Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-24

! Paris, March GA confer
ence of the premiers was call
ed today to be held at 3 o'clock
/ this afternoon to arrange for
the program of the supreme
council session an hour later.
The news from Hungary and
Poland was expected to spur
the heads of the governments
TO military decisions OF the
first Importance.
The peace conference has been ad-
vised by entente agents of the criti-
cal situation in Hungary. Some
street fighting in Budapest has been
reported and while the lives of en-
tente nationals are said still to be
safe it is urged that they need the
protection which would be afforded
by monitors proceeding up the Dan
ube from Serbian ports.
The situation is as serious as
that which arose when the con-
gress of Vienna learned of Ma
pOleon's return from Elba. Tues
day. as a hundred years ago. ne
gotiations have been provoked and
surprised by destiny" writes st,
Briece in the Journal.
May Give Germany Whip Hand.
THE problem before the coun-
Gil of 10 today is not the fate of
the German cables or the TesChem
commissions, but the imper9tf~eAf fse-s
ceSsity of having Poland and Ru-
mania rebuild the water-tight COM
partment which has collapsed" he
continues. Otherwise Germany.
declaring herself alone in a posi-
tion to save western civilization.
will lay down her own peace terms
instead of those the allies propose
to dictate to her or will threaten
to take the lead i'll the bolshevik
movement"
This extract from an editorial ac-
Curateiy reflects the views of the
foreign editors of French newspa-
pers. Some may express reverse as
to how far the movement is or is
not inspired by Germany. but they
generally all agree In placing the
principal blame for the events on
the procrastination of the peace
conference. and in insisting upon
immediate steps TO fight bolshevism.
Plan Military Action.
Premier Clemenceau had long
conference with Stephen PichOn,
the foreign minister. yesterday. on
the Hungarian situation which will
come before the supreme council
at 10 o'clock this morning when
Immediate steps will be taken. nc
cording to Marcel Hutin of the Echo
d'Parls 1t is understood for one
thing that General Haller's Polish
divisions will be shipped at once to
DanZig and landed whether the
Germans like It or not. NJ Hutin
adds that certain precautions have
already been taken in such an
eventuality.
Can Control Situation, Belief.
Two French divisions are at
Budapest and several Serbian dlvis-
ions are at Belgrade ready to take
the field and It is believed that with
the Rumanians, they are capable OF
meeting the situation.
Raymond RecOuty. writing In the
Figaro, states on the other hand
that the divisions In question are of
reduced strength, the Run4anians
being absolutely without equipment.
Such forces as are scattered over
of kilometers, he says, are
quite insufficient to cope with the
threat which everything shows is
about to take definite shape"
The question of the barrier
which the peace conference in
tends to erect against the spread
of bolshevism into the former cen
tral powers has come sharply TO
the front as a result of the stu
alton in Hungary where bolshevik
clements have seized the power
and declared that a state of war
exists between Hungary and the
entente powers.
Quick Action Expected.
Premiers of the allied states
sion in Paris at O'Clock this aft
ernOon and it was reported that
military decisions might /
be taken at the meeting of the su-
preme council at O'Clock regard
ing the situation in Hungary and
Poland, Premier Clemenceau and /
Foreign Minister Pichon had
long conference Sunday regarding /
Hungary and 1t is understood by I
Paris newspapers that action look
ing to military movements were
being taken.
Germany Behind M0Vei
Paris newspaper writers see the
situation as serious, and as one
express the belief that Germany
may be behind the movement for
the purpose of defeating the work
of the peace conference. Some
commentators in London see the