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SECRET AGREEMENT NOT NOW EFFECTIVE President Wilson Sets Forth Position of United States. Can not Acquiesce in Italian Demand. Pajis, April 23.—President Wilson’s emphatic declaration that he will not -yk^td ot^ the A4rtaUc -question-haa-oro- atcd the mdst profound sensation in the peace conference. He has thrown down the gauntlet to Ihe supports of secret treaties in a manner which al most took away the breath of the dele gates who have been urging compro- iriis’es orT pdints” covered by many "se- ^—nnU- ere! documents and at variance with • ’ . The idea, which had been prevalent the president’s 14 points. President Wilson’s sweeping declar ation, while aimed directly at the Adriatic problems, also reaches the Kiau Chau controversy, in which Ja pan relies on secret agreements made with Great Britain. France and Italy, in 1917 to support her in her claim to the concessions held by Germany in Shentung. session of the council of four, various rumors became current Signor Or lando remained at Italian headqua- ters, but messengers carried him many- notes. Poposals and .counterproposals were made between the members of the British, French and Italian dele- gations, and numerous stories of t'om- promises were circulated. These were suddenly discredited by the issuance of President Wilson's statement, showing that the president was not a party to the proposed concessions, which were chiefly based on the sup- fuvaittnn that Flume emild be given to MVNY IMPORTANT CHANGES IN LEAGUE COVENANT Hitherto Unpublished ‘‘Annex” Shows Names of 31 States Original Mem bers. Thirteen Neutrals Invited to Join. , Washington. April 27.—The revised covenant of the league of nations, as tomorrow in Paris that the Adriatic situation was a game of chess in which the most skillful diplomats would win, re gardless of the armistice conditions, was suddenly banished by President Wilson's action., Since Monday it had been generally known that he had prepared a state ment which was presented on that day The peace delegates generally re- i to the entire American delegation, and gard President Wilson’s statement as 1 that the delegation had approved it. a challenge which once for all will | there was no suspicion that bis position was so unalterably against secret diplomacy. Declarations by the members of the American delegation that the presi dent would not yield on the matter of Fiume were regarded by most Euro pean diplomatists and especially by the Italians, as part of a political game, until today, and even now many old school dimplomatists seem unable to comprehend what has hap pened. In issuing his ’official statement on the Adriatic question, President Wil son let it he known that he desired dispose of the question whether secret documents of which many nations participating in the war were ignor ant are to figure in the peace follow ing an armistice in which all the al lies' pledges gave no regard to secret treaties. The Italian situation overshadowed all other questions throughout the day in Paris ancKwas the sole subject of conversation in official and unofficial circles. . When it became known this morn ing that the Italian premier, Vittorio O: lando,, was again absent from the to the, peace conference jn plenary session. made public tonight by the state department. 5 Ita essential features, including important amend ments designed to meet cirticisms in the United Slates of the original draftfl Already had been aisciosW THHW an official summary issued two weeks ago when the revision was completed. Attached to the text, however, is the hitherto unpublished “annex” referred to in the covenant, in which are named the thirty-onq states, including the self-governing British dominions which are to be the original members of the league of nations, and thirteen nations to be invited to accede to the covenant. The original members are all th£ nations which declared war on Gernfany, and in addition the states of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. Those invited to become members by acced ing to the covenant are the three Scan dinavian countries, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Persia, and the American republic of Argentina. Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Salvador and Venezuela. Mexico was not represented in the conference of neutrals at Paris, as ^ ' was excepted and does not appear' .in JXCi st. the iJst. Provision is made in the cov- ernant,‘however, for the admission to the league of any fully self-goterning country which will give required guar- antees, npoirtr two-thirds’ voHf* of the once again to call attention to the fact' that there were certain well de fined principles which have been ac cepted by the peoples of the world as the basis for a lasting peace. The United States delegation simply re called this in order that there should be no deviation from these principles. assembly, composed of representatives of the member nations. As Jn the original document the cov- enaqfl*'Provldes that the league shall act through an assembly, in which each state shall have one vote and not more "tban'feree WlglWClW MIM- cil, comprising for the present one representative of each of the five great powers and each of four other powers to be selected from time to time by the assembly. Members of each class rep resented on the council may be in creased by unanimous consent of the council arid majority of the assembly. Publication of the text discloses that the official summary quoted verbatir the new article recognizing the Monroe doctrine. It provides that nothing In the covenant shall be deemed “to af fect the validity of international en- gamements such as treaties of arbitra tion. original understandings like the Monroe doctrine tor semiring the main teriance of peace.” This was the amendment for which President Wil son made a successful fight at the same time the Japanese delegation to the peace conference sought vainly to have a race equality provision inserted in the covenant. Changes suggested in criticisms in the United States senate added pro visions for the withdrawal of a mem ber, nation upon, two years’ notice af ter fulfillment of the league obligations exempt domestic questions from the league’s jurisdiction, provide that man datories over German colonies or for mer Ottoman dominions shall be given only to nations willing to accept them, leave it to mentber states to decide what armed force If any It will coh- tribute to the force required by the league to enforce itg.. mandates and make it clear that member states indi vidually will pass upon proposed limi tations upon their armaments. 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