Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-23
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in their trenches to win this particular
war, one hundred and fifty or more.
who, for one reason OF another, could
not actually join the fighting forces.
worked just as patrtotteaHy day and
night for a period of nearly four years
to develop a plan to mitigate the like
lihood of future wars.
And this is absolutely and categorically
correct.
It is undeniably true.
Some of these men were members OF
official study groups; others were MEM
bers of unofficial study groups. The ex-
act date when each separate suggestion
was made Is not SO important as the fact
that many public issues, scholars and
jurists contributed the results OF their
labors toward the fnal form OF the coy
enant.
Even IL it were argued that the cove
nant, as first presented to the plenary
H. 1919 is based on q Wilson draft, plus
the draft of committee headed By Loro
Fillmore, plus the proposals Of General
Smut, plus the proposals OF committees
appointed by the French and Italian gov
ernments, plus the League Of Nations
committee OF the peacs conference, that
would make half a hundred persons.
The truth Of the matter 10 that the Off
cial committee OF nine, under Wilson
Craftsmanship, appointed by the peace
conference, did not and could not have
completed its Iabors in the course OF the
ten meetings between Jan. 5~ond Feb. Ii
1919, e these men had not builded on d
foundation that builders had been con-
structing for & period Of more than three
years.
ATTACHES LIST OF
ACTUAL TRAINERS.
That there may be no further question
on this issue, 1 am attaching herewith a
list that, while not exhaustive. - SUM-
cient to show that the figures have
used (150) is correct
Peace conference official committee
men: President Woodrow Wilson, chair
man; Edward NJ. House, Lord Robert
Cecil, General Smut, Leonard Bourgeois,
Professor LGranuade, Mr.. Orlando, NJ.
NJ Hymans, NJ. Pessoa, Wellington Koo
Kayme Batalha, NJ. Vesnitch, n Fenizelos,
Roman Dmowksi. NJ. Diamandy and
Charles Kramer.
British government official commits
sion: Lord FILLMORE, chairman; Prof.
A. F. Pollard, Sir Julian Corbett, J..
Holland Rose, Sir Eric Rowe, Sir Will
liam Tyrral, c. J. B. Hurst and A. R.
Kennedy. Report presented March 20,
1918
French government official committee /:
Leon Bourgeois, Jean Jules. Vice Al
mIral La Case, Ganriel -HanOtaux, Ernest
Lavise. NJ. Appel and Jean Louis Re
nault. Report presented June 8. 1918
italian Government official commission
A. Ricci Bussati, Ansilotu ct al. Report
presented during peace conference.
American unofficial group known as
Marbourg study group. elaborated and
printed first complete draft League of
Nations, published early In 1918: Theo-
dore Marbourg, chairman; George Louis
Beer. John Bigelow, Edwin NJ. Borehard,
Elmer Ellsworth Brown, John Bales
CLARK, William Dennis, Samuel Dutton,
| John Finley, Harry Garfield, Franklin
Giddings, Robert Goldsmith. George
/ Holt. jeremiah jerks, Leo Rowe, William
Wheeler, Thomas Rsyburn. George Graf
1 ton Wilson.
JUDGE TAFT HEADED
ANOTHER GROUP.
League to Enforce Peace study group
| William Howard Taft, A Lawrence Low
ell Oscar S. Strauss, Theodore Mar
bourg, Hamilton Holt, Talcott Williams.
Glenn Frank ct al Reported Nov. %,
1918.
English League Of Nations society
group w. II. Dickinson. Lord Parmoor.
Sir Francis YOunghusbahd, Raymond
Irwin, c. LOes Dickinson. 4. n. Keen,
Noel Buxton. Ernest Rhys, Answring
Williams, Sid Edwin Fears, Sir George
Glib ct al
French Association for a Society Of
Nations group: A. Millerand Albert
Thomas Marcel Precost, Paul Renaulde,
A Fontaine ct al.
Viscount Bryce unofficial study group
OF twelve or more.
Swiss students group of at least a
dozen
This makes one hundred actually
named.
In addition there were perhaps fifty
experts appointed by the central or
ganization for a durable peace In the
Netherlands to develope separate phases
such as disarmament, etc.
Add to these the specialists connected
with the so-called Colonel House Enquiry,
who worked on the League # Nations
problem under the section headed by
Prof. James L. Shotwell and the names
of scores of prominent publcists and
jurists whose advice was sought in many
cases and accepted.
Refer to such men in this country as
Judge Hughes, Elihu Root and the mem
bers Of both the Senate and House COM
mittees on foreign matters; and such
| eminent English scholars as Sir Fred
erick Pollock.
II to the above be added the names
of those who labored for many months
! to the exclusion OF almost everything
else under the distinguished leadership
OF H q. Wells, the number would GER
tainly be nearer two hundred than one
hundred and fifty.
And the half has not been told.