Republican farmer., 1919-05-23
AUSTRIANS WILL OFFER VOUCHERS ON MONDAY NEXT Indemnity For Austrians One Twentieth That Huns
 Must Pay. ITALY GIVES UP
 THE DODOCANESE Pope Has Been Asked to Take Steps to Mitigate
 Peace Conditions.
By The Associated Press. )

tBy The ASSOC1ateO fTeSS.D
 The exchange of credentials between the Austrian peace delegation and the representa- lives of the Allied and Associat- ed Powers will take place on Monday next. The function is set for 3:3O D. m.
 The peace treaty with Austria has been further whipped into shape, and it was made known today that an in- demnity of 5,OOo,ooo,ooo gold marks would be demanded from Austria in the document. This means a sum of approximately s1,250. 100000 or one- twentieth of the s25, 900, 100000 Ger many Is required to pay.
 The Italians have requested that the Austrian treaty provide for the re- turn to Rome of the many priceless art treasures taken by Austria as booty in previous wars
 Important developments have oc- cured in connection with the efforts to settle the Italian problem before the Paris peace conference PTina- rily the Italians have agreed to relin- Quish their claims upon the Dodoca- nese islands off the coast of Asia Mi- nor in favor of Greece.
 Italy has been claiming these is- lands by virtue of treaty rights ac- quired after the ItaIio-Turkish war. although the islands are largely Greek in population. The settlement of this controversy is regarded as a long step toward the solution of the Italian problem as a whole, and the confer he leaders are being continued today with a hopeful tone prevailing the re- ports of the discussions.
 Pope Benedict has taken steps to communicate with the head of one of the most i'm nportant delegations at the peace conference in an effort to secure a revision of the terms of the treaty of peace, according to a despatch from Rome.
 The pontiff, it is said. was begged to take this step by the Catholic pre- lates of Germany, it being reported yesterday that Cardinal Hartmann of Cologne had appealed to the Vatican. Whom the pope will address is not in dicated in the despatch.
 In the meantime. in Berlin an i'm mense throng gathered at the Reich stag building on Thursday and adopt ed resolutions denouncing the treaty which Germany is asked to sign. In Hamburg, the same day, a crowd gathered outside the headquarters of the American mission in that city and carried a demonstration against the treaty.
 The Hungarian press bureau at Budapest, according to a news agen- fI @ Q raceint of a Russian Soviet telegram that the Uk- rainian Red Army has defeated the RumaDiaus, who are fleeing along the Dliester river front. It is in this region that the Russian Rolshevik forces have been trying to force their way through to Hungary.
 Paris, May 17-Allied naval forces were landed at Smyrna on Wednes- day, it developed in advices received today from the Near East. where military moves are being made in an- ticipation of the making of peace with Turkey.
 All the forts and strategic points at Smyrna were taken possession of by nightfall.
 The movement was directed by the Peace Conference as precautionary measure for the maintenance of or der.
 London. May IA British fleet is anchored outside of Memel, East Prussia, close to the Russian frontier and the British are expected to occu- py the place in a few days. accord ding to a Copenhagen despatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Co. quoting Berlin advices.
 Berlin Friday. May 16-(Via Co., penhagen)-The German govern ment has arranged for a plebiscite if the Allies refuse to make concessions in the treaty of peace. according 10 the Zeitung am Mittag.