The Washington times., 1921-01-24

preliminaries, The allied premiers
plunged at once into business. Re-
ports were heard on military matters
from Marshal Foch. Field Marshal
Sir Henry Wilson. of the British i'm
perial general staff, and General Mol
let, head Of the allied control mis-
sion at Berlin.
DRAW UP GERMAN NOTE.
When the afternoon session OPEN
ed, the allies began drawing up a
note to Germany emphasizing the ne
cessity for compliance with the air
clauses OF the treaty of Versailles. 1t
was expected that an agreement
would be reached by the allies on
this question before the afternoon
session ended.
The supreme council took up the
sssa ttsP.- or aGmittipE GerpanS to dis
cussions on indemnity. hut no decis-
Ion was stannouncee..
With the threat of q possible split
between the allies lowering in the
Background, the meeting of the SUI
preme council was formally opened
just before noon today. 1t is the
most important conference OF the
allied premiers since the peace con-
ference. Th e United States ist no
represented.
AFFECTED BY WILSON NOTE.
The sessions began in the same
gorgeously decorated Clock Hall OF
the Quai d'Orsay in which the peace
conference was held.
The chief objects Of the conference
are:
ITO fix German indemnity;
2-To agree upon a scheme to en-
force the disarmament of Germany:
3-To discuss the advisability of
revising the Turkish treaty in view
of the new situation created in the
near east by the return of Constantine
to Athens;
4-To consider a united policy
toward soviet Russia.
MARSHAL FoCH PRESENT.
A new aspect was given to the
Russian discussions by the note of
President Wilson to the League of
Nations asking the great powers to
guarantee Russia from outside mill
tary aggression and to refrain from
giving help to Russia's enemies.
The morning session was brief.
dealing mainly with the order of de-
bate. Premier BRAND presided and
introduced his colleagues, including
Premier Lloyd George OF Great Brit
ain, who once called him "a long
haired lawyer"
1t was considered certain that Ge--
man disarmament will be canvassed
FIRST, followed by indemnity.
The conference was called to order
at 11:15 o'clock. That military
measures arc to be discussed was in
dicated by the presence of Marshal
Foch and Field Marshal Sir Henry
Wilson, chief of the British imperial
general stan.
WILL INVITE GERMANY.
Immediate relief for Austria will be
pressed by Premier Lloyd George. IL
is understood that the French alse
favor AUSTRIAN relief measures as
means of combating unrest which
threatens to sweep the country into
Bolshevism. 1t is probable that steps
will be taken at once to furnish Aus
tria with a loan for the purchase OF
foodstuffs and rave materials.
Although the conference Is primar-
lily an inter-aIlied affair, II was
learned from an authoritative source
that Herr Bergman. chairman of the
German Preparations Commission,
will be invited to give his views TO
the premiers before the end of the
week.
LLOYD GEORGE UNGUARDED.
Premier Lloyd George spent the
night at the Crillon Hotel. occupying
the same suite that had housed Henry
White. OF tho American peace delcga-
tion during the peace conference. I'm
mediately upon his arrival last night
Premier Lloyd George had held a
with Premier BRAND In
dirty little room in the railway sta
tion. IL was marked by the utmost
cordiality on both sides. No special
precautions have been taken to guard
the British statesman at either the
Crillon or the foreign office despite
rumol| of a Sim Fein plot against
his life.
Although there IN a wide disagree
ment between Great Britain and
France over matters relating to Ger
many, the general opinion is that the
conference viii not last longer than
a week.