The daily banner., 1919-08-12
U.S.LEACUE PLAN
SENT TO SENATE
Cannot Give Peace Papers,
President Tells Lodge.
DOCUMENTS CONFIDENTIAL
American Covenant Limited Sea
Rights and Shows Other Differences
From Draft Finally Adopted.

Washington. Aug. 12.-President
Wilson wrote to Senator Lodge, he
publican, Massachusetts, chairman or
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, that it would not be possible TO
comply with the committees request,
for the documents used by the Amer
lean peace commissioners at Paris in
negotiating the peace treaty.
:"The various data bearing upon or
used in connection with the treaty Of
peace with Germany" said the presl-
dent, ARE 50 miscellaneous and en0r.
nous in mass that it would be impos-
sible for me 10 supply them without
bring from Paris the whole file OF
papers of the commission itself, and
would include many memoranda
which, it was agreed on grounds of
public policy, it would be unwise to
make use OF outside the conference"
The president sent to Mr.. Lodge
the informal draft of the league OF
nations covenant presented by the
American peace commissioners at
Paris and also the formal report OF
the commission on the league Of ma
tions.
He refused to send the senate a
copy of General Bliss letter concern
ing the Shantung settlement on the
ground it contained confidential ref
erences to other governments.
Replying to a senate resolution ask
ing for information regarding any
treaty purporting to have been made
by Japan and Germany during the
progress of the war, the president
said he knew of no such negotiations
though he had heard rumors concern
ing them.
President Wilson also Informed the
senate in response to another resolu-
ton that he was happy to say. he
had no memorandum or information
with reference to any attempt Of the
Japanese delegates at Paris to intimi-
date the Chinese peace delegates.
The original American draft of the
league covenant, sent to the foreign
relations committee by the president,
contained several provisions widely
different from the covenant as adopt
ed at Paris.
The much-debated provisions of ar
ticle ten of the present covenant for
guaranteeing the territorial integrity
of league members is almost identical
with clause in the American draft.
The latter was as follows:
1.-The contracting parties undertake
to respect and to protect as against
external aggression the political inde-
pendence and territorial integrity of
all states members of the league"
Many of the arbitration provisions
are virtually the same in the two
drafts. The American draft also con-
tanned the plan finally adopted for
council and a larger assembly and en-
bodied "a disarmament program SINH
lar to that In the final covenant It
also provided for an economic boy
colt of covenant-breakeFs.
1t contained no provision for with
drawal from membership and made
no reference to the Monroe Doctrine.
1t also contained q provision not fin
ally accepted under which the league
would Enquire into the feasibility Of
abolishing compulsory military serv-
ice"
There also was a provision in the
American plan, omitted from the
final draft, which would declare 1t a
fundamental covenant" that no pow
er should overstep International agree
nents for rights ON the high seas.