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Show ALLIES AGREE TO SEND FOOD ; FORUMS PARIS. April 16. (Havas.) Tho allied government?, according to tho Temps, apparently have decided not ; to wait beyond May 15 for a definite answer from Germany a? to whe'her : she will sign or refuse to sign tho ' peace treaty. PARIS. April 16. An agreement jwas reached today by tho associated powers to send food to Russia under neutral control, hui thp French representatives repre-sentatives mad several reservation! which will be considered tomorrow. It Beeins likely, however, that the ob-1 ob-1 lections will be overcome and thai ihe relief work will be pressed rapidly. i The agreement Stipulates that the BplsoeyjJkl must cease hostilities. The relief work will bo in chnrce of la commission headed by Pr. F. Nan-Sen, Nan-Sen, tbe Norwegian explorer. The v!, r member will be citizens of Sc.in- jdinavia and Switzerland. The negotiations between ihe representatives repre-sentatives of the allied and associated governments virtually were completed i Tuesday, tho Echo do Paris says it Icarnb from nn authoritative source. Satisfied With Wilson. The newspaper adds that at no time ; has the understanding between Franco i and the I'niled States been closer,' i and that the French government Is completely satisfied with the attitude of President Wilson. The Caulois says that the :iu.-l agreement on the frontiers between Ijugo-Siavta and Italy will be incorporated incor-porated in the preliminary pe;1ri. treaty with Germany '. The council of four decided definitely definite-ly yesterday that military occupition of the left, bank of the Rhine shall continue for fifteen years, the new;,, papers say.' At first interallied f6rces would be used, hut they would b withdrawn with-drawn progressively in proportion r Germany met her financial obi Ipation.s and be replaced by French and Ucl-gian Ucl-gian soldiers. I The Journal says that the central 'terri'orial commission of the peace conference has decided the Tesehen problem in favor of Bohemia as against Poland Great Problems. The council of four yesterday discussed dis-cussed questions relative to Schles-wlg-Holsteln, Helgoland and the Adriatic. Adri-atic. While the council was in session ses-sion the foreign ministers met and considered claims which have been made by Germany to holdings in i--lands in the Antarctic ocean The foreicn ministers also took up the draft of article- for the peace I treaty providing for the recognition by j Germany of the British position ..ml , the passing over of the sultan's rights Under the Suez canal convention; the acceptance by Germany of allied pnrc court decision?, and likewise au article ilealing with tho future statU3 ofi Morocco. President Wilson finished the day1 by a series of calls at the American headquarter.-, isitins General Taskeri II. Bliss and Colonel B. M. House.) among others, discussing with :hr in , phases of the situation in which they j are particularly interested. The Petit Parisicn. commenting up-Oh up-Oh the settlement of the question r?'a ! tlvo to the left bank of the Rhine by the council of four, says: "Not the least interesting feature of the prolonsed discussion was to tee1 President Wilson apply himself passionately pas-sionately to the task of solving the problem and still not injuring thoj rights of France. He uttered aj phrase one day which France ouylit to . know. He declared with an accent coming from the heart "It would be ' the sorrow of my life if tho great peace we arc making should be iec-, pardized by any difficulty between, France and America.' "The man who threw his country in-; to the war for France remains our t great friend." The chamber of deputies today, by a vote of 334 to 166. expressed its con-fldence con-fldence in the government on a qiK'S-j tion whether Franco' conditions of peace should be made known to par- liament after Foreign Minister Picuon had declined to outline the details of !the peace preliminaries until the treaty had been signed. The usual calm marking the morn iii? sittings of the chamber, where electoral reform was under discussion,! was broken by Deputy Andre Lebey. j who. seeing that M. Picbon, the for-eign for-eign minister, was present, asked the, minister when he. would accept an interpellation in-terpellation on tho conditions on which the government would make known the terms of peace to parliament. M. PJchon replied that he was will-! Ing to bo Interpellated immediately.' but ihat he refused to give any details: of tbe peace preliminaries. These, the minister added, would be submit :. in .iiifi.-...:..n b;. parliament a ; soon as signed. lie then asked ihatj the matter he dropped, making it a question of confidence, 1n the government. govern-ment. The house, after some heated bpoech, supported M. Plchon by a vote of 334 to 166. Secret Sitting Rejected. M riehon. in his address, pointed out that to submit the peace preiimin-j avle to parliament before tbe signa-i ture of tb treaty would be unconstT-l tutional, that it would be substituting legislative for executive power. M. Riehon reminded the houso be-i fore voting that the government de J i-rr?d well of the country. Ho recalled re-called that M. Clcraenceau had given warning that France would have to make concessions. The foreign Oihv later added that If more extended declarations dec-larations were made in an allied parliament par-liament the chamber of deputies might jask for further explanations on FA i day. A demand for a 6ert sitting of the i chamher was rejected by a vote or 3 51 ! to 158. M |