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 It's Out! No use hiding the fact that we're well supplied with Easter wearables?Spring things that help a fdlow look and feel his best. 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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 STETSON SOFT HATS ' For Spring $7. ??$|0. Featuring "The Wclkin" A ioft hat of diatinctive character ?tyled with a wide band in all shades $7.oo XHS& CUTAWAYS MGLISH SHIRTS ujiaways necj^ear ?|ND STREET AT MADISON AVENUE ? First of Enemy Sliips to Arrive 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 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. -?-?-? 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. 5T2AVEat46?S1 PAftlS ^ NEW YORK, "The Paris Shop of Am^RiCA" c'/ieGIma IL cfar C.)c car) AJ ci /orvmojt faAtiiojV la comblcloytko *iJ.ailo} nuzdc; cSalt QLiuAually' cAoice\JteinA c&u/Sa6/er~ i^UsAer JUnU ? cfoncJartu* cXtufW!crL>tynine andcbd^mMartm drc to &ey/uiJ at Jjncci h'/uc/l' do,/tof AJidica/c Uic advance MI CcX\?. ?-.-' ritish Labor iews League As Defective R. W. France, Bark From England, Says Union Ele* ment Considers Wilson Abani 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. 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