Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-14
Only Remaining Question Is
Disposition Of Bohemian
Boundary.
FRANCE GAINS HER
POINT IN WEST
poseien Of Rhine Valley to Bs Made
Buffer State Similar to Luxembourg,
With League Of Nations haxing
General isdietion-Premisr Glenn.
eneeau's Proposals at First Misun-
dsrstood.
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british Wireless Service.1
London, April 1a.-The main items Of
peace with Germany have been SUBJ
stantially agreed upon by the council
OF four. the Paris correspondent of the
Sunday Observer says no understands.
The only problem which they have not
yet approached Is that or the B0hem-
ian border, he says. This problem, he
points out, is an intricate one, as it
raises the question as to whether
considerable humber OF Germans must
be included in the Czecho- Slavic state.
''As for the other points concerning
the German border" continues the cor
respondent, 1T seems that it only re-
mains now to decide upon some minor
questions. The question Of Danzig will
very likely be settled by setting up
kind of autonomy state in that dis
trict, while including it in the Polish
customs area.
AS for the Saar valley, the corre-
spondent says he understands that
President Wilson has definitely agreed
to the proposal originated by Lloyd
George which essentially consists In
giving France ownership Of the coal
mines while making the Saar district
a neutral state under the guarantee OF
the league Of nations. The questions OF
reparation and Of disarmament In the
Rhine region, no says, seems also to
have been more or less settled in their.
broad outlines. Moreover, he points
out, the covenant Of the league Of ma
tions has been redrafted, zone Of the
main amendments consisting in recog-
nition of the Monroe doctrine ~ being
in confosmi1y with the princiDle Of the
league"
clemsneeau Misun4efsteod.
The correspondent continues:
whether the treaty will be ready
by Easter is Of course, another ques-
ton. The important fac. Is, however,
that the council of four seems to have
agreed on all the fundamental points.
This is q distinct improvement.
On the subject Of the western bor-
der OF Germany, the correspondent
states he has it on good authority that
Premier Clemenceau's main object has
been from the first day Of the confer
ence to pave the way to a settlement
that SHOULD be entirely based on that
idea of right which since 1870 has oeen
embodied in Alsace-L Lorraine, ana
that the settlement OF the Czecho-
Slavic question should be entirely ac-
ceptable to the English speaking DEM
ocracies.
Those who believed he would try
to annex to France the whole.or part
OF the left bank Of the Rhine entirely
misunderstood his Intention the cor
respondent declares.
.Truly, when the question OF the
western boundary Of Germany came
in before the council OF four he asked
at first for q rectification Of the from
tier which would amount to re-estab-
fishing the French border Of 1914. To
understand such demand 1t must be
recalled that the comparatively small
district extending between the border
Of 1870 and the border Of 1914 in
cludes places such as sarrelouts. where
50 per cent Of the inhabitants are said
to be in favor Of reunion with France.
"Still as objection was raised In
side the council Of four that such
step might be interpreted as amount
ing to annexation, the French gov
crnment made 1t clear on March %
that. it did not want to maintain It's
demand il Great Britain and America
deemed it to be Objectionable. Since
that date the French government has
confined itself to claiming that the
coal OF the Saar valley was due to
France as q part Of the reparation.
To Establish Buffer State:
4 "This principle was agreed to by all
parties, as It is recognized that the
transfer Of the mines is but inadequate
compensation for the havoc deliberate
ly wrought In northern France by the
Germans. The solution Of the Saar
problem was suggested last week by
Mr.. Lloyd George Ut consists In Civ
ing the Saar a kind of autonomy very
much resembling that Of Luxemburg.
Under such q scheme the local author
ties would remain free from any in
terferenqe on the part OF either the
French or the German administration,
the political status Of the district be-
Ing, besides, guaranteed by the league
81 nations. That suggestion was care
fully worked out by subcom-
mittee The scheme was laid before
the council Of four early last week and
heartily supported by Mr.. Lloyd
George.
THINK REpR2FTT WILL DO.
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