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formed a barrier against the west?
ward movement of Bolshevik mili?
tarism, meanwhile supplying muni?
tions to anti-?-Bolshevist forces.
Hie painted a pretty picture of
Russia. It was apparent, he said,
that the Allies liad no constructive
policy, but he de?ied any one to sug?
gest an alternative. The Bullitt re?
port never came before the conf?r?
er: oa, he said, and he was certain
thai if President Wilson had con?
sidered it material ho would have
presented it.
The Premier gave high praise to
President Wilson, declaring; that he
had a remarkablo sympathy with
the. peculiar conditions confronting
each country. He refuted the stories
that. America and Europe were
hopelessly at variance. He said that
no peace could please? every one, but
it was apparently bis conception
that,the kind of treaty this country
desired would be wholly satisfactory
to a big majority, even in this Par?
liament which a few days back was
threatening revolt.
There may be a political crisis af?
ter Easter, but the Conservatives
will not make it.
World Faces Grave
Peril, Says Premier
LONDON, April 16 (By The, Asso?
ciated Press1*.?The Allied representa?
tives in Paris have arrived at a com?
plete understanding on tho groat funda?
mental questions that would affect
peace with Germany, Premier Lloyd
Gebrge declared in adressinjr tho House
of Commons to-day. Tho Allies hud
formulated their demands and he hoped
that by the end of next week they
would be presented.
The Premier made a vigorous attack
upon those who had "attempted to sou
dissension, distrust and suspicion" be?
tween the nations whose "cordiality
r.nd good will toward each other were '
essential." He could not conceivo of a I
worse crime, he declared, at a time
when nothing could save the world but
keeping the nations together.
Denies U. S. and
Europe- Disagree
"It is not true that the United \
\ t?te s and Europe have been at vari- '
anee," Mr. Lloyd George declared, .
adding that no on? could have treated '
more sympathetically the peculiar !
problems and special susceptibilities
of Europe than President Wilson. The?
Premier deprecated attempts to create
dispensions among tho delegates,
The delegates, ?id Mr, Lloyd Georgo.
lud never forgotten what Frunce had
> ? and tho> hud not for
-.. hut t he ? us i nt il led nor
y against n repel ition of
.M . ' tttCK, but 10 ?' i l n Bonso
ftin | it, rho. coni orence
} .id come to a unanimous conclusion
i>n all ill.- questions before It, Includ
mg n decision that to publi ih the pence
terms before Ihey were discussed with
iiio eneinj would bo n first class blun
dc^. Their premature publication, he
contended, could only servo to encoui
inco of the i nemy
Mr. Lloyd Gi orge denied that lie was
trjring to eicape tho declarations he
made during the general election cum
patgn, The declaration regarding mak
ing Germ iny nay, he declared,had been
concurrid in by all tho party leaders.
Asks His Release
From No Pledges
The Premier said he had no; come
to the House of Commons to ask re?
lease for any pledge he had given.
"I am here to say that every pledge
we have given is incorporated in the
deyianda put forward by '.he Allies. We
stand by them because we believe they
F.re just. We want a peace that is just,
net, vindictive. We want a stern peace,
b'-cause the occasion demands it, but
it must be designed not to gratify
vengeance but to vindicate justice.
Every clause and every term in the
conditions must be justified. Above all,
we ?.vane to protect the future against
t repetition of the horrors of this war."
m 'iie course of his remarks on the
Russian situation Premiem Ll-?yd
George, referring to the report that
Americans who had visited Russia bad
Virqught back peace offers from that
government said:
"'If President Wilson attached any
value to them he would have brought
them hofore the conference, and he
certainly did not."
Demands Parliament
Vote its Confidence *
The Premier said he was going back
to Paris if the House wanted him to
go. Whoever vent, he declared, must
have the full confidence of the Parlia?
ment and carry out his pledges to the
utmost of his power and conviction.
Referring to the necessity of return?
ing to paths of peace and of reducing
armaments, the Premier said that the
force? of the country which had kept.
Europe in arms for forty years were to
be reduced to any army which would
be only adequate enough to police her
0itie* and protect her commerce.
There were suggestions that there
night be a recrudescence in Germany.
