New-York tribune., 1920-01-27
Experts
Scan Problem
OF Ex-Kaiser
Conclusions OH Hollands
Refusal to Surrender
Him To Be Submitted
to Council Next Week
Jugo-Slavs Given Time
Polish Minister Suggests
That Bolshevik Menace
Be Referred to Foch

PARIS, Jan. 26.-The reply TO the
refusal of the Dutch government to
comply with the demand of the Allies
for the surrender Of former Emperor
William of Germany was the first sub
ject taken up at the initial meeting
this morning of the council Of ambas-
sadors created to carry on the unfin-
| ished routine work Of the Supreme
Council Of the peace conference, which
disbanded last week. 1t was decided
that the French legal experts available
| should go into all the aspects of the
case and prepare the reply, which prob
ably will be submitted for approyal
OF the council at the beginning Of next
week.
The discussion of the, council did not
disclose the trend Of opinion among
/ the members further than that it ap-
peared to be the view that the legal
phase OF the question had become the
chief one.
The council was presided over by
Premier Millerand. Hugh c. Wallace,
the American Ambassador, was present
with the other members of the body.
tradition question the council decided
to give the representatives OF the Jugo-
Slavs four days additional time to re-
ply regarding the proposed compromise
on the Adriatic question. including the
disposition of Fiume This carries the
question along until Wednesday.
Ambassador Wallace said the United
States had considered and approved
the scheme for the distribution among
the Allies of the German shps to be
broken up.
1t had previously been agreed that
Italy and France, in consideration of
the fact that they were unable to build
during the year, should keep five cruis-
ers apiece. subsequently provision
Of the Treaty of Versailles was discov-
cred specifying that such vessels must
be dismantled Italy and France wished
TO keep them intact, but the council
ruled that the provision must be OBJ
served.
The council received 1ettcr from
Stanislaus Patek, the Polish Minister
Of Foreign Affairs, calling attention to
the possibility of strong aggressive
movement by the Bolshevik against
Polish territory, and recommending
that plan be adopted for defensive
measures. The letter asked that the
question be called to the attention of
Marshal Foch. The council will give
the letter further consideration.
The council also had before it a note
from the German plenpotcntiaries
raising certain points regarding the
makeup Of the boundary commissions
provided for by the Treaty of Yer
sailles. The questions were raised by
the Germans because of the non-ratif
cation of the treaty by the United
States and the consequent lack of
American members on the commissions +
as provided for by the peace document. !
The absence of the Americans also
raised question as to the presidency
of the commissions to control the
plehiscite in the Teschen territory. on
the CzechoS Slovak frontier 1t was sug-
gested that the French member would
act, pending the qualification of the
American member through the ratfica-
tion of the pact. should such action be
taken by the United States govern
ment.
The Reparations Commission to-day
held its first session under the presi- |
dency of Charles c. A. Jonnart, in a
German-owned scquestrated hotel in
the Champs Elysees. The commission E,
is now hard at work on the problems
delegated to it by the peace conference,
and is holding long sessions daily, and
sometimes twice daily.