Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28

ton as to whether Norway, Sweden, Dem
mark. Holland, or Switzerland will join the
league.
Eight answered your eighth ques-
ton in reply to a question asked me at
our conference the other day. (This ques-
ton referred to licensing of exports to
GermanyD
"Nine--tn February. 1917, Spain was re-
quested to take charge of American inter-
ests in Germany through her diplomatic
and consular representatives. and no
other arrangements has since been
made
"Ten-The committee to prepare plans
for tho organization of the league. for
| the establishment OF the seat of the
league and for the proceedings of the
first meeting of the assembly has been
appointed, but has not reported.
"Eleven-Article l1s of the peace treaty.
: part ", under which Germany re-
nounces all her rights to territory for
merry belonging to herself or to her allies
was understood. far as special provi-
zion was not made in the treaty itself
for its disposition as constituting the
! principal allied and associated powers
the authority by which such disposition
/ should ultimately be determined. 1t con-
entrusts the disposition of the territory
! in question to their decision.
Twcvc--Germany's Pronunciation in
favor of the principal allied and assoc
ciated powers Of her rights and titles to
! her overseas possessions is meant SINH
! larry TO operate as vesting in those powers
/ Il truSteeship with respect of their final
disposition and government.
( "Thirteen-There has been a provisional
agreement as to the disposition Of these
overseas possessions. whose confrna-
/ ton and execution is dependent upon
! the approval of the League of Nations.
| and the United States is a party to that
provisional agreement.
"Fourteen-Thc only agreement be-
! tween France and Great Britain with
regard to African territory. of which
am cognzant. concerns the disposition
of rights already possessed by those
countries on that continent. The provis-
! ional agreement referred to in the pre-
| ceding paragraph covers all the German
! overseas posse ssions in Africa as we'll
as elsewhere.
| "Flftoen-No mention was made in con-
nection with the settlement of the Saar
Basin Of the service of an American mem
Der of the commission of five to be set
up there.
Sixteenth was deemed wise that the
United States should he represented By
one member of the commission for settling
the new frontier lines of Belgium and
Germany, because of the universal opin-
ion that Americas representative would
add to the commission a useful element
of entirely disinterested judgment.
! "Seventeen-The choice of the commits
/ sion for the Saar Basin vas left to the
council of the League of Nations. becausa
! the Saar Basin is for Is years to be direct
! ly under the care and direction of the
! League of Nations.
! 'Eighteer-Article So does in effect pro.
vide that five Of the members of the
commission of seven fix the boundaries
J between Poland and Szecho- Slovakia
should he nominated by certain countries,
! because there are five principal allied and
associated powers and the nomination OF
five representatives by those powers
necessarily means the nomination of one
, representative by each of those powers.
"Nineteon-No such commission has yet
been appointed. The commission referred
to is that for the fixing of the Polish
boundares).
'Twenty-1t was deemed wise that the
United States should have a representa-
tive on the commission set UP to ex-
ercse authority over the plebiscite of
| Upper Silesia, for the same reason that
! have given with regard to the COM
mission for settling the frontier line OF
, Belgium and Germany.
sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON"