Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-24
BIG PROGRAM MAPPED
OUT BY PEACE COUNCIL
Russians Refuse 10 Meet With
Bolshcvist "Assassins;" Com
pcrs Pleased With Plan.

Paris, Jan. n With replies from the
various Russian factions to ITS proposal
Tor conference hoing awaited, the Su-
rrcme Council of the Peace Conference
met ~ 1890 o'clock ycstcrlay. Mean
while the Joint Allied Commission IS being
made up. although no names have been
announced
The official bulletin regarding the morn
ing conference reads
The President of the United States,
the Primo Ministers and Foreign Minis
tcrs of the Allied and associated powers
amt the japanese representatives met
this morning ~ tho Quay dorsay The
meeting proceeded with the examination
uf thus agenda for the plenarv meeting ~
the conference un Saturday The follow
ing questions were considered Tor tins
purpose
international legislation on labor.
'Rc~ppuslhhtv and punlshments IN
connection with the war.
"Reparotlon for war damage,
international regime at ports, watcr-
WAYS and railways
In addition The meeting began con
sideratinn of the procedure 20 be adopted
with regard "a territorial questions.
.,ergus Sarnnoil, the former Russian
Foreign Minister under the old regime ~ q
NOW representing the government m
NcrkateTInodar and the Siberian govern
mont AZ Omsk. has declared IN a state
nncut that he would not participate m the
conference proposed hy the Supreme
Council With Rolshcvik representatives
Prince Lvofi former Russian Premier.
however IN n statement ycStcrdsy strongly
deprecated the decision ~ the supreme
Council r,garding Russia
Lvorr sEEs DANGER
We never thought said Prince IvofI
'that the conference would commence its
peace u crk bl renewing relations with our
Nrants The RnlshovIkl have won their
greatest victory IN Paus The dccision "i
the council not only Is Of danger 10 uS but
a. the whole world II gives new Impulsc
g. anareh,
While Ncdncsdav's official statement
was silent on tho question 81 The rcdcnp-
tlon 81 Ru-ela far@ru drht there's SOME
reason to h,l,vc the' through unofhclal
hut powerful sources assursrcc~ have
been ,onvcvcd that the Rslsbcvl~ts wiil
r.e,le trsr ti.tr thr,at tcr pliitte this
dclf n consideration uf rrici through
! utcrt, ;ud. 81 desperate cccuomtr con
,ltlpns m RUSSIA Il IS hrllcvcd that as
surancc~ on tins pont induced france to
sanction the plan. which vCrts The spcctrc
ot hnancI"l loss % lrcuch holders d.
Russian eceuutlcs
Io VIZ rrpr -JrroEr
\ strong polnt ~ the po-ttIon 4 assumed
~ the supreme Council iu thc Russian
proposition Is that IA event of ItS rejection
hy the iSol~hcVisfs public opinion may bc
expected 81 support tnN measure. utccs
sarv {" NJ tore order While other Russian
governments ue.c~~arllt must co1nplN
with tie o,icr IS the pnar 81 Intent,
.appor
y We recalled hor, WHOM announce
mcut was made that ntcufc rcprcScnta
tilcs would meet delegate from Rus
SIAN factions on Princes Islands. IN tho
sea Il Marmon. that Major-Gcncr,
Charles v p Tovnshend of the Rnti-l
Army was Interned their ~ tho rurIiSh
government after he was forced - sllr-
render - kut-el-Amsra The island arc
immcr resorts for many people rsldlrg
N Ccn>f utnople
DoMrFRs \ FLFAup
Sarnc, Gompcrs, president 1t thc
Awer Nn lcdcratlon ol Labor. vh, wa
tald f-au hi~ ARRIVAL hon Ncdncsda,
nigh' measures relative to Rus,la
adopted ~ The Pcace Congress. sand
think d very VS. decision ana
hope 1 viii hayo satlsi actor, results Ia re-
storing peace N Russia and placing that
unfortunate counfr, acaln into can.lt,
with tile grcst q iers u Tie civilization
81 the world
Tho rccoCrlfl1n 81 tie nov rovcrrrpcrt
81 Poland + expected h,r, .ilon IL tli,
end il Is believed. VII i, taken short,
Conferences lave hccn m r~ogr,..
during The ls~t low dav- at Bramtsrs
German Poland hcfucan German. and
Polish cmlsstnc~ According Ia q telegram
received by tile Polish National Commit
t.r % farl~. the Germans rejected all terms
81 agreement. containing fourteen points.
ur1pl~tsd Cu hChaIt Ni the Poles ~ Alhcr.