Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08


required to pay about $4,000. .0OO-
be about $5.000.000, 700.
The meeting of the peace confer
ence commission on the league
of nations 1or consideration of the
completed draft of the covenant
which had been planned for tonight,
has been postponed until Thursday.
1t is understood the postponement
was neCessitated by the inability of
President Wilson to attend a meet
ing earlier than Thursday.
The overnight tension in peace
conference circles had not been Gis-
PEELED when the council of four met
today. In conference circles, how
ever, it was felt that the session to-
day would serve to clear the at
mosptere
Fix kaiser's Fate.
The first question taken up at the
forenoon session of the council at
which Colonel House represented
President Wilson. was that of pro-
cedure. This was considered in an
effort to accelerate the work of the
council.
1t was planned to devote the aft
ernoon session to the subject of re-
sponsibility for the war. including
the question of a tribunal to try the
former German emperor. the former
crown prince and others on which
divided reports have been present
ed.
--It-wss said by American Members
of the peace conference that une
general situation was improved
somewhat today because Of tie
agreement reached by the commis-
sion on reparations on the main
features of the reparation ques
uons. leaving only few unessen.
tial details for adjustment.
Generally more hopeful tone pre-
vailed in conference circles as the
day went on. Members of the Amer
lean delegation declined to give an
explanation of the many rumors in
circulation that the conference
would complete its work shortly.
One member when asked for def
mite information on the situation.
said:
You know the George Washing
ton has been ordered to Brest That
is a good subject for speculation.
Paris, April Havas.D THE
views of President Wilson'S. atti-
tude on French claims before the
peace conference put forth by Ger
tain American circles are declared
by the Matin TO be entirely fan
tastes"
President Wilson. the Matin says.
is conscientiously studying the final
decision of the preliminary peace.
The Petit Parisienn- comments in
much the same vein. emphatiCally
denying that there are differences
between the American and French
delegations regarding financial
as has been declared.
The Paris newspapers as a whole
reiterate the view that it will be
several days before the work OF the
will be completed in
such a way that peace may be
made simultaneously with Germany
and her allies. They predict that the
in Versailles probably will
take place within fifteen or twenty
days, however.
Poles TO Get Danzig.
According to lie Journal, the
plan for buffer state at the mouth
Of the Vistula has BEEN abandoned.
The handing over of Danzig to the
Poles to be probably the course
adopted.
The Echo d Paris says it is able
10 state that the solution of the
reparations questions reached by
The conference provides for COM
plete reparation. The plan, it adds, /
calls for the annual meeting of an
nter-allied commission to decide
upon the sum that Germany shall
pay the following year.
1t is also believed, this news
paper states, that Geneva has been /
definitely chosen as the seat of the
society of nations The plan for a
-riumphal parade along the
Champs Elysee apparently has been !
abandoned, it says
The drafting committee of the |
eague of nations has now complet- !
ID its work. The covenant as re-
Tised contains 81 articles. A full4
meeting of the league of nations !
will be held tomorrow ]
o consider the re-draft and the COW
.nant