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LEAGUE TERMS
ARE Revised
Final Draft N2y Be Competed
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I.LEOR REPORT NEARLY READY
Problems Affecting Monroe Doctrine
ard Japan's E--.-c-:- For EG1&i IA
cia Treatment to Be lea u2.

Problems Affecting Monroe Doctrine
ard Japan's C---c-:-, For Equal Ra-
ciai Treatment to Be Tea w..
Paris. March 24.-rhe lHaEu" of ma
tons commission has spCnl several
hours clarifying the langu;@ II the
whole covenant.
The meeting was ori& @""N end
ed to be confined t. eon$;Gr"at ~ of
the amendments pro:....I !. n'nir;iis
earlier in the week, but H. 'A!IiS-
Sunrr> found the T'c"A " ''"ts
were largely for clearer verb. and
1he constitution WaS reviewed. article
by article.
President Wilson's desire tn attend
both the l@..@rc meeting; a@d + I SEES
son of the supreme war 80 Ii, Il ieccs-
STATED Il last minute change the
program. The former. at Which he
.eSiHnd. was shifted from morn .ng to
iflelnnsn. The council IS UNDERSIGNED
to have decided definitely 80 %jTr Dan
zig to Poland. together with Il corri-
dor extending from Ill" PoSen region
TO the Baltic, cutting off Il portion Of
East Prussia from the remainder of
Germany.
The Japanese postponed submission
of their amendment To the leA@ q CON
stitution providing for racial equality
It is believed this will be brought up
at the plenary session of the peace
Ny-.1 hn
openly debated. The tex Of the Jap
anese amendment is substantially as
follows:
Equality of nations being the basic
principle of the league of nations. the
high contracting parties agree to ac-
cord as soon as possible equal and
just treatment to all alien c't'ZpnS of
states which are members Of the
league. making no distinction either
in law or in fact on account of race or
nationality"
The Japanese delegates insist that
American Immigration restrictions are
not involved in the amendment. which
merely insureS equality of treatment
of Japanese already domicilcd in the
United States.
The committee on International Ia
Dor legislation completed consideration
of the proposals laid before it by
women'S representatives. which includ-
ed establishment of 4 committee of wO-
men to sit with the proposed interna
tiOnal labor bureau. The labor COM
mittee has announced that its work
is completed to the point of drawing
IN its final report to the peace con-
ference.
The greatest progress since the
peace conference began was made in
the week
A great mass of loosely related com
mittee reports and scattered dHta has
been welded into Il whole that will
constitute the preliminary treaty with
Germany.
The league of nations covenant,
slightly revised to meet the objections
of certain allied factions and the re-
concentrations of neutralS. is expect
ed to .be Completed early next week.
By next Saturday, according To semi
official information. the treaty will he
finished with the league constitution
rs an integral part. The pact will be
presented to the Germans 1T Versailles
by April |. it is believed
The military, naval and aerial terms
of the treaty, it is learned from au-
thoritative sources. will reduce the
German army to 100000 men and Off
GERS. limit the German fleet to six bat
tie ships. six light cruisers, twelve
deStroverS, twelve torpedo boats AMI
10 submarines and do away with al,
military airplanes.
The economic blockade will not be
"aiSad. nor will all the allied armies
be withdrawn from German SOL until
the conditions of the treaty are fully
complied with, it is said.
Immediately after the preliminary
treaty with Germany is signed, Separ-
ate pacts are expected to be submit
ted to Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Determination OF the boundaries of
Germany will be included in the pre-
liminary treaty, but remaking of the
rest of the new European map will
require several additional weeks, ac-
aordng to present indications