Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-31

support for the plan Of procedure as
evolved by the supreme council
The real work of the bureau which
takes the place of the supreme coun
ell will he done by committees which
viii report back TO the plenary ses-
sion this conclusion for approval. a
new pledge was given today that each
nation shall have the right to enter
objection to each step before it is
taken
The form in which the resolution
enacting the principle of the league
Of nations purposely was made simple
and devoid of detail so that COM
mon plane nigh be found on which
TO build a further structure.
In that work care must be taken
that no commitments be made in
Americas name which might by ad-
vance treaty tie up the nation to war
not declared in constitutional man
ner by congress Brttain's position is
much the same. ~.
The work of the various committees
is laborious and vexing because of the
heavy pressure the members will be
under through the claims of the diff
ferent nations / can say that the
spirit OF the leaders among the Amer
lean and British delegations opposes
any exorbitant demands upon Ger
many, not because OF mercy but be-
cause of the unwisdom of trying to
eat your cake and have il. ~-
In this connection it is recalled that
when Germany imposed the 5,000,-
600 900 francs indemnity upon Fran
in 1871 she subscribed largely to the
French bond issue put out to meet
the obligation and gave France a tar
if preference. She did not do this out
of kindness to France, but to herself
realizing that in helping France she
was helping most herself
The worlds greatest financiers and
economists will be called in to help
reach a settlement on the question Of
PREPARATION. There will be no indemni-
ties so called, but reparation will be
widened to include all personal aid
and civilian damages.
The conference was again open to
the press correspondents and no re-
striction was placed on their writings
save for the censorship, which, al
though punitively absent, persists in
popping up. After each fresh assur-
ance of the American and French gov
exists on matter intended for Amer
lea, new incidents arise to shake faith
in the sincerity of this declaration.
Although the French press had ex-
pressed itself as being unalterably OPP
posed to the request of the journalists
to be admitted to the sessions, it was
noticed today that the French writers
were there in large numbers and in
the front rows, obliyious to the restrie-
tons agreed upon by the correspond
ents.
although recently it has been evil
dent that the French government and
the American nation have drawn
closer together, several sections of
the French newspapers continue an
anti-Wison and anti-American drift.
IT is of no effect, however, for France
shows disposition to join on the
major points with Great britain and
America, who are quite as one.
Italy swung into line when she
signed the LAY down your arms"
communicate issued Friday, which
meant the practical abandonment of
their eastern Adriatic design
The speeches of Wilson, Lloyd
George and Clemenceau each created
deep impression. The French
leader moved his hearers when he
said, in urging that objections 10 the
plan Of action be withdrawn, "For
myself, | am no longer young, hut
am ready to sacrifice my personal
opinion, | have alrea>.y sacrificed
some long held and | am ready and
joyous to sacrifice more if it will help
in the great cause we are all here
for"
In that there was more than APP
pears on the surface, for those famil-
lar with the under side of things know
how far the old nan has gone to meet
the views he has so long and consist
entity opposed.