The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-02-13
PRES. WILSON TO
COME HOME SOON
Night Sessions Held to Speed Up
Work on League OF Nations

Paris, Feb. S.-The League of Ma
tions committee virtually completed
the entire constitution at it's meeting
today, 1t was announced. Redrafting
necessitated by the several changes
will delay it's completion until the
middle of next week, however. Lord
Cecil of Great Britain, Senator Bour-
geois Of France, Paul Hymans of Bel
| GUM and Venizelos of Greece were
accepted as a drafting committee.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held at 1890 a. m. Monday.
The League of Nations commission
held a special meeting at 1920 a. m.
today in an effort to speed work on
the draft of the constitution.
1t was officially announced that SUB,
stantial agreement was reached on the
chief points discussed at last nights
meeting. but that the commission had
decided to refer certain changes it had
made to the subcommittee for CLASH
fication
Owing to the amount of work in
connection with the league that is yet
incomplete President Wilson probably
will defer his sailing for home, sched-
uled for next Friday, to Feb. 16 or II.
The initial governing body Of the
League of Nations will be an executive
committee of seven, one representative
for each of the five great powers and
two for the smaller countries, it was
learned from a reliable source today.
This agreement is said to have been
contained in one of the % articles of
the constitution, half of which are Of
ficially accepted by the special COM
mittee on the League of Nations. 1t
would indicate that the minor powers
lost their contention for larger repre-
~sentation on the executive committee.
Reparation by Huns
Another agreement understood to
have beer reached S that the Central
Powers must make full reparation for
all past offenses before they would be
admitted to the league.
The w or three individual plans
for the framework of the league have
now been merged into q single COM
posite draft. upon which the commit
tee is centering all its efforts. The
remaining articles, which are believed
to include comparatively minor prob
lens, have all been agreed to on prin-
ciple.
May important matters were before
the supreme war council when it met
today to consider the extension Of the
armistice which expires Feb. II. Fin
al decisions went over until tomorrow.
Reports were made by the military
high commands on rehabilitation and
the relative forces to be maintained
in the occupied regions. The Versail-
les military council also submitted a
report as to the military forces avail
able for the disturbed regions of Tur-
kev
The naval branch presented recon-
m~endations Formulated by British.
French, Italian and American naval
commanders relative to blockade re-
strictions and surrender of German
submarines and the commercial fleet.
The Allies thus far have failed to
agree on the allotment of the steamers
among the various Allied nations.
When the United States received its
share the ships will be manned by the
American navy and fly the Stars n
Stripes, the initials of the relief
Gil being added to the flag.
The commission on blockade pre-
scented a report favoring the tightening
of the restrictions in the Mediterranean
and the Adriatic.
A tendency was evident to impose
further drastic terms upon Germany.
| After hearing the views of the mill
tary representatives, the council de-
! cided to continue the discussion. De-
c:s;cns will be made without the pres
! ence of these representatives. This
| last move was regarded in some quar-
tiers as significant of the gradual
| change from war conditions to those
| of normal peace times.