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P e a c e P a r 1 e v ?? 158th D a v o f t h e Armistice
ttssume Lhe character of a discus?
sion, but merely the elucidation of
- ny points which may assist in sc
curing prompt and favorable action
when the plenipotentiariea return
to Weimar
It is believed that the stay of thc
plenipotentiaries at Weimar will
cover a week, thus bringing them
back to Versailles about May 8-or
10. This, however, is conjectural,
tor it is dependent upon the rapid
ity of the decision reached at
Weimar.
Allies lo Revise
Belgian Treaty
Famous "Scrap of Paper'"
Part To Be Brought
l p for Amendment
PARIS, April 17 (By Thc Associated
Press The Council of Five Foreign
Mmistcrs. at a meeting to-day at. the
'?'orcicn Office, decided in favor of the
revision of the Belgian treaty of 1839,
which Dr. von Bethmann-llollweg, the
Imperial German Chancellor, made his
ic s "a scrap of paper."
Other questions, including restric
tion o. the opium trade. acceptanco by
Germany of Allicd prize court deci
sions. treaties with Austria and Bul
garia, and questions for the ending of
the state of war, were referred back to
the drafting committee for minor
changes,
rhe Moroccan and Egyptian ques?
tions were referred to the reparations
committee.
BRUSSELS, April 17.?Belgium's war
damages, for which it is contended an
indemnity should be collected from
Germany. nre placed at 35,000,000,000
francs l S7.000,000.000), in a report
made hy the central industrial commit?
tee, which has completed an investiga
?ion of the subject. The committee has
reekoned the cost of materials on thc
basis of prices now prevailing, declar
ing this is only just if Belgium is to be
restored to the condition it was in at
tho beginning of August, 1914.
ln itemizing the dairages the claim
tate property is placed nt 5,535,
francs ($1,107,200,000), of which
I, ' i.,000,000 francs ($903,000,000) is on
accounl of railroads, nost s and tele
The war expenses, including aid
d, re found to have been 10,
118,000,000 francs ($2,023,600,000); war
contributions imposed on the provinces
by the Germans, :',700,000,000 francs
XIO.OOO); fines and contributions
ii posed on communcs, 1,800,000,000
rancs ($372,000,000).
The damage to Belgian industry is
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ono francs ($1,600,000,000), of which ap
proximately 5,750.000,000 franc3 ($1,
150,000,000) is computcd as due for the
destruction and requisition of property,
while for the destruction of private
houses and furnituro 3,000,000,000
frunca ($600,000,000) is claimed.
Wilson Grants lo
Audiences in Day
Hears Pleas From V. S.,
Europe, Near East, Far
East and on Irish Issue
New York Tribune
SptcM Cable Sorvicr.
(Copyright, 1919, N. \v Vork Tribuno tnc.)
PARIS, April 17. ? Thero was no
meeting of the council of four to-day
bicauso of the extraordinary number
of engagements made by the President,
who, beginning at 11 o'clock, gave an
average of fifteen minutes -aeh to
delegations from America, Europe, the
Near East and the far East, besides j
attending to routine matters put up to
him by his secretaries.
From 11 until 11:10 o'clock the,
President talked to u Chinese delega
tion, then listencd twenty minutes to
the French National Congress on the
question of tho Rhlne us a frontier.
Fifteen minutes went to tho Assyrian- ;
Chaldean national delegation, the same
to the Slavic Dalmatians, who pre- '
scnted the results of a plebiscite in I
the Dalmatian terrltory occupied bv !
Italy.
Ten minutes went to the Charge
d'Aaires for San Marino, ten more to
tho Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs, !
ten to Rose Schneiderman nnd Mary t
Anderson, representing the American !
Women's Trade Union League; fifteen
to a long-haired Greek patrinrch from
Constantinople, which is the seat of
orthodox Eastern Christianity; fifteen
to Essad Pacha to present Albania's
claims, and fifteen minutes to ihe
Greek Minister Coromilds from Rome.
