The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-19

during the period-probably thirty
years-in which damages are to be col
lected. The Americans would have
preferred that the treaty should name
the fixed amount of indemnity to be
collected, but did not Insist on this, in
order to hasten agreement. The five
billion first payment is to be made by
Germany, in cash or securities, before
May 1, 1921. 1t is supposed the total
to be demanded will be about $45, ,0OO,'
100000.
Owing to the illness of President
Wilson during the early part of the
week, the commission on the league of
nations did not meet until Thursday
evening. At that time the completed
draft Of the covenant comprising p
articles, was submitted. There is nc
longer any doubt in Paris that the
league covenant will be a part OF
the peace treaty. and in this country
the opposition seems to be losing some
of it's vehemence.
1t was announced that the commits
sion had adopted a section specifically
safeguarding the Monroe doctrine, and
that Geneva, Switzerland, had been Sc
lected as the seat of the league Of ma
tions.
An important and interesting part
Of the treaty, which has been fOrmu-
lated, deals with water and rail COM
munlcations in enemy states. Freedom
Of transportation through Germany and
Austria and equality Of treatment in
ports and harbors are provided The
regulation of transportation over the
Rhine and Danube provides for the
entrance of France, Switzerland and
some nonpartisan states to the present
Mannheim convention between Ger.
! many and Holland covering the navi'
cation Of the Rhine.
The European commission control
ling the mouths Of the Danube will be
| continued, representatives of present
enemy states being excluded from it
and similar international commission
will be established Professionally fol
the upper Danube. This will last unit
new general Danube convention is
established.
new international convention Gov
ering the navigation Of the Elbe anc
| Oder rivers is recommended to protec
| the interests of Poland and Czecho
Slovakia and give them freedom Of
navigation without discriminating du
ties, down through German territory
to the North and Baltic seas. These
states would be further given free por
privileges at certain north German har
| bors in order that they may be enabled
/ to develop their export and impor
! commerce.
Bolshevism made another big pla!
last week when a soviet government
Of Bavaria was set up in Munich b!
the revolutionary central council. Th'
landtag was dissolved and people
commissions appointed. This actor
was supported in Wurzburg and Rats
bon but throughout Bavaria general!
it was violently opposed not only b.
| the bourgeoisie but also by the peas
ants. The latter hold control of tn
food supply and declared they woul'
refuse to deliver food while the sOvie
government remained in power. TIL
bolshevists prepared measures for tn
communication Of property and tn
formation of Red army, while tn
government they sought to replace, re
fusing to retire, set itself up in BAN
berg. Later in the week the citizen
and officials Of Wurzburg struc
against the soviet government an
ousted it's agents after severe fighting
The diet met in Bamburg and the mir
listers said they regarded the situatio
with confidence and that outside hel
to suppress the bolshevists was nc
needed.
The communist government of HuT
gary rejected the propositions made b
General Smuts for the allies, concerr
ing the neutral zone and other matters
and made counter-proposals, wit
which SHUTS returned to Paris. Near
while the Hungarian bolshevists wer
|. cheered by the news that Lenine wa
sending them 10000 men. In an inte
cepted wireless message to Tchitche
!. in, Russian foreign minister, Bella Kul
said: 1--WE do not want to use the di
, tatorship of the Hungarian proletarit
, to take bourgeois chestnuts out Of tn
j, fire for the bourgeoisie. When tn
German proletariat shall have powt