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Show ITALY TAKEN TO TASK FOR CONDUCT IN TURKEY: HLUlOHuI United States, Grea! Britain and France Unite in Note De manding Explanation, Greek Premier Insultec by " Orlando in Sessior of Council of Four; Replies Handed Huns PAEIS, May 22 Tho council of four of the peace conference this morning considered the questions regarding the Saar valley raised by a recent German note on this subj ect. Tills afternoon tho council took up the question of reparations. ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, May 22. (By The Associated Press.) The Austrian peace terms, it is un-understood, un-understood, will be delivered to tho Austrian delegates here early next week, possibly Monday. PAEIS, May 22. (By The Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Count von Brock-dorff-Kantzau, accompanied by several of the German peace delegates, dele-gates, has again gone to Spa. He will consult with representatives of the German government there. PARIS, May 22. (Uy Tho Asooi ated Press.) It has been learned it trustworthy quarters that the Unite. States, Great Britain and France hat united iu sending a note to Italy re questing an explamit iou of the lauding of Italian forces in Turkey. Premier Orlando is said to have mad', a reply to the council of four aftci a sharp personal incident during wliicl he objected to the presence of Prcmici Venizelos of Greece. The latter rctirci. from the mectiug. The Italians landed forces at Adalia Budrum and Mahri during tho peric when Premier Orlando and Koreiyr. Minister Suunino had withdrawn j'ron the peace, making the landings without notice to the allies. INCIDENT STARTLES PEACE CONFEREES. Premier Voiiixolos wns invited to attend at-tend a recent meeting of tbe council of four at which tlic subject of niyiuH was under con a' deration, Lecuno of the Greek interest in Smyrna. WIiimi Premier Orlando entcrcl the, cuuneii chamber, President Wilton, juitlin aside the u 1 1 a 1 diplomatic funnajity. addressed him direct a.Uiji vljat the answer was to tbe m1e imjuirin as lo tbe landing of Italian forces in Turkey. Tur-key. Tbe Italian premier replied that lie was prepared to ex plai n to the. council of four, .but Dot with outMders present. Premier Venixelos offered to withdraw, but President M'ilson is said to ba'e insisted upon bis remaining. Premier (Jrlandn df'iiiH-d to proi-c-d. brnvevur, until J 'rein i it Yen i.Hns wit hd rev. . The ni'-Mibers of tin: cunncif latT expressed ex-pressed their regret to the Greek premier pre-mier fur the incident. The reported Jtalian iiu-ident aiipar-cntly aiipar-cntly com pi i fates the Turkish problem, already a vexed our, with which -thu peace con ference hear Is ba vc beeu si rnejlinc for sume time. J n evident a nticipat i'-n of a G reek mandate to f.'dminister the tSmyrna district, dis-trict, allied forces nere landed nt Smyrna la-.t Thursday, meet in with cousidera hie resistance from the Turks, but mai:in themselves masters of tho city. Italian troops were re-ported to have participated to sumo extent in this landing. According to a Paris-dispatch Paris-dispatch of May '''). however, the Italia Ital-ia ns had previously landed forces a!; Adalia, on the southern coast of Asia Minor, and likewise disembarked troops at P.udrmn. tt'i miles southeast of Smyr- (Continued on Pag-V 3, Column 2.) ALLIES ASK Ml (Continued fronTpage OneT) " na, and at Makri, on the gulf of Makri hi the vilayet of Sinvrna. There had been nothing to indicate unit these landings were not bv aoreu-nient aoreu-nient among the allies and, " inSced some ot the unofficial forecasts as tj he probable division of Turhi.sh territory terri-tory under the league of nations mandatories man-datories had indicated the probability that Italy would be given the Adalia district to administer. CONFLICTING PARTIES IN GERMAN AFFAIRS. Tho seven days granted the Germans beiore the time limit for the submission ot replies to the allied peace 'terms expires ex-pires will not be devoted exclusively to the dratting of notes at Versailles, but will be employed at Berlin for the purpose of quieting agitations there according to newspapers here. ' It is pointed out that there is an in-lluential in-lluential party in Germany, made up of independent and majority Socialists, which tavors the signing of the treatv Bankers, manufacturers and business men generally, as well as the military authorities, are said to share this view believing, it is declared, that anvthiu.' is prelerable to Bolshevism, 'which might ensue if Germany refused to agree to the terms of peace. Philinp Scheidemann, the German chancellor, and Guslave Norsk, minister minis-ter of defense, it is said, have compromised compro-mised their position bv exaggerated statements and have placed themselves in a difficult situation. Xewspapers declare that the extension exten-sion granted yesterday will be the last concession as to time made to the enemy. ene-my. If this is true, it is expected the treaty may be signed between June 12 j and Juno 16. |
