Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-21
NATIONS WILL GIVE
/ Their IDEAS ABOUT
GUILT OF WILLIAM
Situation in Russia is Dis
cussed at Meeting of
Plenip0tentiaries.
THREE COURSES OPEN
IN RESTORING ORDER
British Proposal Is to Furnish
Country With Food and
Other Assistance.
BUT BoLsHEv1Kr MUST am
Would Be Required to Give Up
Efforts to Spread Ter.
rorism.
BUT BoLsHEvIKr MUST AD;
Would Be Required to Give Up
Efforts to Spread Ter. ~
rorism.

PARIS. January 2o.-To-morrow viii Il
be indictment day. at the peace con-
ference. @ Z -
It will see what will be perhaps tile 3.
hrst formidable array OF condemna-
ton In the history of the world na.
each of the nations that aided In ttliesE
overthrow OF German militarism viii
present their views regarding the re-
sponsibility of the authors OF the war.
Without doubt the session will BE
first in camera, as memoranda wlItt
be presented which will be confdenttaii
and treated the same as a true bIii,gs
that Is. their contents will not be llsaS
closed un:il .he culnrits arc brought
to she' bar c! Justice. Is IS 81
,si,In,sa Thus far France and Britain have
evidence and, data against those per-
sons believed to be responsible s Tor:
President Wilson,, h5weyer. fias al;
ways insistedj thai those guilty sSfssS H
fGsP y9 3 ter s.l
si5sly by sstretarx &c stafs Iansinsssss sss { {
: : Th& s ae,i;Gn Exp 9.ot ,se esntssspes
many to be Iconsldered shows Ii he he
,shron,ologIcal 81 order 10 be, foiloWeas {
in fixing the reason tor the war thsa
conference will arrive at the solutionSs
thereof, and. in SO doing. they viii
much In preventing future wars
summary punishment of those who az 8
nlcted the world with the strife JUST.
Because OF the great number OF r,a-S
tions represented at the conferencsY
4 Is selieyeI That every single ssun
crown prince, and all the rest OF tile 4,
swo rd. .clanking crew who were In any
way responsihie for the war. Will be-
prospective defendants. q
The same is true OF the second num-
OF, fixing the responslbiiitS for the the
crimes committed in the war. 'sS 8
WILL. SUBMIT LIST gf3 ],
OF INHUMANITIEs
, Under this 'subteesf France. England
list Of M inhSmas M III aoia praeseea ta saDnl 81
the Germans on3the inhabitants !, oss
heir IKE ne soun,ries and also: the
deep eelns of these as eSnmpis natiSns of
shown at the crillon here. - s:fI &
loa prominent place in the corridor
decree proclaln,lng the death sentence nee
of Edith Cavell, and at one time or
another all the American plenipo-@
esample how %oWexss sssn d, Of hoM Us 9P|x Sae
England and Belgium have Kept the.
Atrocities fresh in their memories
From the sentiment OF the pc ace con-
ference it may be predicted that moth
Ing viii be done finally regarding the
authors OF the war which woud give
Germany chance TO proclaim martyrs s.
On the contrary. though the punisb.t
ment meted out Will be, OF such char.9
acteT as to satisfy those who hope for
the greatest possible odium on those :,
who wiiifu.ly began the! war, no meas
ures are expected 10 lie taken to givsV
Germany the excuse of vengeful per-
seCutfon. TEs,is
NEUTRAL NATIONS ARE
F NOT tNTIRELY SATISFIED
The decision that the league sof ma
lions VIII, be outlined and organi.efiS
ty the beil!Sc!ents alone is 7understootl%
TO be the cause OF some dissatisfaction
informally discussing the MA tier
among themselves s3aiS
Whether any. formal action Will bs 1
taken by the neutrals TO voice their
protest is not vet Known. but among
some OF them there Is said to be a y
ieel!ng that Ii would be neither fairs
nor, disnihed that they be afterwards
whose making they had no part. y
NEUTRALS DO NOT, CLAIM
PART IN PEACE TERMS
The neutrais, it is understood, do mo- :.
claim participation in the aiacmssion
part'.in the awar. but they contSsd a.
league OF nations lis an intcrnational 8
institution Independent of tho war and
therefore. no distinction should y ba5b
made between bcEiGerents and non
bcllige-cntS. II Is also pointed outsttat
among the neutrals there were severn I =
countries whose antf-Gernian' feelings
were as strong as among the allies.
out that owing 10 geographical poais 4
ions and other factors, they were
forced to remain neutral 5.}{sg
The supreme council adjourned titsg,
session ar ii:i5 O'Clock to give Presi-.
dent Wilson an opportunity TO attentig
the luncheon given him by the Frencrfs
Senate. sss ~ lI.I ~ ~,
With Vittorio Orlando the Italian.
Premier. the only absentee. the 3suaf
preme counctl OF the. peace conference,
reassembled, Mt 1880. o'clock this mofrj- :;
ing. Premier Orlando had arrived here 4;
from Rome. however, and was expected 9
to attend the council'a session later Ia
TEN MEMBERS OF,
a DODY ATTEND SESSION Il;
7 Foreign Secretary Baifour was aa.s
companiedSto the meeting by Lord
Robert Cecil who has especialy IA e
lions. on bshaif .: s Great britain. n
Baron tNobuaki Maxine. chief oS
Jaranese mission, attended the tOuhciIs
Tor the ftrstlttme, representing Japan.srs
,,osether With BaroH Matsui, Tho amssl
tassador to France S s y " T III 22iis
The eounsti as 4 u MAJ so-asy esm;s