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Show GERMAN REPLY TO ENTENTE WILL BE MADE IN MAY j PARIS, April 16. (By the Associated Associat-ed Press) The entente delegates to - the peace conference believe Germany will require at least one week after 'receiving the peace treaty before it jean be digested and an answer prepared pre-pared and alo that the delegates will j need about four days for travel between be-tween Berlin and Versailles and return. re-turn. Consequently, they express the opinion that it hardly likely that Germany's answer will be available before May 6th. Austria -Hungary, Turk' and Bulgaria Bulgar-ia probably will be summoned to Versailles Ver-sailles a fortnight after Germany to consider their peace treaties, which temporarily are overshadowed by the German negotiations. There is the greatest uncertainty concerning the disposition of the Turkish Tur-kish empire The entente apparently is anxious to have the United States accept Armenia and Cilicia as a man-Idatory man-Idatory but the American disposition 'towards this proposal has not been indicated in-dicated clearly. The future of Constantinople Con-stantinople has not been determined although some of the American delegates dele-gates would prefer to have the United Uni-ted States take charge of it rather than of undeveloped territory and convert it into a model city with modern docks and ideal sanitation The British, French and Italians apparently ap-parently are willing to have the United Uni-ted States take over Constantinople as this would vaoid disputes which might result from European Jealousies The British have about 150,000 troops in I the Turkish empire now while the French hae only 1500 there The desirability now is being discussed dis-cussed of having a separate commission commis-sion from each of the five big countries coun-tries go into the orient and Investigate Investi-gate Syria. Palestine and Armenia ra- . ther than have joint commissions do this work. |