The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-03-14

supervise Tine carrying out Oh THESE
conditions.
Paris. March 1.-THE first rough
outlines of the peace treaty are be-
ginning TO take form as "A result of
the rapid disposal of the main ques-
ti0ns before the Council Of the great
Powers. The preliminary draft will
he well along within the present
week, and with the arrival of Pres
ident Wilson final revision will pro-
coed so as to have the document
ready for presentation by the end
OF next-week and thus conform to
Marshal Foch's limit of March 20,
though the British apparently are in
clined to doubt the possibility of car
rying out the programme on time.
The treaty promises to be a very
long document. chiefly owing to de-
tailed provisions concerning the Ger
man military system and methods for
its control by the Allies. II will en-
body. however. only five or six main
divisions, namely:
First. Military, naval and aerial
terms second. PREPARATIONS for the
war damages. third. German boun-
carries: fourtb. economic and fnan-
cial provisions. and. probably, fifth.
r responsibilities for the war.
In Advanced Stage.
All these main subjects are in an
advanced stage and have been either
adopted or agreed on in principle,
with the exception of some reserved
points on which President Wilson
and the Premiers are to take final
action.
The military terms adopted yes
terday were in the hands OF the draft
ing experts to-day to be put IN tie
form of articles of the treG'y. The
naval and aerial terms are agreed to.
except as to reservations regarding
the disposal OF the large German
ships and the dismantling of Helgo-
laad and the Kiel Canal.
Germany's eastern, western and
northern boundaries are now before
sbe council or in the Committee ar
Reports The eastern and northern
boundaries are to be determined
Thursday. The Western boundary
. will be settled Friday.
The consideration of reparations
is set for Saturday. though this
Vsuestion may go beyond that time.
mis- covers all the principles. except
h,r responsibility for the war.
II is the desire of the French to
have this made an integral part OF
the treaty. so as to settle the ques-
ton, and this may be conceded,
though it is an open question.
"TrilIion" Is Urged.
The consideration of reparations
has introduced the word "trillion" in
recognizing money, probably for the
first time in any single financial oper-
alton, for. although millions and bill
lions often have been used in war
finance, no sum has yet been reach
ed touching trillion.
In estimating the war losses of all
the Powers the first figures of one OF
the great Powers aggregated tril-
lion francs and those of another
Power were slightly above half tril- /
lion francs. namely, six hundred bill
lion francs. These first estimates
have gradually been reduced until the
present aggregate covering the losses
for all countries is about one-ffth OF
the first highest estimate, and In final
form probably will be in the neigh
borhood of thirty-five or forty billion
dollars.
The final figure has not yet been
written into the committee report
but has been left In blank and ex-
pressed as TX" so that an insert may
be made when there is an under
standing as to the formal decision
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