Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-05
NATIONS LEAGUE
NOW MAT TER OF
LET TING SMALL.
ONES IN Or OUT.
Two Plans Before Lead
ers Entrusted With
Fixing Details.
EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL
FEATURES ARE OPPOSED

| Paris, Feb 4.-(By the Associated
Press President Wilson presided, to.
night. over the commission of the socl
ETY. of nations, which had before it the
! completed project for constituting ths
| leagne, discussing it article by article
| While there is no authoritative informa-
| ton concerning the details of the pro.
ject. the distribution of printed drafts
among the members has disclosed the
main features, and there can be sum-
marized as follows:
Two main plans have been presented
winch the members of the commission
regard as embodying the American
views, the both plans are composite. con
timing the best features from various
sources, American, British. French and
Italian.
Both plans are being considered to-
gether. In its original form. the first
plan is generally regarded as more dem
| ocfatlc. and, therefore. more acceptable
70 the small powers. whereas the revised
plan Is not 20 acceptable to the small
powers, as it eliminates them from
the executive branch of the proposed or
ganization and is Il long step towNd the
creation Of an international supreme
council with a fundamental basis+ef cod
Hled international law
Plan That Suits Small Ones.
The first plan had three main fea
tures
First--A legislative branch, ON
which the great and small nations
were equally represented, each as
unit.
Second-An executive branch con-
sisting of two members from eaea of
the great powers, United States,
Great Britain. France. Italy and
Japan and nine members chosen
from the small powers This gave
the executive body total member
ship of l9, of whom 10 would rep
resent the great powers, and nine
would REPRESENT the small powers.
Thirt-Arbtratio was provided
for the determination of internation-
at issues. In case of dispute be-
tween two nations. each nation nam
ed arbitrators, and these two Sc
lected third arbitrator. Three arbi-
traitors thus chosen constituted
tribunal for determining the issues.
The foregoing. on broad lines, is the
project which meets with most favor
among the small nations, as they would
be represented both on the legislative
and executive branches.
II is to be noted that such an organ
ization would follow somewhat the line
of the present peace conference, as the
legislative branch is analogous to the
plenary session of the conference. while
the executive branch is similar to the
council Of the great powers now holding
daily sessions.
Revised Plan Not Popular.
The revised plan makes several i'm
rortant changes. The legislative branch
remains the same, with the great and
small nations represented. The execu-
tive branch is modified, however, so as
to consist chiefly of the great powers.
with two representatives from each, to
which others from the small powers may
be added when interests especially af-
fecting them arc at issue.
The third branch is entirely changed,
SO as TO eliminate the plan of arbitrators
and substitute an executive council of
the great powers as tribunal fer judg-
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