Evening star., 1919-02-11
COMMITTEE WILL
| STUDY ARM|ST|CE
Council Postpones Adoption
i of New Conditions to
Be Imposed.
HUN DESIGNS REVEALED


PARIS, February lin view of the
complexity and diversity of the prob
lens raised by the armistice. says a
Havas report, the supreme war coun-
Gil has appointed committee of eight
members to which would be intrusted
the task of studying these questions
The council. therefore, has postponed
for few days the adoption of con-
ditions to be imposed upon Germany
so as to be better prepared as to
means for insuring their execution.
The committee is composed of Nor
man Davis and Gen Bliss, for Amer
lea; Lord Robert Cecil and Maj. n. C.
Thwaites, for England: DR. Silvio
Crespi and Gen. Cavellero, for Italy.
and Etienne Clementel and Cen De-
Eoutte, for France. 1t held it's first
meeting last night at o'clock Gen.
Degouette. who had been summoned
by telephone from Lille. could not
arrive in time, however. and the COM
mittee meeting will continue today
When a draft of the conditions has
been prepared it will be submitted on
Wednesday to the supreme war coun-
Gil for definite approval
Hun Designs on French Industry.
The report prepared in 1916 by Ger
man main headquarters to show how
Germany would benefit from the de-
0truccon of certain industries in
france contained 4s2 pages, accord
ing to the statement made to the su-
preme war council at it's meeting
Monday afternoon by Louis Kiotz. tn.
French minister of finance. Material
Tor the report was collected by 2e0
experts. who were released from mill
tAry duties for the purpose.
A full review is made of every
French industry. including spinning,
dyeing. pottery, chemicals, sugar,
brewing, mining, leather, milling,
clothing and rope making. The re-
port says that all these industries
'oner excellent openings for German
traders in spite of somewhat hostile
feeling"
AS the French metal industry in the
occupied regions had been sup
pressed" and was without supplies of
raw material. which the occupied re-
gfons could not produce. the report
traders ito substitute yourselves in
this new market"
Regarding Sugar Industry.
Regarding the French sugar in
dustry. the German headquarters
pamphlet says.
business relations with Germany
are sure to continue because the
French sugar industry cannot do
without German beet seed without
damaging itself, and 1t must also buy
large quantities of German coal. the
French coal mines having suffered
severely"
In its inventory Of the ruin caused
N the weaving plants of the northern
France the report says:
Considerable quantities of raw
m3ter1al, manufactured goods, thread
ON bobbins and warps have been sent
TO Germany. In Sedan all the plants
rave been destroyed, The machinery
tngs lie open to the winds like scrap
IRON. There Is an enormously inn
portant opening there for German
constructors."
Women to Present Plea.
PARIS, February 1o-A resolution
asking that women be represented in
the peace conference will be present.
- 10 President Wilson tonight by a
delegation representing the women
gunragists of the associated powers.
Tho American members of the dele
ration win be Mrs. ]. Borden Harri-
nan. ms. fullest Barrett Rublee and
Ms Katherine B. Davis. French
woman suffrage leaders by them
solves recently demanded representa-
3ton In the peace conference.
The special committee. consisting of
sWo REPRESENTATIVES each from Great
0r1tain. the United States, France and
Italy, which the council Of the great
po1ers decided upon a week ago to
exAmine into the claims of Greece In
fne peace conference, will meet
z1tur8dAy Of this week
Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian
premier. is one of the British dele
9Afes on this committee. Immediately
Uppn the conclusion of the commit
tee's work he probably will pay a
ehprt visit to Canada, returning to
PHI when PresideDf Wflaou refurps