New-York tribune., 1919-02-01
U. $. Stand Is Said to
Have Threatened Whole
Future of Conference
Serb Rumar,ian
Dispute Taken Up
Mission VIII BE Sent
to Teschen to Settle
Czecho- Polish Dispute

FAhlS, Jan 81 (By The Associated
Ffess president Wilson and the Al
ned Prime Ministers this afternoon
CANNED the Balkan problems. notably
me dlsputes between the Serbians and
Rumanians. The commissions CHARGED
with eamlnation of the labor problem.
compensation and damages soon will
begin their work.
The inter-Allied commission on Po-
iahd met TINS morning and decided to
adopt draft report, which will be
submitted to the conference committee.
The conclusions will be formulated bv
NJ Noulens French Ambassador to
Russia.
There will be no plenary session Of
the peace conference tomorrow, il was
announced to-day.
Official Council Statement
An official communication issued this
evening said:
Ihe President of the United States
Of America. the Prime Ministers and
Foreign Ministers of the Allied and
associated powers, and the represen-
tatives Of Japan, met this afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
ne delegates OF the great DOW
ers, composing the inte<Allied COM
mission which will shortly proceed
TO Poland, were introduced to state
the conclusions which they had
reached after hearing the representa-
tives of Poland and of the Czecho-
slovak Republic regarding the pro-
visional exploitation of the industrial
district of Teschen austrian ST.
lesa)
Mission to Teschen
after listening to the reports
made BY N. Noulens and by General
Gothic, in the name Of their COL
leagues. the Allied Ministers decided
to send to Teschen Allied delegates
Tor the purpose of assuring peace
ful exploitation in agreement with l.
lie Czechs and the Poles. pending
territorial settlement of the question
by the conference.
"A statement of the views Of the
respective interests and rights of
Rumania and Serbia in the Banat of
Temesvar was then heard. NJ. Bra
tiano and NJ. Mishu represented the
Rumanian government and the Ser
bian delegation was composed of NJ
Pachitch, NJ. vesnitch and NJ. Trum-
bitch.
The next meeting was fixed for to-
morrow, Saturday, at o'clock"
The crisis in the peace negotiations
over the disposition 70 be made OF
Germany's former colonies seems 70
have passed, momentarily, at least. Il
IS too early to say that President Will
sons view has prevailed in its en-
tirety. bat III American quarters there
is confidence that 4 compromise plan,
which has been accepted N principle.
viii be worked out with details which
will be compatible with the American
viewpoint.
Plain Talk by Wilson
Whcn tie Supreme Council met to-
DAY it had before it the very plain
= e'-e t"AS''N iH<>NG py IcSlttliL w llSon
on Wednesday. SO particular was mr..
Wilson 10 have an exact record Of what
be had said that soon after entering
TIC meeting he summoned oac of his
personal stenographers and kept him
at his side during the session.
What he said did not appear in the
official communique, nor has it been
disclosed with any official authority,
but it may be stated that it was a
very clear rcaffirmation of the pfin-
c.ples for which the President had pre-
vioualy contendcd. "a
In phrases stripped of diplomatic
niccties, it is understood, Mr.. Wilson
told the members of the Supreme Coun-
Gil he would not be party to division
of Germany's COLONEL possessions
among the powers which now mold
them, and then become party to a
league Of nations which. In effect
would guarantee their title There ard
inforences that the President even ~
ferrod to a peace of loot"
League Above All Else
IN the discussions on Wednesdaj
President Wilson contended, in no VI