The sun., 1919-03-09
DELEGATES TO MEET
ENEMY IN BELGIUM
Supreme Council Reaches De
cision for Possession Of
German Ships.
FoCH PAYMENT IS FIXED
Disarmament to Fifteen Di-
visions Provided for by
New Terms Drawn.

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| PARIS, March s.-The" Supreme War
Council reached q decision tonight
whereby the negotiations interrupted at
| Spa will be Immediately resumed at an.
other point probably somewhere In Bel
GUM.
The agreement provides a method for
procuring delivery Of the German mer-
chant ships and the furniships Of an
adequate food supply to Germany until
the next harvest. The method of pay
ment, 1t is understood, viii be by credits
through neutral countries and by utillz-
ing foreign securities held by Germany.
The stand taken by the German rep
| resentatves regarding German merchant
| ships Is commented upon by the. news
papers as an attempt to blackmail the
Allfee The newspapers say that tho
incident must be regarded very calmly
DHomms L'bre, the organ OF Premier
Clemenceau. Gays such attempts at re-
sistance will prove futile. "Premier
| Lloyd George having demonstrated that
the allied Governments will be still
| more exaoting than the military ex-
perts In regard to disarmament"
The hastn says; Germany forrets
too easily that she 10 vanquished. The
| solo result Of this incident viii be that
the reyic,ualling OF Germany wilt now
Of all eonditions Of the new armistice."
German Army OF 16 Divisions.
The proposition made to the Supreme
| Council By Premier Lloyd George for a
clause in the peace treaty for reducing
the German army mich below the size
previously proposed definitely requires
Germany TO reduce her army TO ffteef,
| divisions, according 70 Information from
| French sources The divisions would be
formed Of volunteers enlisting for
l twelve years
The council accepted the proposition
| in principle. referring Il TO a committee
| to draft the text, which would be sub
nnitted 10 the council on Monday.
The findings OF the commission on
responsibility for the war are still In
| complete. It Is Understood the commits
sion will conclude that the of!ieiAls Of
the Central Powers were morally. guilty
of the most heinous crimes, but that
| physics punishment would Of necessity
be retroactive. .-.-
| The Americans have announced them.
selves as unwilling to adopt any *.
pedlenes the constitutionality OF which
might be Questioned in the United
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peans would have to act alone II they
were determined to punish the officials
involved. A possible solution suggested
Is the formal denunc.ation In the pre-.
| liminary peace treaty OF the osficiais OF
the Central Empires.
Cable Com mission Named,
Tie Supreme Council has appointed
commission to investigate the question
| Of the German cables, a proposal CON-
corning which was submitted to the
! council Friday by Secretary Of state
Lansing. The members 81 the commits
sion are, James Brown Scott, the United
Slater A. Pearce Higgins. Great Brit
Tosti, Italy. and Mr.. Yamakawa, japan.
The commission, according to the
Temps, will decide whether the cables
| can be treated az prizes of war and. II
| so, to whom they are 70 be distributed.
The commission also will examine IL the
contracts by which the cables were laid
remain valid and to what degree.
The Supreme Council appointed to-day
a commission TO go to Laibach to in.
vestiFate recent Incidents there between
4. the Italians and the Jugo-Slavs. The
| commission Is composed OF Major-Gen
c. G. Treat o: the American army
Major-Gen. Gordon. Great Britain
Mador-Gen. savy. France, and Major.
tfef. Seere. italy.
Tho report OF the commission on Bel.
gian claims, which was in favor Of q
revision OF the treaty Of 1872. wal
adopted by the council. The commits
sion, II is reported. agreed In principle
to the Belgian demand for MAlmedy
and the surrounding district. In Bel.
gian circles It Is expected that this viii
result in the Peace Conference approx
tnE the handling over OF this region &c
Belgium. The Mslmedy district is Just
cast of the Belgian frontier and hai
been under German domino ton FOR 4
number Of years
Amcrfca May Guide Armenia.
!" Prevailing opinion in conference cir
cles. the Temps says to.day. Ia that thu
United States il ready to accept a man
date for Armenia II 70 expected tina
Smyrna will be. allotted TO Greece, the
mandate for Syria, including Dana sou.
and Alexandria, to France, and that fol
Mesopotamia and Palestine to GreaI
Britain, according to this authority.
II appears likely, continues the arti
Gle. that Great Britain will be given thu
mandate for German East Africa and
that France will receive one for The
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