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S Should Govern Govern C Certain J n Natio N Named by hr L League agu 4 i 1 By Justin J J Service Stuff Staff corr 1 Paris Feb Feli C embarrassment o of President Wilson and the thc American peace Commission a Ja growing datI dally daily through tho time Increasing and demand that tho the United States Stales accept the tho responsibility for fOl governing go certain certain tain tali territorIes to be bo placed placed under tho tIme jurisdiction of oC tho the league of oC nations The Tho po position f the tho President and the American plenipotentiaries Is that the they have no ma mandate ate from the tho American Congress and and tho American people to accept such r responsibility Some mandate In tho Presidents PresIdent view ylo was w In t to make the league of nations vital l thus Insuring the aco of the thC world it i ow permanent perm pe vj t I sc s n r cJ j settle settlements ments which will Insure n t 1 peace must bo be leached upon the basis of at least partial American for tor the supervision of or some territory territory ter ter- un under er tho the league of oC nations President Wilsons Wilson's plan of ot action It ItIs itis Is It understood will bo ho to have o the tho plan of oC a it league of ot nations adopted without committing America to any special special-re re- re under that plan The Tho British navy wants the submarine submarine submarino rine rino to be declared an outlawed weapon Some Sonic American officers side with tho time British view however however how how- ever cr Is that the submarine Is a necessary necessary of oC protection protection sar sary an and Inexpensive e means tion for the tho great reat American coast line and nl also o for Cor the tile seaports of a smaller na nation against aggression b by a strong I I nation I 1 U. 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S Desired as Armenia l Mandatory l I Paris Fob Iob 3 ny By By the time Associated president Wilson pr presided at atthe tho the opening meeting of ot the tho league of oC nations commission which was held helel In Colonel Houses House's apartments this afternoon afternoon after atter- noon and amid lasted from froni 2 to 5 No o answer has been r returned turned b by the time delegates to what Is American peace unanimous desire said eald to be an almost United of oC tho time other powers that the tho States undertake to art net as mandatory mandator V Continued on pa page e 2 lACK OF POWER PUTS PRESIDENT IN HOBBLES Continued from Pa Page e 1 for tor Armenia and the ho other severed provinces of or Turkey Some Somo of or the American delegates say thc they are arc disposed disposed disposed dis dis- posed to resist this development of or the tho plan for tor holding that it Is I the tho business of oC to look after I j tho the gu Europeans and the tho people of or the near east casts I The argument u used b by the lie other powers Is based upon the unlimited I confidence o of other governments and because It Is lr known that the tho United States has no territorial aspirations I Furthermore It is argued that tho the conI confidence con con- I of or the Armenians nn and tho the other I peoples of or the provinces pro affected through the long exerted Influence of ot Robert nobert College at Constantinople Is a a. stron strong reason for tho the participation of or America as the mandatory power Dominion to He Jie Represented lI Paris Feb 3 The Tho Tho much discussed question whether British D Dominions shall have separate rate representation as national units In a society of or nations Is understood to have been settled fa faor favorably fa- fa or bl as far as Great Britain Is con con- corned It Il Is said complete agreement has been reached that s self governing dominions have ha the tho same samo status as ns an any other nation Robert flobert J. J Lansing tho the American secretary secre scene tary of tate state was unanimously elected president o of the committee on responsibility for the war which held Its Ita first meeting today at the foreign of or- or fice lice At tho the meeting of or the commission on a society of nations this afternoon I there tIters was a general agreement ag lo o push pugh the deliberations as rapidly JI as possible An n official statement says sas that a definite deli deli- lute nite program was sas formulated ami that that- an a agreement was reached to begin In g-In de detailed tie tIc tailed discussions on Tues Tuesday 1 i impS ti Work orl Proponed After Atter the tho meeting the following g announcement announcement an an- was issued Tho The commission on a society of nations nations nations na na- na- na today compared views as ns to the best nl m method of ot procedure There was wasa a general agreement t on tho the desirability bilI bil- bil It ity of or pushing pushing- on the tho deliberations as as' I rapidly as possible A d definite program program pro pru- gram of oC work worle was formulated and cit lt If was agreed reed that tho the commission should I commence detailed discussion on Tues day dar Premier Venizelos of or Greece was be before he- he fore taro tho the supreme council of oC the peace pence conference at Its session this morning and made a statement on the claims of or Greece Premier will continue continuo his presentation of or the lie case of ot Greece at nt tomorrow mornings morning's session of or the council The Tho Czecho Slovak delegates will again bo be heard at tomorrows tomorrow's session session session ses ses- sion it was announced The Tho Greek claims as as- presented b by Premier Veal Veal- I zelos elos who was accompanied b by Nicho las Ins the lie Greek foreign n minister minis Icho-I Icho ter embr embrace ce northern Thrace down tho the Dardanelles Including Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- I and ami tho the sea sen front along western Asia Mla I Minor lInor with Smyrna as Its commercial and geo geographical cen ecu t ter Cr M. M r. r maintained that tho the Greek race largely predominated in I these regions |