The evening world., 1919-01-21
j. s. WANTS BLAME
FOR WAR DECIDED
BY FULL INQUIRY
Supreme Council in Paris
Again Takes Up Rus
sian Question.

PARIS, Jan. 81 Omitted Press).-
Following a long conference this morn
ing, in which the Russian situation
was further discussed the Supreme
War Council resumed its session this
afternoon in an effort TO clean up all
preliminary work and permit the gen.
eral congress to get under way.
President Wilson is understood to
have been largely instrumental in the
steering committee reaching the de-
cision to hold an extra session to-day.
IL was reported that the disposal OF
preliminaries had progressed to such
an extent that the full congress would
be able to take UP the big essential
problems OF the peace settlement be-
fore the end OF the week.
II. Scavenius. former Danish Am
bassador TO Petrograd. one OF the
last diplomats TO leave Russia, was
heard by the council this morn
/
last OF the neutrals to break OF re-
lations with the Soviet Government,
! II was believed that, under the cir
cumstances, his testimony would
closely parallel that OF Joseph Nou-
lens, tho French Ambassador 90
Russia. who appeared before the
council yesterday.
Noulens's statement was not made
public, but shortly after his return
from Archangel he gave out an m
terview in which he declared that
any form of recognition OF the Boil
sh Wiki was impossible.
American peace delegates to- a>
appeared to favor a thorough in
vestigation to fix responsibility fo
the wsr-that no ouIprit might es
cape. and that punishment might b.
meted out to all those sharing tn
guilt. from the Kaiser down.
with the conference programm
calling for memoranda from all tn
powers regarding responsibility TO
starting and continuing the wa
there was tremendous interest in N
attitude of the American delegation
I particularly President Wilson.
5 Tho French already have drafted
p proposal that the Kaiser be tried be
fore an international court. Premie
. Lloyd George, in his recent politics
= campaign, made punishment OF tn
o Kaiser one OF his principal plsnk
u President Wilson has been sileI
a thus far, but survey OF his as
socIates' viewpoint to-day indicate
8 they favor the most careful investiga
II ton to determine who is directly RI
;, spon sible-tho Kaiser or others.
o The President has always hel
s. guilt to be personal, and II IS reco
IS lected that when he was Governor
y New Jersey he advocated law
n determine personal responsibility f
" the acts OF corporation officials.
- Application OF the principle OF pc
=, sonal guilt TO tho Kaiser is stayc
A by doubt whether he was the pCTp,
m traitor of the crimes growing out
s. tho war or was merely the tool
the military clique which surround,
v him. Hence Il appears that II
Americans viii advocate tho mo
20 thorough inquiry to determine evo
nr person who is guilty and tho exte
of of their guilt.
u PARIS, Jan. 81 (Associatcd Pres
O. Germany. Austria, Bulgaria "A
n, Turkey cannot be admitted to I
he League OF Nations at the prcsc
o. time, but they .ould be allowed
Join as soon as the league is sat
fed that they are entitled to
?. ranked among the Trustworthy \
ut, tions OF the world.
ho This is the opinion expressed
IN Lord Robert Cecil. who has il
ne n, turned over 20 the printer the Brit
plan for the League Of Nations VIII