Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-28
Most Eventful Period of
Conference at Paris
at Hand.
PEACE TREATY AND
NATIONS LEAGUE
oseynan pelse ates May Receive Con-
ditions Of Allies by Saturday-Con-
ditions In Italy Being Watched With
Some coneern-china-Jap contro.
vsrsy and other Problems Yet to Be
Settled.
,pv Tho Associated Press. J

What promises to be the most
eyentful week yet Of the Paris
peace conference opens today with
plenary session Of that BODY
with final action on the covenant
Of the league Of nations in pros
pect.
There also is q feeling prevalent
in Paris that the treaty OF peace
will be ready for presentation to
the German delegates by Saturday
Of this week, before which time 1t
is hoped that the Italian situation
may resolve itself.
AS to the peace treaty. the most
important matter still to be settled
is the problem of composing the
Japanese and Chinese claims to
Kiao Chau and the Shantung pen
insula. A decision on this subject
has been expected for several days
and it may be announced today.
Matters dealing with the DISPOSE
ton of the German cables, the re-
patriation Of German prisoners of
war, and the future status OF the
Kiel Canal and questions relative
TO Luxemberg also are pending,
but it is believed they are in a fair
way toward adjustment.
Conditions in Italy are being
watched with some concern, but
very little news relative to the
state Of public opinion there and
the activities Of Premier Orlando
and his colleagues in the govern
ment have arrived since Saturday.
1t was reported that a council of
ministers was to be held Satur-
day by the premier but what ac-
tion was taken at the meeting has
not been made public. Senators
and deputies from all the Italian
parties except the official social
lists held a meeting Sunday and
appointed special committee to
draft a resolution of confidence in
the government for submission to
the parliament.
At the public meeting Of the
peace conference to be held today
the revised draft of the covenant
of the league Of nations will be
presented. This draft, made pub
lie in this country Sunday night,
differs in some important respects
from that brought to America by
President Wilson last February. 1t
IS probable that Japan will make
an effort to secure an amendment
to the covenant which will grant
Japanese claims to recognition of
racial equality.
Germany. with the exception Of
Bavaria and Silesia, seems to be
much quieter than it has been for
several weeks. A general strike is
reported in the coal and iron dis
tricts Of upper Silesia, and the iron
industry is seriously affected.
The Russian bolsheviki have suf-
fered important reverses on the
eastern front, and Admiral Kol-
chak's forces seem to be making
gains which may develop most
favorably in the near future.
Troops which have been fighting
against the allied forces in north
ern Russia are reported to have
been Withdrawn and sent to the
eastern front, where the danger to
the soviet government seems more
tn" .cniHg. Dispatches from Paris
Indicate that the plan to provision
the larger cities in bolshevik Rus
sia is making little progress and
that opposition to it is growing in
ant.-bolsheyik circles.