be allotted to each. 1t has developed.
however. that China, will not be rxors-
scented by Japan. but Will have h1r
own delegation.
Efforts OF the French press 70 brfug
to the fore h question OF the status
OF entente and American troops IA
Russia and the advisab!iity Of sendpax
such troops into Poland to check The
~bolshevist advance, IT IL Understood
have been without SUCCESS 20 FAR. The
United States 1t is said, will o o
sent to accept in principle or IS q NILS
ttary policy the task OF using Amsrt-
an forces in Poland at All or In RUS
STA In larger numbers than already
are employed
Paris, Jar. l4.-Colonel House wao
under physicians carr today. He was
attended by two doctors and two
nurses yesterday.
Paris, Ian. l4.-Discussion OF organ.
tzation n methods of the peace COM
gress proper were resumed at the
ond meeting of the inter-allied supA-
ror council this afternoon.
Consideration Of problems In Onnec
ton with extensions OF the armistic0
also formed o part of the DELIBERATIONS
By Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 14-The first actual ses-
sion of the peace congress is being
held today, although 1t is officially dea-
ignated as one Of the series OF conve
sations for laying the groundwork for
the structure which will later be pres
scented to the formal assembly OF the
delegates of all he nations.
These conversations will take up De-
tails of the program to be carried out.
what subjects will be considered at the
meetings, the roles Of expert advisers
and the order In which various matters
will he considered.
Today's meeting will probably heal
with the organizations by which the
peace congress will function. It IL
also expected to make a start toward
a decision ON the question whether tho
sessions will be open or secret.
Nothing has developed to alter the
statement that he American delgates
are primarily concerned with the crea-
ton of a league of nations and the
making of a just peace. Territorial
ambitions. focal quarrels and rivalry
for economic advantages among the
European delegates are secondary In
the minds of the Americans.
American Program.
Reports that the American de1sga-
ton has agreed on a working plan for
a league of nations and that it will be
on OF the first things to be laid boz
fore the congress have been current
In Paris. All outward evidences In
official quarters point in the other d.
rection. 1t is known that as ate as
President Wilson's return from Italy
ne was not prepared to lay down q
working plan and that he preferred
to have other plans originating among
the entente delegates offered first.
Mr.. Wilson has selected five men
connected with the American mission
to draw up a tentative plan which he
could compare with his own ideas. Out
of the whole it was hoped to frame
some concrete proposition representing
the best ideas of the American dele
cation. These men have not finished
LIiCiI H@E
American international lawyers are
convinced that the great battle Of wits
will come in the discussion of what
ever machinery is proposed to lessen
the probability of war. Their principal
concern is thai the structure Of the
agreement, whether it is called a
league Of nations or something siae.
shall not be framed, like The Hague
conventions in qualifying pharases
which would undermine the whole
structure.
Machinery to Prevent War.
President Wilson and his commits
sioncrs were working on the theory
that Great Britain, France. Italy and
the rest of the world want some new
machinery which will prevent war
Upon such a determination they are
fundamentally agreed. The business
of conversations which begin today
is to find a common ground upon
which all can unite for such a
1t was reported some time ago that
the most that was hoped for before
Mr.. Wilson'S return to the United
States is q general agreement on broad
principles. There is NJ reason now
to change that forecast.