ABSTRACT
During the greater part of the week the Council devoted itself mainly to the difficult question of Russia, and some acute problems in Poland. However, in addition a good deal of attention was given to preparations for the second Plenary Session fixed for the coming Saturday, and for which the League of Nations had been announced as the principal item. There was a general desire that, in order to get the Conference into its stride, resolutions should be passed establishing commissions of the Conference on the other matters mentioned at the first Plenary Meeting. Japan still lacked the leader of the delegation, the Marquis Saionji, who did not appear until the fourth Plenary Meeting on April nth, but Makino was a most competent substitute. Under the plans of the Council of Ten, the five members of each commission to represent the 'Powers with Special Interests' were to be selected at a meeting of those Powers.
