Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-27
Presidents Study
in Paris Center
of Interest in
Peace Talk
YANKEE MONEY
EXPERTS BUSY
American Executive
Pleased at Their
Conclusions
By Associated Press.


of Nations commission of the
Peace Conference with President
Wilson in the chair, met for
three hours last night and COM
plctcd its consideration of the
covenant of the league.
Covenant With Committee
The covenant was referred to
drafting committee, consisting
of Colonel Il. NJ. House, repre-
scnting the United States; Lord
Robert Cecil, for Great Brit
ain: Premier VcniZcIos, of
Greece, and Ferdinand Lar
naudc, dean of the Paris law
faculty. This committee will go
through the document. correct
its wording where necessary and
refer IL back to the commission
before ii is reported to the cx-
ccutive committee of the Peace
Conference.
The covenant still contains
tWcnty-SiN articles. No amend
mont has been incorporated
which specifically meets the de-
Sires OF Japan for recognition
of national equality.
Paris, Mar. 27. - President
Wilson's study was again the
center of intense interest YES
terday, as he, with the premiers
OF Great Britain, France and
Italy, resumed the efforts to set
tic the questions standing in the
way of peace.
No event of the Peace Conference
has excited such interest and dis
cussion as this action of the Presi-
dent and the premiers in taking af-
fairs into their own hands and
While criticism and sarcasm are vet
in evidence in some quarters, in
Guiding the French Chamber of
Deputies, still the prevailing view
in conference circles is that the time
has arrived for the adoption of a
strong policy assuring early and def
mite results.
Orlando COnfcrs With House
Previous to the gathing Premier
Orlando spent an hour with Colonel
+. Nj. House, talking over the ques-
ton of the Adriatic which, with that
of reparations and the Rhine from
tier, are the three vital issues OBJ
Structing progress. The Italian pre-
mier then proceeded to the Paris
white house" where Premiers Lloyd
George and ClemenCeau were already
with the President.
Other Business Gives Way
The meetings, beginning at II
o'clock in the morning, were vir-
tually continuous throughout the
day, the League of Nations commits
sion cancelling its afternoon meet
ing so as to permit President Wilson
&o
the conference with the premiers.
The question of indemnity was again
the main stumbling block Premier
tlemenceau had not brought all his
figures with him on Tuesday and
wanted more time. Yesterday he
was fully equipped. Premier Lloyd
George had called Edwin Samuel
Montagu, secretary for India and
former financial secretary of the
treasury, to Paris from London, and
Premier Clemenceau had consulted
Louis Loucheur, the French minis
ter of reconstruction, in addition to
the regular eXprets.
Endorse American Plan
All these financial chiefs agreed
in the main with the views formu-
lated by the American delegates con-
cerning Germany's resources and
ability to pay, but it still remained
for the premiers to take a final de-
cision on the total of the indemni-
ties. President Wilson, incidentally,
expressed himself as much graft
fed at the showing made by the
American financial experts alongside
the leading financial authorities of
France and England.
The Rhine frontier question may
come up tomorrow (Thursday) and
which he hopes may become the
basis of an agreement
Adriatic Issue Stubborn
The Adriatic issue is the most
stubborn question remaining, and
with no indication of a compromise
upon it, The Italian representations
of disorder at Spalato are not con-
firmed by American reports direct
from that place. These latter re-
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