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the invasion danger seriously, and
are supporting Rantzau in his stand.
With social conditions throughout
the world causing deep concern the
Council OF Four continues to meet In
the Wilson parlor without seeming to
make appreciable progress toward
formulating an answer to Germany's
counter proposals.
Doubtless they are trying to regu-
late the progress Of the world salts
factorily, but they do not seem to be
making much Roadway. To-day 1t
was Paderewski protesting in the Will
son parlor against any change In
the 'Sllesian settlement. His voice
could be heard across the street.
The smaller Powers are still up In
arms over the minorities question and
the Austrian treaty. The Austrian
docility now has vanished and the
representativ Of that country are
drawing up a protest. The Russian
question still hangs fire and the Ital-
ians have fallen back on the London
treaty as result of the refusal of
the Jugo- Slavs to accept the Flume
proposal unless It includes the cara
Islands.
Thus the Wilson parlor Is proving
Pandora's box from which there are
troubles yet to escape. The secre-
taries, clerks. experts and attaches
who planned long ago to return home
are still standing by while four arm
chairs Ali and until several times
daily.
Powerful Influences at Work.
At Versailles Rantzau marks time
watching his work. while the French
ewspapers are now allowed to say
that the reply perhaps will be ready
by Monday: also to hint that perhaps
there will be some changes.
Behind closely drawn curtains
powerful influences are at work,
whose threads reach all over the
world. Political, banking and com
mercial influences which have been
lethargic in past months are now &C.
| lively pulling wires, all trying to
reach into the parlor where the Four
are juggling with the fate OF the
world.
l. Two weeks ago the Four were sup
posed to be innexible toward Ger.
many, but now 1t is a question Of how
far they will 60 in the effort to get
Germany to sign.
Tremendous forces can be seen op.
Grating on the side Of Germany that
can do business quickly; can buy the
worlds goods with foreign credits and
can put out her own goods to be car
ried in British bottoms, Germany hav
ing lost the ships which made her
Great Britalns powerful competitor
French Weakening Already.
An occupied Germany, with strikes
and terrorism, these forces do not
want, and it would appear that they
have worked with success on a Brit
ish Cabinet and now are directing
their pressure against the French.
To-day u new argument came tc
the fore. France needs foreign
credit. but how can she get them I'M
less she knows where she can frame
a budget, and how can that be done
unless she Is to get fixed now? And
how can Germany get credit unless
the world bankers know her liabili
ties? Credits are vital for world
trade.
Commercial Britain has swung
around and upset the Peace Confer
ence as no other force has done since
It began. Can these forces prevail
over France? The answer would
seem to be yes, as the French already
are weakening.
A fixed reparation sum, unless there
is a change at the last moment, will
be designated. thus changing tn,
whole reparation part OF the treaty
A meeting of bankers in New York I,
believed to have had some influence
here toward swinging France int
line.
France is apparently against any
Sllesian change on the ground tha'
it will weaken Poland which France
says must he the bulwark agnins