Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-24
MATTERS OF WORLD
IMPORT SUBJECTS
COUNCIL OF ALLIES
Meeting in Paris Today Second
in interest TO Framing OF
Versailles Treaty.
PREPARATIONS MAly TOPIC


BY hssociassd Press 70 Every 3. eninr
Paris. Jan. 4--Representauge- of
Great Britain. France. Italy. EelFlur
and Japan gathered hero foday foT
conference which seeined second in f1
portance only - that pfecedlnr Co..
signing of tho treaty - rerssilcs. thr
principal figures ~ the meeting rrf.
David Lloyd George Prime rillffr
snd Aristioe BRAND. vino iast week ts
sumed ne post ~ President ~ fH.
council of the French FeputI1 I
importance The questions fo br seftf.
ranked a. foiioys
Reparsfions. cisarn1a nsenf ~ Ce-
many enforcement Or alteration ~ if
treaty with Turkey. relief for tuafra
and policies % be pursued ri leanr.
win Russia. an ~ fhfr were ave-.
tions on which the dITerent parfie nsf.
nations were more 0r IeFa di. faf a..
me settlernent n 'ehlch esa ee-r
with great concern
Arrangements for fhe arrs raar'.
this morning contemplated fier aerie.
~ German disa arrnsnnerf ls aIrfa arr
tary experts, who arc unds4at0rf
nave agreed on o rcsoiuflcr vhIth
would grant short periof ~ grace
Germany in which execute tha engage
rnenfz she made ~ ths Spa coufarerr.
The program Tor the day 1lso raraf
for consideration ~ coaI deHverias
This business 0nce out ~ rho VS..
the conference would ~ free - aeves
All ~ time - the question 20 rar.uf.
tons, which evidently was ne nnef .r..
portsnt ~ come before The rle.t. .r..
and upon which much Depended
The situation thar aruse ir Cre..
following the return 81 rorHfanffra IN.
Athens also seemed - have = dire
bearing on the conference f - M
secret that F'rance would urf raafs.
alteration - tho treaty ~ aerrrs ar.l
there has been q rlnnnref desire rs fn.
part of the allies - deal directly s.ffh
Turkish National governments 81 Az
mems she made ~ fhe Sna rrrfararn-
Appeals from the roverfiraerr ~ rH.
Austrian republic referring = -rfrf..nf
situation 81 Vienns were ready t..iar
for Submission 20 the allied rarreaanfa-
mental collapse in Austria win ra
sequel of anarchy ard Folahavirfn "
realized in every af3ed canifal srf
some means ~ granting aaslusnrr fn
Austria. i - believed. must n~ devi su.i
before the conference cinsea
The session began az 1f.zn a n ft
: D. IA. the councii adioUrned after har-
INK devoted nsariy an fhe tine ~ lfs
fsrst scssscn 70 hearing Slsrzi4Al Fosh
4 Field Marshal STR 9eurv Hughes rFr.
son of the British imperial 4txr rr-a
( General Maurice Nou@f hend ~ tr.
French military mission n Berlin. nr
the disarmament question
Constantinople. Ian. 22.-A -anrgg-.|
er~rfr rrags~ : -.
BY the Allies 70 imminent. THE a-rer.
/ Allied representative have nnriard fn.
\ Grand Vizier OF the measures taey uur
/ pose to take
+ Franco British reinforcements VA
( be quartered in public buildings rauuisi.
toned in stamboul. where already thers
are several thousand inter Auiso
forces.
II is considered thai the trnous az
required 20 guard against rhreatenes
disorder, owing 70 the presence of foi.
lowers of MGstapha Nemsl P1sha. fn.
nationalist leader. and Bolsherlk sIf.
ments and the failure % the TURKS n
ratify the reace treaty. rne latter
situation Is deemed a big faction in ,h,
Allied decision.
There are nov upwards - 100000 Tor.
mer Russian and Turkish soldier
sleeping in mosques. cellars and ruu'
OF the city. They are ackinE in foo,
and clothing and IL is recoEnizsd tha
they are a potential menace % rh,
enormous stores OF foodstuffs and cloth
ing in the warehouses.
There seems 20 ne little fear thsf th.
Allies viii lose control of the sitlatloI
unless tSs Kemalists advance. or U
the remote contingency q fhe nlucf
advertised Bolshevfk sprinE camnaiC-
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