The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-21
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(Continued from Page One.) Germany through her diplomatic and consular representatives, and no other arrangement has since been made.
 "Ten-The committee to pre- pare plans for the organization of the League, for the establish ment of the seat of the League, and for the proceedings of the first meeting of the assembly. has been approved but not been reported.
 "Eleven-Article 11S of the peace treaty, part ", under which Germany renounced all her rights to territory formerly be- longing to herself or to her allies was understood, so far as special provision was not made in the treaty itself for it's disposition. as constituting the principal allied and associated powers the au- thority by which such disposition should ultimately be determined. . IL conveys no title to those pow CTS, but merely entrusts the dis position of the territory in ques- ton to their decision.
 "Twelve-Germany renuncia- tion in favor of the principal al- lied and associated powers of her rights and titles to her overseas possessions is meant similarly to operate as vcsting il those powers a trusteeship with respect of their final disposition and government.
 ''Thirteen-There has been a provisional agreement a5 to the disposition of these overseas pcs sessions. whose confirmation and execution is dependent upon the approval of the League of Ma tions, and the United States is a party to that provisional agree ment.
 "Fourteen-The only agreement between France and Great Bri- tain with regard to African terri tory, of which I am C0gnizant, concerns the redisposition of all rights already possessed by those countries on that continent. The provisional agreement referred to in the preceding para graph GOV CTS all the Germany overseas pos sessions in Africa as well as else where.
 "Fiftcen-No mention was made in connection with the set tlenent of the Saar Basin of the service of an American member of the commission of five to be set up there.
 "Sixteen-It was deemed wise that the United States should be gNf the commission for settling the new frontier lines of Belgium and Germany, because of the univer- sal opinion that America's repre- sentative would add to the com mission useful element of en- tirely disinterested judgment.
 "Seventeeu-The choice of the commission for the Saar Basin was left to the Council of the League of Nations, beca use the Saar Basin is for fifteen years to be directly under the care and direction of the League of Ma tiCns.
 Eighteen-Article S3 does in effect provide that five or the members of the commission of seven lO llN tue llpullNhi ANG 'F- tween Poland and Czccho-Slo- valsia should he nominated by cer- tain countries. because there are five principal allied and associat- ed powers and the nomination of five representatives by those powers necessarily means the nomination of one representative be each of those powers.
 "Nineteen-No such COmmfs- sion has yet been appointed. tThc commission referred to is that for the fixing of the Polish bOundaries.)
 "Twenty-It was deemed wise that the United States should have a representative on the commission set to lcgislate au- thority over the plebiscite of Up- per Silesia. for the same reason that | have given with regard to the commission for settling the frontier line of Belgium and Germany.
 sincerely yours.
 WOODROW WILSON"