Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-16
COUNCIL OF -FOUR
INVITES THEM TO
CONFER APRIL Is
Will Hear Sentence Imposed
for Having Set World
Aflame.
GERMANY Is EXPECTED
TO HAGGLE OVER TERMS
Effort Will Likely Be Made to
Secure Diminuation in
Their Severity.
TREATY TO REMAIN SECRET
Conditions Will Not Bo Disclosed
Until Document Is Delivered
to Representatives OF Prussia.
GERMANY is EXPECTED
TO HAGGLE OVER TERMS.
TREATY TO REMAIN SECRET
Conditions Will Not Bo Disclosed
Until Document Is Delivered
to Representatives OF Prussia.
LBy Associated press1

4 sharp forward stride toward an
carly peace has been taken. The
council OF four in Paris has formally
invited Germany TO send deleEates to-
! Versailles April 90. there to hear tho
I verdict Of the entente allies and as
! sociated powers and the sentence they
! have imposed upon her for having set
the world af,amc
Tho general opinion in Paris seems
maggie over the hard terms and try
TO to-, secure diminution In their severity
the delegates will bow 10 tho inevits
aole and sign the compact Adyiccs
from from. LONDON % lon are TO the effect that the
made public until they have been de-
iirSred to tho Germans
confnro u Gepman deleSAtes to the peace
conference while at Versailles will re-
SIDE in a wing OF the Hotel dcs Reser-,
TI,oirs, adjoining the Prcfccturc5 of Po-
nounced today, by Paul Dutastn. rcn
STat SronsSi sSirstsry Of the peace conference,
s,afrs S deisa,ss SssuSs or Or members Of thetf
which , lbs at one. time the home esea .ot
VIII nset Hall OF .siirfiio,ir RI. I; Y
Most lof thefErench. delegates and
Viii om
attend after the meetings with the Gstinan.
UieEteI %heEEs fbs at snra the Triapon Palace Hetd
| had its headquartcrs. The mnat;nas nas
Win WITH the Germans. It seems probabies
:, The treaty OF peace viii be signed
IN inc FAMOUS hall of mirrors in tho
palace at Versailles - = - 80 'ho 'n
The expectation in tho French
capital is that President Wilson viii
riemaIn re .; AMI in Fra un,il the peace treaty
document to the United states. =. =
Consider AdriatIc Situation.
The Adriatic situation. as II ansoc,,
nnirx IAN ana Juso- -Slaria Is now the CHIEF
Of ur our Spshnr shI9obsy by the eeun
ish Foreign Minister. is actinr as Sr AZ
5srnate 5:apsIs on the council Tor David D L Lloyd
Pending the conclusion Of the nsan, s,an",
hSS ,,,n eS,'enL; 11; Germany is to he permitted
syrpI"s W ohH a,sed :, nn goTernments ~ ITO purchase
This has been decided on bv "thc ecn
hImie h,i1 e. council The decision will per
ing and begin the accumuIation OF tha
money that is to be required Of her Ia
seTS1e Tb ehe financial claims OF the allies.
testigatins the financial situation ~
austriaI Aus ia Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey Hr
M auatria sar IaT,lisg annsgsrx TO pay war claims.
Ing dsotors, bos the reparationns asiY nr9mls anm-
compensation for damases Hs GU, oi eefmfn ef 1sa
nsncis s 'sa,ns sesnGn up the question Of tho
| or the remnants thereon '"s3e sIers states, les
same lines as i'll the case Of Cermanw
Former Allies Must Fay.
Te!manyG former allies, will be re-
ured sre TO aefSpt the p5nciple that they
lian life and property under the same
oatsSSSries ca S "a as applied to Cicrmany. and
tnc sepfGommisslon opfeni1,n ion has been studying
tc satisfy debts The results 20 Of "'dSo iSo
',ns Wosh or the commission thus far are
tive. as the assets Of the de5toy staiss nteGa
e rich PARTS of tSer IL ema,e extent. and
liberated states. Something. boweveral t,ea
may be realized from the wreckage fo..
ssomhP3snsatins senh3s Italy, Roumania and md
Tell OF Crimes Against Women.
Premier Clemenceau TO-DAY received
from Mrs. Charles II. Farnam. OF New
mtee for reiPPeesena.iye iPe Of the com
Under, international law. resolutien
signed by 5.ooo.ooO American women
iniitnd eiiat.hs h TO err Grlmes against women COM
les during the war. The resolution
SSmsmifs SSmonnfss hroSr6 ,Ss Geymn wnn attacks
| famous and sinister"
Superabundant proof exists, the re-
tSa solution SAYS OF the crimes which
petrated against women in ali the
countries they invaded.
soldiers and cviaes hae nat s 0csE, fa sps
armies Of the central powers. who
| perpetrated any crime against women
! Or girls in any allied country should
/ be punished IL possible, especially in
/ patent and notorious cases. The al
| lied nations are asked to take meas
| ureS to dea! adequately with the situa-
! tion and also TO take steps to prevent
! such deeds in the future.
Tronble In BaYaria.
TroublouS times continue in Bavaria
| The communists in Munich again hold
! The upper hand, according to reports.
Il r "a. y,1 ~
! in the streets OF the city. Re-enforcsd
| loyal troops of the Hoffman, goYctIL-
| nent us?i artillery against the COM
! nunist strc nghold, but are declared 10
| have bec'i defeated. Many persons ace
renortsd to have heen killed or
The strike in Danzig. which had boen
| in progress for sevcrAl days, has
| ended. The strike OF the bank clerks
in Berlin however. Is. in full swing,
and the clcik in Mannre I'm and Chem.
nitz have Joined In a similar move
| ment. sli ~ s ~ s
| Fighting ON Ruxsfna Front.
Considerable fighting has taken pixee
on the Russian fronts. The BolsheY-
lists have suffered severe dafeata on
tho Archangel and Murman coass
sectors at the hands OF the aIilas, tHtit
In the south the sRournan iGn ii haSc 'berrls b
com pcl led by thA RolshxavfSf fu 4 tsn' 'rAt 800