Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-11
PASS AMENDMENT
DRAWNBY ENJOYS
OF UNITED STATES
japanese Suggestion for
Covenant on Race Equal
ity Presented.
NEW ARTICLE is DRAFTED
BY COLONEL E. M, HOUSE
Much Dissatisfaction Expressed
by Smaller Nations for Keep
ing Treaty Text Secret.
So 'a.2SE US SHOULD KNOW
saGne ,ons.5i 34s ion and
'canc' lo a o,sue.s
~ tiiaes.
NEW ARTICLE is DRAFTED
BY COLONEL E. M. HOUSE
| BY Associated ti..

by Associated Ei.4l
PARIS, April 1o.-The le,.. 4
nations commission adopted tonight a
new section to the covenant specii-
cally providing that the Monroe Doc
trihe is not to be affected by the pro-
visions of the covenant
The Monroe Doctrine nmendu.,,
was prepared by Colonel Edward NJ.
House
II was expected that the Japanese
amendment also would be brought ~,
again at tonights meeting. The Presi
dentT tSn !, Ca call .sS on Baron MAKING, head of
bcmring on this amendment
TN, me plenary session of the peace con-
tios Gpe"ee of t9morr9w ipn ,r~ for the considera
With much interest because Of Inc
ens anssn,tisfaction sat-: existing among the
there may be interpeIlations Concern
I'M the secrecy with which the big four,
Is surrounding itself and rumors that
peace a., delegates. 9f the terms e OF OF the the
tl6hs are said to Be dis,.i'isT dispiease.d at
being Kept in-the dark; n.
for open discussion. and conseausntiy{
dahat daere VII, ,,.s De ohbortaiiity for general
%sRa SeoatH It. unless sas1s are taken to ofpre-N
Would Keep Treaty secret.
The council OF four is strongly on
posed to official publication OF the
peace pea treaty before its submission to
the Germans. 1t maintains that It is
allowing positive decisions to be am
nounced and that consequently the pub
points before the treaty is signed. :"
-. This piecemeal and incomplete pub
LEGATION is unsatisfactory to many of
people Of the allied countries should
haye hsir the text Of the peace treaty from
nounce it with their interpretations.
Provision that the league OF ma
Of 'ah he saar Vaes fer pe9s Vi
,,esn teen years was contained IN the settle
Wednesday by the councR of four.
PIebiacitc is Planned
This important change in the plan
for the political administration of the
region became known today. At the
iseite vii! be taken to determine % the
wishes Of the inhabitants regarding
'hT The sut9re lure r form m. OF g9vernment
Of self determinatlon. France is SEVEN given
the saar Valley up to an amount TO to
rSeiGompense re I'M er:.e, her for the losses .sus
coal fields of Northern France. ~
r,a amare aii Iardieu. Viscount Morley and
Ghnrles Sni;,as H. ,Is. IHaskins. the special COM
rles. were called before the council OF
four today
would Give Full Publicity.
The supreme economic council to-
tion or the associated governments to
me me ext, eXtreme e gravity and urgency OF the
an official announcement saws.
@, rhe ,,a publiGation n, IN Paris today of Il
to the effect that the terms Of tbs neses
treaty would not be presented to a
plenary rse sessiHn of the peace conference
Gated to the Germans caused commar,
among delegates of the nations not
Phe at the s0u9s Of
American mission the statement that
1t was opposed to such plan
"Fuil Justice and Repnratfon.,
Full justice and complete renara-
tion; that is what France wants" TN
most most widely. circulated newspaper In In
ator Henry Cheron. declaring that an
eSSential principle of common law in
causing damage must make il good and
arguing that similarly Germany must
pa pay mo not Only on ] for the damage she. cnus-
the war. '"e COST OF
Any solution contrary to this would
pcrpetuate the most monstrous in.
}uStiee uSo,Hs in nh history and in addition would
n addton Hnt pain 10 NJ Sheron declares
ton continues the writer there Is
moral reparation. 1t is true that there
or judicial penalty to be inflicted
upon the wretched ex Emperor william
who knowingly was the author of the
death of so many millions OF human
beings. but public opinion demands
guarantees against renewal of the
Visit RoumanInn Queen.
o,r Prssident fsade, Wilson once proclaimed
self, They must then be made inviola-
President Wilson. with Mrs. Wilson,
and Rear Admiral ,Grayson his physl-
clan. called upon Queen Marie, Of Rou-
mania at her temporary residence here
council of four
The report of General Jan Christian
Smuts concerning his visit to Hun
gary and the entire circumstances sur
rounding his mission are provoking
much. much criticism y in entente circles. All.
to SO to Budapest by the council Of
four, the nature OF his mission was
not clearly defined.
The French and other allied govern.
mcnts are provoked because the state
ments OF Bella Kun. Hungarian Forcign
Minister and leader of(the Sovie,s, give I
the. impression th,t General SHUTS had
dlplomat'c standing, apd that hIa COZ.