Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-01-28

First Session of Body Gets Pro-
test From Irish.
ITALIAN PRAISES THE U. S.
Leon Bourgeois, Presiding Officer, N
Addressing the Council, Expresses
Regret at Absence of United
States at the Opening.

Paris, Jan. Representatives of
France, Great Britain, Italy, Greece,
| Belgium, Spain, Japan and Brazil,
members of the council of the League
of Nations, met in the o'clock" room of
the French foreign Office for the first
meeting in the history of the league.
| The council organized at 80
o'clock by electing Leon Bourgeois
chairman and confirming the choice of
Sir Eric Drummond of Great Britain
as general secretary.
| The first official act of the council
was the appointment of a commission
| % trace upon the spot the frontiers
of the territory of the Sarre basin.
| TIE council received it's first formal
protest to be presented to it almost
before it came into being with today's
initial session. The protest was from
| "the ENJOYS of the elected government
of the Irish republic" against "the I'M
real English simulance of an inter-
national league of peace"
Sig. FerrariS, on behalf of Italy,
said his nation was glad to respond to
| the invitation "of the president and
the great American people" He add
| ed that among the duties of the league
would be to give attention to the high
cost of transportation, the high cost
of living, and the state of internation-
al finance
Bourgeois in Address.
con Bourgeois, French representa-
tive. who presided, said:
"The task of presiding at this meet
ing and inaugurating this great inter
national institution should have fallen
to President Wilson We respect the
reasons which still delay final decision
by our friends in Washington but ex-
press the hope that their difficulties
soon will be overcome and that a rep
resentative of the great American re-
| public will occupy the place awaiting
him among us. The work of the coun-
ell will then assume definite charac-
ter and will have that particular force
which should be associated with our
| work
January Is. 1920, will go down in
history as the date of the birth of a new
world. Decisions to be reached will
be in the name of all nations adher-
| ing to the first covenant of the league.
| 1t will be the first decree of all free
| nations leaguing themselves together,
for the first time in the world to sub
stitute right for might. But the or
| ganization of the League of Nations
will not be complete until the assem-
bly, of all the states meets"
Gives British Views.
| Earl Curzon, British secretary of
state for foreign affairs, and that ma
| TONS representative on the council Of
| the league, said:
Con behalf of the British empire, |
| desire to express the loyalty of my
| government and the external domin-
ions of the British crown to the spirit
| underlying the covenant of the League
of Nations. 1t is our Intention by
every means in our power to insure
| it's practical efficiency. 1t is our firm
| belief that through its instrumentality
alone we can hope tC insure that such
lniseries that the world has expert
enced during the last five years shall
not be repeated and that a new era of
! International relationship shall dawn
1.-The League of Nations is an ex-
| preston of the universal desire for
.aner methods of regulating affairs of
mankind, and provides machinery by
which practical effect may be given
the principles of international friend
| ship and good understanding The sue
| cess of the labors of the peace con-
| ference is a good augury for the flu
| ture of the League of Nations. For the
/ first time an attempt was made to
| bring together under the auspices of
| the league representatives of govern
ments, employees and labor, md an
advance exceeding the results of the
| entire work of the previous quarter Of
a century has been made in the field
nf international action on industrial
| questions"
Next Meeting in London.
| All the members of the council call
| ed for by the covenant of the league.
with the exception of the representa-
tives of the United States were pres
ent when NJ Bourgeois called the
meeting to order.
After the appointment of thu COM
missioners, M. Bourgeois proposed
London as the place for the next meet
| ing of the council and this was ap-
| proved Lord Curzon suggested cav
| ing the date and the order of business
open. to be decided by the chairman
and the secretary. since, he said, ut
will he necessary TO consult the United
| States on a great many questions like
| ~ to arise"