The sun., 1919-05-15
Also Will Participate in
Advisory Way in Bull
garia's Future.
CONFIDENT OF SIGNING
Germans Said to Count on
Jealousies to Provide Hope
for Recovery.
by LAURENCE HILLS.
stoS Correspondent Of THr sux.


Copyright, 1919: all rights reserved.
PARIS, May 14.-The American mis-
sion now expects to finish it's work
OF making peace by June 10, If not a
little before. This covers not only
the signing of the German and Aus
TRAN treaties but the settlement, so
far as the United States is concerned,
Of Turkish and Bulgarian questions,
in which President Wilson intends to
take an active part, although America
will not be party to the treaty.
President Wilson, Premier Lloyd
George and Premier Clemenceau are
the new map makers of Europe and
Asia. and they will cease their labors
together only when the Turkish EN-
pire has been divided. Then the ac-
tive partnership will be dissolved and
the President will return home to
fight his battles there, battles which
loom up more formidable every day
10 many of his friends here who are
watching the barometer OF American
sentiment
Germans Expected to Sign.
The latest information which
reaches the, correspondent of The
Sun from the Germans at Versailles
gives more reason than ever for the
belief that the Germans intend to
sign the treaty after the protests
have been made. These appear to be
the features Of the German pro-
gramme:
This idea is making great headway
In the German delegation at Yer
sallles. In line with it the Germans
now are making efforts to keep the
Austrians in line and reports that the
latter under the influence of the
Entente Allies are swinging away
from this policy have greatly dis
turbed the delegation, which now has
asked permission to confer with the
Austrians. The purpose of this Is to
ket the Austrians to make a firm
ttand for self-determination and an
hexat1on.
France Can Avert Annexation.
As a matter of fact the Americans,
British and Italians believe that
nothing can prevent annexation ulti-
mately, but France can exercise her
veto power in the council Of the
league to uphold 1t, thus again pre-
senting the league as breeder of
trouble rather than a pacifier.
Quick work is being made OF the
Austrian treaty and the same pro-
cedure will be followed as in the case
Of the German treaty, the document
being submitted at plenary session
Of the Peace Congress and then pres
ented to the Austrians as whole,
the latter being allowed one week In
which to make their objections and
signing almost simultaneously with
the Germans.
New PeriIs Are Indicated.
While the Austrian negotiations are
going on the Big Three will carve
up Turkey and delimit Bulgaria and
then will be ready to pronounce the
work finished. But however well
their labors may look on paper when
they finish, the fact clearly Outstand-
ing IS that they will leave behind
them in southwestern Europe cOndi'
lions which will be perilous to the
peace Of the world.
The creation of the Jugo-Slav ma
lion Is one OF the greatest experiments
IN history. Its elements clearly are
not in complete accord>an 1t has been
Tie cause Of more manRuvering here
more feeling and more jealousy than
any other question Already it Is caus-
Ing the Italians 10 turn against the
french, whom they see always secretly
fostering the growth Of this new ma
t'E TO curb the Italian power.
Tho feeling between the Jugo-SlavS
END the Italians is intense already anG
j. growing. Undoubtedly this ques-
trn could have been settled much bet
Yer az the beginning OF the negotia-
IONS Than II can now and 1t would
nave been settled then had II not beer
Tor the insistence of President Wilson
mat In this delimitation of boundaries
between Italy and Jugo-Slavia his
fourteen points must be carried out
'Nholgh these fourteen points were
nov made part OF the Austro-Italiar
@fThlSrce II seems now impossible
''' 'He Peace Conference to leave this
question other than as fostering sore