The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-14
PEACE HEADS
TO MEET FOE
DELEGATION
BEFORE May
Affairs Shaping Themselves
Toward Final Action-Jap-
anese and French League
May be Reconsidered.
REvAMP FINANCE PLAN
CBy Associated Press)

By Associated Press1
PARIS, April 1.-THE status of the
American, Japanese, and French
amendments to the covenant of the
league of nations has been definitely
established so far as the league of ma
tions commission is concerned, with
the American amendment concerning
the Monroe doctrine, the only one to
be given a place in the covenant by
the commission. The French and
Japanese, however, have both made
reservations which entitle them to re-
new, at a plenary session Of the peace
conference, the questions involved In
these amendments SO that the final
decision is still open.
AS to the affairs OF the peace con-
ference as a whole, they are shaping
themselves now with the league OF
nations question and nearly all the
main points in the peace treaty vir-
tually disposed Of so that the date
when the enemy delegates shall be-
summoned to Versailles has been ten
tatively set The summoning Of the
peace congress as it will be called, in
stead of peace conference" after the
enemy delegates are admitted, will.
according to the present understand
ing occur between April 26 and May 5.
and It is considered not improbable
that definite date may be announced
by Premier Lloyd George when he
speaks before the British house OF
commons the coming Wednesday.
To Permit Brief Discussion
Indications are that the Germans
| will be given opportunity to discuss
L.
| but that no extended discussion will
gested as the outside limit for the ses-
! sions to be held at Versailles. These
sessions, it is expected now, will be
attended by President Wilson, who is
said by those close to him, to feel that
the progress made toward concluding
the peace is such that he will be able
to remain for the Versailles meeting.
| The chief question as regards the
! peace terms remaining to be settled
now that the Sarre valley and repara-
tions problem have been disposed in
/ virtually all of their details, Is that of
| the Rhine frontier. The council OF
| four is likely mainly to occupy itself
with this question during the present
week, the debate probably centering
the French contention for security
| from a military standpoint, the French
attitude being indicated as determined
on this point.
| It is understood also to have been
| largely Frances fears from a mill
tary standpoint of what might happen
should there be another German at
tack that Influenced her representa-
tives in their sustained opposition to
| the Monroe doctrine amendment to
the league Of nations covenant Their
argument was that if the Monroe doc
trine principle were given an Euro
pean application the effect might be
that the United States might be kept
from again coming to Frances help
in the event Of future German bull
| lience.
Confers with Italians.
The council Of four did not meet
this morning, instead President Will
son had long conference with Pre-
mier Orlando and other Italian lead
ers on the Adriatic problem, one OF
the last vital questions remaining to
be discussed by the council.
Premier Orlando recently suggested
to the president the advisability OF in
formal exchanges over the question
of Fiume, and Italy's claim in the
eastern Adriatic. President Wilson,
in concurring with this suggestion,
promised to give the matter his per-
| sonal study. The conference today
prabably was the outcome of this sug-
gestion.
| REvAMP FINANCIAL TERMS
PARIS, April 14.-Alarmed by the
result of the bye election at Hull
last week, Premier Lloyd George OF
Great Britain, according to the Echo
de Paris, has persuaded the council
of four to revamp completely the nm
ancial plan to be incorporated in the
treaty of peace. Instead of payment
of q, 900, 100000 francs on account and
annual payments to be fixed by COM
mission, it has been decided to fix at
once the amount which Germany will
have to pay within so years. This
amount is kept secret, but it is indicat-
ed by the newspapers that figure
of 100000, 100000 francs has been
agred upon, which includes all war
damages as we'll as the cost of PEN
sions.
PIebIscite To Be Held
The regiment, it is said, will last
for Is years, when plebiscite VIII be
held and in the event that the 1nhaoi'
tantS elect to return to Germany, tndt
nation will be obliged to buy back the
mines, paying in gold. To carry out
this task would be no mean undertaI-
ing, say the commentators, especially
those Of the echo de Paris. and Ls
Journal, who declare it to be simply a
repetition of the Tangier regime which
they say, has been seen to be the
equivalent of most complete inertia" :"
Neither are the critics satisfied with
!, the plan for military occupation Of
the left bank of the Rhine, although
, the methods to be followed have no..
, been finally decided upon. 1t is stated
in French quarters that this will be
entirely in the hands OF French troop.
. who will guard the bridgeheads ane
, railroad junction. In addition. thers
: is to be a new thirty-mile neutrai
, military zone on the right bank Of thS