El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-16
Peace Farley Publicity Plan
May Be Altered By Council;
Al Papers Protest Secrecy


Servia cannot take part in the peace
conference unless represented in q
delegation from the combined Servo
ICrotain- Slovene state, the Jugo-Slay
committee here declares. in a pro-
test issued against the decision OF the
supreme council to admit delegates
from the kingdom Of Servia only.
May Provoke Conflict.
The committee declares this action
. threatens to provoke a conflict. which
might have serious consequences. and
the refusal to accept the delegates
Of the United States would make il
impossible for Servia herself TO par
ticipate in the conference.
Marshal FOch, the allied COM
handkerchief, arrived in Treves
Wednesday morning for the meet
ing with the German armiStice
: delegates for discussion OF the ex-
tension Of the armisfice. The mar
ShaI received Matthias ErzberEer
and Gen. Won WinterfeIdt. the
German representatives, in his
private car.
Z The discussion over the renewal OF
the armistice began at once Nothing
I has been made public as yet as TO the
result Of the conference
It is likely that the pour parlors
viii be continued today and completed
I by this evening
President Wilson received premier
TeniZelos and Lambros A. Coromilas.
Greek minister 10 Italy. Wednesday.
The Greek premier presented argu-
ments in support OF Hellenic claims
in the war settlement.
French Papers Critieise.
The decisions OF the supreme coun-
Gil as regards both publicity and rep
rcsentatiOn, announced last night. are
freely criticised in the French news
paners OF this morning.
lie Journal. commenting on the rep
resentation, after pointing out that
the British and Americans together
have Is votes out OF the total. asks
why. il the British dominions are rep
resented separately. are the French
colonies and protectorates not SINH
larry represented AS regards the de-
Cision on publicity question, the FL
caro- says:
Hearsay Reports Dangerous
The public must be kept constantly
POSTED on the subjects dealt with. the
questions under discussion and the So
lutions reached. Reporting by hear
say is certain to be dangerous VIII
not Il be obvious that the result Of
the method adopted viii be to substi-
tute gossip for news"
The newspapers report that the
five great powers will decide today
whether the secondary states. out
side Europe. Will deliberate on decis-
ions concerning the fate OF Europe
and questions regarding the safety
and future Of the allied powers.
mann ma mann am rar waloualal lafa I
Secrecy Puzzles BritOns.
London, Eng. Jan. 16-MorninE pa
pers give much prominence to Paris /
dispatches. referring TO the decision I
that the proceedings Of the peace con- {
Eress are to be secret. and contrast I
il with the official statement that I
there would be no censorship. which /
was issued yesterday They point 1
out that It furnishes an inexplicable I
puzzle. Most Of the papers express D
surprise and disapprovaL
Protests are made that the reg
ulation, IL maintained. will keep
the public completely in the dark
us to some Of the important fea-
lures OF the negotiations. Some
believe il Will be difficult to carry
out this @DracOnian decision"
A Reuters dispatch from Paris com
lares the situation created by the de-
sision to a theater when the curtain
.ams- The stage is set, the actors
are ready, but the curtain refuses TO
ludge."
IF the curtain rose prematurely. II
would throw the glare OF the foot
lights on the fact that even among
he five great powers, there exist
sharp and not diminishing discord-"
New Armistiee Terms.
According TO the British wireless
service. the new armistice terms sub
nitted to Germany by marshal Foch
are unofficially stated here 10 include
he following
First - RetributiOn upon the
Germans for the murder and I'll
treatment OF allied prisoners.
Second-The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and
to be at once given up It
s pointed out that France alone has
100. goo men, who viii be out Of work
Until this machinery is returned
Third-German gold, amounting to
more than 10O.000.O0O pounds. TO be
moved from Berlin TO a safe place.
probably Frankfort. and protected
rom Bolshevism in Germany enroute-
certain other property TO be surren-
Tered.
Fourth Germany 10 give over her
hipping. Of which she is believed to
AVE 100000 tons, to carry food sup
lies to countries in Europe in need
4 them
Fifth Any U-bOats on the
stocks to be handed to the al
lies for their disposal, or to be
destroyed. and no more subma-
rines should be built.
New Italian Delegate.
Rome, Italy. Jan. 16.-Antonio SAL Z
ndra. the former Italian premier. ( I
iii be one of the Italian delegates {
D the peace conference, according 10 s
he Gioranale d'Italia. {