Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-23
HUN ECONOMIC SUBJECTS ARE
 AGREED UPON
Will Be Contained In Pre-
 liminary Peace.
MAIN SUBJECTS OF
 TREATY ARE NAMED
Items Are Important And Cover Il Wide Range Oi
 Territory.

l Paris. March 22-(By Associated IPress) ).-The economic subjects to be introduced into the preliminary peace i treaty were definitely determined al d meeting of the economic commits sion today, These take a large hange the omportant subjects including the disposition of German patents, trade marks and copyrights tnd alien prop 1 erty, such as that held by the cus- 1 todian of such property n the United States.
 The main subjects which will ap- pear in the treaty are:
 First-The future status of Ger man commercial treaties with the al- lied countries, all of which have ibeen abrogated.
 Second-A tariff arrangement und- CT which trade may be resumed, and providing against discrimination be- tween the allied countries
 Third-A provision regulating pre- was contracts between German busi- ness interests and allied business in- terests which were suspended by the I war
 Plume Plans Mystery. Paris, March 22.-(By The Asso- ciated Press )-There is no hint as to the character of the plan under consideration 'oy Colonel Edward M House for settlement of the Plume problem, but it is expected the plan l wi be ready in day or two. The Italian delegation has answer ed all advances made aiming at the establishment of the eastern firm without assigning Plume to Italy by declaring that any such solution, even | If accepted by the delegates here. l would be useless as neither the Ital- ian parliament nor people would rati- l fy such agreement for the abandon ment of what they consider "the in- 1 dispensible completion of the mother country"
 Insert Labor Clause.
 Paris. March 22.-ln recognition of the principle of self-determination in labor question, the labor commission today introduced a clause into it's report providing that mo recommen- dation or draft convention shall in any case be accepted or applied to diminish the protection already ac- corded to workersbv the existing laws of any of the high contracting parties"
 i The report was largely discussion of the seamen's act in the United State and recognition of the possi- bility that the bureau might make recommendations on that subject which, while improving the condition l'Of seamen generally, would not meas ure up to the standard fixed by the United States.
 The labor commission has definite ly decided that the finding of the bu- reau must be supported by moral suasion in countries where special problems exist, rather than by in- voking any force the league of na- tions might offer. Official Statement. Paris, March 22.-The official l statement on the meeting of the commission on the league of nations l, says
 "The commission on the league of nations met this afternoon under the chairmanship of President Wilson. This was the first meeting of the commission since the. draft ! of the covenant was presented to the plen- ary session of the conference on February 14th.
 "A discussion took place on a num- Der of amendments suggested by the members of the commission, result of either the recent exchange of views with the representatives of neutral states or of the constructive criticism to which the covenant has hppn ponQraIlv Sllhmiftpd 'The commission will resume it's examination of the covenant on MOn- day evening at 8:3O o'clock"