Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Senate Is Not to
Know in Advance
of Approval
AMERICANS AT
BOARD REFUSE
Allied Powers in
French Capital
Active Today

Paris, June 1.-The Ameri-
can delegation to the Peace
Conference is apparently firm in
it's decision not to authorize the
publication of the German peace
treaty until it is signed and not
even to communicate the official text
in its present form to the United
States Senate.
Washington, June Admins
tration officials believe President
Wilson'S reply to the Senate resolu-
tion asking for the peace treaty with
Germany will be that it is not COM
patible with the public interest to
furnish the text at this time.
This belief was strengthened by
dispatches to-day from Paris say
ing the American peace delegation
apparently is firm in its decision not
to authorize publication of the
treaty until it is signed.
There is every evidence that the
leading figures of the Peace Confer
ence in Paris are endeavoring to
hasten the delivery of the Allied re-
ply to Germanys counter-proposals
to the terms of peace. According to
advices, the Council of Four has in
structed all commissions working on
the reply to complete their reports
by Monday. If this order is car
ried out, the reply probably will be
framed early in the weeli and imme-
diately presented to the enemy dele
cation.
Paris reports indicate a growing
sentiment in the Council of Four that
alterations must be made in the
Treaty, but in what particulars the
terms will be modified is not yet in
dicated. Premier Lloyd George is at
tending meetings of the British COM
mission studying the reparation
phase of the Treaty.
Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau,
head of the German peace mission,
left Versailles last night for Ger
many. 1t is reported from Paris
that he is expected to return Sun
day. French official circles are said
to expect the Germans to refuse to
sign the terms, and it is pointed out
that, as delay would favor the Ger
mans, there is necessity for haste in
bringing exchanges between the AL
lies and the enemy to a close. A
more hopeful sentiment is said to be
apparent in Berlin.
Orlando Demands Settlement
The italian claims to territory on
the eastern shore of the Adriatic are
also causing some uneasineSs in
Peace Conference circles. The Ital-
ian Parliament will meet June IS,
and Premier I .'lando is demanding
that a settlement be reached by that
time. Dispatches from Paris indi-
cate that the deadlock over the sit
uation regarding Fiume and the Dal-
matian coast is still causing concern
and that efforts to reach an agree
ment have been futile.
Admiral Kolchak's forces operat-
ing in European Russia are, it is ad-
mitted, checked by the BolSheviki
Winston spencer Churchill, British
War Secretary, declared yesterday
that no attempt had been made to
encourage eXtravagant hopes regard
ing operations in Russia.
Hungarian Reds Drive
Hungarian Bolshevik forces con-
tinue to advance against Czech
troops between Budapest and Wen
ma, They are reported to have
crossed the Danube at Gram and to
be menacing Pressburg. French
generals are said to be in command
of the Czech army there.
st. Germain, June 7.-Dr. Karl
Renner, the Austrian Chancellor
and head of his nations delegation
to the Peace Congress. arrived here
to-day after his visit to Feldkirch,
where he had been in conference
with Austrian government repre-
sentatives from Vienna. DR.. Renner
was accompanied by Richard Schulz
Ter and Herr Sternbalk, technical
counselors of the delegation.
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