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Repudiation of
?W?son Pledges
U.S. Feared
_
?Grave Concern Felt in Paris
Lest Senate Opposition
Will Force Reshaping
of World Programme
France Takes Precautions
pleasures Will Be Planned
To Secure Frontiers in
Event of Non-Approval
By Frederick Moore
New York Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
PARIS, May 10.?Although for the
moment the matters immediately be?
fore the peace conference are attract?
ing the greatest attention?namely, the
settlement with Germany and Italy,
and after that the treaties with Aus?
tria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey?a
a question of gravest concern in the J
inner circles of the conference is i
whether President Wilson, having
effected the shaping of the treaty with j
Germany according to his desires, still j
will be able to obtain American ap- ;
proval of the pledges he has tentatively
given; for it is evident that unless
America is willing to play the part
the President has outlined for her
much reshaping of national and inter?
national programmes throughout the
world will have to take place.
At first the French spokesmen re?
fused to accept Mr. Wilson's ideas re?
garding frontiers in any respect unless
the British and American governments
were pledged to the future security of
these frontiers, whereupon the Presi?
dent did the best the American Con?
stitution permits?that is to say, he
gave his promise to use his influence
with the Senate on his return to Wash?
ington.
French Ready to Act
If this guarantee is not ratified, ns
many of the delegates here fear it will
not be, the French government, no mat?
ter who may then be premier, probably
will take measures to secure the Rhine
frontiers before Germany has time to
recover her military power.
The fact that there will be no se?
curity for France without the establish?
ment of Russia as a military or poten?
tially military power independent of
Germany, and the fact that President
Wilson has shown no sign of relent?
ing in an attitude which seemingly
favors the Bolsheviki, are other fac?
tors which cause France to doubt the
security afforded by the league of na?
tions, which the President persuaded
them to accept only on conditions
which many of the delegates?not
French alone?doubt he will be able to
fulfil.
The fact that Senator Lodge and
other prominent Americans, according
to cable dispatches received here, al?
ready are complaining of Article X
in the covenant is disconcerting to
both American and Ailied statesmen
supporting the leaguue. The delegates
of the Allied powers, in duelling with
President Wilson, have, much to his
annoyance, at times insisted on shap?
ing the treaty and the covenant with
a view to America's refusal to support
the projects or, after accepting the
letter of the covenant, to permit it
to go the way- of T?e Hague Conven?
tion .
Britain Secured Position
Italy took this view, her delegates
preferring naval control of the Adri?
atic against a possible hostile coali?
tion in Southeastern Europe to the
guarantees promised by the league of
nations.
Although the delegates of the United
Kingdom, both practical and idealistic,
sought a league including America, be?
lieving that such a league offered a
secure hope of permanent peace, all
insisted on annexing the adjacent Ger?
man colonies. Australia and New
Zealand, for instance, preferred oc
' cupation of Germany's Pacific islands j
south of the Equator to league guar- !
antees against possible future expan- ?
sion by the Japanese southward.
The Japanese, for their part, bc
ing unable to persuade the British,
French, Americans and othcr3 to re?
tire from their lodgements in China,
and desiring outlets for their rapidly
increasing population, preferred recog?
nition of Japan's established position
in Shantung?which, incidentally, es?
tablishes her position elsewhere in the
Far East?to pooling Shantung with
the German Pacific islands and other
possessions to come nominally under
control of the league.
Mandate Not Satisfactory
The device of a mandate for Shan- ;
tung, like that obtained by the British j
colonies for their respective annexa- ;
tions, did not satisfy the Japanese.
Thus, each of the Allied powers has j
insisted on settlement? which will serve
as practical solutions, or which can be
converted into such in case the league
foils. All the minor powers have like?
wise endeavored to shape their frontiers
to that possibility.
It has amazed many observers that
President Wilson, being able to promise
for the United States so little, never?
theless insisted with such audacity on
relegation to the league of the strategic
defences which the various powers re?
quire. Great Britain and other states
have been endeavoring in recent weeks
to obtain from him a statement regard?
ing the mandates which many desire
America to assume?primarily for Con?
stantinople ? but the President again
cannot pledge the United States, and
the only response to any of the appeals
obtained from hirn has been the inser?
tion in the covenant of the clause pro?
viding that no nation ?hall be required
to annum? a mandato contrary to its
will.
Fears that the league may be devital
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ized by America herself are causing
much concern in Paris, and serious de?
velopments, to the French in the first
instance, may result from further im?
pairment by the American Senate of the
covenant and refusal to sanction Mr.
Wilson's tentative guarantee of the
French frontiers.
The fear prevails everywhere in Paris
that the league may be still-born, but
there is a determination among many
British as well as American statesmen
to make it successful.
