The Benson signal., 1919-03-29

ment to all aliens within their borders
who are nationals of states that are
members of the league. The japanese
do not accept the view that treatment
| of foreigners and discriminating immi-
| grafton laws are purely matters of do
| nestle policy and undoubtedly will at
some time in the future reopen the
question.
On Thursday all the neutral nations
that desired to present views concern
ing the league of nations were heard
by the subcommission of the commits
sion on the league, of which Lord Rob
ert Cecil is chairman. Most of the
neutrals. 1t is understood, favored the
league plan with some notifications.
The full commission, with Mr.. Wilson
in the chair, met Saturday to consider
all proposed amendments and put the
plan into definite and final form.
The completed peace treaty, it is
asserted in Paris, will be ready by
April / for presentation to the Ger
man plenipotentiaries At the time of
writing it was not clear whether this
pact would be preliminary treaty or
the final instrument, or a renewal Of
any case, many, important matters
were yet to be settled. These included
numerous boundary disputes, in the
discussion of which Mr.. Wilson was
taking leading part. According to
report, he told Premier Clemenceau he
would not support Frances demands
concerning the disposition of the west
bank Of the Rhine, and the Tiger"
thereupon tried to resign, but was dis
suaded by Premier Poincare, who
showed him France could not get along
without the support of America, no
matter what notifications Mr.. Wilson
might demand in the French program
for the treatment of Germany. Next,
President Wilson conferred with Prime
Minister Orlando of Italy, and, it was
believed, arranged for a compromise
by which Italy will get Fiume and sur
render her claim to the Dalmatian
coast which the Jugo-Slavs demand
This plan is opposed by Foreign Min
lister Sonnino and his party and by
much Of the population of Dalmatia.
The western boundary of Poland has
not been definitely determined, though
the decision had been reached that the
Poles should have corridor to the
sea, including Danzig.
The .interallied commission on
Poland and the Germans had a great
deal of trouble last week arranging
for cessation of hostilities between
the Poles and the Germans, but it was
said the desired result would soon be
reached. The supreme council also
took steps to stop the fighting between
the Poles and the Ukrainians in Cali
cia.
The German government was report
ed to be facing a new political crisis,
with the prospect that Scheidemann
would be forced to relinquish the
chancellorship. The split between the
majority socialists and the independ-
ent socialists was becoming wider.
When the Independents demanded the
repeal of martial law in Berlin Wolf
gang Heine, Prussian minister of JUS
tice, bitterly assailed them for their
cooperation with the Spartacans.
The Spartacans, who were compara-
lively quiet for few days after their
virtual defeat in Berlin, were begin.
ming agitation for new general
strike ON March 26, declaring that this
time their success was certain. Their
previous operations along the Rhine,
according to Berlin dispatches, led the
French troops of occupation to seize
Mannheim, Karlsruhe and two other
cities. This was neither affirmed nor
denied by the allies.
Defeat in the north and west and
success in the south met the bolsheviki
in Russia. They attacked the allied
positions south of Archangel, but were
repulsed with considerable losses.
The Lettish troops also whipped them,
taking the important town of Mitau,
southwest of Riga, and compelling
them to retreat along the whole front
in that region; and the Poles forced
them out of Pinsk. On the other hand,
the bolsheviki, having forced the
French garrison of Nikolaiev to retire
to Odessa after fierce fighting, were in
possession Of virtually the whole of
the Ukraine. Further east they
reached the isthmus of Perekop, which
connects the Crimea with the main
land. Their aim evidently is to sub
due before spring all opposition in the
great grain region of the Ukraine, in