The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-02

and EstaozLz las been lifted, cleo
tive today. Austria also las b@--
GRANTED freedom u acme trace re-
strscrsoaS. zaIa3zga The eloCk21s
k.EIi continues against Entpz-s-z Of
war ARTICLES TITO EEEz ccg-1-rT-
Ar fnrernetauazI TRADE ccElzE ssiszs1
XII be established II ESszl - pre-
Eszt r=419o-l2-1o1 u goods 70 Ger
lzzT.
All co1atraes except Gerzzzy. a-s
Ezz- Hungary and Lz-aEz11z are zoE
Opened 10 E1-25 -a1s- InE-s VS.
sid TO be 3 ErDssec- That Hz7gz-y
VII sou be g9Es1 Agzs-a-1Ar trs71o---
FT-zI Deesssons Saturday.
by AEL1zz PAzAE Shea. tinted
Press Stz@ CS--sz2azcs--l
PARIS. 4y-4 Final decisions
rps- the most 3-vo-- c1estoak
before the peace co-fe=szcz VIII se
REACHED before SATURDAY. according 70
1ha 5es5es expressed II CERTAIN c-aC+zl
CEzr-ers to-day
Meanwhile. Marshal Fosz 3 expect
81 % make plan 70 NztALzz E-zseE-
ger IL SPA tuz0rr5E tax 15s allies
I'll s1zz5 Eo- ID EIGKe-T % z-g sat
- DzI1g CT Any 0-zs- place
IL ras hight q recent eTs1tss The
rsszes delegates zETzreltly are liz
sSa@1 TtrL ths necessity for speeding
u z1szr WORK 10 --egeEt further less
q prestige E1sca You'd facilitate
German attempts AZ hsgguzg and
ss5es.eyying al Ve-szzLlss-
Eosa. i IS bel5esaG. has wol over
t-e -rsg four 10 MS ideas regard
f.g The Rhine question. along lines
raeen-aT forecast By me United Press
elimination OF I'll military works
On the left hzniE and within z Es1e
Ct fifty EIlomstsrz (-hirTy 1liles}
Oh the right bzaL An agreement
seems 10 have been reached Tat
France EhzlI have The right 10 *
pIoir the entire Saar valley as con-
yensatton for destruction Of mines n
northern France. The Sasr region
probably VIII be controlled under
special regulations 10 be inco-p0r-
a1ed II the final treaty.
Information received here in OIL
cEal circles indicates that Germany
Is more in the mood 70 sign me
treaty than evsa four days ago. Il
Is believed Foch vii increase this
inclination
Foch Goes 20 Spa
PARIS, April Marshal Foch
left this morning for Spa where
Matthias grzberger, representing Ger
many, already has arrived They
are 10 discuss the questions involved
II landing Polish troops st Dsnzig
To Confer With Germans.
PARIS, april ALLIED financial
Representatives went 10 Pont Ste
Ma1ence today To confer with the
German financial mission which az
rfTed there yesterday. Soldiers and
police are guarding the castle In
which the GeInans are CHARTERED
which the Germans are quarered
their presence
Definite Proposal From Russia
EBy Lowell MeIlett, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
PARIS, april 2.-T1sre is now be
fore the peace conference z definite
and concrete proposal from the Rus
Sian government for cessation Of hos
rilities. Il bears Premier Lenins'E
signature.
There is also authoritative i1tor-
nation that Kari Kzu-Ekys German
radical. Is 1og II Aosco- trying 70
arrange formal aISiaacs between
Germany and REss.a-
II the Agat q these two facts, tie
peace delegates ere gITtng more
thought 10 zlsslz LEz1 -1s daily OH
clai connuaieEes indicate
The reports z1de ~ william Bill
lit, special agent u TIE Aasr-ezl
delegation. and Lincoln stsEs1s,
writer and private investigator, are
undergoing the grzFss- cC1s5cs-z-
tion, as they rsp-sss-E oor OILY the
latest, but the -aost ds-zzIsS I'D 5eE-
information On sccEal cD-c--O-E Z
Russia, as wen Is Lae zt-l-z6s q
Russian leaders.
The greatest secrecy sEr-0-1-s -1s
Lsuine document, rut r r. k-pw1
that i Offers way 70 so1 aos-Lr1eE
between the Russisn ard Birth z0T-
ernments. How America Il &1scGs1
it is impossible 70 ases-z1
The willingness q tbs casgStes .
give thoughtful confederation 70 tle
new proposition, is bslleTse = 5e LIE
outgrowth OF TzrioEs cczs3cerzr2lEs
the most important Of wE1cn IL zhzL
IL presents al apparent Cc2cr g1--ltF
TO break al the outse- ths rzplc3F
forming boisheYik frolt-R1SS5s AID
Hungary and with Germany, R1nzsu-z
and Serbia in the o11g. The OH
ferees frankly admit they dislike
prospect OF facing real alignment
OF those five countries. With RZss-s
eliminated, il is felt the keystone o.
the structure will be gone.
Another important factor is that
medical men are becoming greatly
alarmed at possible spread o, the
typhus epidemic westward from Rms
STA, emphasizing the fact that dis-
ease recognizes no national bound
aries. 1t is learned from an authorE
tative source that information based
on the report Of the director of health
in Petrograd, shows the following
conditions there:
Thirty or forty thousand OF the
estimated population Of million are