Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
WILSON'S START ON
VOYAGE HOMEWARD

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They have received and treated me
as l most desired to be treated, as
a friend, friend alike in spirit and
in purpose. 1 am happy to say that
l am to return to assist with all my
heart in completing the just settle
ments which the Peace Conference
is seeking and l shall carry with me
during my absence very happy mem
ories of the two months | have spent
here.
Sees at First Hand
II have been privileged to see
here at first hand what my sympath-
les had already conceived-the suf-
ferings and problams of France -
and every day has deepened my in
terest in the solution of the grave
questions upon whose proper solu-
ton the future prosperity of France
and her associates and the whole
world depend. May 1 not leave my
warm and affectionate farewell
greeting"
To Land at Boston
When President Wilson left here
to-day for the United States it was
announced that he would land in
Boston on February 25, where he
was expected to make an address
which would cover the work per-
formed at the Peace Conference.
Paris. Feb. 15.-President Will
son was the central figure of the
plenary peace conference yesterday
when in person he read the covenant
establishing a league of nations.
President Wilson was the central
figure of the plenary peace confer
ence yesterday when in person he
read the covenant establishing a
league OF nations.
Interest in Session
There was added interest in the
session as it was the last gather
ing of the delegates prior to the
Presidents departure as well as be-
ing the occasion of presenting the
document with which his name is
identified.
The President was received with
military honors as he arrived at the
foreign office and the large crowds
which had congregated gave him a
cordial welcome as he passed
through. The delegates already
were assembled when the Presi-
dent entered the council chamber.
When he entered the cham ber,
the President was greeted by Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Secretary Bal
four and Viscount Miner, of Great
Britain, and the American delegates
at the head of the table. There was
little formality. Premier Clemen.
ceau. who is president of the con-
ference, called the conference to
order and President Wilson rose and
addressed the gathering.
To Fix Blame For War
An official statement issued by the
commission on responsibility for the
war issued to-day follows:
AT meeting of the Department
of the Interior this morning at II 80
and procedure in connection with
the three subcommittee of the COM
mission on responsibility for the
war were discussed. These sub
committees are those dealing on acts
of war, responsibility for the war
and the responsibility for the vio-
lation of. the war and customs of
war.
VIII Meet Twice in Week
AN arrangement was made by
which each subcommittee is to meet
at least twice during the next week."
Comment in representative French
newspapers on the constitution of
the League of Nations as presented
at yesterdays plenary session of the
Peace Conference reveals little en-
thusiasm over the shape the pro-
ject has taken. The Figaro says:
The mystic Society of Nations
has become a league of the FIVE
great powers which beat Germany
and which, having conquered, mean
to consolidate both victory and
peace. A close alliance will result
between the United States, England,
France, Italy and Japan"
The Journal, one of the most
widely circulated newspapers here,
says:
Points to Germany
while all are speaking of frater-
niZation and eternal peace. the
French people cannot lose sight of
reality, and reality is the vicinity of
seventy million Inundated Germans
shuddering under merited punish
ment. 1t is half of Europe in
chaos
when we see evoked, amidst
such perspectives, the seductive
idea of. disarmament it is our duty
to ask plainly, where are the guar
antees and what is the force which
will shelter us from the reaction of
tragic surprise? To these questions
a careful reading of the projected
statues of the Society of Nations and
the eloquent speeches made at the
conference bring but one answer:
Moral force.
Secs No Security in Covenant
"Pertinax," in the Echo De Paris,
ends q long article by saying: I'VE
are forced to &c conclude that the
twenty-six articles bring us no Sc
curity. Until they are changed we
can sacrifice nothing of our means
of defense to them"
Atlantic City, n. J., Feb. 15.-In