Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-05
Campaign for Quicker
Action Is Having
Results.
GREEK CLAIMS HEARD
Commission To BE Named
to Effect Early
Settlement.
LEAGUE PROJECT IS DEFINED
Question Now Is to Di-
vide Authority Of
Nations.
LEAGUE PROJECT IS DEFINED

made by the peace conference com
mittce M an outcome ~ the encr.
Eetic Anglo American campaign for
quicker action has strengthened the
hope among the mos, optimistic del.
ogat"H that the League Of Nations
may he established and that even
certain peace terms may he settled
before President Wilson leaves for
the United States
The president and Premier Lloyd
0eorg. are understood To he agreed
that there should he no further de-
lay Sope opposition Ii being en-.
coun'rred. hut the general sentiment
% tho delegates In for prompt action
rARIa. Feb THE supreme
council At It's meeting today agreed
hat au.stions In tho statement Of
Premier vcniseios concerning Greek
errltorial interests In tho peace set
dement, should hc referred to y com
lrisslon OF experts whose dwiy
would he TO make recon tion
for n just settlement
The comisslpn will he composed
" two representatives, each from the
United states, the british empire,
France ana Italy.
At the session at which agree
ment on ur~ek territorial claims was
"rch-d and which was held at III.
foreign office as usual. tho commits
iiOn about 10 start Tor Poland Was
received for q final discussion Of ti,r
situation. Afterward Premier vsni.
gelos continued his presentation oi
he urcek case. particularly concern
nv tho sone along weatern Asia
Minor
Ths Amssisan delegates to ths
peace conference. II IN said, are sat
irfied that the project for q society
| ~ nAtiona - II will emerge from ths
committee nov handling the subject
VIII not conflict with or impair the
vitality Of tho Monroe doctrine
A. the plan In yet In thu hands ~
the committs, u 10 not yet possibls
TO mako II public. but indications
IRE that u win provide that the innd.
'ns of troops with hostile infant on
the soil ~ another nation will au-
omaiicaily constitute a state Of var
csc. We sg"r-sHor and all the
states In the sovtety of nations unless
,or.ta - vi oDaiien has expired
.,e'oss 'Na i1rd'"s The me,hot of
making such a war would be lsh TO
trh sA.. for settlement
n, m, A.,oeis,sd Prs.
PARIS. Feb 4 President Wilson
presided tonight over the commis-
sion of the society OF nations which
had before u the completed project
for constituting the league. discuss
Ing II. article by article. while
there IN no authoritative informa-
ton concerning the details OF the
project. the distribution of printed
drafts among the members has dis
closed the main features and these
can be summarized as follows!
Two main plans have been pre-
sented. which the members OF the
commission regard ar emhodyins
the American views. though both
plans are composite, containing the
best features from various sources,
American, British, French and
Italian,
Considered Tosctirr.
Roth plans ar, belns considered
together In iE original form the
first plan IL generally regarded as
more democratic. and therefore
more acceptable To the small
powers. whereas the revised plan "
not So acceptable To tho small
mowers, aH II eliminates them from
The executive branch of the pro.
posed organization and II q lone
step toward the creation of an In
ternntlonal supreme enuncil. with u
Fundamental basis ~ codifl.d inter-
national law
The first plan hnd three main fea.
lures first. "a legislative branch. of
which the great and small nations
were equally represented. each as an
unit.
SECOND An executive branch con.
nistinR of two members from each of
the great powers. United states.
Gtcnt liritain. France. Italy and
Japan. and nine members chosen
from the small powers. This gave
the executive body n total member
shin ~ 10 ~ whom 10 represented
the great powers and ninc repre-
sentcd the small powers
Third Arbitration was provided
for the determination of information -
al issues In ease ~ dispute he
tween two nations. each nation
named arbitratnrr, and these two Sc
i.rtrd u third arbitrator Three
nrbltratorH thus chcS"na constituted
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