The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-05-22
BRITISH WILL
OCCUPY MEMEL
FLEET ANCHORED OFF COAST OF
EAST PRUSSIA TO STAND
GUARD.
GERMANY SENDS NOTES
NEW TERMS OF PEACE TREATY
BEING SLOWLY MADE
PUBLIC.
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London, May IA British fleet is
anchored outside of Memel, East Prus-
sia, close to the Russian frontier, and
the British are expected to occupy the
place in a few days, according to
Copenhagen dispatch.
Paris.-It has become known that
the German peace delegation has pre-
pared to send another note to the al
lied and associated powers concerning
the peace treaty. A peremptory answer
to the German note registering objec-
tons to the treaty arrangements for
the left bank of the Rhine and the
Saar valley has been drafted by the
special commission on territorial at
fairs presided over by Andre Tardieu,
it was reported.
The German peace treaty, 1t devei-
oped. contains n clause which has not
yet been made public, providing that
ratification by Germany and three of
the principal associated powers will
bring the treaty into force between the
ratifying parties, enabling the immedi-
ate resumption of trade.
As the result of conferences among
the representatives of the powers,
which are being continued, the text of
the German treaty probably will be
made public by installments. 1t Is re-
ported that the financial and bounda-
ries sections of the documents will be
released shortly.
1t was pointed out in connection
with the stipulation as to the ratifi-
cation of the German treaty that any
nation which withheld ratification af-
ter three of the principal powers had
ratified would be ut disadvantage in
commercial way. This would follow
from the fact that ratifying powers
would be able to resume trade rela-
tons with Germany at once, while the
states that delayed would have no such
privileges.
1t Is quite probable that the Turkish
and Bulgarian peace treaties Will be
negotiated and signed in CONSTANT
nople, SalOniki or some other conven-
lent city in the near East, according to
advices.
1t is Indicated that the terms of
peace will be ready for presentation
to the Austrian delegates in few
days.
Negotiations pending for the ADJUST
ment of the Adriatic controversy con-
template direct settlement between
Italy and Jugo-Slavia, through Amer
lean mediation. BY this plan the Aus
trian treaty would not specify the dis
position to be made of Dalmatia, Istria
or Fiume, beyond detaching them from
Austria.
The Chinese cabinet has resigned.
but the president has refused to ac-
cept the resignation, according to n
telegram from Picking to the peace
conference.
Berlin.-Replying to deputation
from the regions threatened under the
terms of the peace treaty, Philip
Scheidemann, the chancellor, said that
the cabinet was discussing counter
peace terms, based without restriction
on President Wilson's principles.
"They must bring us the negOtia-
tons we need and to which we have n
right in accordance with President
Wilson's note of November s, 1918"
the chancellor declared. THAT is the
new Germany's right, upon which the
government will insist to the last"
Paris.-Allied naval concentration
has been started at Smyrna in connec-
ton with a mandate to Greece to adj
minister the city. The British and the
French each have fleets on the scene,
with landing parties; the Greeks have
battleship and five gunboats and the
Italians have five large warships. The
United States forces are the battleship
Arizona and four destroyers. The var
ious allied naval contingents are
drawn from the forces in the Adriatic
and the Black sea.