Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-29
LABOR TO THE FRONT
AT PARIS CONFERENCE
League of Nations and Reparation
TO be Considered Soon;
America Seeks Place.

| council assembled NJ II o'clock to-day
| there were present, in addition to The
| full membership of the body, Premier
Hughes, Of Australia, one Of the Cmn"e g
representatives. and several technical
! advisers on colonial matters.
| Before II met what had threatened To
| be conflict over the representation ot
some of the smaller Powers on some oi
! the important committees had been en-
| tircly cleared away Iv the unanimous
action Of the spokesmcn of the small
nations themselves and the peace nefo-
| tiatIunS IN general are continuing 10
| move forward with degree ol progress
which the members of the council regard
as indicating definite agreements nt
rcasona| ly carly stage
Attention for the moment IR centred
chiefly ON the plan presented by Ptesl-
! dent Wilson for the Observation-Disclosures
| nf the German colonial possessions ihlR,
| indeed now is virtually monopoilzng Inc
attention of the council which has sum
| moncd representatives of New Zealand.
| kustraIln aud China INTO tho conference
| hearings which consumed most oi yes
! tcroav and which were resumed today
| DESIRES or vAptoUs INTrnrsrs.
! Premier Hughes representing Aus
| tralla claims German New Zealand tor
!
] Nov Zealand clamR Samoa Japan dc
! sirce the Marshall and Caroline groups
/ of ,Slards \ reported secret treaty he
! tween England and Japan. giving Japan
/ tho islands north of the equator md the
! PrIt,sh the colonies south at the equator.
| stands IN the way oi tho lrtcUtationatiza-
| ton plan hut Il IF generally believed
| that all secret treaties Will give way he
| fore the lcagne II nations ThcImpr'@slon
seems To- H. that the dlspcltIon oi tho
| German colonies Will bc finally arranged
h, the fv, great Powers without ret
| crencc 20 tho pcaC" conference, ~
| pltnarv session ur (" the various com
| missions
The pacifc island r,ha=,, = the colonial
| claims now before the eouncii IS particular
| III interesting a. The Nncflcan rcprcacn
! tatIvt@. because. uf tho NmcrItau interests
| IA thu pacIilc. notably through American
/ possession III IIawaii ard tho Pmllpplnc
| There has been no official announce
| ncut of Whist Japan proposes tho Powers
| should give her for her part III tie "ar.
/ Int there have been report hor" that
/ Japan wae willing - turn klaoi heW
/ back Ia China tut w'stod ~ retain the
| German nights ~ the devclopmcrt 1T the
Hintcrlaud There has hcer ~ Indication
4 of how far .hc would press her eiatms I"
! tho Pacli,c ,slards
The conferences among the peace con
gress delegates prc are already beginning
"a touch upon tn question: ot ihc ttoedon
! at tho seas uhlch probably is tie enc
question upou which tie uropcan dele
gntes seek the most mn cdlatc cnhEhtcn-
mcnt H. IL President Wilson's vicvs
Some of the foremost International
law experts attending The conference
however. seem a. 10 Of tho opinion that
tie freedom Of he seas, whcn reduced 70
/ tL, final ANALYSIS. resolves itself into tie
question uf what is cuntralaud, SINCE the
freedom of the seas really cans nothing
more than tho right OF private property
to move upon tic seas ~ tlnr oi war
Discussion is ranging around tie proPoel-
tion thai tile lca CUE oi Nations shall Gle
rldr what i r,n. rahand so Tat tie qucs-
tIon shall never IL settled hN any one u
the naflons interested This, u y Thought
may produce, 4 solution nt tie rroi l,rn
Til, question ~ disarmament tas al
ready been discussed n is lrItHi phases
and The related problem u revising lnocr-
! national maritime practices vii 20 hand
/ ia hand with II Thus hc freedom ol
the seas and All questions Which bear
Apou II are beng approached with col
sldcratlon foI thor relationship with one
| smother
Tie detailed settlement of thesc issues
probably viii 20 ultimately 10 omnI~siohs
Tor investigation and Recommendation
Such rcronmcndatIo would cone l'c-
fore til, League Of Nations ltsel u. -
manv oi the statesmen assembled IN iars@
expect, the peace conference develops
INTO the is yet unorgamlcd league
President Wilson received q delegation
from thc Council of the Federation OF
English Protcsfants ii France at tic
Murat mansion this uornlne The l'resl-
dent listened to staten cnts hy Rev " IL
fred Monod, of tie rcnch Protestant
Church and hy Cornelius Dewitt, presl-
dent Of the Protestant Committee Tor
the AID ot Devastated Regions.
ARMENIANs SEEK REPRESENTATION.
Armenian representatives in Paris, at
4 meeting last night, voted 10 forward 10
the Peace Conference and the parIianents
of the Allied Governments q resolution
protesting against tie non-recorritIon
| of Armenia IS Co-EcIhgcrtut and tic
refusal 10 adm is delegates 10 he Peace
Conference Tie resolution declares that
IN addition To refusing oilcIs from Ger
many and Turkey the ArmenIans en-
braced the Allied cause AT tho FIST oppor-
tunity and fought side hX SIDE with he
Allies until the end Tie Arncnians
it is said fought on the French, Syrian
and Caucasus fronts
The resolution recalls that after the
Brcst-Litovsk peace treaty the poorly
provlsioned Armenian army alone re
sisted the Turkish advance
In recognition OF these efforts. the res
oition asks that the Allied and asso-
ciated powers reco gnizc the rg Is Of the
Armenian nation, set then seal on it.
independence, already proclaimed and
admit its delegate to the Peace Confer
ence 80 that the solution of the Anne
man question may be made with tho CON
sent Of the Armenian people
delegation Of prominent citizens Of
Lebanon Asia Minor, has arrived IN
| Paris to look after the interests Of LEBANON
/ The delegation il co posed Of Daoud
| Bey. members of the administrative
council; Emile Eddc, Abdahan Bey
t khoury, y igid Abed q Malok, Abil
| Nalim Hajar Quad Dumani and Tanner
| Bey Hams di
The delegation includes Representa-
tyes Of all the different religions in Ieb-