, 1919-05-01

mitted later only by vote, like the en-
envy nations. If she chose to, remain
aloof from the league, the strength
and value of that association would
be greatly impaired, according to some
authorities. In political circles in
Rome 1t was predicted that Orlando
n Sonnino would offer their resig-
nations to the parliament and would
be unanimously confirmed in the ten
ure of their Offices. The king lost no
time in wiring his absolute approval
of the course they were pursuing in
Paris, and they were given ardent sup
port by the Italian press and by pub
lie demonstrations.
Italy already is in possession of
Fiume as well as the Dalmatian coast
territory h claims, and declared she
intended to hold them, by force If nee
essary. In such case the league of ma
tons could not act militarily because 1t
does not yet exist. Nor would any
Of the allied nations take up arms
against Italy, according to opinion in
Paris. 1t vas believed there hat If
either Great Britain or France took
ciuSS Will 1tdly III lHc ulopuLc, llC
United States might withdraw from
the conference and make a separate
peace with the enemy countries.
1t was reported that Italy was hur-
rying more troops to Fiume, and the
early opening of hostilities between
them and the J~ugo-Slavs there and at
other points was freely predicted.
Closely resembling the Adriatic is
sue, and scarcely less difficult Of solu-
ton, was the matter of Kiau-C hau, for
Japan relies on secret agreements
with Great Britain, France and Italy
to support her claim to the concessions
in Shantung which were held by the
Germans. The council, reduced to
three by Orlando's detection, gave
much time last week to this contro-
versy, but its conclusions, If any were
reached, were not known at the time
of writing.
1t appears that the peace treaty will
not be ready for the signatures of the
Germans so soon as had been expect
ed, because of the long task of com
pleting the drafting, and as the Ger
man government announced its dele
gates would not arrive at Versailles
as early as former plans contemplated.
The treaty may be presented to them
piecemeal, so that 1t can be signed
about May 10. In that case peace
would be effective throughout the
world about July Is, for a clause will
| no t-.arfal rrapf1i-x that tha -a,t
shall go into effect go days after 1t is
signed. The German party, headed by
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau, will
include about rs persons. 1t is the
present plan to keep them virtually In
communicate at Versailles, but both
the Germans and the American corre-
spondents are protesting against this.
The first Of General Haller's .divi-
sions, transported through Germany by
train, began to arrive in Poland last
week, to the great ~contentment of that
rather hard-pressed country. The Poles
and Czecho- Slovaks will be required to
settle between themselves their dis
pute over the Teschen mining region.
Polish forces %recaptured wilma, the
Lithuanian railway center, from the
b%Olsheviki.
Bolshevism and communism had a
hard week of 1t. The Russian soviet
First army surrendered to Ukrainian
troops under General Petlura in the
region of Homel, giving up large stores
Of munitions, and a few days later the
Ukrainians drove the bolsheviki out Of
Kiev. being aided by man. of their
prisoners, who volunteered to serve
against their former comrades. Along
the Plethora river the ~bolshevist
troops were driven far back by the
loyal Russians and Siberians, who
were not far from a junction with the
allied forces in the Archangel district.
The latter had several successes and
took much material. and they were
Joined by numerous deserters. In
southeastern Russia, in the region of
Uralsk, the Ural Cossacks, apparently
acting In conjunction with Admiral
Kolchak's %Siberians, forced the bolshe-
wiki to retire a long way to the north.
Bella Kun and his soviet government
of Hungary seemed approaching their
end, and there were limitations that
that leader was ready to retire In IA
vor Of the socialists. Roumania, act
ing under the instructions Of the allies,