New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Both Naval and Military Dis
armament To Be Provid-
ed For, He Promises
Blockade i'm South Lifted
France Asks Guarantees to
Prevent Hostile Enemy
Action in Morocco

PARIS, Feb. 25.-Marshal Foch, in
discussing the diplomatic situation
with representative of the Havas
Agency, said the new armistice con-
vention will provide for the naval and
military disarmament of Germany. He
added there was no doubt the Supreme
Council also would add to the new
agreement clauses concerning fnan-
cial and territorial questions. In that
marshal said, would comprise also
way the armistice convention, the
the basis for preliminary peace
treaty.
The Allied blockade in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea has been lifted.
The council of the great powers
continued the discussion to-day of Po-
land, and authorized Marshal Foch to
send series of inquiries to the inter
Allied commission now in Warsaw
Until reply is received, the question
of getting the Polish divisions into
Poland by way of Danzig will be de-
ferred.
Open Door in Morocco Urged
The council also began a hearing on
Morocco, in which France seeks to
terminate the present unsatisfactory
international supervision. Henry
White, for the United States, and Ar
thur j. Balfour, for Great Britain
spoke in favor of the observance of
the open door" in any readjustment
so that all countries would enjoy
equal trade facilities.
The British Prime Minister, David
Lloyd George, will return to Paris
Saturday and remain for three days
Russia will be among the subjects
considered during his stay.
Three agents of the Bolshevik gov
ernment of Russia, it became known
to-day, attempted to get into France
with the party of sixty French refu-
gees who arrived in Paris Sunday
The Bolsheviki have not been permit
ted to proceed to Paris, and are be-
ing held at the port where they dis
embarked. The agents are said to
have 100000 rubles ($75O,oOO) in
their possession.
Austrian Debt Considered
An official statement to-day says:
"In behalf of the Inter-Allied
Financial Commission, NJ. Crespi
(1taly) explained the measures to
be taken to avoid the non-payment
of coupons of the Austro- Hungarian
debt falling due March /, in the
absence of an agreement among the
different states of the former Aus
tro- Hungarian monarchy. The COM
missions proposals were approved.
The question of the transport to
Poland of the Polish divisions in
France and Italy was examined,
Marshal Foch taking part. The con-
/ terence sent instructions on this
subject to the Inter-Allied Commits
sion at Warsaw
M. Perotti, of the African depart
meht, explained the demands of
France in the direction of suppress
sion of the act Of Algeciras and
imposition on Germany of necessary
guarantees to prevent her from re-
sumlng the hostile action in Mo-
rocco which she has taken against
France during the last ten years"
The peace conference commission or
international labor legislation at its
meeting to-day considered the British
draft of articles dealing with the cues
ton OF economic penalties in the event
that a state fails to carry out it's OBJ
ligations under the proposed interna
tlonal labor convention.
Samuel Gompers, who presided. rea(
a message of thanks from Premier
Clemenceau to the resolution adoptet
by the commission on the recent at.
tempt on the Premiers life,