New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Committee of Is Author.
lied to Draft a Plan
for Society of Nations
President and House
American Members
Similar Organization to
Determine War Blame
and Assess Penalties

dlIU ASSESS L HnaItIeS
PARIS, Jan. 25.-The peace confer
ence at its second open session to-day
unanimously adopted the league of ma
tions project and afterward made pub
lie the draft Of the preliminary reso-
lutions looking to the creation of the
league
The preliminary draft for league
OF nations says the league should have
a permanent organization to carry on
the business between meetings of in
ternational conferences of all the mem
bers.
1t says that the conference should
appoint committee representative of
all the governments to work out the
details of the constitution and func-
tions of the league.
Commission of Fifteen Authorized
The draft calls for the appointment
Of a commission composed of two rep
resentatives of the five great powers
and five representatives of the other
powers to inquire and report on the re-
sponsbility of the authors of the war
This commission shall also inquire into
breaches of the laws and customs of
war committed by Germany and her al
lies and land and sea and in the air
during the war, as we'll as the degree
of responsibility for these offences at
taching to particular members of the
enemy forces, "including members of
the general staffs and others, however
highly placed"
President Wilson and Colonel House
are the American members of the con-
fierce commission on the league of ma
tions.
Wilson to Withhold Views
David Lloyd George, British Premier,
at to-day's session was expected to dis
cuss the British plan for league of
nations, the outlines of which we're
published in the United States for the
first time to-day, which would have full
filled predictions that President Wilson
would leave to one of the European
statesmen the opening of the subject.
Withholding the exposition of his own
views for the future.
The French, British, American and
Italian associations advocating a league
of nations have decided to elaborate
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first session will be held Sunday, and
will be presided over by Leon Bour-
geois. the former French Premier.
Wilson Inspired Warning
The warning issued yesterday by the
Supreme Council that territorial claims
must come before the conference un-
marked by attempts at possession by
force is very widely discussed here.
1t seems to be generally acknowl-
edged that President Wilson was the
author of the warning and that he
has a deep feeling in the matter be-
cause in at least one instance where
small obdies of American troops were
to push forward into a territory where
the native population would not have
tolerated the forces of any European
power, but hailed the coming Of the
Americans with JOY.
In some of these cases, after the
welcome had died down, the population
awoke to find that the American troops
had departed and that their towns
were in the possession of troops of an
other nationality.
Takes Summary Action
The President, it is known, took sum
mary action to prevent the use of
American forces for such purposes.
He now has secured an agreement in
the peace conference to warn all ma
tions against such steps.
Some rapid and substantial strides
toward the real objects of the peace
conference are expected as result Of
o-day's session. With the league of
nations question before them, the dele
gates are expected to work continu-
ously at the task, possibly ten hours .
day.
President Wilson, it is said, has told
the delegates he would be willing to
work ten hours day until tangible
results are ready for announcement to
the world. While much of the ensuing
discussion will be in secret according
to the rule of'proceedure now in force.
there is reason to believe that more
sessions may be public than had beon