That was not a danger, Mr. Lloyd
C"orge asserted, because only with dif?
ficulty could Germany raise r.,
thousand met? to preserve order. The
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12 Cities Uphold Italy
In Territorial Claims
TJOME, April 16.?Representativos
of twelve cities of Southern
Italy held a meeting here yesterday
at which emphatic support of Italy's
territorial claims before the peace
conference was expressed.
The congress sent a telegraph
message to Premier Orlando an?
nouncing that tho members of the
gathering wero unanimously deter?
mined to tight for the granting of
Italy's territorial demands.
danger, ho said, was of the world go?
ing to pieces, adding:
"A real danger -the gaunt spectre of
hunger- is stalking through tho land."
Premier I.loyd George concluded by
pleading to all "not to soil this tri?
umph of right by indulging in the
angry passions of mankind, but to con?
secrate the sacrifices of millions to the
redemption of tho human race from
tho scourge and agony of war."
William Adamson, leader of tho
Labor opposition In the House of Com?
mons, following Premier Lloyd George,
said, in regard to tho latter's address:
?'The speech was eloquent, but not
entirely satisfactory."
Expected Criticism;'
Glad It Is Withheld
Early in his address tho Premier
said his first impulse when he re?
turned to England from Franco was to
await the much advertised criticisms
of him, but inquiries had shown that
these were not forthcoming. The rea?
son assigned was, he was told, that he
must not expect criticism until the
House was informed what tho peace
delegates wero doing.
The Premier said ho should not have
thought that in such quarters facts
would be regarded as the slightest
basis for criticism, but he was fully
awaro there was a great deal of im?
patience in the world, and he proposed
to address himself to the real, sincere,
honest impatience which was felt in
all lands.
Tho Premier said the situation was
"still full of perils for all countries,"
and pleaded that "those who wero try?
ing to do their best be let alone."
After referring to the world-wide ex- ?
tent of the war the Premier said that
new states bad sprung into existence,
some of them independent, some semi
Indepcndent and some that might be
protectorates, arid, although their ?
boundaries might not be defined, some ;
indication of them must be given.
Parley Faces Gravest -
Problems in All History
No conference in history, said tho j
Premier, had been faced with prob- |
lern:- <?'." such variety, complexity, mag- |
nltudo and gravity. The Congress of !
Vienna, winch was tho nearest up- !
proach to it, took eleven month? for its I
work, but that, congress, Mr. Lloyd |
Goorgo pointod out, sank into insignift- '
canco as compared wwh what had been !
settled by this conforonec.
In giving n list of tho problems, the
Premier concluded with tho subject of
indemnities. His mention of this '
Drought cheers from tho members of
thi? llou-o? who hud sent him the toln
cram urging thai Germany ho made to
;>.-;>? m ful! fot the war. Tho Premier
tcnk up the challenge, saying, in refer?
ring to this problem :
"That is not an easy on??; not even
to bo settled by telegram."
With almost every nation in tho
world engaged in considering these !
problems, the Premier said, the delo- I
gates were justified in taking some ?
time for their work, as a blunder might i
precipitate a universal war, which !
might be either near or distant.
Society of Nations
Greatest Experiment
"Then," he added, "there is that
great organization, a great experiment,!
but an experiment upon which the
whole peace of the world hangs?tho
society of nations."
The time spent by the peace confer- |
ence in framing the league of nations j
plan saved time instead of wasting it, i
Mr. Lloyd George declared, as the I
league would provide a means of ad- j
justment of possible errors.
"And that is why the league of na?
tions, instead of wasting time, .saved
time," he added.
The conference had to shorten its j
labors, continued the Premier, because,
while it was trying to build, in ]
many lands the foundation of society I
was tumbling into the dust. No body j
of men worked harder or in better
harmony than the peace conferrecs, he
asserted, and he doubted whether any
body of men ever worked under greater
difficulties.
"Stones wero clattering on the roof
and crashing through the windows, and
wild men were screaming through tho
keyhole while enormous Issues de
pended upon them which required calm
deliberation," the Premier said. He
asked for the opportunity for such de
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Wilson Yields
In His View
Of 14 Points
Reverts to House's View and
Accepts Formula Set by
Premiers Lloyd George
and Clemenceau
By Frederick Moore
New York Tribun*
Special Cable Service
(Copyright. 1919, Now York Tribune Inc.)
I^ARIS, April 16.--President Wil?
son is evidently no longer In a
! mood to insist upon his own inter?
pretation of the fourteen points. Be
! hind tho chango in his attitude thcro
is an interesting as well as an im?
portant story the full details of
I which obviously are not divulged,
I but from tho facts that aro known
[ certain reasonable deductions may be
1 made.
