Evening star., 1919-03-14
Ultimate Possession of Ger
many's lights in Orient,
However, Is Undecided.
ENEMY EXPERTS WILL
MEET ALLIES IN PARIS
Delegates to Receive Terms OF
Treaty at Conference Are
Without Power.
by the Associated Press.

ny VI" shssoNIh'fu IrfSs-
PARIS, March l4.-Thc supreme
council of the peace conference has
virtually decided to include in the pre-
llminary treaty of peace requirement
that Germany shall relinquish her
leasehold of Tsingtao and all proper.
ties and concessions on the ShantunS
peninsula.
No attempt. it is understood, will b
made at present to render a decisiou}
as to the ultimate possession of Ger.
many's rights. which is now the sub.
ject of controversy between Japan.
ese and Chinese delegations in, Paris
The former holds that Japan acquired
the lease held by right of conquest
over the German forces there. al.
though she is willing to permit thl
ultimate status of the Shantung pen.
insula to be determined by the peace
conference. China contends the lease
was automatically Cancelled. by the ex.
pulsion of the Germans, VINO origi.
nally acquired it by force. and that
the property reverts to China.
1t is expected that the final adjust.
ment will be made in the definite
peace treaty or by a league of nations
unless, in the meantime, the princi.
pals to the controversy reach a mus
tuafly satisfactory agreement
Experts to Go With Huns.
WEIMAR. March IA (by the Assoc
cfated Press) ALI the German dele.
gates to the peace conference will ba
on an equal footing, although Count
Won Brockdorff- -RantZau, the foreign
-tsainiSter, will be their leader The
party Will not have the power to make
final decisions. that being vested in
the cabinet. 1t will be accompanied to
the conference by large although as
yet undetermined group of experts,
clerks and secretaries.
The selection of the peace confer
:ences delegates was reached after a
dong cabinet meeting which began
Wednesday and lasted far into tho
evening. True to President Ebert's
announcement at the time of his elec.
ton, Count Won Bernstorff will not be
delegate. although there has been
great pressure brought to bear tl
have him named. This was partly
frustrated by information received
from abroad through Americans here
that the choice of Count Won Bern
storff probably would be rejected by
the entente powers. 1t was only
month ago that Won Bernstorff was
openly planning to go. Those around
MIN naU 10 Dt ScHN IL "ouiu az
a grave mistake on Germanys part to
appoint him.
The date of the departure of the
delegates is not as yet fixed. March 20,
which has been frequently mentioned
as the date for the preliminary peace
conference, has not been announced
here as the time for the first meet.
ing. The appointment of Count Brock
dorf- -Rantzau, Dr. Edourd David and
even DR.. Max Warburg was no sur.
prise, since they had been frequently
mentioned, but that of Herr Geisbers
minister of posts and telegraphs in
the Prussian ministry, was unexpscts
ed.
Germans Plan to Start.
BERLIN, March IL (by the AssdA
ciated Press).-In official circles il
is believed that the peace negotia-
part are very near at hand. 1t 10
learned that the instructions to Ger.
man experts to hold themselves in
readiness to leave for Paris March II
or 10 with the German delegates were
based upon remark made by Gen
Nudant, the representative of Marshal
Foch at Spa, in recent negotiations
with the German armistice commiss
sion. Gen. Nudant is reported to have
said that the allies probably would be
able to begin preliminary negotiations
with the Germans about March 20, and
that the preliminary peace might be
conducted by April 10.