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thing that could b. discussed.

tho Russian and Polish questions.
both OF vast intrloacy and impor-
lance. had been preclp'tsted into IN.
conversations. to say nothing Of tho
military problems of the renewal Of
the srruistice. He did not see how II
| could be practicable in turbulent
| world 10 follow any out-and-d dried
, plan. As he said later regarding an
: other aspeot Of the same situation,
THE question had 10 he studied Ike
problem Of dynarnics ooncerninR
the action Of forces in a body in un-
stabls equilibrium"
Thus the conference improved a.
~ went along and met each problem
as II arose. IL was the ineyitatle
coroliary Of the adoption, OF srnsiI r..
orst conferences OF the great powers
especially when the -Four met
aloDe-vhen an slaborcts plan II
procedure would have bean absurd
This infornality had both grea. sd-
vantaees and great disadvantazsa
IL no doubt enabled tho -Four 20
expedite business, to cut through red
tape, 70 get things done. II also
q enabled tho President 70 press AZ
q every point his general principles. 20
encourage the use of expert COM
missions. 10 demand publicity and "a
get clearer field for the consftera-
ton OF the League Of Nations.
Cienencssu ard Lloyd oeorq. o..~.
On the other hand. Il had real dfs-
advantages It tended 20 thro7-
great power In 10 the hands Of the
chairman. VI. Ciemenceau. for he
couIo dictate TO a large extent .hs
subjects which should conas up from,
tiIns 70 time; he had the power
Wnicn ne exercised freely in both
email and large conrerences-or lin
lung oeoate. setting the time Of as-
'ournrnsnts. and so on. II also en-
eoieh tnst extraordinary virtues,
LLOYD George. TO produce. o>ten ouit.
unexpectedly, the most remarkable
nistr1onic effects. as when one day
ne TOOK the Council OF Four by storm,
by staging the Moslern world 70 prov.
point he wished TO make IA
brought In the striking group Of BRIT
ish hohamnedan leaders. strsngelv
clad In combinations Of their nst,v.
cortunes and the uniforms OF the
In dramatic fashion thev nreseu+.1
the case Of Islam with re,er.,-a ,c,
the settlenn en.s In Turkey. AZ sno.b.-
tlne' and quite as precipi.ately. n.
staged the British Empire before IN.
Counch OF Ten, in the persons Of the
Prme Ministers Of all the Fritish
Colonies And the British EuuirS
can be most impressive when prop
erly staged
NO one could equaI Lloyd George d.
such devices as .na.e, although cs--
menceau at one time. quite witho,A
warming and much TO Lloyd Geor~-rs
oiscomfture, brought in the Belgian
oeiesation 70 argue their colonia1
Claims In africa and incidentally 70
support -he French colonial cia1~uo
as against the British. II Pressdsun
Wilson had none Of these arts -
was also little swayed by the prao,
tice OF them by the others. A 9reaA
A olsadvan>age also lay IA the coufuA
sion which existed during all tha
1 early weeks OF the conference as "a
whether there WAS TO be a prelfr1tn-
ary pee or aruistice extensions -
include some part OF the peace ar.
rangenents. or a final and defri,s
treaty. nd, finally. It was a great
disadvantage not TO have had the dis
cussion Of ths Peace Conference
wholly separated from those of the
Supreme War Council. even though
the same men. OF some OF them. sat
In both. Nevertheless Z. WAS. as
Tardieu says, tho Angio-saxo,
method
So much for the matter OF uro-
granme in the general conference
the Councils OF Ten and Four-which
dealt throughout with the item. o<
the peace rather than tho broader
principles Of the peace.
To have a definite programme
which would result In dividing I'D tho
world in the old way was an easy
thing; but 70 have a definite pro-
sramrne for divising instrumensaIi,-
les for anew order, based upon prin-
ciples new TO international relation
ships-espeeially when the spirit OK
the new order was only dimiy aduun-
brated in msn's minds-that was
quite another and far more difficult
problem.
Where the Presidents own Inteus.
most important purpose OF the Paris
conference were concerned-the real
ttzation Of the American prime pies Of
the peace-no man at Paris had
clearer or more definite ideas Of
what he had intended TO do. He
had begun thinking and speaking
d.. upon his project long before the war
closed; he worked out-as will be
fully described in a later chapter
his scheme for a League OF Nat ous.
In that Covenant. ha outlined specir-
ically what he meant by certain OF
his Points," notably the one on Mrni-
tation OF armaments. He presented
II at Paris early IN the Conferences.
He became chairman OF the comrals-
g. sion to study and report upon II. u
was the moS+ important commission
ot at Paris, often rivaling In interest
a the Council Of Ten or OF Four. ia
at was himself the chairrnon Of that
ar commission. He secured the sdop-
M ton OF the plan FOR making the
League OF Nations an integral part OF
NJ the treaty Of peace as early as ths
L. second plenary session. January 25,
s. ana throughout the conference he
D. hewed to the line In the realization
N OF what he considered TO bs Arneri-
can principles with undated deter
mination. II the plan was not all
written down beforehand IL was
none the less plan and a uro-
gramme, and probably as definite q
one as could be devised sor the sx-
ploration OF a diplomatic wilderness
hitherto unprecedented. I. Is not the