When the President summoned the ;
Gcorgo Washington to hurry back to
Europe, simultaneously causing in- ?
formation to bo circulated that he whs
not in accord with tho other three ;
high councillors on the principal mat- ?
ters at issue, he was ill and worn out
with the burden of work and he acted
in part, if not entirely, contrary to
tho judgment of his conservative fel
I low delegates.
For the time being tho President's
radical supporters, both inside and
outsido the Crillon Hotel, had their
way. They had been persistently en?
deavoring to persuado him that the
European masses looked to him to ob?
tain a so-called liberal peace, bringing
Germany into a brotherhood of cooper?
ating peoples, whereas it was obvious '
that the great majority of these masses
were rejoicing in victory and that Mr.
Wilson's great prestige was due not to
his generous inclinations toward the
Germana and the Rolshoviki but to
the fact that ho was the. head of the
American nation, which had made vic?
tory possible nnd hud brought them ?
much relief from distress and had made
promises of more.
A Wrong Heading
, Of Allied Opinion
In other words, contrary to many
Crillon Hotel predictions, Allied Eu?
rope is not inclined to overthrow the
present order of governments if those
governments can enable the people to
liberation for the rest of tho journey,
which was not nt an end.
Filled With Peril
For Futir? World
"tt is full of penis perils for this
country nnd for nil lands perils for
the people of the world." he declared.
He begged that the men who woro do?
ing their beat should bo loft in penco
Or else men sent to do the work. Tho
delegates wero dealing with many na?
tions, most of them with problems of
their own, each with a different point
of view, ami it roquirod all tho tact,
patience and skill that could bo coin
manded to prevent the varying in?
terests developing into conflicting in?
terests.
The Premier said he believed the
conference had surmounted these dif?
ficulties, but it was not an easy task.
There wero questions one never heard
of which almost imperilled the peace
of Europe while the conference was
sitting, he added.
Questions that have never been heard
of before the war had nearly produced
a conflict between two of the Allied j
states, Mr. Lloyd George continued, and
there were a number of such questions,
But, he added:
U. S. and Europe
Not at Variance
"It is not true that the United States
and Europe have been at variance."
After all it was quarrels over small 1
states which had made the great war.
He spoke of the difficulties in tho Bal
kans and said:
"One of the features of the present ;
situution, owing to the breaking up of
the Central Empires, is that Central
Europe has been Balkanized into small j
states. Care must be taken lost causes
of future unrest be created by the
seulement made."
The question of Russia was one of
the most complex problems ever dealt.
with by any body of men, Mr. Lloyd
George pointed out. One difficulty was
that there was no Russia. There is an
' organization controlling Central
! Russia, but there is nobody who can
? say it is even a do ?a,cto government
I for the whole of Russia.
! Cannot Recognize
I Bolsheviki, He Says
"Even if we could under any circum
1 stances recognize the Bolshevik gov?
ernment, we cannot recognize it as tho
j de facto government in Russia. It is
just like a volcano which i-i still in
' eruption, and the best we can do is to
! pr?vido security for those dwelling on
I its remotest and most accessible
j slopes, and arrest tho ?low of lava so
j that it shall not scorch other lands."
The Premier raid reliable informa
! tion showed that while tho Bolshevik
force was apparently growing, Bolshe?
vism itself was gradually waning -
breaking down before the relentless
force of economic facts.
After saying that there was no ques?
tion of recognizing the Russian Soviet
government, that, such a proposition
had never been discussed or even pro?
posed, tho Premier said it was a funda?
mental principle or British foreign
policy never to interfere with the in?
ternal affairs of other countries. Tho
government of Russia was a matter for
the Russian people.
"I would rather leave Russia Bolshe
: vik until they seo their way out of it
than se?? Groat Britain landed in bank
i ruptcy," said the Premier.
The Premier declared it was not the
? duty of tho British government to
Progress Toward Peace
Declared To Be Rapid
WASHINGTON, April 16.?Distinct
" improvement in the general
peace conference situation was re?
ported to the White House to-day
from Paris. It was indicated that
excellent progress was being made
toward concluding the negotiations.
resume normal conditions of life, for
which they veritably yearn.
