The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-20
kEUTRALS TO
HAVE VOICE
IN CHANGE
OF LEAGUE
Proposed. Amendments to be
Considered at Commission
Meeting Saturday = Def
mite Form Will be Decided.
PROVIDE FOR DOCTRINE
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PARIS, March 20.-President Wilson
will act as chairman at the meeting
of the league of nations commission
which will be held at 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning when all proposed
amendments and changes will be con-
sidered and the plan put into definite
form. This will be the first meeting
OF the commission since the covenant
was adopted the day before Mr.. Will
son left for America and it will con-
slider proposals submitted at the hear
ing of neutrals tomorrow and also
any other suggestions which have
taken definite form.
Lord Robert Cecil and Thomas w.
Gregory, former United States attor-
ney general, are now here and are
among those who have sought to draft
proviso relative to the Monroe doc
trine in such form that it will meet
the approval of legal experts
Neutral countries of Europe, Asia
and South America will be given op-
portunity today to express their views
and propose amendments to the league
of nations plan. Nearby neutrals
such as Holland and Switzerland have
sent delegates in response to the in
vitation of the supreme council, while
more distant countries will be repre-
sented by ambassadors and ministers
residing in Paris.
Will Ask for Membership
|. The meeting will be held at the
Hotel De Crillon, the American head
quarters, in the same room where
I,a fror ao6 md i-
proposed to continue the session
throughout the afternoon and evening
and, IL necessary, tomorrow, in order
to complete all neutral proposals and
prepare them for submission to the
commission on the league of nations.
Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain
will be chairman and Premier Venize-
los of Greece, DR.. M. R. Vesnitch of
Serbia, Paul Hymans of Belgium,
Colonel E. M. House Of the United
States and Leon Bourgeois CT France
will sit as members of the sub-com-
mission. The claims of neutrals will
be heard either directly or by memor-
andum, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Persia.
Guatemala and most of the South
American neutrals having some sug-
gestions to make. Those represented
by delegates or ministers will be
heard together, according to present
plans.
The three Scandinavian countries
will present virtually identical propos-
ais, it is understood. these being in the
main, favorable to the league and ask
ing that neutralS be admitted to men,
bership.
Japanese Amendment.
A japanese amendment to the cove
nant of the league of nations provid-
ing that the contracting parties shall
agree to grant equal and just treat
ment" to all aliens within their bor-
ders who are nationals of states that
are members of the league, will be
submitted to the supreme council, it
is learned by Reuters from Japanese
sources.
The standpoint of the Japanese is
that all citizens Of nations deemed
sufficiently advanced to become mem
bers of the league should kave equal
rights when travelling or living in for
eign countries, it is said. While the
Japanese delegates do not accept the
view that treatment of foreigners and
discriminating immigration laws are
purely matter of domestic policy, they
say they are content to ask from the
league only recognition of the claim
of their people now living in foreign
countries to equal rights with other
aliens.
Foch is Called.
Marshal Foch and other generals
were called in during today's pro-
longed session of the supreme council
to give their advice as to action which
should be taken in Galicia, where
Ukrainian forces are besieging Lem
berg, which is threatned from three
sides. 1t was decided that a sharp
warning should be sent to both sides
asking for suspension of histilities.
The warning will take the form of an
injunction" to the two armies.
President Wilson had dinner with
Colonel House tonight, going over the
talks which the latter had today with
Premiers Clemenceau and Orlando on
French boundaries and the Jugo-Slav
question. The dinner was followed by
a reception in which Mr.. Wilson and
a number of other prominent figures
at the conference participated.
The commission on international
labor legislation today decided against
the international labor bureau when
constituted, invoking the aid of the
league of nations to enforce it's de-
cisions. This decision was mainly due
to difficulties which would be en-
countered in the United States, where
state constitutions would require al
terations before they would permit
such outside interference.