Republican farmer., 1919-01-31
Peace Conference Confronted
 With Three Secret Treaties
Polish Question and -Instruc- tionS For Mission Also .
 Discussed. REPRESENTATIVES
 BEFORE COUNCIL Future of German Colonies Most Interesting Phsse=of
 Meetings.

Paris, Jan. 29-The Supreme ! Council of the Peace Confer ence had before it for c0nSii- eratiOn on assembling this morning the Polish question and the instructions to be given the Allied mission to Poland !, recently authorized and about 1 to leave on it's eastward jour- 1 ney. The program called for the appearance of Polish and Czecho-Slovak representatives befOlc the council to present their views.
 In connection with the territorial questions before it the Peace CorfeU~ ence Is confronted by no less than { three secret treaties, says the PaEis 1 edition of the London Daily Mail to- 1 day.
 ''The first is the. treaty between ! Great Britain, France and Italy dts posing of the Adriat1c coast, WlAGh conflicts violently with Jugco-Slay and Czecho o-Slovak interests the Mall continues. '+The second Is the Greatly between Great Britain and Japan ens- der which Japan gets the German 4S- lands in the north Pacific. The tfnrd 1 is the treaty between Great Britain and the King of the Hedtaz under which Damascus forms q part Of the territory given 10 the Hedtaz king dom.
 Damascus lies near the border line i of the spheres of control in Syria, and l Palestine agreed upon between the British and French. Under this agree ment Palestine from the sea of Gal flee to the Egyptian border is a Bril- ish protectorate administered for the special benefit of the Jews. while north of the sea of Ga1ilee to Asia Minor it comes under the French The latter, however, are most anxious to have Damascus included w1t1 in their sphere, while the Hed5az delegates are equally anxious to retain Damas- cs. as it Is already under their ad- ministration.
 London. Jan. 29-Stating that President Wilson made an important speech at Tuesdays meeting of the Supreme Council of the Peace Con- gress during the discussion Of the fu- ture of Germany's colonies, the Paris correspondent of the Mail adds:
 President Wilson persists in his desire to secure some form of inter
 national control, and the Allies are seeking 6 plan which, while giving the practical power desired by the natfona who want the German colonies for their own, will still provide some shadowy form of internationaffZatio for the purpose of satisfying MT. Wil- sons ideals"
 Paris, Tuesday, Jan 2S-T1lc future of the colonies taken from Germany has become one of the most interest 1 ing immediate phases of the problems | under consideration by the Supreme | Council of the Peace Conference. Hearings now are being given by the 1 Supreme Council to members of the | conference and to colonial experts. i The council also is proceeding with | the consideration of a general policy which shall be adopted by the five great powers.
 The hearings have progressed to the stage Whero the existence of views 1 greatly at variance with those set forth iE President Wilson's fourteen points have been disclosed. This de- velopment has determined the Ameri- can delegates to urge the adoption of the American plan at the outset, in l order to keep the rival claimants within the bounds of fairness.
 This plan looks to international ppntrpI If ha
 tionalities and tribes by individual powers or by agents to ! , known as 'mandatories" of the Le que of Ma lions. These agents are to derive all their powers from the league and to act entirely on the lines of policy dic- tated by that body.
 The distribution of these guardian ships Is to be made by the League of Nations: so its successful apphca- ton is wholly dependent upon the COnsummation of the league