The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-23
For the Formation Of the
Proposed League of
Nations
WILSON DESIRES
SUCH PROCEDURE
Tentative Agreement Upon
Russia Awaits Fulfill
ment of Conditions

question: Tor the moment, the supreme
council Of the peace congress turned to-
day to the establishment of league of
nations. This question promises to com
mand virtually the undivided attention
of the delegates until their action re-
garding Russia shows results. As the
Russian delegates are not expected un-
til Feb Is, this means that nearly the
whole attention of the congress win be
turned to the league of nations until
President Wilson's departure for Amer
lea.
Out of the Russian negotiations it is
hoped that some unanimous agreement
will be reached that will bring represen-
tatives Of that country into further ses-
sions at Paris. Delegates of all the as
sociated governments have expressed the
opinion that secure peace can hardly
be considered to have been made while
| Russia remains on fire.
Announcement that The first plan for
league Of nations to be considered
comes from Premier Lloyd George Of
Great Britain is quite eonsonant with
what has been known in circles close
to the American delegates--that Presi-
dent Wilson plans to have European
ideas come before tts congress in ad-
vance of his own.
Mr.. Wilson has told his colleagues that
he has no personal pride of authorship
in the plan for the league aud il quite
ready to support some other nations
| plan, if he feels that procedure will best
serve the common purpose. Both the
British and French plans probably will
be discussed before the president brings
out his own, which is now entirely com
pleted,
1t is definitely settled that large
number OF American troops viii 20 to
America with President Wilson on the
liner George Washington Mr.. Wilson
has personally given orders that every
available bit Of space on the liner be
given over to troops and that the per
sonnel of his party be reduced to the
minimum.
The Decision About Russia.
The full text 81 the official communi-
cation issued by the supreme council
yesterday afternoon was as follows:
The president Of the United States,
| the prime ministers and the foreign min
| listers of the allied and associated pow
ers and the japanese representatives met
at the Quai D'Orsay between and $50
this afternoon and approved the pro-
posal Of President Wilson, which reads
as follows;
"The single object the representatives
Of the associated powers have had in
mind in their discussions of the course
they should pursue with regard to Rus
sia has been to help the Russian people,
not to hinder them or to interfere in
any manner with their right to settle
their own affairs in their own way.
They regard the Russian people as
their friends, not their enemies, and are
willing to help them in any way they are
willing to be helped, II is clear to them
that the troubles and distust of the
Russian people will steadily increase,
hunger and privation Of every kind be-
comes more and more acute, more and
more widespread and more and more i'm
possible to relieve unless order is re-
stored and normal codditions Of labor,
trade and transportation once more ere
ated, and they are seeking some way in
which to assist the Russian people to
establish order.
"They recognize the absolute right Of
the Russian people to direct their own
affairs without dictation or direction Of
any kind from outside They do not
wish to exploit or make use of Russia in
any way
"They recognize the revolution with
| out reservation and will in no way and
in no circumstances aid or give coun-
tenance to any attempt at a counter
revolution.
at is not their wish or purpose to
favor or assist any one of the organized
group now contending for the leadership
and guidance of Russia, as against the
others, Their sole and sincere purpose
is to do what they can to bring Russia
peace and an opportunity to find her
way out Of her present troubles.
''The associated powers are now en-
gagged in the solemn and responsible work
of establishing the peace Of Europe and
of the world and they are keenly alive
to the fact that Europe and the world
cannot be at peace if Russia is not. They
recognize and accept it as a duty to serve
Russia as generously, as unselfshly, as
thoughtfully, as ungrudgingy as they
would serve any other friend and ally;
they are ready to render this service in
the way that is most acceptable to the
Russian people.
''In spirit and with this purpose they
have taken the following action: They
invite every organized group that is now
exercising or attempting to exercise po-
litical authority or military control any
where in Siberia, or inside the bOundaT-
les of European Russia as they stood
before the war just concluded except
in Finland, to send representatives not
exceeding three representatives for each
group, to Princess Islands, sea of Mar
mora, where they will be met by repre-.
sentatives of the associated powers, pro-
vided in the meantime there is a truce
of arms amongst the parties invited and
that all armed forces anywhere sent or
directed against any people or territory
inside the boundaries of European Rus
sia as they stood before the war, OF
against Finland or against any people OF
territory whose autonomous action is in
contemplation in the Ia articles upon
which the present negotiations are based
shall be meanwhile withdrawn and e9.
gressive military actions cease.
"These representatives are invited to
confer with the representatives of the
associated powers in the freest and
frankest way. with view to ascertain