Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-04
ALL PRESIDENTS
Time FOR LEAGUE.
Concentrates on Soclety's
Creation as Time for Return
to United States Nears.
BALFOUR PUSHES. WORK

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council at its meeting today agreed
that questions in the statement of Pre-
mier Venizelos concerning Greek terri
torial interests in the peace settlement
should be referred to commission of
experts whose duty it would be to
make recommendations for a just set
tlement
The commission will be composed of
two representatives each from the
United States, the British empire,
France and Italy.
At the session at which agreement
on Greek territorial claims was reach
ed the commission about to start sfor
Poland was received for final dis
cussion of the situation. Afterward
Premier Vsnizelos continued his pre-
sentation of the Greek case, particu-
larly concerning the zone along west
ern Asia Minor.
PARIS, February a (by the Asso-
ciated Press) President Wilson has
several appointments for today, in
eluding call from representatives OF
the Bible Society and visits from some
republican congressman who have ar
rived in Paris. He is determined, how
ever, that nothing shall be, permitted
to obstruct the progress of the. com
mission of which he is chairman and
which now is engaged in perfecting
the scheme for the creation zof a
society of nations.
He is therefore concentrating his
attention upon that work. While less
than two weeks remain before the
date set for his return to Washington,
it Is still regarded as within the range
of possibility for the great project
not only to be reported from the COM
mission, but also for the peace con-
ference in plenary session to ratify
the plan and thus put ii fairly in the
way to be registered in treaty form
make record for International con-
fefences, but the Paris gathering all
ready has done that in several IN
Stances ssas lss
Working o. BonndAries.
gnssS 10 vseysaae ssetins shses ahss
the treaty of peace shdsiids be speediix
perfected. now tfat the pffncfpie 0k
the society OF nations and many Oh
the detaiis Of its construction have
the British foreign secretary, is en-
gagged upon proposition to. fix the
terrff0YiaI Boundaries of the defeated
nations at once andt promptly con-
elude peace with the enemy AZ SO. con-
stituted. The program would then be
to 20 on with the settlement OF the
other questions remaining to be solved
under the rules of the society Of
natioras S4-s'et
Even if,the effort to secure Anal ac-
tion on the society of nations by the
peace conferences before President
considered by active sponsors for the
plan that the ultimate success OF the
undertaking has In reality already
been assured through the adoption by
the full conference at its second ses-
sion of the declaration which soIemn-
ly binds the delegations to the Gre
alton of such an organization with
the primary object of averting fur
ither warfare. They consider that de-
lay In perfecting the form of the COW
enant would in nowise jeopardize its
For the present the main effort Of
the promoters is to keep out all mat
ters from the plan which are not alb
solutely vital Thus 1t may prove that
one result will be that little more
than the skeleton Of the project
frapework Of fundamental, general
pripcipies-wiIl be disclosed II is
expected. however, that upon this can
be hung almost everything essential
to the development Of the plan where
by ii is hoped to assure the peace Of
the world for generations to come.
Former Grand Duke Warns.
The former Grand Duke Alexander
Michaelovitch. brother-in-law of the
former Russian emperor. who has ar
rived in Paris, as he declares. mot for
political purposes, but to make known
interview in the Matin. that the allies
must beware of Germany in Russia
France has every reason to save
Russia. he declared. "If you do not
intervene now. be sure that Germany
will intervene in her own time. Be-
ware of Germany. That people which
now is at your mercy hides within it.
self a hate which will find its first
revenge in Russia.
"A league of nations or society of
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TO be seen If the nations will not have
dealt themselves a mortal blow by
hesitating too long to cleanse the
Russian sore which threatens to con-
taminate the whole world"
! The American delegates to the peace
conference. 1t is said. are satisfied that
the project for society of nations as
it will emerge from the committee
now handling the subject will not
conflict with or impair the vitality of
the Monroe doctrine.
What Constitutes War.
AS the plan is yet in the hands of
the committee, it is not yet possible
to make it public. but indications are
that 1t will provide that the landing
of troops with hostile intent on the
| soil of another nation will automati-
cally constitute state of war be-
tween the aggressor and all the states