The sun., 1919-03-19
NEUTRALS SEEK TO
HELP FORM LEAGUE
Dutch, Swiss, Dane and Sean
dinavian ENJOYS Voice
Protest at Paris.

PARIS, March ia plea that neutral
countries should have larger snare IN
the organization and direction or the
League Of Nations than Is now proposed
was made to a subcommittee OF tho
Peace Conference Commission on the
League of Nations to-day by ENJOYS OF
Holland. Switzerland, Denmark. Norway
and Sweden. Otherwise. the representa-
tives said, they were generally satisned
with the plan.
In connection with the meeting OF neu-
trails to consider the question OF the
League Of Nations. It was announced TO-
day that the Danish delegation was COM
posed Of Deputy Minister Munich, former
Premier Neergaard and NJ. II. A. Bern
hoft. Danish Minister in Paris. Norway is
represented by Messrs. Beichmann and
Castberg and Baron de wedel Jarlsberg.
the Minister in Paris.
The Dutch League for a Lasting Peace
has adopted a resolution for presentation
to the Peace Conference on the subject
of a League of Nations The resolution
proposes that a maximum be fiNed FOR
ornaments, that the smaller Powers have
greater representation and that the stat
ute OF the league be revised after a cor
tain period. The resolution asks that
the honor be granted to The Hague OF
becoming the seat OF the League OF Ma
lions.
A despatch from Geneva quotes the
Tribune OF that city as declaring that II
has received information from Bern that
! the Peace Conference will be formally
requested to make Geneva the seat OF the
League OF Nations.
Argentina. the first Latin-Americar
Government to respond to the Supreme
Councils invitation to neutral States &c
participate in the discussion Of the
League OF Nations covenant. has ind'-
| Gated its desire TO become a member o'
| the league through a communication &c
| Minister Marcelo De Allear. who was
designated as the country's delegate.
The instructions OF the Argentine
| Government TO its representative are Il
make certain suggestions. which do no
radically affect the plan as It stands.
| THE HAGUE. March ls-The Govern
ment has informed Parliament that II
addition to Prof. W. j. NJ. Van Eysinga
OF Leyden University. Holland will ot
| represented at the meeting of neutra
representatives In Paris to exchange
| Views on the League Of Nations by for
mer Foreign Minister Loudon and Su
preme Court Counsellor Loder.
sweden Wants Universal League
STOCKHOLM, March 1S.-In announc,
ing Sweden's acceptance Of the invita-
ton extended TO her and other neutra
nations to attend a conference In Pari:
on the subject OF the League of Nations
Premier Eden said yesterday that thu
Government had confided Swedish repre-
sentation to a committee which ha6
been long studying the question ant
which would act in conjunction with tn,
Swedish Ministers in Paris and London
| NATURALLY" the Premier said, "thii
procedure in itself cannot satisfy thu
neutral Powers We maintain uncon
ditionally the demand to be permitted Il
take part In the actual. full. official de
alterations on this world problem hefor'
We shall find ourselves able to decid,
upon our own attitude.
obviously the league will not become
a real league. able TO perform It's tire
mendously difficult task, unless It Il
made universal and In built on the prin
ciple OF full justice for all its members
We can only present certain importan
views at the present stage of the pro
ceedings and have not neglected thu
opportunity to do so. and this initia
courtesy from the Peace Conference 4
the neutrals, favoring the unconditional
rights of ,Ineutrals, seems TO me to b.
prophetic OF new and more decisive con
cesslons which finally will place thi
difficult problem on the only correc
foundation--all free nations uniting 70
right and peace"