New-York tribune., 1919-01-14

mony by the Chinese authorities.
The christening was performed by
Miss Huang, daughter of the
Commissioner for Foreign At
fairs. Willing Spencer, secretary
of the American Legation, repre-
sented Paul S. Reinsch, the Amer
lean Minister.
consultation, has prepared plan which
ne is willing to put forward as that of
the United States, there is now no such
thing as a definitely accepted plan.
To Follow Old Rules.
1t is recalled by an international
lawyer working on the problem that all
projects Of this sort are to certain
extent inspired by precedent, and
that it is always desirable to utilize
what is available from the work of
previous conferences which have strug-
gleG to evolve plans to prevent war.
Naturally, those studying the problem
turn to the proceedings of the Hague
conferences, particularly the second
and it probably will be found, when
the present peace congress gets under
way, that great deal of the structure
of that conference will be utilized. 1t
is probable that with this will be
coupled the plan of William J. Bryan
calling for a years investigation of
disputes before a declaration of war.
ms latter feature is one of the very
definite things that Mr.. Wilson is un-
derstood to have in mind.
American international lawyers are
convinced that the great battle of wits
Will come in the discussion of what
! ever machinery is proposed to lessen
the probability of war. Not all of them
believe that the results Of this peace
congress will make war impossible, but
they are sanguine that it will make
armed conflicts more difficult Their
principal concern is that the structure
OF the agreement, whether it is called
League of nations or something else
shall not be framed. like the Hague
conventions, in qualifying phrases Gin
popular termlno.ogy "loopholes"D which
would undermine the whole structure
Hope to Prevent Wars
President Wilson and his commits
! sloners are working on the theory that
Great Britain, France, Italy and the
rest OF the world want some new ma
chlnery which will prevent war Upon
such determination they are funda-
conversations which begin to-day is to
flnd common ground upon which all
can unite for such a purpose Upon
the further details the United States is
SAID to be unconcerned further than
to expect fultilment of covenants and
that details of the work shall be in
agreement with the principles already
announced.
1t was reported some time ago that
net hat
Mr.. Wilson'S return to the United
States is general agreement on broad
principles. There is no reason now to
change that forecast.
Premier Clemenceau has appointed
legal committee of ten members under
the Craftsmanship of Professor f. Lar
naude, dean of the law faculty of the
university of Paris, as consulting
body which will act during the peace
congress. All questions relative to the
work of the congress which NJ. Clemen-
ceau may plan to submit will be passed
upon by this committee before their
formal presentation.
In outlining some of the chief ter
rltorlal problems before the peace con-
terence the "Matin" saws that Great
Britain, in addition to her colonial
CLAIMS, will seek to link up her African
colonies with India by means of a pro-
tectorate over consenting Arab states
After the principle of the league of
nations has been discussed, accordinr
to the echo de Paris "'the future in
ternationalzation of the Rhine will be
taken up
Long Session Is Held
congress at yesterdays session. which
lasted from 2:45 to 6:45 o'clock. took
up the question of the procedure for
the coming congress sessions The dis
cusslon dwelt largely upon the number
OF delegates to represent each power.
The proposal in the French programme.
FIXING the numbers variously at five.
three, two and one representative. ac-
cordlng to the part played by the nation
IN the war, brought forth certain OBJ
Jectlons and the council adjourned
without ratifying it,
1t is hoped that the council TODAY
wlll be able to finish the discussion Of
the questions regarding the extension
OF the armistice, begun yesterday, and
that 1T perhaps Will also reach an
agreement on the peace conference pro-
gramme. II so, it is probable that the
lirst preparatory meeting will be held
tuesday afternoon by the plcnipoten-
tlarles OF tho five great poWers-thc
United States, France, Great Britain.
Italy and Japan.
The proceedings yesterday were for
the most part in English, which is
spoken by Premier Clemenceau of
France, Premier Orlando of Italy and
Stephane Pichon. the French Foreign
Minister. Arthur Hugh Frazier. secrc-
tary of the American Embassy, acted
as interpreter for President Wilson,
translating the speeches that were
made in French
Soul Of Germany Must