It is evident that the President, be?
cause of his personal predilections and
tho misinformation given him by his
radical adherents, has been mistaking
the writings of organs like "Avanti"
in Italy, "Humanit?" in France and
"The Manchester Guardian" in Eng?
land for "the voice of the people," and
failed to realize how the great majority
of the press in Italy, Franco and Great
Britain really represented the great
majority of opinion.
In recent week? the press of all
three countries has been steadily be?
coming more and more critical o."
President Wilson, one after another ac?
cepting the opinion which they had
originally refused to believe ?that in
his desire to be "just" ho continually
strove to moderate the Allies' demands
on Germany. Finally tho French Sen?
ate and the British House of Commons
protested against what is known as a
Wilson peace for Germany.
It was then that the President sum?
moned the Georgo Washington and put
out on the ballon d'essai.
Other Views of
The Fourteen Points
Secretary Lansing recognized weeks
ago, even if the American delegates
did not know it before their arrival
here, that the French, the British and
others would insist upon having a
voice in the interpretation of the four?
teen points, and also that only a peace
on broad lines and without tho fullest
need of equity could ho made quickly,
as conditions required it should be
made.
But Mr. Lansing, if he had vent?
ured to express an opinion, would
not influence President Wilson, while
Colonel House had to bido his time
with the President. Colonel House's
time camo when the summoning of the j
Georgo Washington failed to causo ?
Clemenceau to capitulate on France's
frontier or on the Russian question,
nor Lloyd George to surrender on tho :
reparations contest, and seeing that the
American people did not rally In in- :
dignant support of his interpretation
of bis points Preesident Wilson re?
verted to Colonel House's conservative
commit the country to gigantic enter- ?
prise in order to improve Russian con?
ditions, much as tho government de?
plored those conditions, pointing out.
that Russia was a country very easy
of invasion, but a very difficult one
from which to withdraw.
"My earnest conviction is that mili
tary intervention in Russia would bo
an act of the greatest Stupidity," be
declared.
Tho Premier said ho might, bo asked ;
why he supported Admiral IColehiik and
General Donikino. Lie would toll tho
House frankly, he said. When the
treaty n( Brost-Litovok was signed, he
explained, large parts of Russia had
no hand in tho shameful act and wore
in revolt against the government, which
signed it.
"They raised arms at. our instigation
and largely nt our expense." ho added,
"but that was absolutely sound mili?
tary policy, because without those or?
ganizations the Germans would have'
obtained all the resources which would
have enabled them to break the block
ade."
Couldn't Desert
Loyal Russian Force
"Bolshevism," continued tho Premier,
"had threatened to impress by force
of arms its dormnntinn over those
populations which had revolted against
it, and it would have been an act thor- ,
oughly unworthy of any great land to
say to thoeo populations, 'Wo are ex?
ceedingly obliged to you; you have
served your purpose and we need you
no longer,' and have left them to the
Bolshevik troops.
"It is our duty, since we asked them
to take this step, to promise them
support. We are not sending troops,
because every Russian thought that
if Russia were to he redeemed she
must be redeemed by her own sons,
and they asked that they be supplied
with the necessary arms."
The Premier said he did not con?
sider thnt this was a dopnrture from
the. fundamental policy of Great
Britain of not interfering in the in?
ternal affairs of any land. He con?
tinued :
"Our policy is to arrest the flood
of the present, forcible eruption of
Bolshevism into Allied lands, and for
that reason we are organizing all the.
forces in Allied countries bordering
on Russian territory from the Black
Sea to the Baltic. If the Bolsheviki
attack any of our allies it is our
business to defend them.
Would Bring Warring
Factions to Compromise
"This is our policy, but we want
peaco in Russia. The world will not
bo passive as long as Russia is torn
und rent by civil war."
"It. is our policy to make peace
among the warring nations not by rec?
ognizing one party, but my inducing
them to come together with a view to i
setting up some authority in Russia
which would bo acceptable to tho whole
Russian people and that the Allies I
could recognize ap. their government."
He did not despair, he said, of a solu?
tion being found.
"Wo mus thavo patience," he warned,
"because we are dealing with a people
misgoverned tor centuries. There ure
unmistakable signs that Russia is
emerging, and when she is once more
sane and normul the Allies should
make peaco with her."