The President then went to lunch
with .Secretary of War Baker, who in
formed him about American matters.
Beginning again at 4 o'clock, Herbert :
Hoover got a qunrter of an hour of
the President's time, and was followed
by a Kumaninn delegation. A member
of the T'ortuguese government was
next, and he was succeeded by Boghos
Nubar, tho Armenian leader, who came
to pload the cause of his country,
which desires that America assume
mandate over it. Then came tho von
erable Serbian Minister, Pashitch, and, i
finally, Frank Walsh, pleading for a
free Ireland.
Foe Given Till
May 15 to Sign
Drafting Committee Has
Most of Treaty Clauses;
Term s Ready Soon
(By Tho As ociated Pre* 1
Qertnany will bc forced eithcr to ac
ccpt or reject the Allied peace terms
by May 15, according to reports print
ed in Paris. It is indicated that no
reply is expected before May 6, tho
peace conference being disposod to
give the German government what it i
considers ampie time in which to di
gest the terms ind frame its reply.
What action would follow rejection
of the terms by the (iermans has not
heen forecast in roports from the
French capital.
It was announced at a meeting of
the Council of Ten in I'.iris that vari?
ous articles of the pact are now in the
hands of the drafting committee and
that the remaining articles -would be
disposed of yesterday. It seems proh
able, therefore, ti.at the treaty is in
a fair way to be completed within a
very brief period.
U.S.-French Treatv
Report Is Scouted
Couldnt Br Ratified in
Senate, Says Borah;
At Variance With League
WASHINGTON, April 17. Disbe
lief that the President has negotiated
la treaty with Greal Britain and France
; with a view to protccting France from
aggressions was expressed on every
hand here to-night. The cablegram
? from Paris, as printed in "The World,"
? ia believed hy officials here to ha
I based on a distorted idea of conversa
j tions at the peace conference.
"What would bc the function of the
league of nations if Buch a treatv is
i nccc ary?" asked Senator Warren G.
1 Harding. "That is tho worsl I have
. heard yet."
"No treaty of the kind indicated
providing for an alliance with France
could bc ratified," said Senator Will
, iinii E. Borah. "Even if ratified the
' Senate which approved it could not
bind Bucccoding Congresses to carry
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The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria has arrived in Hoboken from Germany. This is the first of thc vessels
turned over by thc German government to the Allies, in exchange for food, to reach this side of the Atlantic. I
The Kaiserin's original crew has been replaced by American sailors, and the cargo she brought in yesterday was
troops from overseas.
out its provisions when the time came ]
by a declaration of war in support of
France.
"I venture to predict that a Con-I
gress ratifying such a treaty would]
never have a chance to pass on 'lie
declaration of war, because its mem- I
bers would be retired from their seats
by their indignant constitucnts at the |
next elcction."
Other Senators, including Charles
Curtis, of Kansas, admitted that af
fection of the American people. for '?
France, but insisted that no treaty
binding this country to protect her1
would meet approval.
The idea here is that the origin of j
the story probably dates back to some :
sxchange between Premier Clemen- ;
i'l'aii and President Wilson, in which,
ifter Clemenccau hud insisted that
the league of nations did not suti"i
ciently protect France from aggres
sion, President Wilson made some re
mark to tho effect that tho United
States would never sit idly by and see
France overrun.
Wilson*s Return Still
Indefinite, Private
Word to Capital Says
WASHINGTON, April 17. Private ad
vices to the White House to-day from
Paris said plans for the President's"re?
turn to the United States still were in
deflnite, and that reports published in
Paris that April 27 or 28 hud been fixed
as tentative dates for his sailing were
without. foundation.
The mcssage said satisfartnry prog?
ress was continuing in the peace con?
ference.
Premier Lloyd George left London
this morning, on his return to Paris.'
lie was accompanied by the Earl of
Curzon and Viscount Milner.
