The Washington herald., 1919-02-02
u. S. ENJOYS ROLLED
BY SENATE ATTACKS
ON WILSON POLICY
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general agreement for the maintc-
nance of world peace. for the up-
holding Of which the United States
must bear tits riGhtful burden and
the responsibility, cost and Difficult
ties though great. will be much less
than continued competition in arma-
ments.
1t is learned that the United
States is not likely to offer any OBJ
jectiOns to Count Won BernstOff, for
mer German, Am bassador to the
United States. sitting as a German
peace delegate when the Germans
are finally called in.
The peace delegates have definite
Iy accepted President Wilson :
peace program. in the opinion of
the Matin.
We must not forget" said the
Matin. that President Wilson de-
clared. in effect:
My aim is to prevent new wars.
Here is my system. Have you Il
better one: | am listening.
.As a matter Of fact, his system
was approved when the Conferees
endorsed his plan for disposition Of
the German colonies"
The Echo de Paris foresecs some
difficulty in obtaining ratification Of
the peace settlement.
Ratification of the treaty by the
Paris and london parliaments and
by the WASHINGTON Congress is sure
to be most difficult to accomplish.
the newspaper said. 1t is certain.
too. that the dominion governments
will reopen discussion Of their ter
rItOTIaI ambitions when the time
comes for a definite settlement"
Lesser Powers Have Inning.
Problems Of the lesser allied and
associated powers formed the ground
work Of discussions of the Big Five
of the Peace Conference today.
The tentative agreement between the
Poles and Czechs for administration
of the Teschn district austrian Si-
Iesia) was approved pending terri
tOrial settlement, while instructions
to the allied commission which is to
study the situation in Poland were
approved
Rumanian delegates explained the
claims of their country to the Banat
of Tentesvar.
Text 4 Communique.
The following communique on to-
days discussion was issued this eve
ing:
The President of the United
States of America, the prime min
lister and the foreign ministers of
the allied and associated powers
and the Japanese representatives.
met this afternoon at the Quai
dOrsay from 8 pm. to 6:15 pm.
The conference approved the text
Of the provisional agreement be-
tween the CzechO-Slovaks and the
Poles proposed by the delegates
Of the powers regarding the Tes-
chen austrian Silesia) district
The instructions to be given to
the inter-allicd commission which
is TO proceed to Poland were def
nitely decided upon and approved.
The Rumanian delegates, Messrs,
BratianO and Misu, were then in
troduced. NJ. Bratanio made de-
tailed statement of Rumanian
claims.
The next meeting will take
place on Monday at II am
Russ Situation Serious.
The Russian situation Ioomad
again tonight as one of the biggest
problems before the Peace Confer
enCc
Believed to have been temporarily
disposed of by the associated DOW
crs' proposal for a joint conferenc,
at Prinkipos, the problem was again
thrown into the foreground by the
following events:
The American delegation, backed
by Great Britain, proposed to the
French Government that all allied
troops be withdrawn from Russia
Immediately.
Foreign Minister Pichon, in direcI
opposition to the sentiment contain
ed in this proposal, refused to rec
ognize Jean Longuet. editor of Pop
uiaire, as representative of the
Soviet Government-despit the
fact that the Bolsheviki had re-
Longuet to act in that ca
pacity.
The British are understood to be
planning withdrawal of their own
troops by March, whether the AnnerI-
cans and French take similar action
or not They regard -eYacuations ns