Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-04 | Page 1 | Clemenceau Proposes Meeting

CLEMENCEAU P PROPOSES P MEETiNG French Premier i in Let Lettl Letter Let Let- t ter tl r to CO Col House Houe Urges s Assembly s m l I League of of Nations p pARIS PARIS ARIS Oct t. t 3 Premier Premier Cle 1 has written Col Colonel Colone E. E M. M House a a. member of tin the American pc peace c delegation urging ging that a m meeting eting of th the league of pf nations be held in W Washington Wash WaSh- h- h ington under under the chairmanship o o President Wilson e ely early ir ft N November The prem premiers premier's ers er's lett letter which outlines outline his 1115 reasons f fOr r 1 the e bt wC J 1 tp meeting ing was Yas officially Y d today to to to d day y It was written September S 4 4 1919 and nd fo follows lc ws In ip part part t J JIt It seems seems to me that the the first meeting meet ing of the society of n nations t ons li ire Iii Washington und under r the presidency o of Mr Wilson should be urgently caned called fat at the he earliest possible moments moment Owing to the hopes hopes' this society Ha caused to be born and to the solution of Inter international problem facing all nati nations ns I would suggest th e. e meeting be held the first week of the thi coming November and would propose the invitation of the greatest possIble number humber o of ot statesmen I whose whoso names name were associated with the creation o othe of the society of ot nations Undo Undoubtedly there would be only a small amount amoun of current business to transact buthe but bu the program would have this capital capita advantage It would put in action th the society which still exists only 01 on on paper Finally dont don't you think it would woul be a great advantage for the ex ex- officio members of the society o of nations to be VIA enabled to exchange e views on n th general direction of bt tinline the theUne theline tin the line Une to be pursued No man man is better qualified than President Wilson t to remind the tho p peoples oPles at the opening o othe ot of the first assembly that t tie the society of nations will have pre prestige ant and influence in times of pea peace e only if 1 It succeeds in maintaining and and developing develop develop- ing the feeling of international solidarity solidarity soli soIl darity danity from which it Jt t was born bon ir inthe tn in the war at tho call caIl of Mr Wilson 3 I myself shall be happy to second binin him bin himin in this task GEORGES GEORGEg CLEMENCEAU P S I S.-I I have ha written a I letter to Premier Lloyd George George