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BACK IN COUNCIL
Allies Worried by U. S. Threat
to WithjraW.
WILSON'S PLANS UHDISClOSEO
Council of Four Approves Clause to
Make Enemy Countries Pay All
Losses Due to War-Ex-kaiser to be
Tried For Starting War.

Paris, April 1O-The ordering of the
George Washington to France has
given the world something to specu-
late about.
The question asked here is. rs the
action of the president in ordering his
transport like that of the Germans in
ordering the Panther to proceed to
Agalir?' The answer is. Yes
This query and the answer are
stupid. Both indicate the movement
as a bluff and when you bluff you
shouldn't say so. The French and
English are taking the action as bluff
and profess not to know what it is
about and apparently are leaving the
next move to President Wilson.
1t is somewhat embarrassing when
you pull a gun to make people act and
they leave it to you to shoot.
The responsibility of the German
emperor for the war and the means
for bringing him to trial by one OF
the allied governments, probably Bel
giun, have been determined by the
council of four.
The agreement on responsibilities
for the war IS understood TO nave
been a compromise between divided
reports presented by the commission
of which Secretary Lansing is chair
man. There was a practical agree
ment on the general responsibility of
the German emperor for bringing on
the war, but division occurred on
to Justice before an international tri-
bunal
President Wilson met with the pre-
miers Tuesday afternoon for the first
time since he became i'll.
1t was not indicated whether the
president made any reference to the
summoning of the George Washington.
president Wilson has been absent
from the council of four since last
Thursday, having been ordered To bed
because of a severe cold on the even
ing of that day by his physician, Rear
Admiral Grayson. In the interval it
became known that he had summoned
the transport George Washington to
return to France as speedily as pos
sible. 1t was rumored that he plan
ned to quit the peace conference un-
less satisfactory peace on the basis
of the fourteen points were speedily
arranged)
The text of the reparatiOns clause
as finally approved by the council of
four specifies that enemy countries
must admit responsibility for all loss
and damage to allied and associated
nations and their citizens due to un-
juStifiable aggression. An inter-allied
commission will assess enemy coun-
beginning May 1, 1921. when Germany
must make an initial payment of five
billion dollars. Germany is to pay all
the expenses of the commission and
its staff during the thirty years.
The return of President Wilson to
the council of four and the progress
made on various questions seemed to
remove much of the tension which eX-
listed in conference circles and to lead
to the renewed confidence in an early
and satisfactory conclusion.
While the Americans repeatedly re-
affirm their belief that considerable
progress has been made in the last
three days, one member remarked:
st is not a bad idea 10 have the
ship at Brest ready for the return"
q, .;, l. of n1a
CATION are working with the entente
delegation. which is maxi prepara
tion at Versailles for tie reception of
the German delega'es and the actual
signing of the treaty. Various Ameri-
can experts with the subcommisSiOn
are working day and night arranging
the Ir."ortS Of those bodies, apparent
ly without intimation of any possible
break in the proceedings.
Ignace Jan Paderewski. the Polish
Premier, was summoned before the
co:lncil of four to present the claims
of Poland. He will urge that Dantzig
be given to Poland, and that Poland
must have the coal fields of Teschen,
Silesia, upon which, ii is said, Polish
industry depends.
The Polish question, including the
status of Dantzig, is understood to be
nearing settlement on the basis of in
of the city.
DantZig as a free port avoids the
necessity of recognizing the claims of
either Poland or Germany. while the
former will have Il corridor TO the
Baltic to the limits of the internation-
lied town.
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