Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-23
INSIDE IF PEACE TALK
 REVEALED
Details of Inner Workings of
 Commission Which Drafted Covenant of League of Ma tions Told for First Time
By Review Leased Wirel


 PARIS, Feb. 22.-CBy the Assoeiat- ed Press ,)-For the first time the veil which has concealed the inner work ings of the commission of the peace conference which prepared the plan of the league of nations has been lift ed It now is possible to disclose at least some of the facts connected with the achievement by which 19 men in 30 working hours wrought the plan, which. if their expectations are real ized, IS to prevent future warfare.
 The scene was in room S5I of the Hotel de Crillon, Colonel Houses workshop.
 In this room the commission met 10 times in II days. The hours were irregular. as most of the commission CTS were obliged frequently to inter- rupt the special work to attend meet ings Of other commissions. No time was set for the sessions or for the termination of the days work Time was secondary consideration, and no body looked at the clock
 At the outset, the task was cut in half by dispensing with the tedious process of re-translation. Instead, in- terpreters sat close behind the com missioners and translated the remarks of the speakers word by word.
 Meetings BusinessIi<e
 The meetings were businesslike to a degree. The members met on the hour, greeting each other politely but short ly; took their documents out Of their portfolios and proceeded immediately with the next article.
 Extreme simplicity prevailed Dip lomatic dress disappeared with the diplomacy of the past Business suits were wOrn- The members went about the matter in a commonplace way. There were no oratiOns, no spinning out of technical points. Plain speaking prevailed StenOgraphic reports were barred, to restrain OratOry and to en- courage the reticent
 President Wilson presided at all the meetings, except one When some of the members looked far into the fu- ture he brought them back to the thing in hand with the remark:
 ~Gentlemen-I have no doubt that the next generation will be made up of men as intelligent as you or l, and think we can trust the league to man. age its own affairs
 First Meeting Brief
 The first meeting, on February l, was very brief The president spoke a few words and presented a draft of plan, which the commissioners agreed to use as the basis of discussion. Day after day this was criticized and am- plified and on February F, at the eighth meeting, the first reading was completed
 Though the project emerged un- changed in principle, many amend ments were pending. 4 drafting com mittee attended to this, and the Amer ican soldiers who set the type, cor rected the proofs and ran the press which turned out the final draft, will treasure the letter of thanks which the president sent to them before he 
 The final meeting on February 1S had a dramatic finish in its simplicity The president was attending meet ing of the supreme council and Lord Robert Cecil presided over the con- mission The remaining articles were passed upon. At TIPS o'clock in the evening, Lord Robert read the 18th and last article and remarked:
 "Is there any objection to this article?"
 He waited a moment and added:
 If not. it is adopted Gentlemen, our work is done. The president of the United States will report our con- cIusions to the plenary session of the conference tomorrow"
 The commissioners then left the room