Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-24
EVERY NATION SEEKING
TO GAIN OWN SECURITY
Each Country Willing to Enter
World League Presents
Demands.
WOULD RETAIN NEUTRALITY
Denmark Anxious to Join, but Not
Participate i'm Battles - Japan,
Great Britain, Italy and America
All Have Claims.
BY NABoTH HEDIS.

PARIS. March Systematically every
nation OF the world. large and small,
has registered its caScrness at the
peace conference here 20 join the
league Of nations--but in each case
there is string attached to this will
lingncss.
Japan wants racial equality" slip
ulated in tho covenant. phrase which
is capable OF concca!inS germs OF i'm
portant future conflicts.
Some OF the representative American
officials here are equally insiStent that
a clause safeguarding the Monroe Doc
trine be inserted in the league char
ter, though others hold that covenant
as drafted and accepted by the league
commission covers that ground suili-
GENTLY.
France wants definite insurance
against the possibility OF future Ger
man attacks She would inser; n clause
creating Il general stan and possibly
an international police force.
Br!tain's special desires are as yet
unrevealed, but it is takcn for granted
that il the other big nations are TO
have specific clauses she will apenr
on the scene with similar suggestions,
particularly as regards territorial in
tegrity. Indeed. gossip in diplomatic
circles persists that if the other ma
proposals will bc for a clause stipu-
lating that the Irish problem is MAJ
ter concerning her exclusively.
Switzerland and Denmark want per.
petual neutrality.
Norway wishes to be absolvcd from
participation in military expeditions
against nonmcmbcrs OF the league.
Holland is worried about her arti-
fetal frontiers and colonies which may
be tempting prizes in future expansion
list ambitions of one or more of the
larger nations
Spain wants Gibraltar back
iS lpd no
Aaland Islands to complete her geo
graphical unity as we'll as military Sc
curly.
Geneva. Strassburg and Copenhagen
are strong rivals for the permanent
seat OF the leagues headquarters. Swift
zerland and Denmark are making
strenuous efforts in this race. Both
countries insist that their neutrality
must be safcsuarded in the future more
strictly than II was during this war.
denmark, for instance, is understood
while she is willing 10 share the
leagues expenses and participate in
its economic measures against any
breaker OF the worlds peace. she will
not allow contcnding armies even to
cross through her territory. owing TO
her precarious geographical situation.
rms argument is based, partly on
me TACT that IL is always difficult to
PICK the winner in world war before
hand, and allowing the loser TO pass
through ones territory might cost
deari! afterwards. In 1914 for in
stance. Denmark was confronted with
me question as TO whether she should
close the passage OF the Belt as de-
Inanded By Germany, or whether she
should heed England's wishes
member Of the Danish legation
-ikened his count: today 20 z citizen
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feeoie--w.!!ias 70 pay taxes FOR police
protection. BIZ; no; able 10 swing the
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