The sun., 1919-04-20
Enemy Expected to Seek
Controversy on Basis of
Fourteen Points.
DELAY TO BE OPPOSED
Chief Fear in Paris Is That
Exercise of Force Will
Be Needed.
BIG TASK FOR SENATE
Will Have Only 60 Days to
Ratify Treaty and Alliance
Protecting France.
BIG TASK FOR SENATE
ny LAURENCE HILLS.
Stdr Correspondent Of TIE sUS

Copyright, 1912: all rights reserved
PARIS, April 19.-President Will
son has decided that he will con-
verse personally with the German
peace delegates when they arrive at
Versailles on Friday Of next week,
whether he will allow himself to b.
drawn into controversy with them rs
to how far he has carried out his
i fourteen points.
1t is realized that German diplo-
macy now has President Wilson as Its
objective and the fourteen points "a
the basis of its strategy. Americans
here regard IT as unfortunate that
through the newspapers the people OF
Europe have come to believe that the
peace treaty will be signed by May
| 15. The French particularly are
fostering this idea and are PLANNING
great celebration, with triumpha
parades.
The Presidents close advisers will
not hazard even a guess when the
document will be signed, as they real
ize that the Allies and associated
Powers have been underestimat ting.
the time required to draw the treaty
and keen disappointment has bsen
caused.
Pressure May he Applied.
Chief interest here now is centred
upon the arrival Of the Germans and
upon the possibility that they Will re
fuse to sign the treaty. In this con-
nection all the French newspapers re
print to-day the interview by Karl Fl.
Won Wiegand, the staff correspondent
OF THE Sun In Berlin, with Count Won
Brockdorff- Rantzau. the German For
eign Secretary, in which the latter as
serts that Germany will not sign a
treaty which deprives her of the Saar
Valley, and contends that while many
OF the fourteen points have been v1o-
lated the grossest of such violations
is the disposition Of the Saar district.
Most OF the newspapers give these
assertions a great display.
Tie Council Of Four has considered
what they will do II the Germans re-
fuse TO sign or reject any Of the
clauses of the treaty, as they threaten
TO do. It Is pointed ont that the as
sociated Powers have three means OF
applying pressure in that contingency,
any one or all Of which may he re-
sorted to with the certainty Of sue
cess. They are
!, The instant stoppage Of rs-
victualling. now amounting b
100000 tons Of food a month. Of
which Germany already is begiu-
ming to feel the benefit.
Q. Restoration of the absolute
blockade which prevailed during
the last year Of the war, closing
Germany up tight
3. An order from Marshal Foch
to the British, American and
French armies of occupation to
advance eastward into Germany
from their present zones.
Resistance Not Expected.
The report of Marshal Foch for
the military occupation Of parts of
Germany, or all of il II necessary. has
not yet been presented, hut the Paris
newspapers assert tonight that no
has taken measures looking toward
such an cvpntuaiity. No ono here
believes The reports that Germany IS
planning military resistance. What
plainly Is feared is another Brest
Litovsk affair,
, In that event the associated Powers
/ would have to forcGo two of their
means of pressure and resort to the
third. the use OF armed forces, as tho
p Germans were compelled to do by the
Russians attitude Of non-rcsistancc
after Brest-Litovsk Apparently the
; German propaganda on this subjec
is designed 10 frighten tho Allies and
! at The same tim" to satisfy public
t opinion in Germany.
France Dcfers obiIiEation.
, With the Germans due in Versailles
in six days pause has come IN the
demohil!ZhtiO of tho French army 4
the classes from 1907 to 1919 remain
, under arms. The Government has no.
E published It's decision in regard ~
rehabilitation and IIntrdrsi1edni
! says 1t will not until the Germans
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