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Show t T 4- INTERNATIONAL SITUATION (Bv the Associated Press) - 1 Germany today made formal reply to the treaty terms pre- s. nted to her on May 7. The - German counter-proposals appear -f 4- to take issue with tho Allies on nearly all the important phases (if the treat. according to puh- 4 4- lished summaries. -f -- Immediately after the presen- tation of Germany's reply Count on Brockdorff -Rantzau, chief of 4- the enemy peace mission, will -f 4- leave Paris for Spa. Several minor members of the German 4 4 mission left Paris for Germany 4 4- 3 esterday. 4 4 A plenary session of the peace 1 4 conference will be held today to 4 4 communicate to the governments 4 4 which broke relations with us- 4 4 tria. the Austrian peace terms. 4 4 There is as yet some doubt a? to 4 4 the subject matter of the terms. 4 4 reports indicating that the rep- 4 4 aration clauses would be present- 4 4 ed at a later meeting. f 4 Fiume to be Independent 4-4- Dispatchc.:-. from Paris indicate 4 4- an agreement by the council of 4 4 four on questions relative to the 4 4 Adriatic and the city of Fiume. 4 4 That city, according to the latest 4 4 reports, js to be an independent 4 4 municipality. It is stated that 4 certain of the Dalmatlon islands 4 4 are to go to Italy, but It is un 4 4 derstood she will not get the 4 4 Adriatic pons of Zara and Si ben- 4 4 ico 4 4- The Vatican is represented of- 4 4- ficially at Paris for the tirst time 4 4 since the peace conference began 4 4 work. Monsignor Ceretti. papal 4 4 under secretary of state, being in 4 4 the city to discuss with Entente 4 4 chief-- thi status of Catholic mi 4 sions in lands affected by the de- 4-4 4-4 liberations of the conference It 4 4-is improbable, it is said, that he 4 4 Will be received officially bv ihe 4 i 4 conference because of the clause 4 1 4- in the treat) 0! London between '4 Great Britain, France and ltah ! 4 which barred the Vatican from 4 1 4 participating in discussions re- 4 ',4- garding questions connected with 4 4 the war. 4 4 A statement has been issued by 4 4 Nikolai Lonine, the Bolshevik 4 4 premier of Russia, attacking Bela 4 4 Kun. chiei of ihe soviet in Hun- 4 gary according to a London dis- 4 4 patch. The statement fs said to 4 4 assert that Moscow is the ,-cen- 4 4- ter of the world revolution and 4 4 must must he obeyed." 4 4 American troops are apparently 4 14 to be immediately withdrawn 4 t4 from northern Russia, transports 4 having arrived at Archangel with 4 4 British forces which will relieve 4 4 the men who have been holding 4 4 ihe lines during the last winter. 4 4 4444444444444 |