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Show MfflSTO cqKgress One of Chief Ideals in American View Is the Preventing of Warfare Among the Peoples. Discussion Will Differ From Historic Vienna Gathering, When Territory Ter-ritory Was Paramount. PARIS, Xov. cc (By the Associated Press.) A league of nations is likely to figure before the peace conference at an early stage of the proceedings, instead of being relegated to the close, after the territorial aspirations of the various powers pow-ers are settled. Two distinct viewpoints have now developed de-veloped in this subject. The American view is that the coming congress will not be like the Vienna congress, which devoted de-voted itself principally to arranging what each power should receive as a result of the Napoleonic upheaval. According to the American view, the present war was ba-sed on certain high ideals and was not a strucgle for territorial gains. IDEALS SHOULD COME BEFORE TERRITORY GAIN. Therefore, it is maintained, Ideals should come before territorial aspirations In the deliberations of the congress, and these ideals, having been first defined, should thereafter be the main guide in national aspirations. One of the chief of these ideals, it is pointed out, was to prevent futuro warfare, war-fare, and a league of nations has been generally and officially accepted as the most practical organization for accomplishing accom-plishing that ideal It is therefore hold that this should be -One of the first sub-' jeets considered and should set a stand- (Contimied on Page Eight.) LEAGUE OF HIS TO FIGURE AT BESS (Continued From Page One.) i ni of ideals for other subject? following. follow-ing. It e.in he stated this Anierkan view fu procedure has found warm supporters in- England and France, though t liere is also another viewpoint which clings to -.i'tu: okl pfO'-eilure under the Vienna congress, con-gress, whereby individual aspirations for : territory should have first considera-i:o)i. considera-i:o)i. ,. -Those tuning that territorial questions "nmilil come first say it Is highly desirable de-sirable to sign a pence Irealy embody- irtft .the essential details at the earliest . possible moment, so as to terminate the ' official war period under which troops 'are-held for the (Juration of the. war. and i- railroads, telegraphs and other public vuUltie.s are similarly affected until peace is declaiod. According to this, view, an -.early peace agreement on essentials would release the armies, including the ,A in erica u troops, holding the Occupied i -.-.s ions. llavtns secured an early agreement on territorial and other practical details, it .is suggested the larger general questions, like a league of nations, could some tip in te;- for extended discussion either by fi peace congress or a separate inter- national congress to formulate the work--,ins details of the league. This view is .chiefly ' held by those favoring: the old ViiMin'a congress procedure of Individual 'claims first, while t he American vlew- point is distinctly favoraMe to establishing establish-ing -ideals , first us the guiding principles if the congress. The. appointmenr of the Krazilian dele-satei?, dele-satei?, Xilo Pe-anha. the foreign minister, and Ruy Uarbosn, ambassador to Argentina, Argen-tina, is leuding to a discussion as to what ex tent the South American countries coun-tries will support a lencue of nations and the effect of the league on the Monroe - dor-trine. tt Is the general understanding understand-ing that the youth American republics have the same favorable attitude toward . if league as (lie allies. Whether a leagm- of nations, in whieh ' t-bmme -would, be hugely represented. i ould extend its rut iiority to the western west-ern Iio'Tiisphere. Including South. (Jen-" (Jen-" trflt and North America, is not clear, out ' the prevailing view is that its authority would be nnivrryal. Tt is said this would not be a substitution substi-tution Of the league's authoritv for the fon roe doctrine In South A rnerlean affairs, af-fairs, but ra ther an extension of the Mom oe doctrine, whereby joint international interna-tional action would suyiplement and reinforce rein-force the Monroe doctrine. |