In answering a question propounded
by John R. Clynes, lubor lender,
whether approaches for pence had
come from Russia, tho Premier said:
"We have had no approaches of any
sort or kind. Nono has been put bc
foro the conference. I have only heard
reports that others have proposals
which they assume come from authen?
tic quarters."
The Premier paid tribute to George
Nlcoll Barnes, the labor leader, and
those associated with him in the plan
for international arrangements for la?
bor.
Before the Premier begnn his speech
every seat and even such standing
room ns was available on the floor was
occupied by the members, while the
gallories were crowded with men and
women eager to henr tho address.
Many members of the House of Lords
and numerous diplomats were present.
A few of the scats in one of the
galleries wnH allotted to represen?
tatives of foreign newspapers, for
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views, much to tho disgust of b,irj radi?
cal supporters, who regard his conces
; sions as an unfortunate compromise.
The statesmen of Great Britain,
France and Italy have shown every pos
i sible deference to Mr. Wilson, as the
| news dispatches have constantly shown,
: regarding him as the chief of a state
! whoso supreme position they acknowl
! edge and whoso friendship and sup
I port they desire, but they nevertheless
; have insisted that, as his pledges are
! limited by the American Constitution,
: are uncertain because of the possible
, action of the Senate, and are termi?
nable becauso of the variability of the
foreign policies of successive Ameri?
can administrations, they must secure
tho safety of their own countries, con
? templating tho possible future dissatis
I faction of the united States.
Realizing that he had not sufficient
! ground for further refusing to meet
I the reducetl demands of the three
European allies, President Wilson ac?
cepted the formula Clemenceau nnd
Lloyd George had worked out for rep?
arations and accepted the plan which
Colonel House had previously approved,
for the surrender of the Saar Valley
by Germany for a long period of years,
after which a plebiscite shall be held.
Ho also accepted the formula, the de?
tails to be worked out later, for the
permanent disarmament of tho German
provinces west of the Rhine, thereby
in effect making the Rhine the mili?
tary frontier between Prance and Ger?
many, and signified his intention of
agreeing to other important matters
not yet decided.
whom thero was no room in tho press
gallery.
The Prince of Wales entered the
House soon after that body assembled
and occupied a sent in the centre of
the distinguished strangers' gallery,
where .lohn W. Davis, the American
Ambassador,,and other diplomats were
also accommodated,
Armenians Do Not
Need Allied Troops
Constantinople Patriarch Says
Regular Army Can Enforce
Order Among Hefiigor?
New Tn?-A- Tribuna
European Bureau
(Copyright, 1319. New v,.rk Tribune Ine l
LONDON', April 16. Mgr. Zaveno,
the Armenian Patriarch at Constanti?
nople, in an interview with 9, "Morning
Post" correspondent, stnfes that Erze
rum should be the capital of the new
state of Armenia. He does not think
it necessary to ask the Entente for
nn army of occupation to maintain
order there provisionally, there being
in Caucasus at the present time a
regular army of 00,000 Armenians, plus
20,000 volunteers, which is a sufficient
safeguard of order, as the Armenians
return little, by little to their country.
"The Morning Post" states that the
Ottoman delegation to the Paris peace
conference, headed by the Grand Vizier.
Damad Ferid Pacha, probably will
leav<? Constantinople next week.
Treaty Plans
Revealed to
Small Nations
w4Big Four" Calls Allies In
to Discuss Preliminary
Arrangements for the
Conference at Versailles
PARIS, April 16 (By The Associated
Press).?The council of four met this
morning and took up the request of
Belgium for a revision of the treaty
of IK39 and Belgium's demand for the
annexation of Malmedy, in the Rhine
province of Prussia southwest of Aix
la-Chapelle, and Moresnet, a small sec
tion of "No Man's Land," tho disposi?
tion of which was left undecided at
Co Vienna Conference. It lies be?
tween tho Belgian province of Liego
and the Prussian Rhine province.
Until the outbreak of the war,
Moresnet enjoyed the unique position
of being without either a government
or national allegiance. Its residents
served in no army, paid no taxes and
had no such modern institutions as
railroads, posts and telegraphs, de?
pending on such accommodations as
were provided by adjacent countries.
The only government consisted of a
municipal administration.
Delegates of tho eighteen states,
which declared war against Germany,
exclusive of tho five great powers,
were called to meet at 2 this after?
noon at the French Foreign Office,
with representatives of the five powers.
The meeting wa3presided over by M.
