The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-03
SESSION OF
CONGRESS TO
Be CONVENED
BY JUNE |
Rapid Progress Made In Paris
Makes Possible Summoning
of U. S. Body by That Time
Washington Hears.
TREATY BY MAY I
tBy As.oe,ated Pre.s,

WASHINGTON, May B. Intima-
ton that special session Of congress
will be called by President Wilson to
meet about June 1, is contained In
confidential dispatches received in
Washington today from Paris.
1t was said in authoritative admins
tration quarters that it was quite DOS
sible that if the situation in Paris
should develop rapidly the special
session might meet even before June
l. In that case, the call would be
made by cable.
PARIS. Friday, May 2.-The Italian
situation took more favorable turn
late today The indications were that
some arrangements would be made for
Italy to be represented when the
peace treaty was presented to the Ger
mans next week.
FIFTY MINERS OVERCOME
WLkESBARRE, Pa, May 3.-Fifty
men were overcome with black damp
In the nottingham mine OF the Lehieh
and Wnkesbarre coal company at Ply
mouth today. Twenty of this number
have been brought from the danger
zone to the surface and many of them
are In serious conditions So far there
are no fatalities, but at noon the fate
OF the 30 men still In the mine was
undetermined.
VIII Control Cables.
PARIS, May 3.-The presentation
or the peace terms to the Germans
viii not take place before Wednesday.
May Z. according to the present indi.
cauons, this mornings Paris newspa-
pers say. Important progress has
Deen made however. In solving prob
lens remaining before the final shap-
Ing OF the treaty. The Echo de- Paris
says that the council of three yester-
day adopted the section of the treaty
dealing with Alsace and Lorraine.
The credentials committee of the
peace conference will hold another
meeting with the German delegates
on Sunday morning.
At the meeting Of the council of
three today, 1t was decided that no
provision will be made In the peace
treaty for the disposition of the Ger.
man cables, beyond specifying that
they are to be taken out of the hands
OF the Germans and left in control of
the five great powers.
Reach Final Decision,
With the work of framing the peace
treaty seemingly almost completed,
except for some secondary matters
| the allied and German DELEGATIONS at
Paris are waiting for the formal pre-
| sentation of the document early next
week. Final decisions on several prob
lens which must be written into the
terms Of peace were reached by the
council OF three yesterday.
Germany must give her cable sys-
TENS, according to reports, but the al
lies will not incorporate in the treaty
the plan for the future disposition of
this property. The cables will merely
remain in the hands of the five great
powers until an agreement is reached
as to what will be done with them.
This is virtually the same plan said
to have been adopted In dealing with
the warships which Germany has sur
rendered.
| Action Protested.
Objections over some decision of
the council of three are heard in Paris,
the Chinese delegations issuing q
statement to the effect that the action
Of the council merely substituted ia
pan for Germany in Shantung and
gave Japan additional control of rail-
roads in southern Manchuria" Bel
GUM, too, is disposed to object to the
conclusions of the council it being re-
ported that the Belgians will not OBJ
tain rights they demanded over the
control of the Scheldt river or terri
torial concessions in the Zutch prov
ince Of Limburg and in German Macs
tricht
The Italian situation is still un-
settled, but efforts are being made by
the American and French ambassa-
dors at Rome to reach an understand
ing with Premier Orlando Measures
have been taken to prevent further at
tacks on President Wilson by the Ital-
ian press and by persons engaged in
demonstrations.