Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1919 — SPEEDING PEACE TREATY TO QUELL ANARCHISM [ARTICLE]

SPEEDING PEACE TREATY TO QUELL ANARCHISM

Paris Conference May Finish Term This Week. OBSTACLES BEING OVERCOME Wilson Believe* .Situation (’alls for Energetic Action —Supreme Council Feel* Concern Over Revolutionary lAeveloptnent*. Pari#, March 24. —President Wilson met Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Orlando at the fouvign office at 3 o’clock thia afternoon for an hour’# conference before assembling the supreme war council. Both the conference and the supreme war council were held amid a feeling of concern over the revolutionary developments in eastern Durope and the lack of definite results thus far reached in the Paris conference in stabilising European conditions. President Wilson was known to regard the situation as serious and as calling, for energetic action toward hastening the work of the conference to completion and there was reason to believe that this would be one of the main subjects before both meetings, rather than the formal questions on the program.

According to reports, President Wilson's view is that the two main obstacles to an early conclusion of peace are reparations for war damages and the Franco-German Rhine frontier. The belief was expressed by those conversant with the president’s view that this situation will be clearly and definitely presented to the premiers and If need be, a suggestion will be made that they remain continuously together until these two difficulties are met and overcome. The expectation also was advanced that any doubts still remaining on the question whether the league of nations would or would not go into the peace treaty would be settled In some quite defir e 'understanding among the premiers who are the controlling influence of the conference. Marshal Foch was present during the discussion of the serious situation in Hungary, but no announcement was made ’concerning any action decided upon. It was resolved to send a joint telegram to the Poles and Czecho-filovaks asking them to sutijmlt their differences to the commission on the ground there instead of forwarding complaints to the peace conference. This proposal was made by the United States and affects the Teschen coal fields, to,which both the Poles and Czechoslovaks are laying claim.