The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-15

President to Leave Paris After
Opening of Peace Confer
ence- Prospects for Peace
Are Frightening.
ADR|ATIC QUESTION up
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PARIS, April 15.-President Wilson
intends to sail for the United States
| April 27 or %, after being present at
the opening meeting of the peace con-
gress ct Versailles, the Echo de Paris
says today. After his departure, Col.
E. M. House will act for him, the
newspaper adds.
CONSIDER ADRIATIc QUESTION
PARIS, April 15.-The council of
four Of the peace conference, went into
session again this morning with the
question of the Adriatic again before
1t for consideration.
Arthur J. Balfour, British secretary
for foreign affairs, took the place at
the council session of Premier Lloyd
George. who went to London yester-
day.
| The supreme economic council is
considering the question of permit
ting Germany to have certain raw ma
terials before the peace treaty be-
comes effective with a revision Of the
blockade regulation to that extent and
it is understood the prospects are good
for favorable action.
The economic council members are
also considering a plan for the con-
servation Of Italy's coal supply.
| Belgium has been asked to name a
delegate to sit on the economic COM
mission.
PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Prospects Of peace have suddenly
become brighter as the result OF
agreements reached by the council Of
four at Paris, announcements Of which
seem to indicate that within a short
time the war-worn world will begin
to return to something like normal in
ternational conditions.
On April 25, which will be 165 days
after the last gun of the great war
was fred, allied and German dele
gates will gather at Versailles, the
historic place where treaties which
have remodeled empires and signaled
the rise of new nations have been
| framed.
A statement given out by President
Wilson at Paris last night indicated
that the treaty with Germany would
\ NC SOlAp1ClCo AL q NCis Slloll liluC oho
that in the meanwhile the problems
involved in the settlement of the con-
| flicting claims Of Italy and Jugo-Slavia
to territory on the eastern short Of
the Adriatic would be given prefen-
entail consideration.
1t is probable that the allies Of Ger
many will be called to Versailles al
most Immediately after the German
delegates have received the allies
terms and have passed upon them.
| Germany by the terms of the treat
ment, will be called upon to pay 100,-
000,000,000 gold marks which at the
pre-war rate of exchange would be
equivalent to $23,S20, 100000. OF this
immense sum there must be paid with
in two years an amount equal to $4,-
764,000,000 and during the next thirty
years twice that sum must be turned
over to the allies. A commission will
determine when and how the remain
ing s9,52S,000,0O0 Of the reparations
fund must be paid
Agree on Frontier.
There seems to be an agreement on
the vexing problem of the Franco
German frontier. 1t is said that the
Germans will be compelled to with
draw all troops from a zone 25 miles
wide on the right bank Of the Rhine,
while the allies will hold the left bank
Of that river until the first fnstallment
of the indemnity is paid.
With the work of fixing the amount
of money to be paid by Germany to
the allied and associated powers has
been completed there remains a fur
ther task Of apportioning the indemni-
ty funds among the allied nations. 1t
is indicated that France and Great
Britain will receive a major portion, It
being estimated that So percent Of the
total will go to them. Out Of the re-
mainder, the smaller powers will be
given their shares and that there will
be some dissatisfaction on their parts
is expected.
In Hungary where a Soviet republic
has been in power for several weeks,
having established virtually without
bloodshed the execution Of Archduke
Joseph Of Austria, DR.. Alexander We
kerle. former premier, and Baron JOS
| eph SZteprenyi, minister Of commerce,
is reported. Confirmation is as yet
lacking.
| Disorders Continue
| Riotous disorders continue in Ger
many. In Bavaria there are fndica-
tions that the government led by Pre-
| mier Hoffman, successor to Kurt Els
ner, is gaining ground and that the
Soviet regime, which threatened to
take over complete control, may be
ousted. In Berlin there have been
riots and troops have fired on street
vendors who are alleged to have been
dealing in stolen goods. In the in-
dustrial region of Westphalia the
strike continues. but no further fight
ing has been reported.
A rather disQuiedng situation has
arisen in India where there have been
disorders of a serious character. La
hore and Amritsar in the northwest
ern corner Of the peninsula have been
the scenes Of riots, while at Ahme-
dabed, further south, mobs have
burned government buildings. The
situation in Egypt is reported to be
| n control of the military forces COM