Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-18
PRESIDENT WILSON
WITH PREM|ERS TO
PRESENT DEMANDS
Plans for Procedure of of
Meeting at Versailles
Are Outlined.
CONFERENCE EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26
Terms Will Be Explained to Hun
Delegates, but Quibbling
Will Be Barred.
ASH FOR DECISION BY MAY 10
German Enjoys to Be. Urged TO Re-
turn From Weimar Within
One Week.
ASH FOR DECISION BY MAY 10
German ENJOYS to Be Urged TO Re-
turn From Weimar Within
One Week.
rsy Associated Pressl


PARIS, April 17-The procedure on
the arrival OF the German picnipoten-
tiaries at Versailles has virtually bccn
decided upon. 1t will be President
wilson and the premiere. who will hold
the hrst meeting and deliver the treaty.
as 1t is not deemed feasible to have
all the allied powers attend the inI.
tial session.
The actual arrival of the Germans
@ for 'GTrsanlies' TyiasN' II is stated. is scheduled
meeting with the President and nd prn rne
miers Will not be held until Saturday
ana may even be deferred until Mon
After the treaty is ACTUALLY deliy-.
cred, It is intended to allow adequate
1ii. .,mg e. Tor the Germans to make in-
before returning to Weimar THIS is
expected to take about two days the
mans mrs5 day To- 5Gng ;desyeted BY me
.,aa .ne terms, and the second day to an
s"er such queries as thcy may make.
Discussion Finished.
sunni rnefS re- IS oi no PURPOSE ito have this as
merely the elucidation Of anyspoinIl.
Mn,en 'snd n may may i, aseist In obtaining prompt
tentiartes return to Weima r. * 8 y 80
tt Is believed the stay Of the .pleni.
potentiaries at tsWeimar win cover q
yereailea eas abSn. bSSinsaag Sagy shso Paek
nendnnt newdeyer is, Is eonjecturaL for ii is dc.
pIsHdoent iIsdons upon the rapidtty of the de-
Premier Lloyd Georges decIarat;on
IN the British Parliament that France
renema eeem sSee OF fen against
hrst authoritative statement that s,ieh
arouses ap the keenest discussion regard. udo
IRnfsettng Rrf,,,ng the United States and Great
rhe Ill, ,rrs - me french reports say that
and @ the semi4o33sst a%Sant t8 an alliance
premier Lloyd Georges langua re ad.
that mi,s taroei ot only p one one meaning; This is
States engage to sustain France in
many y! Gc'-
Claim Alliance Necessary.
nesessary ssen an aMI!iancs Ml is legitimate and
no. no., pronounce such words lightly, and
n II, announcement mn, is singulariy In.
Other French reports describe ~,
guarantees as in tho nature Of casms ms
in, loederis whereby any failure Of Ger
bring &C concertsd rts out sefn, The treaty would
Great Britain and the United states
the ehs s,s eoaneii neil OF four. which framed
settlement. has thus % far m main int Shsns
rigid a silence. except for the generai
'eSfsca,sn Tiscoust e Gbnda MI Lloyd George
delegation. arranged today for his as
9earance before the council Of four on
Win itbruaS vew ON the ne Kiao. .Ghau question,
emma thn which shall be Incorporated in
gates G 6eievs !rsatH That Tns
reached. Whereby China viii ultimsteGSs
control kiao -Chau. with suita bic re-
cosnition or Japan's efforts
Plan Plcnary Session.
\ plenary session of the peace con
ference Will be held two days next
YES WheeH, 81 Wednesday and Thursday, for
nnmber bnrpose Of rsnp oa pinssing upon large
the meeting with the Germans o'e
The drafting OF the final form of the
oedes order tp tpedty n.y. Is preceding rapidly in
they the: arrive arrive at Versailles week hence
an introduction in the form Of ST., !.
protocol. setting forth the complete
list lis ,Sd Of belligerent powers taking par.
with the designation OF pienipotan-
taries of each country and with their.
Then comes declaration OF i'm
presSive brevity,. not exceeding thirty
words stating that on the conclusion
ratifications. the war shall come 10 an
VIII Study Covenant.
Following upon the declaration OF
Geisa Geaee the present intention of the peace
the league of nations occupy the place
OF honor in the treaty and to be the
first subject treated in detail II will
thus take the priority 1t had in the
prog ram Of the peace conference
!nen, in succession, will follow the
military. naval and aerial terms, re-
paTations. responsibilities. the Rhine
frontier. tho Saar region. Aisace-
Lorraine: Poland. the status OF Danzis :
as an International port. Germany's
Schleswig Holstein frontier and a large
number Of special subjects including
last pienary, session of the conference;
international ports and waterways. and
extended economic and financial pro.
visions not directly connected with
reparations. The text form OF ali
these subdivisions has been completed,
50 that the work at present going on
is chiefly fitting together the parts
into a homogeneous whole This Is be- i
ing done by International experts re-
presenting the FIVE great powers Their
work is largely formal, as the council
of -four and the commissions have
adopted the language OF the various
parts now being lifted together.
Treaty Hns 10000 Words.
1t is estimated that the treaty as a.
whole will exceed 10000 words. or this
contents OF large, closely printed
volume. The text rs being prepared
in French and English, and as a rieans
OF expediting action. German text
may be prepared, though 1t is forsscen
that the German plenipotentiaries msya
ask for considerable. time to peruxs
a document Of such ,hasni,pde. sse