New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
FOch to March
On Berlin if
Germans Balk
Refusal to Sign Treaty to
BE Signal for a General
Advance Along the Rhine,
Declares ''London News"

LONDON, March 31.-"The Evening
News" says it understands that reliable
information has been received in Lon
don that in case the German delegates
refuse to sign the peace treaty Marshal
Foch has authority to order a general
Rhine.
Germany, according to information
arriving recently from that country,
will not sign the treaty unless it is
based upon "the fourteen points of
President Wilson," with Germany in
terpreting the fourteen points. Ger
many, well-informed observers declare,
is banking on the fact that should the
renewal of the war become a necessity
the Allied armies would refuse to fight.
This is exactly the thought entertained
hy Trotzky at Blest-Litovsls wien he
proclaimed his mo peace ard no war;
policy.
Surrender To Reds" Forecast
If Foch should order an advance all
along the Rhine into Germany and oc
cupy Berlin it would result, there seem
rea son to suppose, in the surrender by
the German sovernmen. to the Boil
shev;k According to a statement
made by the late Kurt Eisner, ar the
Berne congress, the Bolsheviki are
still in touch with the OLD German gen
eral staff Eisner declared he had
proof to that effect among documents
at the Bavarian Foreign Office
The Department OF the German For
elgn Office having charge OF the peace
negotiations has reached decision as
TO It's attitude toward the negotiations,
a German wireless message says. The
department has decided the German
government should act only in accord
ance with President Wilson's fourteen
points.
PARIS, March 81 {By the Associated
Press president Wilson and the AL
he'd Premierc conferred throughout to-
lay, in the morning at the "Whitc
House" and in the afternoon at the
War Office
They went over the method for pay
ment Of reparations by Germany with
their financial advisers in the morn
ing, and in the afternoon discussed
questions with Marshal Foch,
who presented the French position re-
garding the left bank OF the Rhine.
Later the foHign ministers of the five
great powers were called in to discuss
;he situation resulting from the Hun
yarian revolutions.
Vital Disaster Pending
The probability that importani final
decisions will be taken this week by
the peace conference conferrees is
pointed ou- b. the French press.
Dwelling upon the French claims the
newspapers reiterate their arguments
hat these are just and legitimate and
absolutely necessary for the safety of
France and likewise of the world
The Echo de Paris" claims 20 know
That IN order 20 assure the security of
the French frontier it viii be made I
obligatory upon Germany to destroy
her forts or the right bank of the !
Rhine, with the Allies occupying the /
eft bang until the war indemnity is /
,aid. Regarding the indcmnitiss the
sXper,s, the newspaper continues, have
omitted the impossibility of Ger
nanys paying enormous amounts dur !
ng the next two years The news
paper says it understands that the
payments required will be on rising
scale yearly, each of the Allies 10 re- !
:eivc its share either in cash CT various
products.
special committee has been ap-
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