Austria Divorced From
Germany for Long Time
Treaty Provides Separation
Shall Be "Inalienable" Un?
less Approved by the League
PARIS, May 10 (By The Associated
Press).?The portion of the German
treaty which has not as ye* been made
public, contains a provision that Ger?
man Austria's separation from Ger
! many shall be "inalienable," unless ap
! proved by the council of the league
| of nations. The use of the word "in
: alienable" is for the purpose of set?
tling the question, not only for the pres
? ent, buv for a long period.
The question of the reparations that
i must be made by Austria-Hungary was
i considered yesterday by President Wil
! son and Premiers Lloyd George and
j Clemenceau. They also discussed the
1 question of financing Germany,
! Austria-Hungary, Poland and other
! smaller European states.
Paris Talks of
Coup to Seize
Power for Focli
Marshal's Speech at Secret
Plenary Session of Parley
Causes Speculation as to
Aims of Military Party
By Frederick Moore
New York T.-lbuve
Sj>i rial Cable Service
(Copyright. ?919. New York Tribuno Ine.)
PARIS, May 10.?The speech of Mar?
shal Foch on Tuesday before the secret
plenary session of the peace conference,
when he complained that the treaty as
drawn diii :oc sufficiently guarantee
security :i .'anee, has started specu?
lation hc? i . to the aims of what may
be called t ? French military party.
According to information from vari?
ous sourc Foch's speech was un?
authorized i unexpected by Premier
Clemenceau. After the meeting Foch
is said to have asked Clemenceau his
opinion of the speech and the observa?
tions therein. Foch, it is said, re?
ceived this curt reply:
"I am unable to say until I have con?
sulted other members of the govern?
ment."
Speech Not Expected
The fact that Marshal Foch was not
a delegate to the conference, and there?
fore not entitled to speak, made his
uninvited statement all the more xin
usual. The opinion is also held that
Foch's complaints were ill judged, in
view of the favorable attitude of Lloyd
George toward an alliance with France
and President Wilson's promise to
place before the United States Senate
a proposition looking toward an alli
ence between France and America guar?
anteeing to France security against
aggression.
Foch's speech, following his long un?
authorized interview in "The London
Daily Mail" and other incidents, sug?
gest that he has a political purpose in
view.
Back of Foch is General Wicgand,
Foch's chief of staff and adviser
throughout the war. It is believed that
whatever Foch might lack in political
equipment Wiegand might be ready to
supply.
At the present time, as the conclu?
sion of the treaty is satisfactory to
France in most particulars, there is
little likelihood of Clemenceau's gov?
ernment going out of office. However,
it is the general opinion among the
French that Clemenceau won't be in
office many weeks after the signing of
the treaty, and if he doesn't resign be?
fore the introduction of necesary taxa?
tion measures which will shock the
country with their severity he will fall
on the taxation issue.
Socialists May Control
The situation, then, is likely to be?
come confused, with the possibility of
a radical Socialist controlling for a
period. But the French Socialists have
so little intelligence and governing abil?
ity that they will inevitably make blun?
ders, some of which may be bad enough
to convince the French, who are al?
ready skeptical about the efficiency of
their government, to support a coup by
the military party.
The question is now being asked
whether Foch is being groomed by Wic?
gand and others around him for the
I leadership of the nation should such
a combination of circumstances arise.
Marshal Foch's speech last Tuesday
i before the secret plenary session of
j the peace conference has not been
; made public in detail, it is known
only that the marshal declared that
I the security given France by the
| peace treaty was inadequate and that
| it was his personal conviction that the
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' treaty should not be signed. He ex
: plained the necessity of France's hold?
ing the bridgeheads of the Rhine, and
; said that occupation limited to fifteen
i years was not sufficient.
France Left Unsecured*
Is Paris Critic's View
! Thirty-Mile Military Demilitari?
zation Zone on the Rhine
Held To Be No Protection
PARIS, May 10.?The military clauses
I of the peace treaty do not give France
any security, in the view of Henri
i Bidou, the military critic of the "Jour
I nal des D?bats." He says they give
' France the frontier of 1870, which is
the frontier made against her in 1815.
All military writers between those
two dates, Bidou continues, maintained
that neither the frontier nor Metz was
! capable of defence in case of a de
| fensive war, and that the French forces
? would have to fall back on established
! positions in the region of Nancy, as in
| the present war. To support this view
| M. Bidou quotes several French and
! German writer:;. He also says the
I treaty gives Belgium no more security
1 than "it gives France.
I As to the thirty-mile' demilitarized
| zone east of the Rhine, he adds, it is
no protection, because German cover
I ing troops could cross and seize the
1 passages of the Rhino and establish
! strong bridgeheads at the first signs of
j war before the French could stop
them.
M. Bidou says it is hard to see how a
; limitation of the numbers of the Gor
; man army can be enforced. He de
' clares every one knows that by per
? mitting Germany 100,000 seasoned
? troops she will be given the nucleus
around which the entire nation could
gather.
