Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-15
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One Favors Combined Phys:
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ical Force; Other Against
49,
Aid of World Police. .s
PLANS SHAPING FOR PEACE
CONFERENCE DISCUSSION
Allotment of Representation Be.
fore Supreme Council Ses- q.
Ssa
sion Today. ~ ~

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PARIS, January 15.-The supremA
council of the peace congress resuuU1
its sessions at 1890 o'clock tod
Those in attcu>-<ae were Prem3Sk
Ciemenceau ar4 Sxreign MiniSe6{
Pichon, for FranAss President wiis6s
and Secretary OK Btate Lansing, ~
the United States; Premier Ll6f6-
George and Foreign Secretary BalfoaeE
for Great Britain; Foreign ,Minist5f
Sonnino, for Italy, and viscount CA46
da and Baron Matsui, for Japan. -
The supreme council took a. recess u
1880 O'Clock until 2:30. The mornikk
session was devoted entirely TO disclf
sion of methods of procedure.
By the Associated Press. -
PARIS, January 15.-With the ~
sumption today Of the meetings -
iminary to the peace conferences it'd
apparent that the movement to creaae
league of nations is being carrieds(
by two forces, having the same obje
but differing as to the means for mii|E
ing effective the DECISIONS of the PR
posed world society.
One Of these represents the contser
ton that the decisions of the leAxun
must be backed by its combined phy1l.9
cal forces. while the other represe41&
i
the view tnat It's nnoings can Pc
forced without the aid. of comu5
warld.noIice force. sF2
bipiomatists, "atcnHnG tne mo
ment of the two ideas as they ce
int hearing hefora khe rorfSvrssass11*
.. -, -. - -:
seem impressed Win tne (
both are moving toyAf6 3 e
rro,nd xyh;ch fcr .raturfA ,,.lsS3 tGS<<E
s..... - ! J.. - "a ~
woe tnas tne heSioas eeAt1 teseIsS S
eacn inoiviuuaf case tne4srs -
whetner they would as1lfse
force or avail themselves o.
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There is reason ~ bSlieve that - -
. 7-.-,..,l SsES'
support of some Of the EuropSs
statesmen and there Is nothing -
dicate that 1t would be rejected hy
American representatives s.sts s,..t
This is the feature Of the situa4f
as it exists today The plans are
ing rapidly put into shape in in1oI1n11.
conferences and are working toS43[E
a position where the pence confef5
in full session can discuss them .tIkoIe
oughly and then probably name &C.,
mittee or Commission. from among ~
nemhersbin tp nrndure fhe fpSulSx'
morL ;n ,,yr;t;rr ,rtth Al. ...i.t sf,s,SSr
~ ~. ..rs,iI s.,;sa 1850 - q.
Ths worL hafara tsdav.s ....sn,, -.
.ha s,nrax,a. o.,,.,r,s .a:nsrissS ~caS- q
,,Ie,;aa ne .h. aIIat,aant nsrsnrs.S~eSS
.r .,oll ioL ,ns it nons anv "a
lheI ueinine my 1eosn " ~
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~ 10 'ne Ia oous sS - 1sS
.ne ~orh Doas May Ds Sot :st 49,
Inat OIL creuentIa'e So.nlni -
cedins the sttIn8s OF An Ast
natlonai conVehtlou. me proiiIuin
sesslons NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VII co.u %
question coHiinuousy. Win ~
pecta.lon oi ns ~ S<sSs
for,,a, pO s,tt;ne of the neace ccn~r7
ioImaI sitt,hs VI tHe peace cohsse
VIII De heio- -
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League 1aAeS 1leSeoeuce. - ss
nv, -- ..-->~,v
|SSSs
upon calls Tor primary consioeI&t
of the forming of q league OF natio1
and tho co,press will work IN thias -
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the exclusion OF an otner supJ1cte. -
Those european statesmen wnC ue
appear 1rlehoiy 10 the puIpo.e q 49,
ting the ieague OF nAl,ons 0uSetsyt77y9s "a,
view that the formation OF the ieeS
problems which cannot be dissocdat4G
The efforts thus seem to be to b4D4
all energies to the laying OF -
of the league, SO that ~
may proceed to the actnn4
of the peace treaty In -
early spring, even, indeed. II IL
only a preliminary one which WA
dispose of the pressing question:
demobilization and the return OF -
warning countries as nearly ~ po9s
bic to the economic conditions
peace. This is recognised by all
statesmen at the conference as OF H.
utmost necessity and Is not n w.
confined to the Europeans alone.
The sponsors for the league Of NJ !
tions plans contemplate the broadentrG
out of the functions Of the propoIl
league as the preliminary discussi016 I
nroceed. their assumption being thu
these will range far into the subioG>R
of raw material and finance, proceediEE
an the theory that the financial or ect-
nor,ic domination of smaller nations -. j