Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-05-15

lian delegates to the peace conference.
The correspondent of a Berlin pa
per predicted that the German dele
gates in each case where it was con-
sidered necessary would present
carefully formulated counterproposi-
tion stating the, maximum they were
willing to concede. Many of these he
said, were already drawn up, and the
Germans would "show the utmost con-
sideration for theJenemy's standpoint"
He asserted it would, be particularly
difficult for Germany to yield to the
demand for the delivering up of the
Germans he'd guilty Of being the in
stigatds of the war.
This clause, which calls for the trial
of the former kaiser, was Incorporated
in the treaty at the last moment. 9th
er matters which We're put in last week
included the disposition of the Ger
man colonies, as follows:
Togoland and Kamerun-France and
Great Britain shall make joint recon-
mendation to the league Of nations as
to their future.
German East Africa-The mandate
shall be held by Great Britain.
German Southwest Africa-The man.
date shall be held by the Union Of
South Africa.
The German Samoan islands-The
mandate shall be held by New Zealand.
The other German Pacific possess
sions south Of the equator, excluding
the German Sainoan Islands ard Naurn
The mandate shall be held by Aus
tralia.
Nauru pheasant island) The man
date shall be given to the British en-
pire.
The German Pacific islands north of
the equator-The mandate shall be
held BY Japan.
Marshal Foch persisted to the last in
his demand that France should be
guaranteed in some way against future
armed attack by Germany. 1t was re-
ported that President Wilson and Pre-
mier Lloyd George gave him measur-
able satisfaction by promising to ask
congress and parliament. respectively
to authorize an open agreement that
the United States and Great Britain
would go instantly to the aid Of France
If she were attacked. However, if the
terms of the treaty as written are car
ried out, Germany will have very little
left with which to carry on military
enterprises. She couldn't get far with
an army of 100000 men, a puny navy,
no submarines and no armed planes,
and with the Notifications Of Helgo-
land and the Rhine valley demolished.
Belgium having been given satisfac-
tion as to the parts of the treaty which
didn't suit her at first, the only one of
the allied and associated nations that
Still held out against the pact was
China. The cabinet at Peking, it was
said, had instructed the Chinese dele
gates not to sign any treaty that trans
ferred to Japan the former German
rights in Shantung. Japans victory in
the allied council has greatly stirred
China and there is danger Of anti-for-
eign outbreaks there.
Press comment on the treaty, which
indicates or forms public opinion, Is
varied. The German papers, of course,
denounce many of the terms as brutal
and impossible of acceptance. Those
of France praise the pact rather faint
ly. In England some journals commend
the treaty highly and others condemn
it. The American press generally looks
on the peace terms as satisfactory.
No sooner had the German treaty
been handed to the Hun delegates than
the council of four began consideration
of the program for the presentation of
peace terms to the representatives of
Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. These
treaties, which already were partly
drawn up, more Immediately concern
Italy, and the return of the Italian del
egates, who were in time for the cere-
mony ON Wednesday, made it possible
10 go anead speedily. premier Orlan.
do and his associates went back to
Naris at the request of the other mem
bers of the conference and after a plan
was formulated for the disposition of
Fiume. 1t was proposed that the city
should be under international control
until 1923 and should then be given to
Italy. In the meantime Jugo- -Slavia
shall construct for itself a port little
to the south of Fiume, with railroad
connection with Agram and other
cities. It was understood that Italy was
prepared to sacrifice some Of her
claims on the Dalmatian coast. 1t was
believed in Paris that President Wilson
would consent to some such compro-
misc for the strength Of the Jugo-