Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-25
SECOND OPEN
SESSION OF
CONFERENCE
British Plan For Nations
League is Expected to be
Made Known.
OUTLINE PUBLISHED
IN u. S. NEWSPAPERS
Prediction That European
Leader Will Open De-
bate Fulfilled.

bate Fulfilled.
Paris, Jan. 25.-Dayid Howl
George, the British premier. at
the second open session Of The
peace conference TODAY. VIVA AZ.
pected to discuss the British Man,
for a league OF nations, the out-
lines of which were published i'm
the United States for the lirst
time today, Thereby fulfilling pFe.
dicttons that President Wilson
would leave to one of the En-.
ropean statesmen the opening OF
the subject, Withholding the ex.
position Of his own Views for the
future.
Without any Official outline OF
the Presidents plan for league
before the pubic, q comparison
OF what Premier Lloyd Georxe
has In mind with what the prea-
dent may propose is only partly
In order, but 1 it may be aaid on
the authority Of those in . posi-
ton to know what is In the Dres-
ident's mind that the British ont
line very generally accor1s with
the principles toward which the
American group has been work.
ing.
The outstanding principle ex.
pressed In the British outline,
which declares that q distinction
must be realized between justice
able disputes and nOn-justiceable
disputes and that each state must
be the final judge whether or not
q dispute is jusdceable, is taken
In American circles to be quite
in line with the deeelopine opin-
ion among all delegates. 1t has
been reported previously that the
point has been passed where tha
creation of a super-sovere1knty
had been considered feasible.
The general outlines of tha..
British plan also are taken II
American quarters to be in con.
sonance with the generally crys.
tallizing idea here that the leagus
probably would be pxojected a. &
sort Of = guardianship for .sHqalls
sss eps;' .s s.7satne intesssat ttl,ss-ss,
al assistance for the devclopnant
and preservation OF economic ard
financial as well as military SOW
ereignty. 1t is pointed out t1
full measure of comparison can.
not be made until President VII
son makes q statement of his
own ideas and that he Is consider
ing some phase which is not ex.
pressed in the British outline.
President Wilson has been CIV
ing the proposition almost con-
tinuOus study even though en-
gagged in the study of the Russian
question and other issues before
the supreme war council and has,
it is said, his ideas definitely re-
duced to form in which they
can be placed before the peace
conference.
To have an outline laid down
by Premier Lloyd George. how
ever, is recognized on all sides as
the most agreeable starting point
from which the American dele
gates hope to develop a definite
foundation of general principles
which may be completed before
the president leaves for the
United States.
The warning issued yesterday
by the supreme council that ter.
ritOrial claims must come before
the conference unmarked by at.
tempts at possession by force IL
widely discussed here. 1t seems
to be generally acknowledged
that President Wilson was the
author of the warning and that
he has a deep feeling in the nat-
ter beanse in at least one In
stance where small bodies of
American troops were under
other command. they were used
to push forward into q territory
where the native population
would not have tolerated the
forces of any European power,
but hailed the coming OF the
Americans with JOY. In some Of
these cases, after the welcome
had died down, the population
awOke to find that the American
troops had departed and that
their towns were in the possession
of troops of another nationality.
The president, it is known,
took summary action to prevent
the use of American forces for
such purposes.
He now has secured an agree
ment in the peace conference to
warn all nations against such
steps.
Some rapid and substantial
strides toward the real objects OF
the peace conference are e1-
pected as q result Of today's ses.
sion. With the league OF nations
question formally before them
for discussion, the delegates are
expected to work continuously 1t
the task, possibly ten hours .
day. President Wilson, It Il satd,
has told the Delegates he wOuh