The Washington herald., 1920-02-11
Former Crown Princes
Offer viii Be Refused,
Diplomats Here Predict

ito discuss their participation In th'
Permanent Court OF Internationa
Justice
This court is provided for by Arti
Gle XIV of the league OF nation
covenant and Is said to be one o
President Wilson's pet institu
tons" Certain sections OF tn
French press regard this maneuve
as a suggested compromise OF tn
present difficulty between German!
and the allies.
King Geurge avoided all rcferenc'
to the war crime" controversy 81
his address 10 Parliament from tn
throne. This avoidance Is dipIo
matically construed here as reveal
ing England's Willingness to modif,
her own position and ask Italy an'
France for change.
signiseasee Of Threat.
Capital diplopaatists tried to Civ
concrete expression to the forme
crown princes abstract threa
against the allies. They generaII
agreed that he threatened n Russo
German alliance. as earlier dis
patches from Berlin indicated.
Polish opinion particularly is c"n
WINGED of rapprochement betweer
Russia and. Germany. There hav
been signs of 1t for a long time. |
is insisted. England's desire 70
peace with Soviet Russia has heel
| largely formed by this Russo-Ger
man tendency. Polish fJicnds Tel
me.
King Georges speech is prett.
generally characterized as a peac
J speech for internal and eXterna
consumption. His appeal for peac
, in Eastern Europe and Russia fol
lows the trend Of Georgian policy
,, 1t is at bottom a triumph for Brit
ish labor. but Lloyd George. unlik
the minister OF war. Churchill. will
fnd its navor satisfying his owl
taste
The Korean Revolution.
Koreans in the Capital regard th'
present revolution in Korea as 4;
welI-organized and general move
ment TO destroy Japan's domina
tion of their country. In the Korcar
army. Russians and Chinese hav.
united with the Koreans IN tn,
common undertaking OF driving gu
the Japanese.
The report that the Japanese have
already evacuated northern Eore;
I is believed here to he the forerunne
of more important announcements
The provisional president Of tn,
Korean republic" is now at Wash
ington. Koreans ridicule the lap
snese allegation that Japan q
threatened with BoIshevism and sa,
Japan is merely seeking excuse 70
fresh imperialistic adventures"
Indications are that the Bolshevik
have seized upon the Korean revol
: to divert Japan's attention from
Siberia. Menaced bv expulsion. tn,
Japanese are rumored to have lootet
their Siberian holdings in whoIesaI,
fashion.
Unofficial information. reachin.
here today. indicate that shipment
from Soviet Russia have airead,
been inaugurated from Reval. Reva
is seaport city of Esthonia. whicl
recently made peace with Moscow
Meanwhile. in preparation for t
! program of commerce Lenin is aim
| ing at immediate and unhindere,
control Of all the open ports o
Russia.
! NO Aliens Need Apply"
\ bill with a story has just beer
introduced in the French parliament
The measure is framed to bar alien
from the hotel business in France
! The Germans and Swiss are natura
hotel keepers. and in pre-war time
German hotels encircled the allie,
countries like links in a long chain
! These German hosteIries wer
often centers of German espionag
and intrigue, like the Palace Hote
at Rome, which was closed by tn
Italian government during the wal
French craftsmanship is aiming tn
I proposed legislation at this phns
of the German system" bu
France is undoubtedly looking else
where. too.
For some time American capital
! lists have been examining or buy
ing up suitable French sites 70
hotel purposes. Guided by tn
dream of an endless tourist trad
: from America. they are said to hav
already acquired historic location
along the American battle fronts
/ The thrifty Frenchman has finall,
awakened to the situation and ha
set abodt to monopolize his coun
try's hotel business.