The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-12
BLISS PROTEST.
OVER SHANTUNG
DENIED SENATE
President Pleads It's Conf
Dental Character in Reply
to Formal Demand.
OTHER DATA LACKING
Sends Foreign Relations
Committee Discarded
League Draft.
HAS NO NOTES ON DEBATE
HAS NO NOTES ON DEBATE
Chairman Lodge Expresses
View That No More Infor-
nation Will Be Had.
Special Despatch TO TIE suS.

Special Despdtch 70 THh Bun
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE original
American draft of the League OF Ma
tions covenant, promised to the Sem
ate last March and since then missing,
made its appearance to-day - five
months late-and was transmitted to
the Senate by President Wilson.
At the same time the President sent
two communications, one to Chairman
Lodge (Mass.) OF the Foreign Rela-
. tions Committee, the other to the Sem
ate. The letter to Senator Lodge as
serted 1t was impossible to furnish the
drafts and forms considered by the
Peace Conference, except the Ameri-
can plan finally unearthed to-day. Mr..
! Wilson pleaded that there was not a
complete file of these papers on this
side of the Atlantic, and said no steno-
graphic reports were taken of the de-
bates on the League of Nations, while
! the memoranda taken were "confiden-
tial," he explained.
from the President denied knowledge
of any German Japanese treaty and
refused the Senate the protests Of the
American peace delegates concerning
/ Shantung. Mr.. Wilson also denied
that Japan had sought to intimidate
/ the Chinese peace delegation and said
/ he had no memoranda bearing on such
e situation.
Origin of Article Y.
! Two highly significant facts were
CLEANED by the Senate from the Amer
lean draft OF the league covenant which
was injected in favor Of the SHUTS plan.
/ These are:
First, that it's third article is al
most identical with the now famous
/ Article x. OF the draft as adopted at
! Versailles, to which there has been
I such bitter opposition among the
! Senatorial critics of the league. 1t
I is accepted as showing that the Pres
| ident himself was the author of
! Article Y. The text of the corre-
| spending article in the American
! draft was:
The contracting parties undertake
I to respect and protect. as against ex-
! ternal aggression. the political inde-
pendence and territorial integrity Of
! all States members of the league"
Second. the American plan is found
to contain no reference to the Monroe
Doctrine whatever. Apparently the
American delegation did not think a
! special reservation on this point nee
essary. The reservation that finally
inf ha
! scribing 1t as regional under
! standing" was not in the first draft,
! and was only included because there
! was such a determined demand In
this country for the specific main
tenance of the Doctrine.
Freedom of Seas Clause.
Article VIII. of the American draft
| represented an effort to procure recogni-
ton of the familiar Wilson doctrine of
the freedom OF the seas" 1t provided
! for a codification OF the law of the seas
by international convention. after which
the league may "close the seas in whole
, or In part against particular Power or
| Powers for the purpose OF enforcing the
! international covenants here entered
into" Nothing at all corresponding to
/ this appears in the draft adopted at YER
| sailles, for the reason, II has been re-
ported and believed that Great Britain
would not permit
! Article I. OF the American draft pro-
! vides organization of a body of dele
{ gates consisting OF the diplomatic repre-
! sentatives OF the nations at the seat of
! the league, and the foreign Minister OF
/ the country where the seat OF the league
! is located: this foreign Minister to be
/ chairman OF the body of delegates
| Article II. provides an executive coun-
| Gil of the representatives OF the great
Powers and representatives drawn an
nually In rotation from two other panels,
one of the second rate Powers and the
other Of all others. Three votes In the
council would operate as n veto. Reso-
luticns or actions by the executive coun-
Gil OF body of delegates will act as
recommendations to the several Cavern
ments represented In the league.
Article III. guarantees political inde-
pendence and existing territorial integ-
rity of member States.
Article ". is almost precisely the dis
armament provision of the covenant as
! finally adopted.
Article " deals with arbitration The
PARTIES agree they will not resort "a
force without arst submitting the dis
rute to the executive council for arbi-
tration or inquiry.
Article vi. provides that any con-
tracing Power breaking it's covenants
under Article v. shall be deemed to have
committed an act of war against all
league members. which forthwith shall
impose economic and financial boycott
The executive council would be empow-
cred to recommend the military and
naval forces to be contributed by each
member 10 wage war against a recall
citrant member.
Article VII. reads: 'If any contract
ing Power shall be found by the league
to have declared war or to have begun
hostilties or to have taken any hostile
steps short OF war against another con-
tracing Power before submitting the dis
pute involved to arbitrators or consid.
Grafton by the executive council al
herein provided, or to have declared wal