Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — BAR ON ALL NEUTRALS [ARTICLE]

BAR ON ALL NEUTRALS

WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO PEACE MEET. < Belligerent Government* Will Permit Them to Address Claims to Specially Created Body. Paris, Dec. 27. —Representatives of the allies, according to newspapers here, have decided that neutral nations will not be admitted to the peace conference. Neutrals may address their claims to belligerents, however, and any demands thus made will be referred to a specif body, which will be created by the peace conference. It has been decided, It is reported, that neutrals will be allowed to participate in the deliberations incident to the formation of a J eague of nations. The United States, Great Britain,, France, Italy and Belgium probably will reach an understanding as to the admission of delegates. The Czecho-Slovak republic already has been recognized by these nations. Siberia, Finland and Ukraine, Esthonla and numerous other fragments of Russia are seeking recognition.There will be applications also from numerous small states, some existing before the war and others resulting from the collapse of Austria and Turkey. In this category are the Zionists of Palestine, Arabs, Armenians, Georgians and small governments in Mesopotamia to which the British and French governments already have promised recognition or protection. It is expected that the .leading powers will reach a preliminary agreement regarding the disposition to be made of these claimants, but this wijl be subject to the approval of the general conference when it is assembled.