Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-23
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FTiudy pTOFtu dH Oll-udy III peace
conference circles as far as the coun
Gil Of four was concerned President
Wilson devoted the day to visitors
including number Of delegations and
individuals.
An extensive allied naval concentra
ton has been begun at Smyrna in con
neetion with mandate to Greece to
administer the city The British and
French each have fleets on the scene,
with landing parties; the Greeks have
battleship and five gunboats, and the
Italians have five large warships. The
United States naval forces are the
battleship Arizona and four destroy.
ers.
An eleventh hour clause in the
treaty of peace with Germany pro.
Tides that signature by the three chief
allied powers will be sufficient to
make peace an accomplished fact, it
is semi.oftifcially stated.
Renewed efforts are being made by
the British delegation to secure an
agreement calling for the pooling of
former German merchant vessels and
their distribution ON basis of ton
mage lost during the war instead of
the plan OF the United States retain
ing those ships interned in America
prior to that country entering the
war
Immediate measures tending to the
further subjugation OF Germany if its
delegates refuse to sign the peace
treaty were indicated by the an
nouncement that Marshal Foch had
been sent to the Rhine by the coun.
Gil of four to take such action as
may become necessary in the event
that the treaty is not signed
The answers Of the council Of four
to the German notes on prisoners of
war and labor subjects have been de-
livered. Three notes from the Ger
man delegation were delivered. They
were very long.
Poland is laying claim to some of |
the warships surrendered by Germa.
ny, and has presented her claims to |
the council OF foreign ministers.
Here is the French plan for putting
its soldiers on the farms in the de- |
partment Of the Loire: Twenty to |
twenty-five acres is to be allotted |
to each ex.soldier within certain ages
who will agree to remain at the head
OF his farm for ten years, To each
will be granted up to 1886 for the
purchase Of implements and equip
ment for farming. to be refunded
within fifteen years II children are
born after taking the farm, parts of
this loan are 10 be refunded in pro-
portion to the number OF children.
Phillip Scheidemann. the German
chancellor, has followed the lead TAX
en- by President Ebert. In a state
ment to the national assembly in Ber-
lin, couched in language more forci-
bic that that Of Ebert. Scheidemann
declares that the peace terms are not
acceptable to Germany
The German plenipotentiaries at
Versailles are continuing their work
of assimilating the terms of the treaty
and formulating such protests as they
desire to make, while others of the
delegation are in Berlin discussing
the prospects with the government.
The heads Of the two German Demo
cratic parties and the parties of the
Center have informed Chancellor
Scheidemann that their parties will
withdraw their representatives from
the government in case the cabinet
decides to sign the peace treaty, is
the information by way OF Paris.