Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-18
Conference Making Effort
to Speed Work and
Send Troops Home.
FRANCE FEARS
TOO MUCH HASTE
Afraid Fruits ~ vietsry Will Dc Lost
" There 10 Undue Hasts-Rsturn Of
Stolen Properly and Fixing Of
Boundaries Of New States May d
Delayed Until After Actual Signing
of Treaty.


tby the Assoc's'eo fressI
Paris. Feb. 1S.-Some Of the entente
powers are planning ~ soon a. the
Rn..,an orob,am rov Aefor. 4ha su-
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fo"e 'ouno'' " tn' pe~Ss So"A'' eASe
Is disposed Of ana q few moro near
ings are accorded representatives Of
smal, n.t,ona to TAXA nm the larger
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The state OF pubic sentiment IN AM
erica, England, Australia and Canada
has impressed representatives Of the
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s''ss -
soldiers noms' Wnicn cannot 20 ae-
complished entirely In. advance Of the
conclusion OF rhe peace treaty.
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aware OF tnis teehns' ana expresses
tsssympatny Win tne mouVes tnas
unQerhs IL Dut tnefe are 1eaH OF Jan
gerous complications ana failure to
reaiize the necessary TITUS OF Nictory
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france u insisting upon compliance
with afmistice demands ior the re-
turn OF french properly taAen ~ tne
Germans, DnncipaHy Industrial ma
cninery. Inie VIII take q long time
cana some OF me entente countries pe-
Heve u should not % permitted 10 de-
lay the sisning OF the treaty.
AneWeIln6 E1vncn oDJections that 2
ione ssse May e consumes m atfAne-
ine sne poundafaes ~ new sta1ee
carved out of enemy cos'atfiess q, advo.
Gates q fneolate peaes declared tnat
such reaoJust menus tnat afe necessary
can proceed "1ser tne slkhA.ure Ot tne
peace treaty. Ihey say tnat sermany.
austria, turkey ana hllsarla snould
SIMPLY pe requifeo 70 sisn Ireaues re-
linquisnins such PARTS OF tneir FORMER
'errltoHes az are rauirea 20 form !ne
new sta.es ana iec.1y oid Dounoarles.
H - salo M. = ~ concH oi
.nese ns.lohs Hns. ~ ups.ion .ne en-
tente, tnru peace GPnIercnco co.nHit-
tees or tne supren'e councn' GU i'aAes u
indsntnltiss Could Como latsr.
The same powers. hold there should
he no delay because Of indemnities. 1t
is imposhible to ascertain the exact
details of the damage inflicted dur
Ing the war and they urge that lump
sums should be agreed upon, and
placed in the, peace treaty on the heels
Of the fairly Comprehensive examina-
tons already made BY agents OF the
entente powers. Figures In posseasion
OF experts Of the peace conferences are
believed to rive a close Approximation
Of the total sum GERMANY IL aba "a Nay
II fs believed the armistice i,,at con.
cluded 10 not broad enough to be de-
yeloped SAFELY into A defnfta treaty of
peace.
No feasible. n1an for sef1,,nr the
Russian question has deyeloned dnr-
ing the two days Of hearings riyen
+he subject nv fhe .,,rr.r. -. eo,,,,
ell. The effort win he resumed TO-DAY
hut the weight az opposition IN fine
council seems opposed to any plan in
roIvine the use of force or an EXTRA
session OF present militarv acti;tie.
even IL the Principe conference fail.
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Poland Gains bx Neu,-A,ni.<;..
Copenhasen Feb. 1s-Tha renaw.1
of the arnistice vas signed ~ s.s0
o'clock SUNDAY evening IN Mar.h.l
Foch's private car according to q dis
patch received here from Treye.
The following dispatch from wat
mar gives the German account az the
signing Of the armistice renewn.
..The government instructed Herr
Erzberger to sign the armixtice hut
before doinx so to, hand 10 Marshal
Foch : writtsn statement q declaring
that the German sovernment was
aware OF the serious consuuences in
volyed In either signing or sretecting
the agreement
.Instructinr III delerates to aisn.
aH does 50 With the conviction that the
allied ana associated governments are
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