Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-31
PROVISIONAL PACT
SOLVES GERI.iAN
COLONIES FUTURE
Peace Conference Also to Guard
Occupied Parts of Turkish
Asia.
TO KEEP ORDER IN TURKEY

Paris. Jan 3f-The Supreme Council.
II Is officially announced, yesterday
reached satisfactory provisional arrange
ments dealing with the German colonies
and the occupied territories of Turkey
in Asia.
The council decided that the military
representative of the Allied Powers at
Versailles should meet and report on the
most equitable distribution of the bur
den of supplying military fcrces FOR the
purpose of maintaining order IN Turkey,
pending action by the conference regard
ing the government of Turkish territory.
The council yesterday considered
economic and financial questions and the
subject of raw materials. The senti-
ment was favorable to the relaxation OF
the blockade 80 far rs il concerned South
eastern Europe, including the Balkans
and Austra-llungary.
CLAIMS or PoLEs AND CzrCHs.
An official French statement regard
ing the questions at issue between the
Poles and the Csecho-Slovaks, to explain
which delegates of the respective countries
appeared before the Supreme Council
Yesterday, says that the Polish delegate
NJ. Dmowski. declared Poland wished
20 recover territory she possessed before
the partitions of l772 and 1898. including
the province and town of PoScn and the
town of Thorn and 10 have free access
go the sea by way of Danzig protected
by strip Of territ<ry which would render
the means of communication secure.
DR.. Benes, the Cz>cho-Slovak dele
gate, explained the Czccho-Slovsk point
OF view. and more especially the Incl
dents which led 10 an armed encounter
| between the Czccho-Slovaks and Polish
! forces on the frontier OF Silesia and
! Bohemia He said that An agreement
: was ccn n,luded on November :, 1918
! between the Poles and Czecho-Slovaks
! for the provisional establishment OF
/ frontier line between the two countries
On January II last Czecho-Slovaks
, entered the PoSen district, and these
were followed by Polish contingents.
The conference committee notified the
delegates that it would be necessary to
put m end TO such acts. and that for
a period the zone IN dispute should he
occupied by the Allies To this the
delegates Of both sides agreed.
AT the afternoon meeting the Bel
gan delegates were present Mn.
Hymans Nandcnheuvcl and Nandervelde
were accompanied ~ NJ. 0rt8, who
explained the Belgian point Of view CON
cer~inG tho Congo
1T was further decided that tho
military representatives Of the Allied
and associated Powers at Versailles
should bc asked 70 meet At once and
present report as 20 the most cqulta- |
bile and economical distribution among |
those Powers Of the burden OF supply |
ing the military forces for the purpose |
of maintaining order IN the Turkish |
empire, pending the decisions of the !
peace conference regarding the govern |
ment OF Turkish territory
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.
The question Of the dc;initivc posses |
sion OF the industrial centre of Slesia |
was. however, not settled, nor were any /
other al the territorial problems sub /
mlttcd by Poland
Iac Poles maintain that the district
OF Posen should be Polish as Poles con
stitute 55 per cent Of the population
The Czecho-Sloyaks reply that the re-
glon Is indispensable for their industries,
owing 10 its coal mines. The peace con-
ference Will decidc between the two
parties, which. according 70 the state
ment. arc equally animated by the desire
TO be conciliatnry. and have declared
that they are willing 70 recognize the
Justice OF its Judgment.
From now unsA the statement con-
cludes, frontier incidents between the
Poles and Czecho-Slovaks are settled,
and that IS the most essential thing.
The Official communication on the
peace proceedings reads:
The President Of the United States,