Show SERBIA HEARD AT CONFERENCE 1 Permanent i rUI f Armistice Will il e Preliminary Steps to Final Pact I tho Associated Associate d Paris Feb IS U By By Press The The he s supreme preme council of oC lh tho 1 great groat r at powers today heard the portrayal portray portray- al of oC Serbia's 1 claims Some Somo of oC the r representatives rep p of or t the t council however remained away away- feeling that tho lire time lIm for 10 talk was past and that the tho present presen t need was action for tUI getting gelling back to a peace basis This movement mo Is taking form In th tho most responsible British American Italian and Fr Trench French quarters and promIses prom prom- promises lees to yield definite results within t tho next few Cew days Tho first stage atago e will u uin UI In the permanent armistice plan which Marshal arshal Foch och will present within s a i fortnight taking the place of oC th tho e term short armistice announced yes yesterday yesterday These Theo permanent terms will be lh th th preliminary steps toward peace t n and will bo ho Incorporated Into the tho peace trat treaty to follow folio This will bring a peace treat treaty measurably ly within sight liy I- Summer Thc life present prospect Is the first draft of or five thc or six ls l's provisions provisions pro pro- visions w which rich will be rea ready when President President Pres Pru- ident Wilson returns March 15 so o that early earh action can bo he secured by the tho full Cull conference and the enemy powers can bo be called In by bt April The peace congress congress congress con con- gress with all the powers represented would thus be constituted b by late Inte spring and give o prospect of oC the conclusion conclusion conclusion sion of a permanent peace treaty by bythe bythe the the- early eaily days das of oC summer The rhe principal feature Is German Gorman disarmament disarmament disarmament dis dis- armament down to the requirements o of an International police not ex exceeding twenty five divisions of oC about or 1000 men each cach or 01 a total force of oC approximately men Other restrictions re restrictions re- re will cover el production of ot armament of oC all kinds kind and tho the complete complete com com- disappearance o of the enemy's Term Tennis Await The naval terms while jointly agreed reed to b by experts have havo not yet been approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by the tho war council It Is understood un- un understood un un- I tho the agreement concerning dismantling of oC tho the fortifications of ot I oland and of oC the Kiel carnal will have havo some reservations from American Ameri l I can quarters so as not nut to establish precedent for tho the of oC I canals and waterways wholly within I American national boundaries such ashell as ns asHell I Hell Gate the Cape Cod canal and the system of canals running parallel with I the tho Atlantic coast line The Tho Panama Panama canal has not como up during the discussions but suitable reservations will be made mado so 60 that no precedent Is 19 established that will Ill bo be applicable to this waterway The dismantling dismantling dismantling dis dis- mantling of oland reservations will it Is 1 believed cd have In view the establishment of oC precedent against t ti I fortifications of oC islands lying along I the American coast which are regarded as part of oC the coast defenses After hearing the Serbs erbs toda today their I claims were referred to a commission with tho the exception of oC tho the Is issue with J Ita Italy on the tho eastern Adriatic on which negotiations still proceed i Albanians Ask For National Rights b Paris Feb 18 A 18 A memorandum on claims calms of oC Albania has alas been presented to the peace conference The Albanians asked the conference to acknowledge their rights which It Is said wore sacrificed Berlin In-Berlin in Berlin In 1878 an and in London London Lon Lon- don doh In 1913 It Is la recalled that the Albanians re revolted revolted revolted re- re at tho the beginning of ot the war ar against a government under control of ot the central powers and that they permitted pcr- pcr milled the retiring Serbian army to reach tho the Adriatic In 1915 I I The Albanians claim all territory given Montenegro Serbia and Greece I after atler the London conference of oC 1913 and ind assert that most of ot tho the people In Inhabiting In- In habiting those territories are Alba Mba Reparation for damage done ono In Albania by the tho Greeks and b by central powers powers' armies also Is asked c by the thc Albanian Al- Al banian n government go The Iho Italian peace delegate deles according accordIng accord- accord Ing ng to an official note has Informed I Ithe the secretary of oC the conference that It ft I cannot accept tho the proposal for tor arbitration arbi- arbi ration of oC Italian an and Slav Jugo-Slav clangs claims In n Dalmatia as urged by the tho Jugo Jugo- slavs Sa I 0 |