Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-22
PREMIERS CLASH
AT PEACE BOARD:
GREEK GETS OUT
Query of Council of Four Con-
cerning Troops Replied
to by Orlando
SHARP PERSONAL THRUST
Landing of Italian Soldiers at
Smyrna Provokes Probe
of Motive

Great Britain, France and
me United States are re-
ported from Paris to have
sent joint note to Italy, asking
for an explanation of the land
ing of Italian forces in Turkey.
Premier Orlando answered the
note, and it is reported there
was a personal clash between
him and Premier Nenizelos Of
Greece which resulted in the
latter withdrawing from the
meeting of the Council.
Allies Try to Pacify Smyrna
The difficulty apparently is over
the landing of independent Italian
forces in the viayet of Smyrna,
which the Allies are trying jointly
to pacify with view to a mandate
to Greece for its administration.
The conclusion of peace between
the Allied and associated govern
ments and Germany has been re-
moved further into the future by the
action of the Peace Conference yes
terday in extending until May 20 the
date for the Germans to submit their
answers to the Treaty of Peace sub
mitted on May T.
According to estimates at Paris,
there was some expectation that the
pact might be signed about June Is,
but it now appears that the date of
the signature of the document will
be week or more later.
Plan Exhaustive Replies
Apparently the Germans Contem-
plate very voluminous replies to
some of the terms presented by the
Peace Conference. Count Won
Brockdorf- Rantzau, chief of the
German delegation, has asked for
permission to bring a printing press
from Germany to Versailles, with
printers, to print the objections that
will be made by the enemy govern
ment.~
VIII Seek Joint Commission
1t is apparent from forecasts in
the German press that one of the
principal points of the German reply
to the peace terms Will be proposal
to institute joint committee of rep
resentatives of both sides with Il
neutral president to decide the eco
nomic questions. The Germans also
will ask the appointment of a SINH
lar committee to determine the dam
age done in Belgium and France.
The German reply, it is under
stood, will protest against the treaty
not taking into consideration the
damage done in Germany. 1t will
be urged that Austria Hungary, hav-
ing been an ally of Germany, should
be held in the same responsibility
as Germany.
1t appears the treaty between the
Allies and Austria may not be pre-
scented as soon as expected. Italy is
reported not to be satisfied with the
boundaries fixed between Italy and
Jugo-Slavia, and this matter must
he adjusted before the terms are
laid down.
Will Punish Guilty Huns
The Council of Four has delivered
it's reply to the German note on
prisoners of war. The reply indi-
Gates that the Allies differentiate be-
tween ordinary prisoners and those
guilty of crime, and that the latter
Will he held and punished.
Seek to Quiet People
The seven days granted the Ger
mans before the time limit for the
submission of replies to the Allied
peace terms expires will not be de-
voted exclusively to the drafting of
notes at Versailles, but will be en-
ployed at Berlin for the purpose of
quieting agitation there according
to newspapers here. 1t is pointed
out that there is an influential party
in Germany, made up of independent
and majority Socialists, which favors
the signing of the Treaty.
Bankers, manufacturers and busi-
mon uannrnlly
military authorities are said to share
this view. believing it is declared
that anything is preferable to Boil
shevism.