Albert Bedouce, Socialist member of
tho Chamber of Deputies from the Up
per Garonne, is reported by "Le Jour
nal" to have proposed to his Socialist
collcagues that they resign in a body
as a protest against the attitude of
the government in declinirig to out
line to the parliament tho netails of
the peace preliminaries until the treaty
had been signed. The Socialist groupa
in tho Chamber of Deputies will take
up tho question for decision, it is
added.
Th - quc - ' ion of conftdence in the
government came up in the Chamber
of Deputies Wedncsday <>n tho ques?
tion instanccd in ihe foregoing and
the government was sustained by a
vote of 334 to 166. the Chamber dc
feating also a demand for a sccret sit
ting by 341 to 158. Another vote, on
the order of the day, showed an even
greater prcponderanco in the govern?
ment 's favor. the vote being 360 to
126. The Socialist members havo been
foremost in demanding that the gov?
ernment. revcal to the Deputies the
status of the peace negotiations.
Paris Press Defends
Lloyd George98 Failure
To Tell Treaty Seerets
New York Tribuno
Special Cabl.? Service
(Copyrlght. miD, New V.,rk Tribune Itie.)
PARIS, April 17 -There is an esscn
tial difference between the British Com
moners, who forced Premier Lloyd
George to give uo three days of work J
at the peace conference, and the French :
Socialists, who attem.pt.ed to force Pre?
mier Clemenceau to speak. Detnon
Btrating this, "La Vicloire" rcmarks:
"The members of the British I'mlijittj
ment wanted to remind their Promiir'
that they didn't intend that England
and the Allies should he deprived of
the legitimate fruits of victory by too
soft a peace. On the contrary, in
France our Renaudcls wantt-d lo give
the Tiger a lesson in order to prevent
him from being too hard on Germany."
The otficial Socialist organ, "L'Hu
manito," calls the British luckier than
the French deputies, i'or "Lloyd George.
did not, like Pichon, consider that dis
dain sufficed for the information of
Parliament."
Defends Lloyd George
Tho "Petit Parisien" declares it has
full confidcncc in the outcome t.f the
conference. "L'Oeuvrc" admits that,
though Lloyd George did not complete
ly satisfy the British curioaity, he
gave some interesting information, The
"Echo de Paris" thinks that Lloyd
George <lnl not sufficiontly define Brit?
ish policy except in regard to P.us-i.i.
It says:
"Without, in nr\y way compromising
tho seerets of tho Council of Four, n
mighi have been shown that our lead?
ers had a clcar view of European of
fairs and <>f the hegemony our alliance
must cxercise."
The newspaper also helieves the Pre?
mier was unduly sevcrc on ccrtaln
newspapers, adding:
"A press eufficiently Informod on
ovents and deliberations must. exist un?
der a wise diplomatic rogime, for with?
out it proper eollaboratlon between tle
government and public opinion cannot
exist."
Fvrment in Italy Due
To l neertainty as to
Peace Programme
.V. ,e Y.?k TribUn*
European Bureau
" i' ? '?'?' 1910 '??? ? \ i ,1, Trlhunn lnr i
LONDON, April 17. There H'-e n
variety of rermorm for the condition of
iinriist ui Italy, Political, economic
and Industrial factors enter Into the
situation,
Italy is fonrful her peace clslms will
not he sntslfted, Her Senator* and
poputles ;.re united hohlnd Premier
firliimlo nnd Forolgn Minister Ronnlno
The SOclalists consldot thal the pres
enl mominl offors n g-ood opportunity
to got control 0v?r the. working classes,
Her economic condition, ulthnugh bet?
ter by oompsrison thnn ln the ?Uy* <>f
Germans in Coblenz
Get 11. S. Army Food
C-10BLENZ, Apri! 17 (By Thc As
A societed Pres: ;. Twcnty-three
American freigh cars loadcd with
bacon. flour, evaporated milk and
rice, have arrived at Coblenz for the
Germans.
Distribution through German chan
nels will begin immediately, the
food having been obtainod by the
Germans from 1'nited States army
supplies in France hecause of tho
delay oxporieneed by tho Inter
Allicd Food C'ommission in carrying
out thc details of its plan for feed
ing ihe population of occupied areas,
hostilities, is still wretchodly bad, and
thc unemployment question conse
quently has become serious.
The Italian proletariat has shown its
strength at Milan, but. not without the
usual clash with the authorities. Some
Italian leaders declare thero are only
a handful of Bolsheviki in the whole
country, while others say the country
is on thc vergc of revolution.
Fxtremists HcM in Check
To date thc moderate labor leaders
nml the Socialists have been able to
hoid the extremists in check. They are
trying to obtain their demands by
peaceful, constitutifrnal methods, hut
the situation is fniught with possi
bilities of serious disturbances.
The Italians are intenscly interested
in the peace conference, where Pre
mier Orlando pleads their cause,
while Baron Sonnino, part. ,Iew and
part Scotch, silently bul none thc less
successfully, prosses their demands.
The majority of tho Italians nre
realists nnd nationnlists, who npplaud
Orlando's phrases about the league of
nations, but never fur a monicnt lose
sight of their national aims. This
fact has held Italy together through
a trying economic period, which has
nol been improved by thc shortage of
fuel aml thc consequent paralysis of
indust ry.
Food is now arriving in sufficient
quantities to insure thc country
against a coal famine, and the amount
of imports is stoadily increasing as
more tonnage is made available with
tho accelcration of dcmobiliation of
troops.
Nntirm Is War Wearj
The Italians are sick of Ihe war.
The Socialisl leaders recently thrcot
ened n general strike as a protest
against tho cmploymcnt of Italian
troops in Russia. The cxecutivc3 of
the Italian Socialist party, at a meet?
ing in March, hailed the Russian, Ger?
man and Hungarian rcvolu>ions, and
condemned the Paris conference on
the ground thal it was reactionary.
The Radical Socialists in small nuni
bers decided recently to join the Rev?
olutionary Socialist Internationale,
which met some weeks ago iij Moscow.
The numerically stronger Socialist
party, on the other hand, is violently
a nt i- Bolshevik.
Milan is the storm centre. Three
forces are clashing tho moderates
and extremes among the workers, and
both with the employers. Good judges !
believe tho danger of the situation is
growing loss, but they qualify their
forecasts with reservationa about thc j
pcacc conference.
If thc Orlando-Sonnino programme |
fails they believe a more or less bloody
revolution i bound to follow. Thc
disappointment will drive thc Italians
to disorder, they predict. Tho Italian;
consider that real accord with thc
Jugo-Slava is virtually impossible,
There is almost as much bitterness be?
tween the. two as there is between !
France and Gcrmanv.
Farmers Ask for Place
In League of Nations
DENVER, April 17. Resolutiona
wore adopted at the closing session
to-day of the national convention of
the Farmers' Educational and Coopera
tive Union of America asking for rep
resentation of farmers. on the league of
nations. A copy of thc resolutions was
sent to the American peace delegation
at Paris by cablogram.
The resolutions request the creation
of a department in the league of na?
tions which shall havo direct control
over international agricultural affairs.
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Berlin Is Cut Off
By Kail From Munich
BERLIN, April to, 10 P. M. (By Thc
Associated Press.?-Railroad communi
action between Berlin and Munich hns
ceascd. Bamberg, which is still the
seat of the Hoffmann government, is
also cut olT from Munich.
Numerous rumors are current, bul
there is nothing to indicate clearly
which party is iti control. Tho troops
apparently have been successful in
confining the insurrcction to Munich.
Largo forces of Bavarian troops,
with artillery and minc throwcrs, be?
gan an advance on Munich this morn
ing, according Lo the "Tageblatt," bul
it is yet unknown whether a decisive
battlc hac been fought. It is assumed
the government will wail until an ade?
quate number of relaible troops has
been placed about the city.
Thc Communisl government in
Munich is reported to havo opened
negotiations with Italy by which val
uable woodlands belonging to Munich
would bc pledged for a loan of one
million maj-ks ($250,000,000) with
which to buv food.
Bolsheviki Seek Hargain
fl ith "!\rir Honrgroisi^"
COPENHAGEN, April 17. Bolshev?
ism in Russia is giving way to a "new
bourgooisio,'' according to tho director
of tho Moscow Red Cross, who has ar
rived here. Premier Lenine and War
Minister Trotzky nre trying to reach
an understanding with tho modern e!o
ments in Russia.
Tho situation in Petrograd, the di?
rector reports, has been growing
worse and numerous anti-Bolshevik
outbreaks havo occurred there. In
February there wore R3.000 deaths in
Petrograd, compared to 123,000 in Jan?
uary.
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R. W. France, Bark From
England, Says Union Ele*
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Aban<lone<l His II Points
Royal W. France. hrother of Senator
Joseph I. France, of Maryland, who re- ;
turncd several days ago from England,
sairl yesterday that when he left the
official attitude of the British Labor'
party toward the league of nations,
covenant was that it was both "defect
ive and unsatisfactory."
"It i- not stating it too strongly,"
said Mr. Frpnce, "to say that the atti- i
tude of tiie hberals, both in England
and France, toward the proccedings
of the peacu conference is one of bit
ter disappointment. They had looked
at President Wilson as a great liberal
leader, who would show the world a
way out of the abyss of hatred and
despair in which it tinds itself.
"They considered the President's
fourtecn points a basis on which the
world could bc reunited nnd its
wounds healcd. They feel, however,
that he. has abahdoned his position;
that the fourteen points have been
thrown into the scrap heap and that
the Paris conference, like prcvious con
fcrences of unholy memory, has degen
erated into a scramble for the spoils
which will leave the world embittered
and divided and ready for new wars."
No Enthusiasm for League
Mr. France said he discussed the
question of the proposed league with
William Adamson, leader of the La?
bor party in the House of Commons;
with George Lansbury, editor of its
official organ, "The Daily Herald,"
and with Arthur Henderson, secretary
of tho. British Labor party, and with
many other persons of both liberal |
and conservativp views.
"In no quarter,-' he said, "did I find
any enthusiasm for the Paris pro
posal. The executive committee of the
British Labor party met. im,! fonrni
lated a statement representing the
official attitude of this p.irty, whilh
1 believe will soon control the govern?
ment in Great Britain."
Mr. France had a copy of the sfate
ment. It set forth that the league
covenant of February 15 was "defec?
tive and unsatisfactory," as it provided
for rcpresentation of governments in
stoad of parliaments, did not include
automatically all nations willing to ac
cept its obligations, aml failed to pro?
vide definitely for control of arma
ments, freedom of trade, an interna?
tional labor policy, and a programme
providing for the cventual independ
ence of all colonial possessions in
stead merely of those of Germany.
Tho joint committee which drew up
the statenront expressed in it also
their convictian that "immediate and
total abolition of conscription'' was
a requisitc of such a covenant.
)\\>i Labor Dcmonstration
Mr. France on March 30 saw a great
labor demonstration in Ilydo Park, in
London. in favor of raising the block- i
add which prevents food from coing
into Germany. The gathering, he said,
was estimated to contain about 100,000
wirkmen, who paraded with banners
rcading, "Raise the Blockade" and "We
Don't Fight Babies."
"The pity nnd hatred." said Mr.
France, "engendered by the war has
given way. so fnr as the great labor
ing classes of England are concerned,
to a feeling of pity and a desire for
fair play, and the surrender which they
feel President. Wilson has marte to
the bitter and violent spirit of the rc
actionaries of England and France has
filled them with the deepest disappoint?
ment."
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