Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-21
PARIS HOPES FOR
PEACE BY MARCH
Necessary Requirement Is
Election of Stable Gov
ernment in Germany
FIX BOUNDARIES LATER
Can Be Done by Commissions
After Signing of Treaty,
Is Belief
FIX BOUNDARIES LATER
By ERNEST MARSHALL
VII eless to Ercning Public Ledger


aud Ncig York Times Co.
Paris, Jan 81. --- Present arrange.
ments are that the Peace Conference
will hold sessions on Tuesday, Wednes.
.day, Thursday and Friday of each
week. and a high authority has said
that all necessary work could be got
lthrough in time to allow of the sig
mature Of the peace treaty in March
81 one thing happened. This one es.
sential condition to an early conclu'
sion of the peace negotiations Is that
the election in Germany should result
: in the formation of stable and re
sponsible government.
Such information as has reached
certain well.informed quarters here
points to the probability of a return
Of the Bourgeoise and Majority So.
scialist candidates in sufficient numbers
= 70 insure the creation of strong
moderate government. This is the
hone on which some of the Allied dele
gates at the Paris conference base
the prediction of a possible signature
of peace in March.
I peace with Germany at that date
would not necessarily mean that all
sfbe questions with which the Peace
.Conference has to deal had been
:settled. The plan along which the con.
ference will work. if the German
elections result as il is hoped, will
be to determine the essential points
~ the peace treaty and to lay down
certain broad general definitions
which will govern the working out Of
such details as there may not have
theen time 20 settle in their entirety.
lTbe elimination of certain disputed
Srontiers. for instance, might very
well he carried out by commissions
isnecially appointed for that purpose
aiong tho lines of the principles es.
jtablished by the treaty of peace.
f Powers Must Enforce Treaty
II is evident that this plan can only
he successfully carried out If 1t is
Stborolghly we'll understood by possible
srecalcitrants that the great Powers
yx,nl take measures to see that the de-
,cisions embodied in the peace treaty
are accepted by all concerned.
= Az most of the headquarters of the
,arious delegations to the Peace Con-
'ference hard work is in progress. The
Villa Majestic and the Hotel Astoria
where the huge staffs of the British
delegation are housed. were hives of
Industry. Clemenceau'S call for mem
.oranda from each Of the chief delega-
ltions on the responsibility for the war
and international labor legislation has
set a rapid pace for the conference.
I. So far as the British were CON
cerned, good deal of preliminary
work Of this kind had been taken in
hand some time ago under the general
direction Of Lord Hardinge. permanent
Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, but the final papers TO be sub.
mitted to the conference had to be pre-
pared hurriedly from rough drafts
submitted by various departments,
At present the date of the plenary
session, at which the league of ma
tions question will have pride of place,
is not vet determined, and it will prob
ably depend on the progress made
with the business which Clemenceau
nut on the program yesterday.
Some cynics still suggest that the
conference will merely affirm its gen
eral adhesion TO the principle Of the
league, and then refer the eNamlna
tion of the various schemes which are
known to have been dealt with TO a
snecjal committee, which, according to
these cynics, will be tantamount 10
internment.
British Pledged to League
In responsible British quarters how
aver there is not the slightest dispos.'
1ion to agree with this view. i, wa!
nointed out today that the British Gov
ernment was pledged 10 do its utmost
10 further the foundation Of the League
on a practical basis, and that the No'e'
of the British people at the recent gen
eral election was strong In Favor Of iha
attitude. Hardly candidate elected ic
Il =
svmnathy with the theory Of the league
srhe terms in which both Po'ncare and
Clemenceau yesterday spoke Of the
league, likewise indicated an advance
from the attitude which tie French
Premier was understood 10 hold at'el
his speech in the chamber on the DAY
Wilson spoke at Manchester.
II is asserted on behalf Of the Fren.i
view that the question Of responsibility
for the war and lis Coro..aries mus
take precedence over the question 0,
the league of nations; that IS the strict
" logical View. The league can u'
founded only on the basis of justice
and Justice must be- done first Of AL
The rights Of the future. tile adhercn'
of this policy say, carnor Test on
sound foundation until tI~ wrongs 70
the past are rIgh'.d. Looked %, .n a.
other way. IN" French position - tia
the present association Of Tie Cui'nl
States and the A.l.,d Powers already .
effect. constitutes a leagu" 0C uatio.
with which Germany is s'iI az wa!, an,
that no extension % this league. wr.g'
would permit OF the entrance Of Ger
many is posi- bic until she and her allie
have purged their crimes and are o.
longer in j position 20 attempt the.
renewal.
Demand Frontier on Rhine
II Is OF interest 10 note that som
Paris papers assert that Franc
can n9ver be secure from the menace o
German aggression unless she has
Rhine frontier
La Liberte, for instance SAYS. 9TH
acceptance by France Of the league n
nations and the consequences which ~
low from that principle Will be- subordi
mated 10 the guarantee Of solid from
tier"
1000 Soldiers of allies
Totally Blinded in Var
By ERNEST MARSHALL