The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-15
SIGN PEACE
IN TEN DAYS
(Continued iron s=se ID

OF the British peace delegation be-
fore the conservative house OF com
mons tomorrow
The unionist majority in commons
recently directed memorandum 10
4 the premier demanding that Germany
/ be made 70 pay the full cost OF the
war and virtually asking why iao=d-
I George was eyading his prediction
pledges HIS speech will be reply
( TO this memorandum
Some newspapers protested to see
q cabinet crisis resulting from the
! present situation.
The premier. on his arrival. gave
i out brief statement in which he
said that All is going we'll"
| Germans Well Pleased.
| IBy Frank J, Taylor. United Press
STAFF Correspondent
| BERLIN, April 13.--The Germans
are becoming more and more imbued
with the idea that although they have
lost the war they are winning in the
Teace conference.
! This is largely development OF the
past month. TWO months ago the Ger
mans were ready to accept any peace
tie allies might impose. Now the
people are becoming independent TO
/ The extent OF "cockiness."
do not know whether the attitude
tere is the natural result of the de-
lays in Paris and the continuous
stream OF reports OF allied differences
which are widespread in the German
p;ess, or whether It is part OF an or
eanized plan on the part OF Germans.
Il is probably both. for members OF
the old regime certainly are making
the most of the situation, endeavorinS
10 educate the Germans up to the idea
they ought to turn holshevik IL the
peace terms are unsatisfactory, and
that II the allies can hardly agree
among themselves when there are no
Germans present, a few German dfplo-
mats on the ground could quickly give
the allied peace program permanent
setback
For instance, Count ron Bernstorf
gets much delight out OF the way
things are going in Paris. met him
on the street the other day and asked
him what he thought OF the situation.
THE situation is all in Paris he
replied 1T isn't very diplomatic to
say this and / suppose / ought not 10
tell you-but we've been damned fools
in the past and have made some awful
blunders However. We never had
anything on Paris"
BernstorT was the first man / re-
member hearing predict the possibility
OF Germany going bolshevik,. If the
allies were over-harsh. according to
German ideas. Then President Ebert
talked the same way; then the other
cabinet members; then the news
rapers grabbed the idea and propa-
gated it widely and now you hear 1t
on every hand.
Every waiter win tell you that Ger
many has the peace conference UP
tree and that she will turn to Russia
il her delegates do not like the peace
terms.
Statement from Wilson.
PARIS. April 15.-President VIII
son Yesterday gave out the following
statement.
in view of the fact the questions
TO be settled in the peace with Ger
many have been brought so near
complete solution, that they can now
quickly be put through the fnal pro
cess Of drafting, those who have
been most constantly in conference
about them have decided 10 advise
that the German plenipotentiaries De
invited to meet representatives OF the
associated belligerent nations at YER
sailIes on the 25th of April
This does not mean that the many
other questions connected with the
general peace settlement will be in
terrupted or that their consideration
which has long been under way will
be retarded. On the contrary, 1t Is
expected that rapid progress Will
now be made with those questions
SO that they may also presently De
expected TO be ready for final settle
ment. 1t i. hoped that the questions
most directly affecting Italy, especial
IL the Adriatic question, will be
given for the time precedence over
iother questions and pressed by con-
tinual study to it's final stage.
sThe settlement that belongs
aepeciaIIy to the treaty with Ger
many viii in this way be got out of
the way at the same time that all
other settlements are being brought
to a complete formulation. II Is
realized that though this process
must be followed, all the questions
of the present great settlement are
parts of single whole
Delivered April IS.
| CBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staf
Correspondent
/ PARIS. April 15.-The preliminary
peece treaty will be submitted to the
Germans April 25.
Unofficial adyices have indicated the