The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-14
INVITE GERMANS
In TWO WEEKS
Date of Versailles Congress
Set Between April 26
and May 5
NEGOTIATIONS ARE
NEAR COMPLETION
But the Documents Must Be
Passed Upon by
Allies

Paris, April Is (By the Associated
Press The peace treaty and the league
OF nations have undoubtedly reached the
final stage of negotiations but it is not
yet clear that they are out of troubled
waters, as both must pass the ordeal of
plenary session of the peace conference
and then go before the Versailles con-
gress, where enemy powers viii be repre-
sented. Indications are that a combna-
ton of both documents will be written
INTO preliminary peace treaty within
the coming two weeks. The Germans
then will be called in and the present
peace conference" will be merged into
the peace congress"
The council of four is understood to
have fixed for the peace congress tenta-
tive dates between April 26 and May 5,
but no announcement has been made as
to details~so that Premier Lloyd George
may have something to disclose when he
addresses the British Parliament next
Wednesday.
The summoning of the George Wash
ington by President Wilson led to the
belief that his departure was imminent,
but intimate friends now say it
will permit Mr.. Wilson to remain
and take part in the congress at
Versailles when German plenipoten-
tiaries take part. The assembling of
the congress will REQUIRE an entirely new
organization, including the presiding of
ficer and other officials 1t is not intend
ed to permit long discussion by the
enemy, but to confine the exchange of
ideas to brief period probably ten days
or two weeks, and then reach final CON
clusion
The official summary of the revised
covenant of the league Of nations, issued
yesterday, shows that the Monroe doc
trine amendment is in the covenant and
that the Japanese amendment is not in
cluded- The official summary was pre-
pared by Colonel Z. NJ. House, Lord Rob
ert Cecil and Others fully conversant
with the document. Notwithstanding
this, there appear to be divergent views
concerning the status of the amendments
Leon Bourgeois, the French member of
the commission on the league of nations,
took the view after Thursdays meeting
had not been adopted, and the semi
official Temps stated last night that "the
American amendment incorporating the
Monroe doctrine into the covenant was
further examined on Friday, but no de-
cision has as yet been reached"
The Temps also gives French version
Of the consideration of the Japanese
saying that it prevailed,
which is obviously mistake in view of
the British American official statement,
in which the Japanese concurred.
There is no doubt that the final ses
sion which discussed the Monroe doctrine
and Japanese amendments aroused much
feeling and was at times stormy French
to the Monroe doctrine
was long and spirited and
was based on the ground that it singled
out one nation for special treatment,
and also that the principle of the Monroe
doctrine, if applied to Europe, might |
keep the United States from again aid
ing France, if she were menaced by an
other German attack.
Discussion of the Japanese amendment |
was equally spirited. The Japanese dele
gates have made it known that cables |
from Toxic have shown feeling there was !
running high. Virtually no opposition |
was expressed TO the japanese demands |
except that of Premier William NJ. |
Hughes of Australia, which was so pro-
nounced that it compelled Great Britain
TO withhold approval of the amendment,
thus preventing its adoption. Owing to |
the British-Japanese alliance, the effect |
Of this action is the subject of much |
conjecture.
TO President Wilson's physical endur-
lnce, despite his recent illness, is credit
ID the getting of the league covenant
through IT'S final stages. When the de-
bate dragged beyond midnight on Fri
lay, Lord Robert Cecil asked Colonel
House:
How long is this going to lastl" Col