Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-08
WILSON IS READY ID TAKE UP WORK
 0f PEACE FARLEY
After Stay in Paris, Visits to England And Italy. President Has Felt the False 0i Public Opinion.

Paris, Jan. L. (By the AsSOclateu
 Press.)-The return to Paris of Pres
 ident Wilson, the arrival of Lord Rob-
 q. Cecil. the special delegate Of the
 British govern, it s.i. the league "i
 nations, and the presence here of Leon
 Bourgeoise, the French representative
 on the same subject, marked the lnau- guration of exchanges on the definite , terms by which the league is to be
 constituted.
 been made on the various tentative
 proposals ENt forward, but in the
 recent absence of the President these have not taken definite form, as it is recognized that he personally will take a'leading part in the final formu- lation of the plan. Meanwhile, how i ever, the various governments chiefly interested are presenting outlines Tn ! quite definite form.
 Two British plans of this tentative nature have been presented-one by Lord Robert Cecil. the other by Lieu tenan. General J. c. Shuts, of the i war cabinet. The French plan as
 formulated hy Nj. Bourgeoise has also
 been set eorth, and these are being
 compared by the American specialists
 who are preparing the groundwork for l President N'ilso;..
 , Lord Robert Cecil's plan outlines broad and com prehensive organZa- tion of the league of nations, but thus i far it is in the general terms and has noo yet been reduced to definite terms of enactment as it would appear in a treaty.
 ] General Shuts plan is along sim liar lines, but more general and is mainly thesis on the advntages of such a league of nations. General Shuts is the former Minister of De- fense of the South Africa confedera- tion and will come here with the Brit ] ish Prime Minister, David Lloyd George.
 1 Both of these plans are receiving
 careful study by the American au- i thorities and, it is declared, both are regarded in a most favorable light, though it still remains to reduce the general principles to concrete terms. M. Bourgeois plan, ambodying the French point of view, while general, , also embraces a number of specific
 details, including compulsory arbitra- tion, restriction of excessive arma- i ment, an international tribunal and
 a series of sanctions or penalties for
 forcing observance of the leagues de-
 cisions. These sanctions include var
 ious diplomatic, judicial and economic measures, whereby the United na-
 tions may enforce their decrees. The American view point, as it is now being formulated by the spe- 1 cialists as the groundwork for the | President, seek to reach an accord on i fundamentals on which all agree, and 1 present them in simple working form One of the chief of these fundamen-
 tals is the formation of league which will embrace all the nations of the world, but not one which will estab-
 fish any, balance of power among a group of nations.
 Also care is being taken that the influence of the various nations in the 1 league would be in accordance with their size and importance, so that the
 great powers and the small powers ! would have voices according to their standing.
 Another feature especially concern
 ing small undeveloped nations is to be established, according to the Amer
 ican plan-a system of international
 trusteeship whereby the various
 larger nations having developed
 and stable civilization, will act as
 trustees for the society of nations in fostering the progress and develop
 ment of undeveloped communities. 1 It is recognized that the league of
 nations will have to have some estab-
 lished and permanent seat for it's ex- tensive international work, and the
 gradual conviction is taking form that
 this seat will be Versailles. The de-
 eision as to this, however, must be the
 natural outgrowth of the peace con- | ference. Reports that the working organiza- tion might be located in Holland or Belgium, are declared to be incorrect, as it is pointed out that the present war went on despite The Hague con- ventions and the peace organizations s+ The Hague, Berne and other
 places.
 Versailles. on the contrary, is felt to embody the spirit of the present movement for the restoration of peace on an enduring basis and the creation of legue of nations, and also to have practical facilities which its proXim- ity to d large capital gives.
 The present informal exchanges will progressively develop into the formal gathering of the inter-allied conference, and that. in turn, to the peace congress, in which number of committees will be charged with the various international subjects before 1 the congress. And out of these sue, cesive stages it is expected that a | league of nations will be embodied as tangible existing organization, as we'll as documentary treaty.
 The exchange of views on the ten tative plans is permitting such mu- tual accommodation on fundamental points that it is expected that a pub- lie statement will be made at an early date. with the authorization of the concerned, showing the | general character of the progress 1, made.