The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-17
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NATIONS SIGN



Continued trur. srgs IL
crate steps toward the conservation
CT German iron and coal when the
armiSrice was signed the advices
stated.
They realized that they had for
teired not only Lorraine. but also the
Saar valley mineral regions
The German conservation scheme. II
was declared. hinges or high prices
for raw materials
Peace BY May Is.
EBy Ed L. Keen. United Press stan
Correspondent
PARIS, April IT-Peaee viii be
signed with Germany by May Is, ae-
cording to the best information oo-
rainahIe today. That date Is under
stood to have been tentatively set as
the time limit for the enemy to &C
cept all conditions OF the treaty
Providing this arrangement IS carried
cut, the Germans viii have Just three
weeks TO debate settlement which
required the allies almost four months
20 arrange
The Austrian, Turkish and Bulgarian
representatives probably viii be sum
rloaad 10 Paris simultaneously sooa
after the treaty Is handed 20 the Ger
mans on April e5. There was dis
POSITION today TO believe the treaties
With those countries, which are under
stood To be much less complicated,
might be signed at least as soon az the
treaty with tie Germans.
The latest tentative date for Prest-
dent Wilson to arrive In Washington
Is between May 20 and IS, thus IN
dicating the American delegates be-
fieFe the Germans may accept the
treaty before the expiration of the Pro
posed time limit
The reported agreem enr TO furnish
food in Russia was expected 20 bring
The entire Russian situation 10 head
Some difficulty was anticipated. how.
ever. IN efecting the cessation 81 ali
fighting In Russia. for white the allied
forces under the proposed agreement
could be Withdrawn without lnterfer'
ence, the antIboIsheTik factions rep
resented In Paris are openly opposed
10 the reEictualtng plan and have IN
Dictated their intention OF continuing
to 6ght the soviet forces
Il
ii Munich Indicated the soviet govern
ment is again temporarily in control
sfth the socialist forces besiegin5 the
city. In other parts OF Germany, dls
turbances appeared TO be limited TO
Hamburg, where Spartaeans were rios
ing and pillaging-
New Peace Commission
BERNE, April 1.-THE German
reichstag has appointed new Peace
commission, the semiofHcial agency
reported today
The new commission, II was said,
Is composed OF Konstanttn Fehren
bach three vice presidents OF the
chamber. twenty-eight members, II
Guiding Baron Richtofen and Hugo
Eaase.
IseveraI reports have been received
Of the probable -ersonnel o. the Ger
man peace commission. All previous
DISPATCHES agreed that Foreign Min
lister Brockdcrf- Rantzau would head
the delegation Accounts have agreed
the teEega ton would total $50 or 300
mer, including experts, techntcans,
etc. The above dispatch probably re-
fers only to the delegates selected
from the membership OF the reichstag-
attftut. of Five Grea. Powers
TBy Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PARIS, April 1I.-The attitude OF
the five great powers toward the
peace situation today appeared To be
az follows:
United Sfate-Ths Germans haT-
ing been notified to APPEAR In Yer
sailIea on April IS. the treaty must be
whipped into shape as speedily as
possible always keeping 10 mind the
terms OF the armtstice-
Great Britain-Prenier Lloyd
George. in his address TO parliament
yesterday made plain that the allies
have reached 2 complete understand
ing ION the great fundamental peace
questions" The British are In favor
Of a quick peace, so long IS arnicable
relations are maintained among the
allies.
Franee-The country IS strongly
behind the peace settlement 50 far ar
ranged as eEinced by the vote Of con-
atence in the present government,
PASSED by the chamber Of deputies
yesterday. ga to 16s.
Italy-The Italian delegation APP
parentIy CONTINUES 10 stand by its ter
rftorial claims, based upon the pact
OF London. reiteratfng its threats that
it will withdraw unies awarded Fl.
une. In this connection the Americans
g-asS4 that all secret treaties were
uuIIided by the ratification OF the
arnnistice terms, bat express the be-
lief that Italian aspirations will be
settled without rupture.
Japau-The Japanese have receiy-
ed no reply TO their cable to Toxic
asking instructions from the Japa-
nese government, but expect to bring
I'D their racial equality amendment
to the league Of nations covenant az
the next plenary session, when the
covenant will be openly debated.
Considerable mystery continues to
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