The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-16
NATIONS LEAGUE
FIRST ON PR0CRAa..i
Two Weapons Are Advanced 10
enforce Il.
WILL EE SETTLED FIRST
The Conferees Agree to Postpone All
Business Except Society OF Nations.
Moral Force and Joint Police Are
Issues

Paris, Jan. 16.-The Snpreisi,' roun
ell of The peace congress ieynt,I an
entire session to discussion of meth
DDS of procedure.
The work before The t'n'nril in
clutles complexion Of the allotment of
representation Of the various nations
and ii further delving into The qnes-
ton of whether Russia should have
delegates in the larger body.
In Il large sense the work may be
compared to that of a credentials COM
mittee preceding the sittingS of an
American national convention.
The preliminary sessions will con-
tinue work on the question continu-
ously, with the expectation of having
it entirely disposed Of by Saturday,
when the first formal sitting of the
peace congress will be held
The program commonly agreed upon
calls for primary consideration of the
forming of league of nations, and
the congress will work on this TO the
exclusion of all other subjects.
Those European statesmen. who
now appear friendly to the purposes
Of putting the league Of nations to the
fore, have repeatedly expressed the
view that the formation of the league
and the making of peace are joint
problems which cannot be diSasSociat-
ed The efforts thus seem to be 70 bend
all energies TO the laying of the foun-
dations Of the league, so that the con-
ferenceS may proceed to the actual
making of the peace treaty in the
early spring: even. indeed, if it be
only preliminary one, which will
dispose of the pressing questions OF
rehabilitation and the return of the
warning countries as nearly as pos
sible to the economic conditions OF
peace.
The sponsors for the league of ma
lions plans contemplate the broaden
ing out of the functions Of the pro-
posed league as the preliminary dis
cussiOns proceed. Their assumption is
that these will range far into the sub
jects of raw material and finance,
proceeding on the theory that the f.
nancial or economic domination Of
smaller nations by the larger is no
less danger than armed domination.
The financial program Of the league,
as viewed in these quarters, will be
to consider whether the league itself
should lend its aid financially and
! economically to the small indepen-
dent states which are rising out of
| the war
to create a league Of nations Is be-
| fng carried on by two forces, ha$l
the same object, but differing q to
I the means for making effective
decisions Of the proposed world so
ciety.
ton that the decisions of the league
must be backed by its combined ply
steal forces.
The other represents the view that
IT'S findings can be enforced without
| the aid of common world-police
force.
Diplomatists, watching the move
ment OF the two ideas as they come
into bearing before the conference,
seem impressed with the view that
both are moving toward a common
ground, which, for example, might pro-
vide that the nations reserve for each
individual case their decision whether
they would utilize armed force or avail
themselves Of other means
There is reason to believe such an
arrangement would meet with the sup
port Of some Of the European states
men and there is nothing to indicate
1t would be rejected by the American
representatives.