The sun., 1919-02-16
FRANCES 3 POINTS
TOLD BY BOURGEOIS
Delegate Details Suggestions
for Enforcing League of
Nations DEGREES.
Japan IS IN FULL ACCORD
Earnes, British Labor Member,
Announces Report VIII
Be Ready Soon.

Be Ready Soon.
PARIS, Feb. 15.--In presenting the
rews Of France regarding the covenant
h the League OF Nations at yesterdays
,enary session Of the Peace Conference
leon Bourgeois. French representative
N tho commission which framed the
sovenant, spoke as follows: i
II rise TO express the deep satisfaction
n all, and of Franco moro than any
ther country, because she is among the
Countries who have most suffered. to see
lie unity Of our Wills and of our hearts
n a passionate adhesion to the princi-
pes OF the League of Nations. That act
b. faith we shall do in a spirit of cor
sality and good will that has been that
N the committee. Under the eminent
workmanship Of President Wilson the
committee has worked with all their
hearts TO attain this great object.
Lord Robert Cecil has said we now
present to the conference and to the
world the result of our work. but we do
hot present It as something that Is final,
but only as the result of an honest effort
10 be discussed and to be examined not
pnly by this conference but the public
pnnion OF the world.
We are unanimous In our opinion that
his scheme must BIO presented to the
world, and It resulted from our delibera-
lion. We must preserve the character
NJ unanimity which its note has given
t. We still retain our rights when
further discussions take place to state
more definitely our views on some de-
l., nr1, 80 "a a 10
fcut It seemed at the beginning to con-
tiliate two apparently contradictory prin-
tples-that OF the sovereignty of ma
lions and that OF the limitations that
hations must accept in order to secure
lhe reign Of right and Justice. That con-
riation has taken place without effort
Rnd We have demonstrated movement. as
e!gnor Orlando said, by walking.
No Small and No Great states.
We rise to prevent the renewal of a
war like that which we have lust seen
we rise at the appeal of all those who
have fallen TO spare their offspring the
renewal Of such an ordeal. We are per-
suaded that no war in the future can
be limited TO a small area The inde-
pendence of the different parts and DIFF
ferent interests Of the world has become
euch that no conflict can be limited
u Is that the whole world may keep
itself from danger that we to-day have
ordained that right and justice must be
the basis of settlement in all the confer
ences. In the view OF just people there
are no small and no great States. All
fre and will be equal before the princi-
pie OF International Justice and in the
tribunal that will give the decisions tho
Judges will sit not as the representatives
CT one particular nation but as the rep
4esentatives OF international right
This Is principle to which We are
particularly attached. All the States in
consenting to submit to international
justice take at the same time a definite
pledge 10 guarantee to each other the
integrity OF their territories as estab-
lished by the settlement of the present
peace treaty, and also to guarantee their
political Independence against future ag-
Eression. This Is the object OF our
scheme. ! hope the means which are
suggested by It will allow us to attain
our object
I'VE have established a certain number
oc judicial principles and international
organizations binding the States to-
Gether. binding them to a common work
and binding them to the truce, without
which their common development would
be impossible. These organizations, the
creation of which is provided for in the
last articles OF the covenant. are SIM
liar to some which have existed already
hut which were scattered through vari-
GUS parts of the world and which had
never been brought together to form
rart OF the common body OF humanity.
The foundation Is now laid, and we are
certain that the organizations will be
multiplied and will help humanity more
and more TO attain its common aims.
ProcIaimins Great Principles.
I'VE have been unanimous in pro-
claiming these principles, and we have
felt the force of these principles so much
that We have no doubt that strong
light will penetrate even into the darkest
ports, that the light radiating from those
principles will find its way in lands that
seem to be the least open to IT,
But It is not enough to proclaim such
great principles. We must organize a
system OF guarantee and a system OF
action both judicial and practical. The
plan laid down is a clear and simple one
There Is a council, where all the States
ere represented equally, each having
only ono vote. and there is an executive
committee, which Is constituted on a
different principle. But even in this case
where It has been found necessary for
pufposes of action 20 give five votes to
the larger Powers the principle of equal
fly has been secured by giving as much
"a four votes 20 the smaller States. Re
spsct for the decision given by that body
will be assured by definite rules, the VIC
lation of which shall be considered as
an act of war against all the contract
ing States. II one State--it may be the
smallest and most remote of all the
Ststes-is attacked without justification
then tho whole of the League Of Ma
tons 10 being attacked and will resist
But we must go further, in order to
secure the execution of international
sentences there must be a limitation OF
ornaments This has been the wish OF
the world for a great many years. Wha'
was formerly so difficult has to-day be-
come possible Our victory has made II
possible because It has enabled us TO dis
arm tho barbaric force that was in the
sTay OF such an improvement
League Must Impose It's Will.
THAT Limitation must be such thai