The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
IN b probably a dcsen such

It'll 81 probably a dozen such
- 1nnsnuSh az tho iaea oris,'
II the Lnaeea Saa.es ~ ~ rv-
f6&x tno American p.all---wl.eE
N41loon piau---wnt oe tale nrSs
&1nnxsa the ouiy one. tnat wall ot
lxss week. perhaps the frs
~ the peace Coma erencer> Wiz
nEwp1o0 By uASCussaon al tnt
ex-nAuous paaa sena AL aeie'
xa48 seek TO asaNe nan1 al
116fnw H. 1ne sitsAl iTnpVr tsAslse 81
1HS&ae liz that the paAn ~.IG4l adopt'
g%6eoI ~ yEukliy Ixis coiAStA .u.ivn vi
ss sns3ed Saa4ss OF lie Woraa4 aad
~ the Fundamental iaset Aatseilsai
al NM ,kssf' 17n'.s.
cohteuusns.1FHsf shs- various
e. 70 me conference viii appear
- discussion Oh sae league pial.
6EAmpte. IL the question of knc
H1om OK the seas as 10 ee lett ap"
3tnfy to the ieasue Oh nations,
tenAn and America. Ine TWO e"an-
1 supposed TO be no..dig soniiiGe-
N1aWa, viii each Try u iAcospof . &c
W ~ league OF nations pf~staia a
nuion Ok the frseaom Oh Lac seas
~ will be binding.
- the French aad4italians, ~nose
Haaoeial CLAIMS may possibly c'ssa
/ 1(& the idea Of the saLe,y ct dehivG-
l0S4 viii naturally elueasor 10 nav q
S&k ioague rules SO framed as 10 s,te
511kan me righl to make iaSs re4atls
B1& SxpAnsion.
IN other words. If the ieagae-eI-
NHx1Uus pinn is TO do,rI.nsrte sii 81 BEL
laen ~ the peace conferenc e~~s'na
|xH1A u generally expectea---tflsn 1t wa
Enthusiastically tn the a1opdon ana
nkitution Of The league that ali tne
oAtng ideas among The aires - -
w settled 20 thai me nnai adjustment
5Neene the plan mas been ad9Rtea Si4i
~ surely . formally.
IN 8r1eGy. the league OF nations VIII
shOdY the worfu's constitution and
:uther settlements will Or moFeis
rnnnEy made under such q consaitu-
-.
y nOUAILST STARTS SOMETHING.
II Paris Jan. iI.---lnto the tense po-
,1ltfcnl atmosphere marking The eve O.
- baginnirs OF the, peace confer
1ncA q French Socialist ne%spaptr'
BHum ar re. has buried eomhsneit
II revealed that mo- than a ihobtn
- France ans England toek diamet-
13pAlly opposite attitudes Win REGARD
II RunefA-
- corse 20 .ght Is this:
q Tbe British government proposed
A France--and according TO Foreign
1ganfetar pichon's signed statement
- 10 America. japan and ItaiY--~
1Hn& the government OF the various
kn11aG4rent factions ir Russia he IN
N1feA 20 arrange truce which Should
- = long as the peace. COM q etlcC
~ ii session This Great Britain fsils
nosted would not cuiy lead 10 me
endual re-esta biishment o. i"w ann
der and the relief al the suffering
OF the Slav realm. hHt
Ncnld also make it possible To a3ior
q tho peace conference representa-
taxee OF the various Russian govern
menn, including the BotsheViki.
Frances reply to this proposal was
II nat uneuuivocal and energetic
ito France will never make cont
trnces with criminals, ana that Ii al
IT. Bolshevtki are" was the burden
A{ Ntsphen Pichon's response to Great
Britain. 1t Is this reply by the French
fpeeiKn minister that forms the cruz
u the days sensation. Though II iS
heartily endorsed by the press, with
4hn exception OF some Socialist and
Radical organs. it is felt paiafaiiy
mat ut this particular tuncture the
gunhlfcaflon Of the document places
The French government in an ernbar-
xaaainr positton Indeed, II is feared
that the exchange of communication
IA the subject as rev called today pic
tire France. in the eyes OF the hus-
sfdan people rs their merciless TOE,
unwilling to lend them n hand III their
stNrrifiic plight, while, az matter OF
laci, Pichon makes it perfectly clear
THAT his rejection is aimed ~ the
Russian reds" alone, any dealings
with whom, he says. would be weak
md imprudent" policy for the allies
England. on the other hand Is
p,nced In the light OF the concislator
and Good Samaritan. II In this cus
straaf because OF Its Injustice ="
france that the French press deeply
resents. though in the nature OF ihH
no particular hlAtfie Is
attached to any one, the matter being
the oufgrowth of unfortunate cireum-
Efances.
4 From the American viewpoint conf
siderable mystery attaches to the ease
f,achon. in his signed statement. Says
that the British proposition
was also cent to Washington, TOXIC
and Rome.
n Secretary Lansing says he never
lew It. The published story was she
fffxt he knew OF It, He suggested the
statement that the proposal was also
forwarded to Washington may he an
IAfrOr and that the exchange was
1nerefy between the European allies,
the United States being excluded
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