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TREATY BY APRIL,
LONDON PREDICTS,
CONSCR|PTION UP
Council cf Ten Also Consider
Territorial Claims and Recon
struction Of Germany.
FATE OF HUN COLONIES
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Paris, Jan u Tho council Of ten. a.
the French uow call The ministers ~ the
live great powers. has before ~ f6,r con
sidcrailon today ia executive aessi,,
among other thing the questions n terri
tonal adjustments, The abolition a com
scuption and The economic recopstruc-
ton of Germany These questions. IL
accordance with The settled method ~
procedure will be referred by tho oouncH
- amtably picked commissions
There appears every prospect that ths
peace conference will make rapid prr,arvsr
IRON now Oh with the work - GTinr ths.
peace terms Tor Germany, rs The rDnfcr.
ehre appears - have gotten into ifs utridr
nigh French diplomatic authority ~
gnDted ~ The Paris edition n fhc I,0ndo1
DAILY Nail rs estimating that mo ron
ference will have the reace terms road
for submission for ratification - fh~
varlgus national governments between thr
middle and The end 81 March n th,s
accomplished the Gcrman delegate v,i
re summoned 20 Paris oarly = tpr;i f4-
the conclusion ~ the pence
Tho delegates ~ tho small po-vcrr viii
rncet ~ the foreign ofFico fhir 4ffcrrort
- rh0ofc their representative - ~ us
The commission provided FOR n the 700
buttons passed by the peace convr~s~ ~,
Saturday II was understood fbig rnorr.
ing that the great pUwerg had linrlrrfakcr
~ reconsider the dcciunrl that THO email
powerS shall have befwec1 them s,,I., G,...
members on these commissions Wifhorf
waiting ior decigoH m this rup~fipr
however. the commissions ylll gr-
work NJ pnce
Among questions Wbich the ~,yrprerli..
Council was rxpncted ~ take iir today yvag
tho ultimate fate ~ German colonies
Frame and Great Britain. IL y derlars4
arc agreed that under no consideration,
shall the colonies revert ~ German
One reason Tor such decison X that ~
would render Il impossible for German
~ establish submarine bases ln her coia-
rial possessions The American attitude
IS as vet unrevcajed
prominer ufFcal declared ~ The
Associated Press today hat shonld Inc
Franco British v1owpoint prevail ne
German kamer1In would 10 taken over
by the French in accordance with an agree
ment reached by Great Britain and Franco
Belgium lays claim 70 n az part ~ Tho
Congo which she cOnnuered bv force ~
arms. the Belgian troops having capturs-i
I Iabora and the territory Iy1ng beyond
the western SLOPES NJ lake Victoria Nvan-
"a The Belglans aisn desire a strD "
territory along the left bank of the Congo.
the deiimItatlon, ut course, n be settled
aTnIcahlv with Portugal, territorial com
pcnsatIon beng gwen the latter
Paris sunday. Jan. 81. con BntIr-
geoIs. president ~ the French Assoriatior
for the Society II Nations. presided thiq
afternoon ~ q meeting of representative
Of allied countries who have come - Paris
to work for the adoption II he pian 4 or
league 81 nations Tie asked he delrg htes
present 70 formulate program haf
might facilitate the task ot the Peace ( pu-
gress
Hamilton Holt. one 81 the imehcan
delegates, insisted upon The arceSslty
for eliminating secret diplomacy The
meeting adopted 2 motion favoung 'nc
establishment of the league and v1ii ron
tinuc is work tom, rroS