The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-27
Allied Chiefs Get
Busy on Their Job
n, NAa0TH HEDlN.

Paris March rs delayed. new
h,rh ransistorv OF peace met TINS
morning at President WILSON'S pfNats
sseuse and this afternoon in the fFeacn
ministry OF war which means Frefn'sf
4 faSmenosaus office. Premier orlahao
anined the big three" for close con-
Jmmed,ately after the second session,
8thc ramon vas set aHoat fhat tHs
.stafcs.uen have abandoned tae plan VI
making immediate separate peace W''h
germany and substituted the pro]ect %
II general peace inciudins AUST 's' A'"'
4garia and Turkey.
This would delay the arrival OF IN
3 J. amy uefag o tes at Versailles until
A15uasf ssfxY.s1 sisE as ~ ssss "a sessSsIf "a tbh
sr,nl conclusion of a general peace.
me change. II true, lie supposed 70
he due 20 two things: The events IN
1wncarv which show what dynamite
fs@. around In southern and eastern
Europe and that certain naticnaiss'io
,urtents will not wait on the peace
congress and the Italian tns'stence
s+arrs xsefv loaf rnust be cut az the
same time with the others.
Though the Italians denied having
threatened to quit the conference I'M
less given Fiume. they did not deny
having insisted that they must nave
raane with Austria at the same time
~ with Germany.
while the big three" met quickly
1asy week discussing the German
ouestions alone which do not directly
interest italy, Premier Orlando now ~
inciudes In the big pow-wow' when ~
taken 10 mean that he carried his
point
Furthermore. Rome is offering her
historic advantages as capital of the
taaru< of nations The italian press
IL .AsitxfinR for this. when pope
has been elected the cardinals burn
4f.eir ballots. whose smoke indicates
"a the waiting crowds that decision
IL reached. But not only have the big
four,' discontinued the communicates
hut il fs useless TO wait for smoke TO
4-Hrss when anything In decided.
Nevertheless lie Temps announces
E .y.at In stead of considering each little
group a separate piece In the great
picture together each power present
.ns solution which its expes.s con
eider best. hoping thereby to discover
= composite picture which VIII reject
11,,,S Ssssss sf1 ssvs-s.ssyiv's dassres.t >.
This afternoon the big four had
the beneft of expert military advice
from Marshal Foch and q British gen
~val and though no smoke was visible
anywhere around tho DUAL d'orsay, II
i. he,i.sed important conclusions were
reached concerning Russia. Poland ana
Hungary where II IL evident Boisne-
vlsm must be overcome somehow.
The big peacemakers are now in the
mood to tackle the hardest problems
Grst whereas they previously followed
the practice OF putting Oft everything
,,ickjfsh" for future meetings
1t is safe 10 assert that the real ieas-
ars =. least are at close grips with
pdanentai problems.
The change Of methods arcus~s the
Iyitterest criticism from the French
rress which charges that the British
and American newspaper men were IN
formed 6rst of what happened. hut TINS
evenings paper announce: The French
government has opened an inquiry 10
TAxrr the sources OF information which
have permitted the French press TO be-
..oSsA Informed 90 the activities or the
supreme allied council.