The sun., 1919-02-02
LEAGUES OPERATION
BEGINS WITH PEACE
Details So Far Advanced That
Machinery Will Be Set
Up Quickly. e.. e..
RULES FOR THE COLONIES
Open Door Is Preserved and
Export DutiesPermittcd
Only by Consent.

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| LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE final establish
nent OF the league ~ nations upon q
practical basis will synchronise with the
conclusion Of the work OF the Peace Con
gress. THE SUN IL Informed from higf
British source, and that conclusion wi;
arrive much sooner than Is generally ex'
pected. possibly within three months.
In the meantime two other matters
aside from tho league OF nations. will
occupy the immediate attention Of the
peace delegates China is to get some
money. Bankers OF Great Britain
France and the United states and Japan
are to participate In a loan Of s5o.0o0,-
900. to secure which the Chinese Gov
eminent will pledge certain revenues OF
the country as security. Representatives
of the bankers concerned are to visit
China and Investigate the financial stu
alton there. TIE committee system
adopted by the conference enables this
and similar matters 70 come under
simultaneous examination
All Are Anxious for Speed.
There Is no. doubt that the represen-
tatHes In Paris OF the nations chiefly
concerned. Premier Lloyd George In par
! ticuiar. realize the intense desire OF the
| people to settle down to normal life with
the armies disbanded as quickly as pos
slble. President Wilson also Is ANXIOUS
to see the affairs Of the Peace Congress
well advanced before. .he, returns to
America, and the period Is very. brief.
1t Is obvious indeed that the treaty
Of peace will -partake OF the nature Of
provisional agreement that will be
subject 10 revtsion. by 4. organizations
which the league itself Will plan and
establish. The method which the League
of Nations will adopt for the govern
ment of the seized German colonies
will be:
First: its relation to the peoples of
the territories will be that OF a trustee.
Second: administrative activity will
be unfettered locally but an international
agreement will be made sthat certain
fixed principles shall be applied to all
these cases, The duty of the League
OF Nations will be to maintain watch
full oversight and to see that, the pr.n-
cipies actually are applied.
Tribunal to BE Set Up.
Third: there will be set up N Flu
rope some body like. q court q, appeals
or a tribunal before which pattons or
other responsible bodies. eten. local
tribes. can bring complaints cf alleged
violations OF the rules lafd down by the
league. These rules are to- be such as
will not run counter to the dictates Of
humanity or the principles otfeoonomic
science. o.,
An international agreement will be
made probably to abolish forced labor
for private profit and the league viii see
that the rules made to-control the sale of
drink to the natives are kept. Land reg
ulations probably will be adopted which
will make its complete appropriation by
the natives Impossible and will secure
their economic future.
The open door" will be agreed upon,
and IL any duties are levied upon exports
which affect other powers 1t will be nee
essary to obtain the consent of the
league of nations before they are i'm
posed. Negatively the league will not
interfere with the administration OF local
justice or with local taxation.
In short, the league OF nations will
,confine its Attention to supern a t!onal
oversight. limited. however. to the car
rying out Of principles previously agreed
upon. . -