The financial clauses of the treaty
between the Allied and Associated na?
tions and Germany continue to be the
j most discussed sections of the docu
I ment, and are almost universally con
| demneel by the commentators for not
making Germany responsible for the
: repayment of the entire cost ot trie
I war and for leaving France with a
: burden placed at 170,000,000,000 francs
| (?34,000,000,000).
I Wilson May Pay Visit
To Geneva League Seat
May ?Sot Be Able to Take Trip;
"Temps" Says Friends Think
He'll Be Back Here by June 15
PARIS, May 10 (By The Associated
| Press.)?A suggestion has beeil made
: in high quarters that President Wilson
| may visit Genova to inspect the seat
: of tho league of nations.
i This arose in connection with the
I presentation by Dr. William Rappard,
professor of political economy at
Geneva University, for the Swiss gov
dtmnont of a largo photographic pano?
rama of the league of nations site on
tho banks of Lake Geneva, It shows
a wooded park a milo square bordering
on the lake, with the Jura Mountains
in tho rear and the snow-capped Alps
in front.
There are many villas suitable for
offices, but tho main assembly building
will have to bo constructed. The site
is fivo miles from Geneva, with a rail?
way running through the property and
the city tramway to the gates.
President Wilson's friends sav he
would be glad to Bee the future home
of the league, but doubt whether he
will have time for the visit.
Among those close to President Wil?
son, "The Temps" says, it is believed
that the President will be back in the
United States about June 15.
Austria Will
Reject Union
With Germany
Chancellor Rentier Declares
Nation Must Make Peace
With Allies Apart From
Government at Berlin
VIENNA, May 10 (By The Associated
Pressa.?The death knell of old Austria
was sounded in Parliament Thursday
afternoon when Chancellor Renner, in
accepting the 'nomination as a peace
delegate to go to St. Germain, said he
relinquished all hopes for a fusion with
Germany. His speech was made while
the impression caused by the Allies'
terms to Germany was still strong.
The feeling in the chamber was, ac?
cording to one speaker, that "it would
be madness to unite with a nation sub?
ject, to 6uch measures."
"The Austrian pccrjle must suffer foi
the misdeeds of their rulers," the
Chancellor said. "We never wanted the
war and we were not guilty of bringing
it about. I will do my best to secure
better terms for ourselves."
The address was delivered within a
stone's throw of the Foreign Office in
? Ballplats, where the first machinery of
the war was set in motion nearly five
years ago, and moved many of the
Chancellor's hearers to tears. A few
Socialists demanded that no delegates
be sent, but there was no attempt at
revolt or Bolshevism.
Indications to-day were that Dr.
| Franz Klein, who favors the annexa
| tion of Austria to Germany, will not
; head the Austrian delegation to St.
? Germain, and that Chancellor Renner
will take his place as chief of the mis
; sion. The Chancellor will be accom?
panied by Dr. .Goertler, of the Chris?
tian Socialist party, and by Dr. Schoen
bauer, of the German Nationalist party.
Dr. Seitz, the President of the repub?
lic, was requested to go, but declined
in favor of Chancellor Renner. Herr
Landesberger, the president of the
Anglo-Austrian Bank, will be one of
the financial experts with the mis?
sion.
To Reach Paris Wednesday
PARIS, May 10 (By the Associated
Press).?The Austrian peace dele?
gates will leave Vienna on Monday
and reach Paris probably on Wednes?
day, the French Foreign Office was ad?
vised to-day
The naval terms of the treaty be?
tween the Allies and Austria, as now
completed, fcrc far more stringent than
the naval terms in the treaty with Ger?
many, as the Austrian navy is com?
pletely extinguished. All the large
ships are to be surrendered to the
Allied and associated powers and no
nucleus of the fleet will remain.
The only craft of any kind which
the terms give to Austria are those
for use on the Danube, but these, will
not be available outside that fiver.
The terms are restricted to the sur?
render of the Austrian battle cruisers,
destroyers and other ships without
providing for the disposition to be
made of them, which will be subse?
quently adjusted between the Allies
and the associated powers. As the
fleet operated in the Adriatic chiefly
against the Italian navy, the Italians
are showing great interest in the al?
lotment, most of the ships being at
ports under Italian control.
Jugo-Slav authorities are also show?
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Press).?The Lithuanian delegation to
the peace conference has asked Presi?
dent Wilson for a hearing concerning
the status of the new republic and its
desire for recognition. Dr. Ytchas,
Lithuanian Minister of Finance and
head of the delegation, told the corre?
spondent to-day that the peace treaty
presented to Germany Had the effect
of giving to Lithuania the great Baltic
port of Kernel, thus making the re?
public one of the important Baltic
powers.
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started above Kernel, including the
city within Prussia, whereas the
peace treaty starts the boundary be?
low Kerne1., thus excluding the city
from Prussia and including it in
Lithuania. While gratified at the re?
sult, the delegation holds that the
treaty is unwaranted in internationali?
zing the Niemen River, which is whol
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