Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-20


jurisdiction of one of the parties,
under international law, the league
council shall so report and make rec
ommendation for its settlement. I'M
migration, tariffs and the like, the
president said, clearly some under
that provision.
Article Y All Right.
The president said the United
of choice as to the application of
force in carrying out Article ten of
the league covenant.
After tie president had delivered
his statement, Senator Lodge said
Mr., President: We have no thought
of entering upon arguments as to in
terpretations, but the committee was
very desrous of getting information
on certain points which they thought
would be of value in consideration Of
the treaty which they desire to hasten
in every possible way.
If we have to restore peace to the
world 1t is necessary that there should
be treaties with Austria, Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria. Those treaties
are all more or less connected with
the treaty with Germany. The ques-
prospects are Of receiving those
u eaties for action.
The President: I thing 1t Is very
good. sir, and so far as ! can judge
from the contents of the dispatches
from my colleagues on the other side
of the water, the chief delay Is due
to the uncertainty as to what is going
to happen to this treaty. This treaty
Is model of he others.
Senator Lodge: They are not re-
garded as essential to the considera-
ton of this treaty?
The President: They are not re-
garded as such, no, sir; they follow
this treaty.
Senator Lodge: I do not know
kabodt the other trea4fis, but khe
treaty with Poland, for example, has
heen completed?
The President: Yes, and signed;
but 1t il dependent upon this treaty
Ny thought was to submit it upon
the action of this treaty.
Senator Lodge then asked whether
the British could show the commit
tee the tentative league of nations
drafts submitte dby Great Britain,
France and Italy.
HASN'T the Data.
The President; I would have sent
them to the committee with pleasure,
senator, If had them. took 1t for
granted that l had then; but the
paper that remain in my hands re-
main here in haphazard way, / can
tell you the character of tho other
drafts. The British draft was the
only one, as I remember, y p was In
for form of a definite constitution of
a league, The French and Italian
drafts were in the form of series
Of proposition laying down z, neral
luless and assuming that the Gnmmis
s{or II Bhatever baAc r6a,% tfe fin-l
forfffuiauons woiiid nuiid upon those
principles II they We're adop-c, Th&y
were principles quite consistent with
the final action.
l remember saying to the commit
tee when ] was here in March some
thing to the effect that the British
draft had constituted the basis; /
thought afterward that that was mis-
leading and l am very glad to tell the
committee just what | meant
President Wilson said he disagreed
with the opinion given the commit
tee by Secretary Lansing that Japan
would have signed the treaty regard
less of whether is contained the Shan
tung provision.
How Treaty Was Built.
Some months before the conference
assembled a plan for the league of
nations had been drawn up by
British committee at the head of
which was Mr. Phillmore--T believe
the Mr. Phillimore, who was known
as the authority on International law.
A copy of that docImt mt was sent to
me and built up on that redraft.
! will not now say whether | thought
1t was better or not an Improvement:
hut l built on that draft which
was quite different, inasmuch as l pm
definiteness where there had been
What seemed indefiniteness in the
Fhillimore suggestion. Then, between
t' at time and the time of the forma.
ton of the commission on the league
of nations, l had the advantage OF
seeing a paper by General Smuts of
South Africa, who 'eemed to me to
have done some very clear thinking,
particularly with rsg<rd to what was
to be done with the pieces of the dis
membered empire. I2efore I got to
Paris therefore. / 1ewrnte the docE-
ment on which have alluded and you
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