Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-06
Allies Plan Commercial
Ostracism Unless Peace
is Accepted.
ITALY TO TAKE PART
IN HISTORIC EVENT
peaes Treaty to Be Hapded to German
Delegates at 3:15 O'Clock Wsdnss-
day Aftsrnoon-FinaI Disposal Es.
p.es'd BY Ju"','- Journalists Per.
mittsd to Witness Meeting With
Germans At Versailles.
by Associated Press

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Preparations virtually have been
completed ior the presentation Of
the terms Of peace to the Ger
man delegates at Versailles at
S:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Today 10 expected to witness
completion of the draft Of the
peace treaty, a digest of which
will be re1i at the rlenary ses-
sion OF the peace conference this
afternoon, primarily sar the pur-
pose Of informing the delegates
Of the minor powers as to the de-
tails Of the document the Germans
will be asked to sign.
With Premier Orlando and For
eign Minister Sonnino of Italy on
their way back to Iaris from
Rome. which they left Monday
night. il seems probable that they
will be present at the historic
meeting in Versailles on Wednes-
day.
Nothing official has been made
public az TO the agreement under
which Italy has consented to re-
sumo her interrupted participa-
tion IN the reace conference. A
report reaching London, however,
declares 1t II proposed to make
Fiume . neutral port for a period
OF two years, after which time 1t
is to - turned over to Italy.
GerEsn newspapers are print
ing reports from Versailles to the
effect that the German representa-
tives have served notice on the
allies that further delay in the
presentation of the peace terms
will result In the Germans leav-;
inT for Berlin. Another report
emanating from Berlin states that
German Ministers Lanesberg and
Giesbera, members Of the enemy
'delegation, have left Versailles
hhEf{hAt peace negotiations Will
continue"
There has teen no intimation
from Paris that the Germans were
demanding immediate action or
that any Of the delegates had left,
and 1t Is probable that the re-
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tended for home consumption
Meanwhile, the league Of ma
tions has proceeded farther with
its organization
At a meeting Of the organization
committee yesterday stephen
Pichon, the French foreign min
lister, was elected chairman Of the
provisional organization. At the
same time Sir Eric Drummond as
sumed his duties as acting secre.
tary general.
The government Of Finland will
receive recognition from the allies
pursuant to decision reached in
Paris by the council Of foreign
ministers, according to reports.
There are certain conditions which
must be followed, it is said but
the details Of the proposal are not
as yet known.
The power Of the soviet govern
ment in Budapest seems to be
crumbling rapidly. Reports agree
that anarchy reigns in the city
with many executions being car
ried out by. the soviet leaders.
czech troops are said to be only
twenty miles away.
With the circle of anti bolshevik
: forces rapidly closing in from the
southeast, east, northeast and
north, the bolshevik government OF
Russia also appears to be hard
pressed. Russian and Finnish
troops operating east Of Lake
Ladoga have cut of the retreat of
soviet forces farther north and
have severed communication be-
tween Moscow and the kola nenin-
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