Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-30

Paris Jan. &C. (By the Associated
Press. 1.-The penary session Of the peace
conference Saturday unanimously adopt
ed tho project to establish league of
nations and name q commission to draft
the complete plan.
President Wilson and Colonel House are
the two American members of the COM
mission.
The session Of the conference began at
three o'clock in the afternoon in the
Sale de la Paix OF tho foreign ONCE with
the same imposing setting al the nrst
session. but with little ceremony and a
| manifest purpose Of business.
M. Clemenceau was again in the chair.
| with President Wilson and the full Amer
| lean delegation at his right, and Premier
Lloyd George and the British delegation
at his left.
| When the session opened it was ad-
dressed by President Wilson on the sub
ject OF the proposed world league.
Tho President declared that the confer
! ence had solemn obligations to make a
! permanent settlement.
| With great earnestness he asserted that
the conference could not complete it's
work until some further machinery Of
settlement should be set up.
I'VE ara not hero alone" he went on,
''as representatives Of governments. but
as representatives OF peoples, and in the
settlements we make we need to satisfy.
not the opinions Of governments. but
| the opinions Of mankind"
The President contended that a league
Of nations must be vital thing and not
casual or occasional It must have con-
tinuity.
TT should be the eye Of nations, an
eye which never slumbers.'' he added.
On his travels, the President said, peo-
pie everywhere had greeted the league as
the first thing in their interest.
Select classes Of men TO longer direct
the affairs Of the world said tho Pres
ident, but the fortunes Of the world
are now In the hands Of the plain
peopla'
The wish Of the people. therefore. must
he heard. Tho war has swept away
those old foundations BY which small
coteries had used mankind a. p8wns IN
a game" Nothing but emancipation from
the old system, he contended. would &C.
compiish real peace.
The President satd he had seen Amer.
lean soldiers in the street--soidiers who
had come. not alone for war. but ~ "cru-
saders In great cause" He added And
I. like them, must b . crusader, what.
ever It costs to accomplish that end'
After declaring thst tho conference wa,
for the purpose Of q settlanent arising
out Of the war ana b nalre peace for the
world. the President said:
"A leasue Of nations seems necessary
for both purposes. Thsrs sre many ques
tons which we feel cannot ultimately b,
. worked out here. that may require subse
quent consideration. subsequent altera
tons even TO some degree"
He described how the war burden wa.
borne by the people as we'll as by the
armies. and said:
I'VE are hidden by these sufferers II
, make peace secure for them and see Il
1t that the strain need never be bonn,
again.
, GREAT BRITAIN AGREES
Following the reading Of a translation
Of President Wilson's speech, Premle,
, Lloyd George said:
Il should not have interviewed at all
, but 1t was necessary for me TO stat
how emphaticaliy tho people Of tn,
British empire are behind this proposal
: and II the leaders Of the British empir<
have not been able to devote as mucl
: time during the last five years AZ the,
|
reason Is that they were entirei,
occupied with other questions that wer,
more urgent for the moment.
Had I the slightest doubt as to tn,
: wisdom Of this league Of nations, It woul.
have vanished before the spectacle Al
] saw 1t last Sunday when I visited
region which but a few years ago wa
one of the fairest in this very fair land
I'VE drove for hours through what wa
wilderness of desolation. 1t did no
look like a country where there wsr
!. habitatons OF men, but It was torn AM
shattered and rent beyond all recognition
, We visited one city which had beef
, very beautiful, but there We saw scene
which no indemnity can ever make good
/ zone Of the cruelest features was tn,
l knowledge that Frenchmsn. who low
their land almost more than any othe
people. had had to assist the enemy II
Z demolishing their own homes sal,
to myself that ii Is surely time we 80
up some other method to settle quarrel
than this organised slaughter.
, II do not know II we shall succeed 1,
our enterprise, but 1t is already q sue
cess that We have undertaken It."
ITALY ENDORSES PLAN
The italian premier. Vittorio Orlando
v followed Lloyd George. He declared tina
= no people were reader to acoept tn
league Of nations in it's entirety than tn
Italian people.
Y Leon Bourgeois. . veteran French sup
: porter OF the league OF nations, spok
: next, pledging the French to do every
thing that can help out To put US o.
e the road which has been pointed out b.
a President WILSON,"
MEMBERS OF Commission
The members OF the commission of tn
< great powers on the league OF nation
will be:
r For tho United states-Pr>sident VIII
8 son and Col. Edward III. House.
Q For Great Britain-Lord Robert Gee
0 and Gen. Jan. Christian SHUTS.
For France-Lson Bourgeois and Fer
= dinand Larnaude, dean OF the faculty q
= law Of tho University OF Paris.
r For ltaiy-Premier Orlando and viteri
d | Scialoia.
For Jspan-viscount Chinda an
X. Ochiai.
o The delegates Of the small nat,ons vp
= be announced later.
RESOLUTION CREATING I.DAoUr
Following IL the text OF the r.so,ut,o
q relating to the creation OF 4 ieaxus q
q nations. which was adopted by IN
plenary session OF the peace couferenca
The conference. having considersd IN
4 proposals for the creation Of q lea rue a
a 1 49,