The Washington herald., 1920-04-22
TEUTONS' FATE
In BALANCE AS .
ALLIES BICKER
Situation Grave at San
Reno as French Demand
Show Down. !
SEEK COAL SUPPLY,
Ambassador Johnson Sent
To Conference as I'm /;
Official Observer. /

San Keno, April zI.-Kirk
Killise and Adrianopole, which 81
President Wilson wanted for !.
Bulgaria, are to be given to
Greece, while Bulgaria, de- /.
prIved of the former port of
Dedeagateh, may still use Z
that port which is still to be F.
governed by a commission
composed of one Greek, one
Bulgar, one Briton, one French 4
man and one Italian.
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Service. Special Cable Di.p.seAl
By wYTHE WILLIAMS.
San Reno. April .I.-rhe futur.
OF the uropean entente TODAY
hangs In the balance. as result of
apparent inability Of France ana
Great Britain to find common
ground upon which to force Or
man disarmament and the execu-
tion Of the treaty Of Versailles,
Within the next few days that bal
ance must turn one way or tn.
other.
The chances now are that the
French view will prevail. which
means that foree-even to the ut
termost-msy be used in order that
France may get the coal necessary
Tor her existence Coal has be-
come the crux of the entire situa-
ton. The conference. indeed. goes
through the form Of outlining terms
Of the Turkish treaty. for which
ostensibly Il gathered at San Reno.
but the German situation looks
larger and more threatening.
There were cheerful optimists in
Paris and London who imagined
that harmony would suffer no dis
cord at San Reno. II the French
have their way, it likely will mean
the occupation Of the Ruhr-if not
more.
Admit Situation Grave.
British representatives admit the
gravity of the situation and of their
inability to cope with it. II France
chooses to march alone, she un-
doubtedly will not do it from pref
erence. but in such case there will
be no allied considerations to be
adjusted later on, while admittedly
she could handle the Germans with
greater success now than later.
. IL France acts il is quite likely
she will be able to get away with
IL, for IL England uses her only
available weapon to prevent such
action, cutting of of the coal sup
ply. the French aswer would be
We will get all the coal VIC want
from the Ruhr, that is why we are
going in"
There have been no acts or state
ments made as yet that cannot be
smoothed over or ironed out. There
still is hope OF an amicable settle-
ment, but IL would be folly not TO
admit that the chances for adjust.
ment are less bright than at any
moment since the French troops en-
tered Frankfort
Italy Stand In Doubt.
Italy's position is not entirely
clear. Her need of coal is even
greater than that of Franco. Her
premier has been a close allv of
David Lloyd Gee ~. sad rgs indf-
Gated q willingnt 20 forgive Ger
many as soon as possia.s
The League OF Nations c-rks ina.
today's negotiation with regu~sf
for Information ,enrHrntar prats,s--
tion of minoritics in Turkey and.
admitting il was without resources
asks that the sinews of war or
peace be supplied in the case Of q
mandate over Armenia. Apropos of
Armenia, IL was decided that Ar
menia, while largely divided be-
tween France and Great Britain.
shall have an outlet to the Black
Sea at Batum. but the same shall
he free port shared by two other
republics.
News received here BY Armenian
delegates is to the effect thai new
massacres are under way by tho
Turks which the allied forces have
not been strong enough to prevent.
Copyright, 1880. by Public Ledger Col
4. y. 70 he Represented.
San Reno. April sl.-what vtr-
tually amounts to the death kue.l
of the league OF nations as nov
constituted was sounded by Pre-
mier Lloyd George this morning
when. after having hastily sum-
moned the French and Italian pre-
miers. he delivered an impsssioned
speech hotly denouncing the pres
ent organization of the league as a
time-losing machine likely to en-
danger rather than help the peace
of the world.
President has instructed Ambas-
sador Robert Underwood johnson,
at Rome, TO attend the San Reno
meeting of the Supreme Council as
an unoficial observer. Il was learn
ed yesterday at the state Depart
ment