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threaten 70 disturb international
peace or the good understanding be-
tween nations" This clause would
enable n Lithuanian or Jugosav
state to bring before the League
questions affecting tho treatment ri
thar racial kinsmen IN Poland or
1taly--and the United States TO bring
up questions OF the treatment OF
.Nws anywhere.
Why Wilson Made Changes.
SHUTS. labor and tho lava thus
account >or all the alterations which
appear In tho President second
orsft. There were other suggestions
before him. but he made no use of
mem. One was the brief outline
ors"n up by Cecil. Like the srnuts
plan, IT provided for an upper coun-
Gil, but. unlike II. this body was tn
consist only OF the Representa- t,yes
on great powers. and II was to do all
'ne real work OF the League. atronx
as were the President feelings on shs
subject OF the responsibility n. n.
great powers, this naked form OF
oic'ation' based frankly on the pre-
ceoent OF 1915. was too much .or
him. -O'
ihen there were the famous sur-
gestions forwarded by lansing vith
MS letter OF Dec. %. IL lf.r IN IN.
NE almost as fresh and ,InbandI.d
as "nen tn. Secretary appended hi.
signature Tho President knew
| i'ansings views without reading thi.
nocufnent. Even more strongly than
House, Lansing was oppo.ed IN IN.
use OF force as sanction .or a..
suthority OF the League over recall
ciIAnt members. He would hav.
nothing to do with forcfbIe rr,sran-
tees. either OF the processes Of arbi-
tration or the territorial and political
STATUS quo. He would 10 no furtber
IN collective action than p,rSS. ~.
hon-intercourss with orenSJn,
otates-a kind OF negative guaran-
Tee his curiousIy distorted v.r-
SION OF the general guarantees sr.jea.
piedging all member States NOT "a
violate each others integrity or in
dependence, but allowing individual
states to do so by authorization Of
the league. was surely a charter os
very doubtful value for tho p.ac. ~
the world. II resulted In no change,
in the Presidents DRAFT.
Many other proposals Of Arn.r,o.,
origin as we'll as the French nIsn
sent 20 him Jan. 20. a sr,ss nl.,
beigian suggestions, and 80 on. ar.
among the Presidents document.
but mono OF them seen, IN bsvs
eRerted any influence upon him in
making his second draft.
This second draft OF his pro,.c,
having been completed, wa. hsnd.1
70 Colonel House and hurried ara
secretly printed. IT was this srs,,
distributed by the President 10 IN.
American Commissioners and - cor.
tain British leaders on Jan. 10, that
caused such a conmotion among the
diplomats. For they saw in 81 FOR
the first time, the concret. sta.em.n,
o. what the President intended "a
oo-for example. regarding lirnita.
ton OF armament and control a,
colonies. Here was a specific pro-
gram. It was this second draft tina,
was given by Mr.. BuIIitt to the San.
ats committee a. the President,
original Covenant-vhich It was not
Tho circulation OF tho President,
III brought forth a. number q
ments and criticisms (which h,
had asked for) from General Bliss
Secretary lansing. James Brow
Scott and David Hunter Miller
Only two of these he considered d
sufficient Importance 10 necessitat {.
changes in his draft.
With these suggestions in hand
the President at once prepared a
third American draft Of the Coven.
ant II was printed, ike the second
but apparently not circulated, as II
Is little known.