The sun., 1919-04-04
President Seeks to Prevent
Permanent Occupation .
of Saar Valley. !
FAVORS NEUTRAL ZONE
League Of Nations Covenant
Also Unfinished and More
Changes Expected. {
NEW ARTICLE rs ADDED
King Of the Belgians Breaks
Royal Precedent by Call /
ing on Col. House.
NEW ARTICLE rs ADDED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 3.-President Wilsou
and Premiers Lloyd George, Clemen
ceau and Orlando continued their dis
cussiOn at President Wilson's resi-.
dence to-day. Other Peace Confer.
ence organizations also met.
All the conferences sought to un.
ravel the tangled issues still standing
in the way Of peace. The meetings
proceeded amid another wave Of ap.
prehension spreading through the
conference over lack Of any tangible
results after the Council of Four had
labored continuously for ten days.
This was accompanied by well
founded reports from those close In
touch with the Council of Four show
ing that the situation, while not des-
perate, was at lenst serious because
of radical differences on some funda.
mentals in the settlement of Ger.
many's western (the Franco-German)
and the eastern Polish frontiers.
1t was stated after adjournment Of
the council that reparations and the
Polish frontiers were considered In
the morning and that some progress
was made. M. Trumbitch, the Jugo-
Slav Minister Of Foreign Affairs was
heard on the Jugo-Slav claims in the
Adriatic in the afternoon, bringing up
the issue with Italy before the Coun.
Gil of Four for the first time. Pre-
mier Orlando of Italy was not present
at this session. as he did not desire
to sit as judge in case in which
Italy was SO vitally interested.
League Covenant Incomplete.
The League of Nations drafting
committee has completed fifteen ar
ticles Of the League of Nations cove
nant, which now contains twenty-se seven
articles. 1t Is not known what tho
additional article is.
The committee probably will finish
Its draft tomorrow, which will be in
French and English in parallel
columns.
A full meeting of the league COM
mission will be held probably Satur-
day to consider the revised covenant,
which doubtless will undergo further
changes before it IS submitted to the
representatives of the five big nations.
The revision thus far docs not con.
tain mention either of the Monroe
Doctrine or the proposed japanese
amendments. These questions will
not be disposed of until the next meet.
ing OF the league commission.
One of the American experts VINO
is constantly being consulted on vari.
Gus questions before the council gives
the following glimpse of what is going
on behind scenes:
THE situation is extremely diff
cult, particularly rs regards the west
ern frontier of Germany. President
Wilson, in a conclllatory spirit, has
been willing TO do most anything to
assure French security short Of the
qualification Of enga gemcnts made at
the time of the armlstice.
Rhine Protection Assured.
The French have been assured of
every military protection along the
Rhine and for fifty kilometers east of
that river, oven to the extent of con-
sidering that any military activity in
that section shall he looked upon as
hostile net. But this is not constd-
cred enough and additional claims
lead to the conviction that they are
open to construction as meaning
something more than military secur-
ity and verging on territorial control.
"The President. Is not willing to
go that far in creating more Alsace-
Lorraine situations. and it IS this
stand against these claims which is
causing the delays until some middle
ground is found
Concerning rcparation It was added
that there were good prospects for
an early agreement. This will not
specify the total amount, but will
leave II 10 Il commission to work out
details Of repdration through period
Of years. Tho priority of Belgium
and France in the division Of the
German indemnity also Is said to be
nearing agreement
Consulting board Created.
As means of finding the middle
ground" on the Rhine controversy the
superCouncil OF Four created a con-
sult!ng body consisting of Andre Tar
dieu, France; Charles II. Iaskins,
American, ,hnd Viscount Morley British.
They labored until O'Clock this morn
ing and then called ON Col Edward