The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-03

1.-THE prevention of all financial. com
mercial or personal intercourse" be
tween the nation failing to abide b,
the decision and all other membe.
states of the League of Nations.
On the same day that he presented
This plan to the peace conference Pres
ident Wilson sailed for the United
States to attend the closing sessions
of congress at Washington. Opposi
ton to the Incorporation of the League
OF Nations covenant N the peace treaty
already had developed In this country
and President Wilson, upon his return
delivered an address at Boston In
which he emphasized the necessity of
the United States taking leading
part in the organization of the League
Of Nations.
Meantime the peace conference was
endeavoring to reach a solution of
several other vexing problems. A bit.
ter dispute had arisen between Italy
and the new Jugo-Slav state as to the
possession of the eastern coast of the
Adriatic. The Italians demanded pos
session of the city of Fiume on the
ground that its population was largely
Italian, while the Jugo-Slavs main
tanned that possession of this port was
essential if their newly organized ma
ton was to have access to the sea.
The Japanese delegates also gave
an early indication of their attitude
by insisting upon Japan's right to re-
tain the Marshall and Caroline islands
which she had taken from Germany.
President Wilson returned to Paris
after spending little more than a week
in the United States. With his arrival
in France on March II the peace con
ference began consideration of recon-
mendations by various committees
and the peace treaty began to take
definite shape.
On March "a the council Of ter
which had been considering the chic
problems before the peace conference
was replaced by a council of four. con
sisting of President Wilson and Pre-
miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau am
Orlando. From that time up to the
of the problems arising we're dispose
Of by this council of four. in which
at times, the premier of Japan alst
participated.
The revised covenant of the Leagur
Of Nations was presented at a plenar!
session Of the peace conference or
lpril 2S President Wilson. as chair
ian of the commission which framed
he covenant. explained the change:
lat had been made. mostly as result
criticism In the United States. One
f the most important of the amend
tents made was that providing tina
he covenant should not affect existing
understandings for maintaining peace
lille IL was not so stated specifically
lis amendment was designed to pre-
mt the League Of Nations covenan
rom interfering with the Monroe doc
rine. The revised covenant wa
adopted by the unanimous vote of thu
neacp conference.
'rhich by this time had been reduces
70 council OF three by the with
travail of the Italians. agreed &
ransfer to Japan the German posses
son Of Kiau-Chau. The Chinese dele
rotion objected strenuously to this sci
cement although japan agreed ult
Nately to restore the territory {
China. On May 6 the council deter
mined that Great Britain and her cole
MES and domlnions should becom
mandatory for the islands north Of tn
equator
By May s the treaty had finally bee
completed and on that date it wa
presented to the German plenipoter
tiaries at Versailles. The pact, Will
II represented chiefly the deliberation
Of the council of four, had been adop
ed by conference in which 81 allie
and associated powers were repreSen
ed. AZ the same time 1t was al
nouneed that President Wilson an
Premier Lloyd George had negotiate
treaties with France providing th;
the United States and Great Brital
would come Immediately to the asSis
ancc of France in case OF any futuI
unprovoked attack by Germany. Whe
the peace treaty was submitted to Il
Germans the Italian delegates we,
present having returned to Paris
response to an invitation extended |
President Wilson and Prcmiers Ltoy
George and Clemeneeau.
The German delegates were not ~
mitted 70 discuss the peace treaty Wi
: the conference but were given fife.
days in which to submit their reply
writing Announcement Of the teri,
of the treaty caused storm in Gre
many. The terms We're denounced |
President Ebert of Germany as beir
the most severe ever imposed upon
vanquished people" Several comm
nicatiOns requesting changes in Il
treaty were submitted by the Germ:
delegates and these were given consi
T. GRAFTON by the council of FIVE. AZ
: result some parts OF the treaty we
2 made more lenient toward German
} The revised terms were presented
: Count Br0ckdorff- Rantzau. head of Z
German delegation on June 16 and I