Show r- r I r a a o nm IB o nm 81 a o 81 mil 11 ml a a lEi a. a mil o mil a n r I MILSON Wll N Will A ASK K HA HASTE TE TEIN IN PLANS PlAN President Eager to See Society of Nat Nations orts Come Into Effect Before Be fore He Sails for U U. S S. S By Associated Press WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Feb 4 Durin 4 During the debate in the senate today on on the league of nations proposal be before before before be- be fore the conference Senator Senator Hitchcock chairman of the foreign relations committee sai said he felt sure that at at the proper time and before committing the American government President Wilson would advise the senate regarding the agreement for such a league YA Associated J rest reu j tYe dk S l P. P Feb president 4 4 President mi 1 son son has sey ai ii poi imri I for today inch including ding a call c call ll from representatives of the Bible society society society so so- and visits from some Republican congressmen who have ar arrived ar- ar r- r rived in Paris He lIe is determined however how how- ever that nothing shall be permitted to obstruct the progress of the commission com com- m mission iss io n of which which hens he is chairman irman andI and nd which now is engaged in perfecting the scheme for the ci creation cation ofa of a society of oC I nil nations He lie is therefore concentrating his Ills at attention at- at upon that work While hile less than two wet weeks remain before the date set for his return to Washington it is f still sun regarded within the range of poss for tOl the great project not not- only to be reported from the commission I out but also for fOI the p peace ce conference in J 6 plenary session to ratify the plan and f thus put it fairly in the way to be registered res- res in treaty form within the tim time limit J SPEED IS URGED There is a growing f feeling he the treaty of ot peace should be speed I perfected now that th the principle of oft the e society of nations many of the d de I tails of Its construction have have been agreed upon upon Arthur J J. J Balfour the British foreign secretary is engage engaged upon a proposition to fix the territorial boundaries of the det defeated nations at it at once and promptly conclude peace w with h the enemy as so constituted gram would be then then to go on with with the the settlement of ot the other questions re ro remaining re m to fo be solved under the rules rulee rul of the society of ot nations LEAGUE SEEMS ASSURED Even if the effort to secure final action a action ac ac- tion on the society of nations by tj peace C conference before President WJK s f I sons son's departure should fail fall it t Is considered con con- by active sponsors for tor the plan pUn that the ultimate success of or the undertaking under under- taking has In reality already been as as- as as- as sUled through the adoption by the full conference at its second s session of ot the the- declaration which solemnly binds the the- delegations to the creation of ot such an organization with the primary object ct of ot averting further warfare The main effort of the promoters now is to keep out all aU matter from the plan which is not absolutely vital Thus it may prove that ono one result will w be he that little more than the skeleton ot ol of the project will be disclosed If It its it's v expected however that upon this c can n be hung almost everything essential ilo to the development of the plan whereby w It is hoped to assure the peace of the world for tor genera generations lons t to come With such an agreement on g general 11 principles as ms has been reached etc ete tc With such an agreement on general principles as has been reached It it 1 J Is held in some quarters that th there re may may be bo n no need to treat specifically subjects as the freedom of ot the seas the use of submarines submarine rinel in warfare the crew crew- tion of ot buffer states tate or even the lI delimitation de delimitation de- de limitation of national boundaries dolt frith I reference to their defensive poss bm ties The idea is Is' that there would beno beno be beI I no necessity to consider the question of ot defense se against a neighbor whose good beha behavior vior wa was s assured n V I FIXING DAMAGES i Some questions however do require I I immediate consideration it seems g generally gen gen- n- n orally agreed These are subjects such I as the assessment of ot the damages cau caused ed by the war oar the responsibility for the war the regulation bf the use UiO of international waterways waterways' and rail rail- railways I ways the difficulties presented by Ute the present state of ot chaos in tho treaty re relations re- re j lations between the nations As as one result re- re re result sult suIt of the war and treatment of Urn tin I labor question bv by international Some Rome of these se problems problem would ro require re- re quire a a- along l long time to settle notably th the j Continued d on page 5 r ON WILL ASK g n from page 1 1 the actual damage ink in- in k enemy enemy although It has 1 that adjustment of thisbe this be facilitated by the estimate of the gross r the the preliminary ex- ex ch Ich already have been solving these problems 3 adopted would b be Cation alion of various coin COln- com com- tatter the final adjust adjust- ice ce ce conference with full the execution of their |