Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-19

OF q series OF propositions laying down
general rules and assuming that the
the final Foundations would build
upon those principles IL they were
adopted. They were principles quite
consistent with the final action.
II remember saying to the commit.
tee when ]. was here In March, have
forgotten the expression I used, but It
was something to the effect that the
British draft had constituted the ba-
sis. I thought afterward that that
was misleading and II am very glad
to tell the committee just what I
meant.
British. COMMITTEES.
Some months before the confer
ence assembled a plan for the League
Of Nations had been drawn up by a
British committee at the head of
which was Mr.. Pillimore- I believe
the Mr.. Phillimore who was known
as he authority on international law.
me mt I built upon that a re-draft.
I will not now say whether I thought
1t was better OF not an improvement;
but I built on that a draft which was
quite different, inasmuch as I put
definiteness where there had been
what seemed ~indehnitness in the Phil
limore suggestion. Then, between
noe Lilly dHu lHe tlIHe OIL tHe lorna
ton of h commission on the League
of Nations, I had the advantage of
seeing a paper by General SHUTS of
South Africa, who seemed to me to
have done some very clear thinking,
practically with regard to what was
to be done with the pieces of the dis
membered empire. Before I got to
Paris. therefore. I rewrote the docu-
ment to which 1 have alluded and you
| NAV havn nnfiNnH khAt ~ 1~~rieke - -
series of articles and then supple
mentary agreements. 1t was in the
supplementary agreements that I en-
bodied the additional ideas that had
come to me OF only from General
Shuts paper, but fro mother discus
SONS. That is the full story of how
the plan which I sent to the commit
tee was built up"
Smuts Plan.
Senator Lodge "Then it is obvious
that the General SHUTS plan was
used. '
The President Eyes"
Senator Lodge: "Then there was a
previous draft in addition to the one
you have sent to us. That was not
submitted to the committee"
The President: '"No; that was
private. my own"
Senator Lodge: WAS it before our
commission?
The President: mo, it was not be-
fore our commission"
The President said a draft of ar
ttcle 10 which Senator johnson had
presented to the committee was part
of the draft which preceded the draft
which was sent to you"
The PRESIDENT: Il read it with the
greatest interest, because had for
gotten it, to tell the truth, but I rec
| 0Rn1ZpN If R0 G0Hr nc T WOOD a
Senator johnson 'It was the orig
inal plan?"
The President TT was the original
form OF articles ten, yes"
Asked by Senator Lodge whether
he had seen the resolutions for a
league submitted by Secretary Lans-
ing. the president replied
eyes"
Senator Lodge: mo specific action
was taken on themH" :
The President: "Not in a formal
way
PREPARATION Question.
Senator Lodge then asked whether
the U. S. would receive any part of
the German reparation fund.
h President: II left that cues
ton open. Senator, because 1 did not
feel that I had any f1nal right, to de-
~ ~ OPOu LILO OdS1S LHdL dS set
up In n r~eparation clauses thegpor-,
ton h a the United States would re-
celve would be very small at best,
n my own judgment was frequently
expressed, not as a decision, but as a
Judgment that we should claim MOTH
ing under those general clauses. I
did hat because I coveted the moral
advantage that that would give us in
the councils Of the world"
Lusttania Not Covered.
Senator McCumber: Ibid that
mean h a we would claim nothing for
the sinking of the Lusitania 2"
h PRESIDENT "Oh, no. That did
not cover questions Of that sort al
ALL
The president added that pre-war
claims were mot covered by the rep
aration clause.
Senator LODGE asked If there had
been any recommendation by Ameri-
can nava authorities as whether the
United States should have one of the
Ladrone Caroline or Marshall islands
for naval purposes.
The President: There was a pa
per on that subject senator. which
has been published. 1 only partially
remember 1t. 1t was a paper laying
out the general necessities of our
naval policy in the Pacific and the
ASSSooASy " AioVlu6 SOI1c DdSS lOI
communication upon these islands was
mentioned, just in what form I do not
remember. But let me say this:
there is a little island which I must
admit I had not heard of BEFORE"
'"Island Of Yap.''
Senator Williams: 1.-THE island of
Yap?"
The President: '"Yap. It is n Of
the bases and centers Of cable and
radio communication on the Pacific
and I made the point that the dispo-
sttion or rather the control OF that
island, should be reserved for the
general conference which is to he
held in regard to the. ownership and
operation Of the cables"
Senator Lodge: IT had understood.
or I had heard the report that our
general board Of the navy depart
ment, chief of operations, had
recommended that we should have q
footing there, primarily in order to
secure cable communication.
The President: Il think you are
right sir.
Secret Treaty.
Senator Lodge referred to the secret
between Great Britain and japan re-
garding Shantung, and said that in
the correspondence relating to the
treaty 1t was stated that Great Britain
should have the German islands south
Of the equator and Japan those north
OF the equator.
Senator Lodge: IT It should seem
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