Clemenceau, who communicated to
them the date on which the Germans
would be invited to be at Versailles.
One question considered was whether
the invitation should be issued in tho
name of the Council o? Five or in the
name of all the Allied and associated
powers represented at the peace con- ?
ferenco. The impression prevailing
after tho meeting was that all should
join in the invitation.
The Council of" Ten met after the
meeting of tho delegntes of the eigh- i
teen powers, and considered the pro- ?
cedure to be adopted at Versailles, and
also a number of collateral phases of
the peace treaty that had been re?
ferred to the Foreign Ministers.
The council was held nt the Foreign
Office on the call of the council of
Four. President Wilson was in attend
anco. The report of the Foreign Min- I
inters showed that various articles of
the treaty had been put into the hands!
of the drafting committee. Tho re- |
maining articles are to be disposed of
to-morrow.
Two questions, one involving a slight
addition to the military terms, and the
other concerning the payment of A!
lied soldiers in tho occupied territory,
were referred to tho Supreme War
Council.
The Council of Four decided definite?
ly yesterday that military occupation
Of the left bank of the Rhino shall eon
tinuo for fifteen years, tho newspaper i
say. At first inter-Allied forces would
bo used, but they would be withdrawn -
progressively in proportion as Germany1
met her financial obligations, nnd be ?
replaced by French and Belgian sol?
diers.
The "Journal" says that the Centrnl j
Territorial Commission of the peace !
con ferenco has decided the Teschen
problem in favor of Bohemia as against
Poland.
The council discussed Questions re?a-,
five to Schleswig-Holstein, Heligoland
and the Adriatic. Whilo the council
was in sesison the Foreign Ministers
met and considered claims which have :
been made by Germany to holdings in :
islands in the Antarctic Ocean.
The Foreign Ministers also took up I
the draft of articles for tho peaco j
treaty providing for the recognition '
by Germany of the British position in I
Egypt and the passing over of the |
Sultan's rights under the Suez Canal ?
Convention, the acceptance by Germany \
if Allied prize court decisions, and i
likewise an article dealing with the !
future status of Morocco.
President. Wilson finished the day by '
i series of calls at the American head- j
quarters, visiting General Tasker H. j
Bliss and Colonel E. M. House, among ?
others, and discussing with them |
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Antique Beaded Bags?Fans of real lace
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silver frames ? Earrings ? Lavalli?res and
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phases of the situation in which they [
are particularly interested.
Paris Neivspaper Says
Wilson Is Still Strong
Friend of the French
PARIS, April IG. "The time has
come to destroy the legend tending
to represent President Wilson ns
adopting regretfully such a solu?
tion," says the "Petit Parisien" in
commenting upon the settlement of the
question relativo to the left bank .if
the Rhine by the Council of Four
"There may have been divergences as
to methods, but there was an agree
ment on principle, and an agreement
on the realization o( thai principle
is bound to follow.
"Not, tho least, interesting feature
of the prolonged discussion WHS to see
Pr?sident Wilson apply himself pus
siolialely to the task of solving the j
problem, and still not injuring the i
rights of France. Ho uttered i phrnso
one day which Franco ought to know.
Wo declared with an ccent coining
from the heart : 'it would be tin? sor?
row of my life if tho great peace we
an making should bo jeopardized by
any difficulty bol ween ''ranee and
America.' The mon ?ho threw his
country into tho war for Franco re?
mains our great, friend."
The negotiations between the repre?
sentatives of tho Allied and associated
governments virtually wore completed
Tuesday, the "L'cho do Paris" says it
learns from an authoritative source?. ;
The paper ndds that at no time ba?
the understanding between France and j
the United States been closer, and that
the French government is completely ;
satisfied with the attitude of President
Wilson.
Tho "Gaulois" says that the final
agreement on the frontiers between
Jugo-Slavia and Italy will be incor?
porated in the preliminary peice
treaty with Germany.
U. S. Nantes li. S. Gibson
As Minister to Poland
PARIS. April K>.- Tho decision of
tho American government to appoint
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Hugh S. Gibson, secretary of the
American Embassy in Paris, as its first
Minister to Poland was announced to?
day by Premier Paderewski of Poland.
The appoint-nent or Mr. Gibson results
frrm the recent recognition of Poland
by the United State?. He will be one
of the first diplomatic representative?
to the newly formed state.
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