Evening star., 1919-01-22
United States Executive Is in
Agreement With Lloyd
George on Situation.
C0NFEREES WILL SEND
MISSION INTO POLAND
League of Nations Program to Be
Considered by Delegates
Next Week.
By the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 22-The supreme
council of the peace conference this
morning considered the Polish ques-
tion and decided to send a mission to
Poland. This announcement was made
in the official statement of the pro-
eeedings of the conference.
A proposal from President Wilson
regarding the Russian question will be
discussed this afternoon, the statement
| added
| The associations advocating the
| formation of league of nations will
get into touch with each other next
week. Leon Bourgeois. head of the
French organization; viscount Bryce
of the British and Oscar S. Straus,
representing America. will confer for
this purpose.
| When the supreme council met this
morning there were present, in addi-
| ton to all the members of the coun-
Gil. Marshal Foch. the allied COM
mander-in- chief; Gen. weygand. his
| chief of staff, and Rear Admiral Hope,
| deputy first sea lord of the British
admiralty board. w. F. Massey, the
premier of New Zealand, was present
with the council for a short time.
Renew Discussion of Russia.
With the hope Of formulating
definite line of action on the Russian
question, the supreme council OK the
/ peAce congress continued today to
| devote most of it's attention to the
subject. Discussions were taken up
where they were left off yesterday.
and some announcement of a fully
matured policy is expected to be-
made during today's session.
Principles OF action have been decided
upon, in the main, and virtually all that
writing and get final assent to it by the
| delegates. There was no indication at
| the opening of today's meeting as to
which one of three proposals already
considered had been accepted or whether
an entirely new plan had been worked
out. The policy of building wall
around bolshevism by encouraging laws
full governments is being spoken OF as
being foremost among the possibilities
Consideration of the Polish problem may
have added an element which may
change the line of action from its Or
iginally contemplated form.
President and Lloyd George Agree.
President Wilson and David Lloyd
George. the British premier, are in COM
plete agreement as regards the Rus
sian situation. according to the Paris
edition OF the London Daily Mail. They
regard a settlement of the Russian
question as absolutely necessary pre-
lipinary to the formation of a league
Of nations, the newspaper declares, ana
they are anxious to secure the evidence
of accredited bolshevik representatives
as to the status of Russian affairs.
French opinion" continues the
newspaper, lis not at present in favor
of even this admission of the boI-
shevil1 regime, but the English pro-
posal is that the bolshevik govern
ment should be invited to send repre-
sentatiVes to give evidence. the Eng
lish suggestion being that representa-
tiyes of Russia should be invited to
come to Paris and tell the conferences
exactly what territorial powers they
claim. If thereby an agreement can
be reached as to territorial de1imt-
tations. the different Russian govern
ments can be defined and requested
to confine their claims and ambitions
to such territories and cease attempts
ing to extend them by armed force.
Fears Revolution Parallel.
UNLESS this is done. Mr.. Lloyd
George fears, parallel with the
French revolution, when an attempt
at interference by external powers led
to the creation of great national
army Such an event might occur in
Russia if allied armed intervention
were pursued. The bolshevik army
might be reinvigorated and constitute
a serious and continued menace TO the
peace of Europe.
.French opinion, on the other hand.
IN
who state that they are prepared 20
raise an army and to limit, II not
crush. bolshevism, if assisted with
munitions and officers.
''The bolShevik attitude, as far as II
can be understood at present, is this:
They do not desire to become great
Industrial nation and are anxious that
Russia remain purely agrarian and
.arhis view is understood to have
been put forward yesterday by Harold
Scavinius, the Danish minister TO
Russia, in the course of his evidence.
The English fear that unless great
care be taken bolshevik Russia may
be forced TO depend commercially en-
tirely on Germany"
May Name Another Delegate.
While the peace congress is getting
into action the question of President
Wilson naming fifth delegate TO act
self departs for home has again
arisen, and the names of William H
Taft and Elihu Root have been mem
toned Mr.. Wilson's decision as to the
appointment of another delegate de-
pends wholly upon whether he Will con-
slider it necessary to return to Europe
after the adjournment of the Ameri-
can Congress in March,
There is absolutely no question that
the President feels he must return to-
America in time to sign bills that have
been passed at Washington. He has
no thought of signing them here on
the theory that the embassy is Amerf-
can territory.
So far the President has not been
able to determine whether to return
to the peace congress, because sufficient
Roadway has not been made to indi-
cate what may be hoped for in the ap-
twenty days before his
ship sails. He has expressed the hope
that 1t would not be necessary for him
to make another voyage across the Ats
lantic.
Will Go Back If Needed.
At the same time. however. he has
told his colleagues that. as he consid-
ers the business Of the peace congress-
most important as concerns his cou1
try and the world, he would not hpG14