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Show Tfl PflWiPF I U UUIl y LilL C 1 C 1 E S S II ! Special Session to Be Called. About Middle of Month or Possibly Before That Time. Official Summons - May Be Cabled Prior to Mr. Wilson's Return From the Paris Conference, i PARIS, March SI. (By tho Associated Asso-ciated Press.) A special session of both houses of tho American congress probably will be called to assemble about the middle of May, the date w hen President Wilson hopes to return to the. United States. ; It is possible that if tho trcuiy of peace is sufficiently advancod to warrant war-rant such a course, a special session of the senate may be called even earlier . to afford it opportunity to deal with i this subject before being called upon ' I to direct its attention to other impor- : j tant matters, chief of which will bo j financial affairs. It is hold to be unnecessary for President Presi-dent Wilson to be in Washington when , the call for such a special session is is i sued, for this may bo cabled from Paris in advance of his departuro from France. !; MAY TOUR AMERICA : ' IN BEHALF OF LEAGUE. Mr. Wilson, however, has reached no ' decision regarding the question, and is j ' reserving tho shaping of his course of action until he has a more definite idea I1 of the date of his return to America. The president is also keeping in touch I with the development of sentiment in tho United States toward a league of nations. If the situation appears to hiin to demand such action, it is not unlikely that shortly after his returu ; i from Europe he will make an extended I speaking tour, presenting his view of ' j the issue directly to the voters iu tin) ; states whose senators aro opposed I" tho ratification of tho league plan. ITALY THREATENS WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE CONGRESS I PARIS, March 21. (By the Associati !' Press.) The Italian delegation tu tho peace conference has unanimously decided to withdraw from the conference unlnss Flume is assigned to Italy contemporaneously contemporane-ously with the conclusion of peace. Tho decision was reached at a meeting today of the full delegation, presided over by Premier Orlando. r It was Immediately , ; communicated to the powers. Colonel ' House of tho American mission promis.-M I I Premier Orlando to present within a few days a project conrernlng tlie Italian-Jugo-Slav frontier which lie hopes will satisfactorily settle the dispute. The decision of (lie Italian deleqa I ion. as reported from Paris, apparently I k i 1 1 m to a head the bitter controversy liwrmi Italy and the new Jugo-ft lav sla t: over the disposition of land along the Adriaih: formerly belonging to the- A uyi ro- H un - ; 1 garian empire which both nat lonalitie.s ! claim. ! ! Italy's claims originally Included virtually vir-tually the entire Italian coast with Trie-i ; and Finnic, which latt'-r city is the - 1 ond principal .seaport on the eastern mj ! of the Adriatic. FIRST ESSENTIAL, LLOYD GEORGE SAYS, IS SPEEDY PEACE PARIS, March 21. "Tho first nv-rH. to : be obtained is peae. and tlie (lui-'hei 1 j pace possible," Miid David Uoyd Cem-r, lite British premier. In a statement printed print-ed in today's Issue of the K.eelrd.r. "AM in t ernatl'uia 1 events in everv country, coun-try, allied or enpmv." tontinueii tlie premier, pre-mier, "are dependent unn that peace . v. Iii-'li v.-e cn pP'-t a ltd de-j re to cmne. a : the ca rlic't possi rfle mo merit . I 'end in;.-thi.--', one. is living in a state nf evtic-t.-i . ton ami uneert a i n' y. f "' u 1 1 r i H'p a nd i 1 1 -d u s t r y urc kept in a ). i 1 1 d A s t a :.; p ; , l j . n . whhdi ean rudy engender disorder. "I phall, then, retna In In I 'a nn milr-f-'onie thing une v ,r et i.-d a rise'-., n n i i tevt Of the pea''e V 1 1 M I j II a 1 S a r" '.' tnitelv dralte, and r'ady Co,- Hiliiiii.in to tb" ;erma n d'deKaii'n imt, let pie for di.-en-ioM. but f imply for Mima Hue -.Viler enmph't ii : the r a n i i i a 1 1 . i n of ilm first fi! teen art leb s of tiie draft of 1 be leau-uf: of natiotiS covenant esterdav H e 'efin sentatives of the n 1 1 1 tM I r-laie;.-, in ci .I. tune I ion with a : m , i It e of t :x, 1 '. lea -ue nf nations formii'ion, lad -.rtov th'-m for evamination tr-day the remaining a i t j ' 1 ' s of the covenn nl . PA IMS. Mfir"b -( lava-O rrir-?-ti, out its re'-ent d ejjnn to la 1- e a - ,,n (V,.-bringing (V,.-bringing a Lout a its; a t inn of 1 io;-,t i 1 i 1 1 ('- bef.s eeii I tie I " i; ra i Ida i is and the 1'olc . tiie allied supreme council has ent a j ' vMtele;- mesj-aue to i.epera h,,n; ,; t ' e. i'ulisli forces, and anoth'-r to t '.' ne ra I , ' ! P.se w;i do Wf-Ky of tne t'kiainiaii arnr., en- joiniiit: botb( commanders to caiiFo a tu-- ( pension of fihtirit: by tlieir fortes on tlie ,-.'.)':" m front iiuined in I e! v. j The council stipulates t hat he t roop: !, ,0,;ill i-etain their poitioiiv h ( j! (Continued on Pago 2, Column 3.) RUPTURE OF PARLEYS IS THREATENED 1 (Continued from Page One.) between Lemborg and Przemsyl, but permit per-mit sufficient freedom of passage through the lines for the daily provisioning of Lemberg. The council sets forth Its willingness to bear statements from both sides as to I their territorial claims and allow each to be represented In Paris by such qualified quali-fied persons as they may deem it advisable ad-visable to choose,, with a view to extending extend-ing the truce into an armistice. The hearing accorded such representath es, however, will be entirely conditional upon the immediate cessation of fighting. i |
