The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-21
Supreme Council Tells Him
Form for Invitations He Is
to Give Nine Nations.
WILL CABLE DATE LATER
President Required to Notify
United States Despite Non
Ratification.
By LAURENCE HILLS.
Stdr Correspondent Of THE suN.
Copyright. 1919. oil rights reserred.

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PARIS, Oct. 2O.-The Supreme Coun-
ell of the Peace Conference approved
to-day the form OF the call for the
first meeting of the Council of the
League of Nations and cabled it to
President Wilson. Under this the
President will be required to notify
his own country OF the time and place
of meeting and TO invite it to be rep
resented. IL by that date it has rati-
fed the peace treaty and the covenant.
Each OF the nine nations constituting
the council is named in the call
It looks now as If six OF these ma
tions may participate. Greece, Brazil
and the United States being those not
represented through failure to ratify
the treaty. The council decided def
nitely that the needing should be held
here the day the ratifcations are de-
posted and this date, when 1t Is fixed,
will be cabled to the President for in
sertion in the call.
The Council. 1t appears now, will ap-
prove formally and put in motion the
machinery designed by Col. E. NJ. House
and the British representative last sum-
mer. although certain changes had to be
made in their programme because they
had counted upon the United States as
member of the league when it went
into effect. With Great Britain largely
exercising a directing hand, for the time
being at least, the league is to be started
as going concern and its operations
will be directed from London. Great
Britain, it appears, has paid all the in
itial expenses, amounting to $4,000
Furthermore, the majority of the cleri-
cal force are British.
Certain Americans are working with
this organization, despite the fact that
their Government has not yet sanctioned
such participation whether they are be-
ing paid out of British funds is not clear
Indications now point TO the deposit OF
ratihcations within ten days, but none
of the other nations has any idea now
that the United States will have ratified
the treaty by that time or that II will
be represented at the first meeting OF
the council OF the league.
The Supreme Council to-day also drew
up the form of the Rhineland proclama-
ton by which authority over that region
will pass to a civilian commission.
EVioently the council or tho league
at its first meeting will dispose only OF
the Saar Valley question and other mat
ters which cannot be postponed. There
Is general disposition to create only a
temporary organization to meet emer-
gencies which will be replaced by q
permanent organization when the Ave
principal allied and associated Powers
have ratified the treaty.
Although appeals have been made by
Poland for American army clothing and
! shoes to supply the Polish troops. 1t was
made known in the Supreme Council
meeting to-day that the United State;
could not give surplus army supplies
to Poland without the special authority
OF Congress. Consequently the task OF
supplying the Poles, whose needs are
very urgent. will. it is stated, devolvt
upon France.