The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-12


PARIS. April I..-Tsik Of ~
"Easfer peace" today had givea
way TO promise Of MAY day
peace"
While the most chronic optin,ksfn
admitted the last hope OF peace by
April 20 apparently had Vanished.
there was general feeling that the
treaty would be ready for preserio-
ton TO the Germans BY May 1. a..
least. i
Persons close to the big four Il,
firnated that an agreement has vtrtu.
ally been reached now on all f1u,y
porsant aucstions--reparati tons, ~
sponsibility for the war: tho gaar
valley. disposition OF Frume ana Dan
zig and German boundaries.
The military. naval and aerial
terms OF the treaty have been com
plefed for weeks past. The rcvtse>1
league OF nations covenant Is ready
for submission to a plenary session.
Control Of Saxr
An instance OF how the covenant
Is interviewer with the treaty n pro-
s1ded In the settlement Of the saar
problem. The -big four" akree1
that region would be under polfti<,nt
supcrvion of the league for n pe-
riod OF years. while France controls
the important coal mines there. final
ownership OF which will be detcrm-
incd BY a plebcscite directed by the
league.
The leagues committee. at last
nights meeting. approved the re-
naming articles OF the redraft- Il
was Understood that neither the Ian
anese amendment for equality. nor
the French amendment for an inter. 4
national general staff. were added
Both nations. according to unofficial
information. reserved the right 70
submit these amendments to the
pienary session for discussion.
The new article providing for ree-
ognition OF the Monroe doctrine. a
was learned today. declared thaf
nothing in the covenant shall h. con-
strued as invalidating treaties OF Ar
bitration or regional agreements.
such as the Monroe doctrine.
President Talks
When the president arose to sneak
on the Monroe doctrine amendment.
II was nearly midnight. at the end
OF long days work. Standing At
the head of the table. the lines Of
fatigue on his face accentuated bv
the blazing light OF the Chandelier.
he delivered what is said to have
been one OF the most dramatic and
effective speeches since the confer.
ence opened.
The president pointed out that the
Monroe doctrine had its inception az
a time when absolutism was supreme
In Europe; that 1t was promulgated
for the purpose OF permitting the
free and untrammeled development
OF the peoples Of the Americas.
These peoples. he said. had now
Joined with free Europeans in Z
final struggle against absolutism.
and that they were able to do 20
was directly attributable to the Mon
roe doctrine.
The presidents defense of the Mon
roe doctrine and his address sups
porting selection OF Geneva as the
permanent seat OF the league Of ma.
tons, were referred to by some Of
the delegates today as the two best
speeches he ever made.
Paul Hyman. OF Belgium. urged
that Brussels be made the leagues
seat. asserting It was fitting that
some city in Belgium be selected, in
which memories of the past are
closest and hatred of the enemy
freshest"
Wilson is said to have presented
an argument briefly and forcefully
to the effect that the league lis not
built on hate but that the wiping
out of hate among the people OF the
world is one of its prime objects.