The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-22

TIC and on the land front was u
The council continued the formula
ton of its concrete proposal on lhe
Russian situation which, It was an
nounced yesterday, it was hoped Wopiu
be completed today.
W. +. Massey. the premier Of New
Zealand, was present with the council
for a short time.
President Wilson and David Lloyd
George, the British premier, are IN
complete agreement as resaras ,ho ,ho
Russian situation, according TO the
Paris edition of the London Daily Mail
They regard settlement of the rus
sian question as absolutely necessary
preliminary TO the formation OF
league OF nations. the newspaper &c
clares and they are anxious to secure
the evidence of accredited BolsheNlK
| representatives. as to the status OF kus-
| sian affairs.
With the hope of formulating def
| mite line of action on the Russian sltua-
| tion, the supreme council continued To-
| day to devote most of its attention 10
| the subject. Discussions were taken up
where they were left off yesterday, ana
some announcement of a fully matured
| policy is expected to be made during
| today's session.
| PRINCIPLES of action have been decided
| upon, in the main, and virtually all that
| remains is to reduce the agreement TO
| writing aud get final assent to, II by
the delegates. There was no Indication
at the opening OF today's meeting as to
which one Of three proposals ALREADY
considered had been accepted or wheth !
er an entirely new plan had been
| worked out .The. policy sof huiidiR9 y
wall around Bolshevism by encourag-
ing lawful governments is being Spoken
of as being foremost among possibiii-
| ties. Consideration of the Polish prob
lem may have added an element which
may change the action from its orig
inally contemplated form.
| While the peace congress is getting
| into action the question of President
| Wilson appointing a fifth delegate to
act on the American mission when he
| himself departs for home has again
| arisen and the names of William II.
| Taft and Elihu Root have been men
| toned Mr.. wilson's decision. as TO
| the appointment of another delegate
| depends wholly upon whether he VIII
consider it necessary to return to Eu-
| rope after the adjournment of the
| American congress in March. There Is
| absolutely no question that the presi-
| dent feels he must return to America
passed at Washington. He has no
| thought of signing them here on the
| theory that the embassy Is American
| territory.
May Come Back.
SO far the president has not been
able to determine whether to return
| to the peace congress because Suffici-
ent headway has not been made TO in
! dcate what may be hoped for in the
Approximately 90 days before his ship
sails. He has expressed the hope that
! ii would not be necessary for him 10
make another voyage across the At
lantic At the same time, however, he
has told his colleagues that as he
considers the business of the peace
| irnn Mt
his country and the world, he would not
hesitate to return II his presence is
| necessary to the success OF his plan
for league OF nations
Until he has decided whether he will
return there Is no way of forecastins
the appointment of another American
delegate. II one should be named, Sec
retary of War Baker or possibly Ad<
mira w. S. Benson might be appointed.
The possibility Of Admiral Benson be-
4 ing made a delegate depends on wheth-
er or not II is decided that the Amer
lean navy should be represented
It is quite probable that President
Wilson will take back with him as
many American soldiers as his ship. the
George Washington can accommodate
on one Of her voyages she carried 1900
men Fully realizing the desire Of
American troops to be speedily returned
to their homes and also the shortage
of tonnage to transport them II is said
the president wants every available BIT
of space used for returning troops and
number with him.
or course, the general scheme Of re-
turning the troops to America Is bound
up with the work Of the peace con
gress and the progress 1t makes toward
restoring Europe to a postwar basis
hut meanwhile. under the presidents
directions. e. n Hurley, chairman Of
the shipping board, Is constantly at