The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-21
FINAL REVISION OF TREATY
AWAITS PRESIDENTS ARRIVAL

IdTIS, MaTtu L. he lhSl iou6H
outlines of the peace treaty are begin
ming to take form ,as result of the
rapid disposal of the main questions
before the council of the great powers.
The preliminary draft will be well
along within the present week, and
with the arrival of President Wilson
tomorrow final revision will proceed so
as to have the document ready for
presentation by the end of next week
and thus conform to Marshal Fochs
limit of March 20, though the British
apparently are inclined to doubt the
possibility of carrying out the pro-
gram on time.
The treaty promises to he very long,
chiefly owing to detailed provisions
concerning the German military syS-
TEN and methods for it's control by
the allies 1t will embody, however,
only five or six main divisions,
namely:
Military, naval and aerial
terms.
Second-Reparation. war damage.
Third--German boundaries.
Fourth-Economic and financial pro.
visions, and, probably fifth, response
| bilities for the war.
All these main subjects are in an
| advanced stage and have been either
adopted or agreed upon in principle
with the exception of some reserved
points on which President Wilson and
! the premierS are to take final action.
The military terms adopted yester
day We're in the hands of the drafting
experts to be put in the form OF
articles in the treaty. The naval and
aerial terms are agreed to, except as
to reservations regarding the disposal
of the large German ships and the
dismantling of Helgoland and the Kie
canal.
To Determine Boundaries.
Germany'S eastern, western anC
northern boundaries are now before
the council or in the committee OIL
reports. The eastern and northern
boundaries are to be determined
tomorrow. The western boundarie:
will be settled Friday.
The consideration of PREPARATION /.
set for Saturday, though this question
may 90 beyond that time. This GOV
ers all the principal objects excep
for responsibility for the war. 1t Il
the desire of the French to have thi
made an integral part of the treaty
so as to settle the question. and thi
may be conceded, though it is an ope,
question.
Talk Of Indemnity in TrilIions.
The consideration of PREPARATION
has introduced the word "trillion" II
recognized money probably for tn
first time in any single financial opel
alton, for, although millions and bill
lions often have been used in wa
finances, no sum has yet been reache
touching a trillion.
In estimating the war losses of a
the powers the first figures of one q
the great powers aggregated a tri
lion francs, and those of another powe
were slightly above half triIlio
francs, namely, six hundred billio
francs. These first estimates hay
gradually been reduced until the pre-,
ent aggregate covering the losses fc
all countries is one-fifth of the hipl
est estimate and in final form prol
ahly Will be in the neighhorhood {
thirty-ftve or forty billion dollars.
The covenant of the league of n,
tons does not figure as part of III
peace treaty. but will be treated Sc,
arately, although the treaty make
frequent references to the duti,
which are 10 be entrusted to III
league.