The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-12
lRKISH PEACE ENJOYS
ARRIVE AT CAPITAL

fARIS, June 12.-The Turkish peace
iseion arrived here this morning.
here was no official reception given
@ delegation at the station.
There was increasing belief in peace
*4iference circles today that the reply
he German counter-proposals would
be ready for delivery before late
*urday night. Five days has been
Sflnitely fixed as the limit within
*sich the Germans must decide upon
IN course.
The reply to the counter proposals,
Erprding to French conference sources,
*4fees to plebiscite in upper Silesia
zn5ect to certain clearly defined con-
sDns.
I'D finally adopted, the terms do not
~ the definite amount of reparations,
Id the commission Is required to fix
&He amount within four months after
ne signing Of the treaty.
I'M The main changes are explanations,
FAther than notifications, in order to
meet the contention that the financial
Eofnmission was yexatious, inquisito-
fial and infringed Germany's rights to
Nenduct her own financial affairs. The
fegised terms clear away much that
vas open to the construction of being
&axatious. ,ss.
n Final action Of Germany's request for
admission to the league of nations has
not yet been reached but the discussion
y declared to be tending toward accord.
The Silesian question, which has given
difficulty, also has been virtually set
Though all the chances are that the
reply will be delivered by the end OF
the week, President Wilson has made
ne plans TO leave for Brussels, ais he has
~ snsagemeps in Paris tpr Saturday
"A Il is practically certain that the re
Rlsed treaty will not be submitted to a
plenary conference with smaller pow
frs before the reply is sent to the Ger
3nans. The revised treaty and mem
|prandum accompanying the treaty will
be sent to Count Won Brockdorff- Rant
zau, head Of the German delegation, by
messenger without ceremony.
Reply Unsatisfactory.
While the text of the reply of Bella
Kun, foreign minister of the Hungarian
lsoviet government, to the telegram Of
|M. Clementeau, president Of the peace
conference, demanding that he cease
.hostilities against the Czecho- Slovaks
|Qr suffer thet consequences, has moi
|&een publishedg.ri n Paris, it Is apparently
unsatisfactory. Official denial is made
20 Bella Kun's statement that he had
beer. invited to the peace conference
patch that he would not be invited tc
Ithe conference If he did not cease fight
'ing, and this was twisted into an invi,
station to Paris.
f Military reverses suffered by Admra
kolchak's troops in Southeastern Rus
sia have caused some uneasiness ir
conference circles. those reported since
being viewed with especial concern
sThe strengthening of the Bolshevik hold
in Moscow by the interruption of this
advance of the Esthonians against
SPetrograd is also the source Of uneasi'
mess.
Il The Bolshevik peril, which was ap
parently on the decline few weeks
sego, is again commanding attention
Nfrom all delegations here. No effort |!
being made to conceal the menace tha
The Hungarian Bolsheviki offer to Po
land as well as Czecho- -Slovakia. Aus
akria Is looked upon as fertile grounC
1for Bolshevism, and II it went undei
Bolshevik control, with part o
Ezecho- Slovakia the Bolshevild woult
hold the wedge in Central Europe which
Hwould put them on three sides of Po
he Germans on the west.
a Dr. Karl Renner, head Of the Aus
3Hrian peace delegation, has sent a sec
Apnd note to the peace conference sec
retariat The note deals with the repa
Patton OF Austrian diplomatic Officials
now in South America without re-
|$ Sources.
81 Dr. Karl Kramarz, premier OF Czecho
Slovakia, and M. Bratiano, prime min
I3ster of Rumania, were heard yesterda.
by the council of foreign ministers rel
alive to the boundaries in which thei
Respective countries are interested.
"A Marshal Foch has been appealed to b,
Foreign Minister Posta, of Esthonia
#Nho is now in Paris, to compel th
Germans to cease hostilities against th
I Esthonians in the region of Riga.