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Show 4- - 4- -f 4 INTERNATIONAL SITUATION (By the Vssoclated Preps) There is an evident impression ' in Paris that the allied replv to 4- the German .-ounter proposals, 4 which probably will be ready 4- late Saturday night, will refuse f the German request for import- 4 4 ant alterations in the terms of 4 4 peace The Gorman--, will he gi - 4 en five days in which to make up 4 their minds as to their course. 4 4 Thus final action by them on the 4 treaty may he expected on or 4 4 abom June 18. 4 4 While the council of four prob- 4 ably will explain the proisions 4 of the treat and -nay crant some 4 4 minor concessions, it appears 4 4 there are to no changes that 4 4 will materially ;igiiten the burden 4 . 4 placed on the enemy by the treat 4 4 presented May 7. 4-1 4 A dispatch from Coblenz tolls 4' of the Germans withdrawing all 4 4 material from territories east of 4' 4 the allied bridgeheads apd says 4j 4 that armed'Geiman forces also 4 I 4 have retired a considerable dls- 4; 4 tance east of the ground held by 4 4 the allies on the sasl bank of the 4 4 Rhine. That there is a disposi 4 4 tion on the part of (he German 4 4- Chilian population to be prepared 4 for an allied advance into Ger- 4 4 many also is indicated. 4 The menace of Bolshevism in 4 central Europe lias again assem- 41 4 bled proportions which cause 4; 4 concern in peace conference cir- 4 4 eles. The success of the Hunger- 4 4 ian soviet array against the 4 4 Czecho-Slovaks. 'he military re- 4 verse suffered by the Kolchak 4' 4 forces in southeastern Russia and 4 4 the dancer of Austria parsing un- 4, 4 der Bolsheviki control have 4! brought matters to a siage where 4 4 there is no disposition in official 4 4 circles to minimize the danger. 4 4 Poland, hemmed In by Bolshevism 4 4 on the east and joulh and hard 4' 4 pressed by the Gei-mans on the 4 west, is said also to be poten- 4, 4 tially threatened from the dlrec- 4 4 tion of Austria. 4 4 Advices from Paris indicate 4 4 that the peace conference has de- 4 4 ruled to back up the demand 4 4 made upon Bela Kun by M. Clem- 4 4 enceau, president of iho confer- 4 4 ence. who wired the Hungarian 4 4 soviet govermiient 's foreign min- 4 4 istor to cease hostilities against 4 4 the Czecho-Slovaks. 4 4 The formation of a centralized 4 organization for 'he control of in- 4 4 ternational economic affairs dur- 4 4 ing the period cf reconstruction 4i 4 after the war is being considered 4 4 bv the council of four. 4 4 ' 4 44444444444444 |