The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-22
THE WILSON PLAN

When President Wilson Paris for the first meeting
OF the peace conference he carried with him his conception oil
league OF nations,
1t document that has since become known the
American draft of the OF the league OF nations 1t was
the product of months of study and aborous investigation 1t
was the child OF his brain
1t document shot null OF Americansm 1t was such
document with his vision his patriotism and his idea
combined with his mentality and his skill might have been expected
II breathed the spirit of Amecanism carried comfort
the suffering people OF the world rainbow OF promise
against sky filled with clouds the only hopeful sign in the
armament 1t such document might have been expected
from American 1t offered much but offered with
out surrenderng single vital principle of Americanism
For awhile there something said about the American
plan after it was proposed in Paris and then heard OF
In the place OF there the SHUTS plan 1t the
product of Gen SHUTS much the American plan was the
creature OF President Wilson
the peace conference rejected it. The conference adopted the
SHUTS plan and the OF the United States has declined to
ratify it.
This brings us to consideration of the difference between
the plans and possible to find why is that senator's who
favored the Wilson plan are denounced as because
they do not subscribe to the SHUTS plan.
The first in article Of the covenant which cannot
be considered apart from article TO- about which there has been
much controversy, reads as follows;
matter to the
wise N safeguard the peace Of nations,
The first OF article OF the American draft written
conference with reference to the just quoted from
article II of the covenant reads as follows
ANY threat whether Immediately affecting any Of
the all the contracting the contracting
wise and eectua to safeguard the of nations.
The difference between the two Is perfectly obvious The
adopted provides articles 10 and II that th league
shall take any action that may be deemed wise and eectua
safeguard the peace of nations.
The plan prepared and advocated by the president provided
that the contracting powers hereby the right take
action that be deemed and eecta safeguard
peace of nations His plan rejected and the SHUTS plan pro-
vdng that the league shall take any action that may be deemed
wise, substituted.
The reservation articles 10 and nothing than
effort the part OF the Wsonze the covenant so far
as.the United States is concerned
The presidents plan stated that any threat OF
matter of concern the league but the right
specifically reserved by the contracting powers and
ferred upon the league.
In almost the exact language OF the president the
adopted reservation retaining for congress the right vested in
it by the constitution.
Yet there persons who say that senator in favor 4e
contracting he United States resevng right to take
any action that be deemed wise against America against
Wilson and against the league
They say these things notwithstanding do to hew to
the line laid down by the constitutions the principle
first enuncaed by the president and contendd by him until
he obliged by European diplomats give up sub
scribe the plan outlined the first draft OF the ever
written.