Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-02
Vast German Obligation Must
Be Reduced to Liquid Form
At Once or Some Govern
mentS Must Smash,
NEW BALTIC STATES
BEING GERMANIzED
Russian Peace Badly MuddIed
and Is Not Referred to In
Polite Society in Paris Be-
cause Is Painful.
BY Herbert Bayard Swopc,

Aoldll wi itSDpHu6nl Ol IIe AlDu-
querque Journal and the New York
WORLDLY (Copyright)
Paris, July With the signing OF
the peace treaty comes the most se-
we're task of the allies. BY Joint ao-
ton they must finance the new gov
eminent of Germany, which the
treaty sets up, as well as other gov
ernments created by the conference
In financing the new German gov
ernment they must also arrange to
handle the vast German obligation
which must be reduced to a liquid
form at once, if some of the allied
government are not to go smash
Before the treaty was signed, DR.
Won Haimhausen, the accredited me-
gotiator, sent a note to the president
of the peace conference asking when
discussion relative to the details Of
administering the occupied territory
would begin. He was informed that
the matter was fully covered by the
convention of the treaty.
Highly disquieting reports have
been brought to Paris by the special
mission of the Baltic states headed by
Col. Warwick Greene. The new bor-
der countries are declared to be in
the way of being completely German
lied, due to the neglect practised by
the conference, which saw them wal
lowing through Bolshevism without
an effort to save them.
The report made was secret one
and no member OF the mission was
willing to discuss the situation, But
1t can be said that the baby states
have been left no choice but to look
to Germany for support and encour-
agement. Unless immediate and en-
ergetic steps are taken, German pene-
tration will be complete, and the Ger
man dream of progressing eastward
will be well started.
Russian Peace Muddled.
The whole business OF peace with
Russia is in a muddle. Russia is n
subject TO which the polite of Paris
do not refer, because OF its painful
lack of results or even effort. The
Kolchak support had the effect of
alternating many liberal elements bit
terly opposed to Boshevism, but
equally opposed to Kolchak.
President Wilson before leaving
Paris authorized the despatch of 500
marines to Schleswig to act as part
of the occupation force provided for
in the treaty to continue in occupa-
NAOiI ullti tlC Dltbi6tllt 10 ldhtfl. Ills
must be completed within ten weeks
after the treaty is signed.
High importance is attached to the
presidents action, since it may be
a precedent for the use of our forces
in MANY other European regions
where similar plebiscites are called
for. In any event. the step shows how
far America is committed to the set
tlement of the general situation
abroad.
TcIccraphcrs Strike.
Strikes in Paris are likely to inter-
fere seriously in recording the signing
OF the peace treaty French telegra-
pliers are dissatisfied with the gov
ernment. which promised them an in
crease of wages but never gave It.
The only sten taken SO far Is that
the strikers who thereby practically
reinstated censorship on the cables
decided to appoint commission Go
rule on what were urgent and i'm
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