Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-27
LIFT BLOCKADE
| ON GERMANY IS
FAVORED Plan
Delegates Would Leave Economic
al Fight to Each Nation. Brit
ish Are Opposed 10 Crushing
Teutons Financially.
By HOWELL MELLETT

BY LOWELL MELLETT
United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris The matter of providing
economic safeguards to prevent. Ger
many Capturing the world markets"
is proving SO difficult there is a
strong likelihood that each nation will
be left to look out for itself in this re.
gard, it is earned from an authora-
tative sourse.
In the light of the encouragement
offered the bolsheviEd by the present
blockade as evidenced by the situ-
alton in Hungary--the British are in
jcreasin sly disposed to join the Amer
leans in insisting that tie blockade
be lifted Immediately regardless OF
when the peace treaty is signed.
Nd Huge Inde1nnities
Added to the questions which will
be settled on the simple ground Of
principle, apparently is that Of iIl-
IDENTITIES. Premier Lloyd Gerge has
Lord Runcliffe and Lord Sumner,
British financial experts. There lis
little belief in British circles that the
prenier's campaign promise to make
Germany pay the cost of the war, will
be realized. Talk of demanding $685..
s000,0o0,0e0 as Great Britain's share Of
German reparation has disappeared
The British purpose now seems To be
ony to insist that Germany shall pay
specified claims and pay in sllch a
manner that she win not be crushed
ieconomicallye
The comni tee on respons nsipility for
the war is understood to have COM
pleted its work. reaching conclusions
as recently outlined to the United
Press drawing UP what practically
amounts to an international indict-
ment, affecting every offender from
the former kaiser down to the lowest
private.
. Change Original Plan Slightly
Contrary to the original plan, how
ever it is reported the committee
will recommend that all offenders be
tried in, the countries in which their
crimes were committed, except where
there are 40 national laws fitting
their cases. In that contingency they
will be tried by the international
court to be created. The former
kaiser, as decided some time ago,
probably will not be brought to trial.
as there is no internati tiona preee-
dent covering his case.
+ curious commentary was made
recently by one Of the committee con-
cerning the American members.
The Americans are too damned
legal.minded," he seid, they refuse
to take the obvious common sense
view sometimes because there is no
law to support it
Drop "Big Ten, Conferences
+ Paris. American advocates of a
speeding UP process for the peace
conference have obtained 8 decision
70 rs sS7d-2AIluOIlTs5s d LIE TO VIZ esii M CoLASf-
ences, it was learned today.
All peace questions hereafter will
Tbe handled by President Wilson.
Premier Lloyd George Premier Gle
menceau and Premier Orlando. with
Sthe Japanese and others called in
when directly affected.
The. auartette Of allied leaders now
known as the big four will meet
twice a day, 81 wing the effect Of prac.
tically contin lous sessions.
Nhe "big ten" Or supreme war
council. comprises the premiers and
foreign minister Of Great Britain,
France. italy and Japan and Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing)