Show ACT I i i H lO l 2 lI I ARTI l Peace League Covenant I as Completed Does Not Noti i Include Amendment ii g Requested ij i t lIb p I I PARIS March The 27 leg league e 1 I of nations commission commis ion of of the I i peace conference with l President resi ent j Wilson in the chair last night I 5 completed consideration of the i I covenant ot of the league The covenant was referred to a drafting committee committee f I consisting ot of Colonel E. E EM M House rep rep- I resenting the United Stat s Lord Robert Rob Rob- ROb ROb-I ert Ceeil Ce for Great Britain Premier I Venizelos or of Greece ant and FerdInand FerdInandI I I dean of orthe the Paris law fac- fac I fac-I I T The e covenant still contains twentysix twenty twenty- six articles No amendment has been incorporated which specifically meets I the national r desires lr equality of tt Japan an for f r recognItion OJ I I PROPOSAL ON ADMISSION ADM I i I A proposal which seeks to settle the condItions required for admission to I the league of nations has been presented present present- i ed to the peace conference It says that countries which wish to become m members of the league must prove that Hat they Insure to all citizens as well as all foreigners resident In ih their ter- ter es full religious freedom protection tion to person and property liberty or of orthe the press and free exercise of such rIghts or of suffrage as be may guaranteed guaran- guaran t teed ed by their constitutions customs or legislative ena i The proposal apply not only to to toI I enemy countries s. s but butto to nations like Russia Mexico and Costa Rica IUca the thet I t flaat last two or of which were n not t Invited to participate in the or of n neutrals with representatives es pf the belligerent j nations to dIscuss the league of na- na 55 JAPANESE PERSISTENT I The Japanese delegation continued to pre press s today for an amendment to i the of the le league Jg e the he prInciple or of equality or of the races i The orIginal Japanese l proposal which I met met with a speedy rejection has been by them several times until I as It stood today It called for r or of the equality t Y d t nations o t is and nd p Hust treatment nt or of all th their lr g. It I f 1 l geh generally l' l lly understood that se ot or thee delegations hue American WEre WE're l Ito lonaL e hel el v e there was 1 ht Ina ail I Jus r-anie r Irhe er were un to c theIr assent aBSent that the coven tt l should hould even cen go thos th I ta fart DOUBT i REMOVED I I N al' al h Any d bf that the e c covenant en nt or of tI the e. e league teague of op na lops will be mentioned In the peace i continued on page 6 I. I 1 STILL HOLDS t 1 l from page 1 t by an t nt from a responsIblE 1 V 1 e a oday It was said that ce to the the- league must be behe I 1 he treaty If only because l' l requIre the Germans to lea Ies to the leagues league's mant man man- 11 flies to the leagues league's mant man man- t 1 |