The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-20
President Acting on ADJ
vice Received From
Home Friends.
MAKES SOME CHANGES
These Said to Be Aimed at
Senators Whose Views
Are Wavering.
MAY CLARITY ARTICLE K.
Purpose Is to Ram Through
Covenant and Peace Treaty
at One Sitting. /
MAY CLARITY ARTICLE K.
BY LAURENCE HILLS,
Stdn Correspordeut OF THE SuN.

StdU Correspondent OF THE Sun.
Copyright, 1913; all rights reserved.
PARIS, March 19.-The League Of
Nations covenant is to be completed.
with all changes and amendments
made, and ready for incorporation
into the preliminary treaty Of peace
with Germany by Saturday night Of
this week. This Is the meaning OF
the orders issued calling a full meet
ing of the Committee on the League
Of Nations on Saturday, which is ex-
pected to approve the changes which
Lord Robert Cecil and President Will
son have been making in the cove.
nant.
Lord Robert Cecil and President
Wilson have formed a close partner
ship to put through the covenant in
the next two weeks, Lord Robert be-
ing the Presidents only collaboration
apparently. The neutral nations rep.
resentatives met today by themselves
preliminary to to-morrow's meeting,
but the President already knows their
position in general way and Is nor
sympathetic to the Swiss and Dutch
request that the covenant recognize
them as neutrals, the Swiss contend
Ing that this has been their status
for generations and is part of their
national life.
May Not Heed the Request.
The President Is understood TO
have been irritated by this contention.
as he holds that the purpose Of the
league Is to wipe out all neutrality
and the chances are that the Swiss
protest will be unheeded
The league committee will have ali
Saturday for discussion, and II nee
essary the night also, but the work
must be finished at that meeting, ac-
cording to the order. The smaller
Powers have been warned plainly at
the same time that they must agree
to the covenant then.
Outside Of the japanese matter the
President is working chiefly on
changes suggested by close friends
and sent here by cable which are de
signed TO break the Republican ranks
He has before him an analysis OF
suggestions by Dwight Morrow, a
New York financial lawyer, to which
he Is giving great heed. Article X.
which refers to the independence and
territorial integrity of the league, IL
being rewritten by the President TO
eliminate its unlimited character.
while the vagueness Of article XXI.
Is being removed. According to the
best information some changes also
are being made in the disarmament
section, but the structure and organi-
zation of the league remain un.
changed.
Lloyd George 10 See IL Through,
President Wilson's ultimatum last
Saturday disarranged all the plans
that had been made here for speedy
peace, and in the end the War Coup-
ell allowed him to have his way
From among maze of happenings
| these facts stand out clear:
First-Lloyd George and Glenn
enceau have absolutely bowed TO
the will .of President Wilson. and
surrendering their conviction that
1t was inadvisable to insert the
league covenant in the preliml-
nary treaty now have agreed that
no treaty shall be drawn which
does not contain the covenant.
Standardization Wilson, real
izing that the blame might he
placed upon him for delay in re-
storing peace conditions, insists
that the covenant can and shall
he made ready by Saturday. al
lowing only four days for discuss
ing any amendments or changes
in the phraseology.
Third-Owing to the extraor-
| dinary situation created by these
developments Lloyd George has
| abandoned the trip to England
which he had planned.
His Mastery Is Complete.
| WhIlc thaSo rn ba nutCtand,n,