Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
THREE TREATIES,
. IN MAKING, KEEP
EUROPE FESTIVE
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
Still to Be Dealt With
by Allies.
HESITATION MARKS
PARIS PROCEEDINGS
Italy Is Nervous Over Ucertainty
Regarding Her War
Demands.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
Special Cable To The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1919.

fusion at once mark the proceedings
Of the peace conference. The he Ita-
lion is due perhaps to the desire of
the allied governments to see what
happens now in Germany before pro-
Ceeding with the other treaties. The
Confusion doubtless is due largely to
the general 1assitude following the
disposal of what every one considers
the principal treaty.
The fact remains that Bulgaria. Aus
tria and Turkey have yet to be dealt
with, and until they are Europe Is
Bound to continue in a more or less
chaotic state.
OF the Bulgarian treaty no one
speaks.
Turks Sent Back in Doubt.
The Turks have just been sent back
home. presumably on the theory that
the near-eastern question cannot pos
sibIy be resolved until it is definitely
known whether or not the United
states will accept manufactures over
Armenia and Constantinopie, and this
can only be known through action by
the United States Senate.
Italy is in a nervous and perhaps
even more dangerous condition be-
cause of the continued uncertainty as
to practically all her demands. For
eign Minister Tittoni has arrived IN
Paris and is reoreaniZing the ltallan
delegation on a new and more unlfled
uIan. He will act as a sort of presl-
dent of the council. with De Martina,
:. veteran diplomat. as chef de CABINET,
and the other Italian delegates IN
somewhat the same relation 10 INT
toni as are ministers to Il premier.
II is expected by this means to at
tain cohesion. which never existed un-
der Orlando and Sonnlno.
Adriatic Still Urgent Question.
The Adriatic question is as urgent
as ever and no nearer solution. NJ
Tardieu still seems to think that his
plan may be adopted. but nobody
seems to agree with him. L under
stand that Tittoni's first act is likely
10 be the publication of the official
text OF the pact of London. thus S1gni-
fving his intention of standing nrm-
" on this document
Meanwhile the remainder of the
Austrian treaty is scheduieo 10 oe
handed to the Austrian delegates on
Monday The treaty is not really con-
Guided. The military and certain po-
litical classes may be made the sub
iect of later agreements in order not
10 DELAY the signature of some kind
u
lutely necessary. The new council OF
four seems to think il can rush the
Austrian treaty through now within
a few weeks. but most observers con-
slider this doubtful.
Financial Clauses Changed.
Even the financial clauses. which
were supposed to be ready Monday
are still being revised continually.
At the present time il has apparently
been decided that the empires pre-
war debt must be borne entirely by
Hungary and Austria However. of the
empires war debt. which alone reach
IS some 10000, 100000 crowns Sl2,-
600. 900 O00) the liberated peoples,
who constitute two-thirds of the em-
pire's former population, will be re-
quired tG assume 20 per cent. while
the remaining so per cent Will be left
10 Hungary and Austria, the present
population of which is about one
third of the empires former 5S,o00,000
souls.
The newly liberated peoples will be
entirely exempted from reparation
charges, which must all be shouldered
by Hungary and Austria.
As to Ship Division.
Britain and the United States are
apparently demanding share of
Austria's ships. France is demanding
money and ships; Italy. money, ships
and railway stocks: Serbia, the same.
while Rumania is demanding finan-
cial reparations. Indeed. everybody is
asking for something where there is
apparently very little available for
anybody.
II is generally recognized that
Italy's claims against the former en-
pire of the Hapsburgs should have
priority. Thus when France tried to
claim 1000 900 crowns (s200,O0O)
worth of stock in the southern Aus
trian railway, on the ground that a
certain amount of French capital was
Invested in IL, Italy protested that
This railway was one of the few real
assets available for damages and that
a. considerable part of the railway
WIN henceforth run on Italian terri
tory Italy should be allowed to ac-
rutrc full ownership Of the entire sys-
Tern. On Italy agreeing to reimburse
ne French shareholders her point of