Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
WILSON WILL GUIDE MEET
TO AMEND PACT; PR0vISO
Up FOR MONROE DOCTRINE
Japanese Seek Amend,
ment Granting Aliens
Equal Treatment.

Paris, March 2O.-PreSIdent
Wilson spent this forenoon in
work at the Paris ~White
house." in preparation for an
other conference this afternoon
with Premiers CIemenceau and
Lloyd George. The conference
will take place at Mr.. Lloyd
Georges residence.
President Wilson will act as
chairman at the meeting Of the
league OF nations commission
-. which will be held Saturday
ghen all proposed amendments
and changes will be considered
and the plan put into definite
form.
The American delegates plan
to accept a limited number of
amendments 10 the proposed
league of nations plan.
This will be the first meeting of
the commission since the covenant
was adopted the day before Mr..
Wilson left for America, and it will
consider proposals submitted at the
hearing of neutrals today, and also
any other suggestions which have
taken definite form.
PrOVisO for Monroe Doctrine.
Lord Robert Cecil and Thomas W.
Gregory, former United States at
torney-general, are now here and
are among those who have sought
to draft a proviso relative to the
Monroe doctrine in such form that
it will meet the approval of legal
experts.
The commission plans 60 hold
continuous sessions until the work
Of revision is completed.
Japs Propose Amendment
A Japanese amendment to the
covenant of the league of nations
providing that the contracting par
ties shall agree to grant equal and
just treatment" to all aliens within
their borders who are nations of
states that are members of the
League, will be submitted to the su-
~i5feme council. it is learned by Reu-
ters from Japanese sources.
The standpoint of the Japanese Is
that alien citizens of all nations
sufficiently advanced to become
members of the league should have
rights in travelling or living in for
eign countries, it is said.
Ask Equal Rights.
While the Japanese delegates do
not accept the view that treatment
of foreigners and discriminating
immigration laws are purely mat
ters of domestic policy, they say
they are content to ask from the
league only recognition of the
,1o % ifrir1 IN,
foreign countries to equal rights
with other aliens.
British Oppose Proposal
The dominion delegates here
heartily concur in the view of the
British delegation that the ques-
tion of the equality of the treat
ment of all nationalities through
o1A.the world is not a matter for
the league of nations. A promin-
ent Australian expressed the opin-
ion that the commonwealth was
not prejudiced against the Japan
ese. but had a great admiration for
them. Nevertheless, he said, Aus
tralians believed that it would be
better for the future world if each
race should develop along its own
distinctive lines.
The chief consideration. the
continued. was the in
dustrial one. Australia aimed at
building UP in the most rapid man
ner an alI-British population of
more than fifteen millions, and her
chief attraction was her high
wages and pleasant industrial con-
ditions The Asiatic worker, as
known in Australia, however, was
a cheap worker, and therefore, the |
continued, if the doors !
were opened to Asiatic immigra-
tion they would have to be closed |
to Europeans.
A Canadian delegate declared !
that the question of immigration |
must be settled individually by !
each country. Canada, he said.
hitherto has had no complaint re- |
garding the Japanese in Canada. |
Their immigration was limited. he |
pointed out, and only a few hun
ired wre admitted yearly.
Labor Problem Decided.
The commission on international |
labor =, questions today decided
against the international labor bu- !
<su when constituted, invoking the
aid Of the league of nations to en-
force its decisions. This decision !
was mainly due to difficulties
which would be encountered in the
United States, where state consti-
tutions would need alterations be-
fore they would permit such outside