Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-03-11
Germany and German Austria
Are Not to Be Permitted to
Join Under One Government,
Is Verdict,
PARIS GOVERNMENT
STILL HOLDING OUT
While Teutons May Have Food
First Call Is for Money With
Which to Pay for Damages
in War,
BY Herbert Bayard Swopc.
(Staff Correspondent of the New
York World and Albuquerque
Journal J
Copyright, 1919. by the Press Pub.
fishing Co.


York World and Albuquerque
Journai)
Copyright, 1919. by the Press Pub.
fishing Co.
Especial Wireless DispatchO
Paris March 10.-The announce.
ment that America would join with
France in opposing an Austrian union
with Germany ls highly important.
Taken fh connection with the plan
of establishing Rhenish republic, it
shows that the council of ten tends to
reduce GERMANY to the minimum of
power and population.
The naval terms of the peace treaty
were discussed and Admiral Benson's s
point regarding the ownership OF the
German cables was referred to the
legal committee. on which the
American member will be Secretary
of State Lansing. Gable ownership
is of first commercial Importance,
since British control will put handi-
cap on American business In the way
of permitting trade secrets to be
known to the British authorities.
Heligoland and Kiel questions are
to be further discussed, The plan to
destroy the German fleet has practi-
cally been abandoned. The plan now
| is to give The lareee hips TO France
and Italy, while tbs Smaller craft are
Ito be distributed among the smaller
nations. America. Britain and Japan
are not to share in the distribution.
Food conditions as reported from
Bohemia to the American delegation
are such as to threaten that country s
relations with the allies unless relief is
immediate.
Germany is indicating a greater
Willingness to help than are the al
lies, and this condition Js regarded as
dangerous to the new states well
Flare. From all sides c':nes increas-
ing pressure because Of the lack of
food, and the cry Of despair to be
saved from starvation and Bolshe-
vism is heard.
The Queen of Roumania today
made personal appeal to the Ameri-
can correspondents for help IN hav-
| ing her country's needs brought to The
attention of the world.
France Stands Out.
Reports received from Spa, where
economic relations with Germany are
being talked over, are of such a
discouraging nature that their pes
simism tinged the days developments
in the peace deliberations and threw
into the background what otherwise
might be considered favorable indi-
cations The situation is to be taken
| in hand forthwith by the council OF
| ten.
The situation is of such character
that delay is dangerous. not culy to
Germany, but to the surrounding ma
tions as well, and immediate action
in the alienation of bad conditions is
| imperative. The worst forebodinss OF
| those who feared dissensions among
1.-THE allies as to methods of payment
| that Germany was totuse for her food
supplies were realized when the Ger
man commissioners refused to entei
| into any compact that did not guar
antee to Germany full flow OF ra-
| tions until Aer next harvest,
Deadlock Over Feeding Nation.
When the commission assembled a.
| Spa. Germany expressed readiness to
comply with the terms imposed upon
her. which included the surrender OF
| her merchant fleet and the segrega
| ton of raw materials which were to
| be given in return for food, with the
| balance of the payments in cash OF
securities. In return. she asked II
| the associated governments were
ready to commit themselves to ade-
quate provisioning of the country un'
| til August, when the next crop is
available.
| Here arose the difficulty. The al,
| lies were not able to give the, guar
| antee. due to the fact that France is
| unwilling ito agree to permit the u.s.
| of German funds for purposes other
| than reparation.
| The allied delegates sought to pre-
vail upon the German agents to ac-
cept compromise whereby food
would be supplied for. a limited per-
iod-perhaps one month--at the ex
| piration of which new arrangement
were to be made. The Germans de
clined to enter the deal on the grount
! that they are required to comply ir
full with the terms, while the allie
are unwilling to or unable to carry ou
their share of the bargain.
Part of Food Bad as None.
| They declared that they could no
| face their country were they to sur
render the entire merchant fleet and
get nothing in return. Such food az
would be supplied for brief period
in their opinion, would have the effect
of accentuating the bad condition,
| their nation faces instead Of correct
ing them.
They added that they had no power
| other than to see that the agreement
was fully executed and so they woult
| have to report back to their govern
ment that the plan to feed German.
and thus enable her to defeat Bol.
shevism and assume a position ir
which the war damages could be met
had been vitiated.
| Messrs Lamont. Strauss, McFad-
den. Sanderson and Chase, the Amer
1CcntiSGsd on Fsss fES.j