New Britain herald., 1919-10-10

of Nations which, according to plan, is to be called by President Wilson in a fortnight after the treaty is for mally ratified by the three great powers,
 Plcbistitc in SlcSia.
 A plebisCito in upper SileSa must be held as soon as possible because of tho strained relations there, where tho Poles and Germans arc holding each other at bay, and there is a gen eral disposition in conference circles to givo Poland relief at the earliest moment, as the Silesian coal supply is urgently needed in central Europe.
 Until tho United States ratities the treaty 1t cannot participate In any commissions created under the treaty, and Whilo tho American delegation feels that the other powers will con- fer with the Americans and not de- liberately prejudice American inter ests, there is great uneasiness among the American delegates, aS they feel that their inability to participate In anything but a consultative capacity is a great handicap.
 Recently there has been a disposi- ton upon the part of the American delegation and several other delega- tions to refer to the various foreign offices all business which would nor mally be handled by themselves, and the supreme council will be able to speed up this unloading process as soon as the League of Nations comes into existence, as many of it's most annoying problems will probably go to the league.
 The supreme council will instantly lose much of it's importance as soon as the German treaty is in effect. However, it still has the Bulgarian, Hungarian and Turkish treaties hang ing fire, and the indications are that it will be many months before these can be disposed of because of the un- settled conditions in Hungary and Turkey.
 Japan to Ratify Soon. , Ratification by the Japanese parlia- ment of the German peace treaty is ! not required by the constitution of 1 Japan, according to information from i peace conference circles. Signature | by the emperor after consultation | with the private diplomatic council ! constitutes the necessary ratification, and this is expected to take place by ! October 5.
 Should two other of the five great 1 powers have communicated the off, clal announcement of ratification to the French foreign office by this time ! or should the governments of France and Great Britain have joined the sovereign Of Italy in completing the forms of ratification before that. a proces verbal will then be drafted by the french foreign office stating that the documents have been depOsited | there, and the date of this document will be that on which the peace treaty ! will come into force. The peace l treaty requires that the actual writtan ] document shall reach Paris, in the ! case of European countries before ratification is complete, but only tele- graphic, duly accredited notification is required from non European conn tries such as Japan.
 The state of war will be at an end and, with the reservations stipulated in the treaty, official relations will then ho resumed between the allied i and associated powers and Germany.
 Tayollc to Disarm Germans
 According to the Temps, General FaYOlle, one of the distinguished French Army leaders during the war and head of the army which entered Mayence after the armistice, will be placed at the head of the interallied commission to supervise the dis armament of Germany as provided for in the Versailles treaty.