75TH YEAR CHRISTIANSTED V.1. 1.8 A.. MONDAY 12ta JULY 1920 THE ST. CROIX AVIS w 8 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. = T'H R MS---50 cents monthily in advance 2 cents per single copy. btintered as second-class mattei May 26th 1917 at the Post Opfice at Christian- sfel oßt Coroie V.l ot the . 8 4., un der the Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution to this paper will be giad- cy recevoed when the same deals witi: et ters of general interest, and is accompu- nied with the author’'s name, as o quar- . antee of good jaith. The editor cannot be responsiblefor the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. TELEGRAMS. S CROAX STATION, Spa, July 6th. —Whether the confer- ence O ine peace ifrealy Dreaks up to- morr w depends upon whether the Ger mans present a plan for disarmawent, the immediate reduction of the German army from 200,000 inen, #nd the surren- der of upwards of 1,600,000 rifles in ihe hands of the people, as weli as other arms. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking for the Allied Govts. at today’s session, pre- sented what may be cailed an oltiimatum, hut whieh v, Simmons, the German Foreion Minister, termed a "‘very posi- tive demand’’. Tne f(German Ministers ore in session tonight at a villa three miles from Spa, which 1s nicketed by Gen- darmes. Anociher meeti: of the Ger- mans wili be held tomorro:; morning. Dr. Simmons szid this evening, "‘We do not know what w. will do. The situa- tion is tco serious for me to make a com ment on it. I would rather you did not press me’’. The impression amoeng ob- servers 1y that the Germans will present a plan. The German delegates do not appear to seem unwilling for their peo- p.e to see bow difficult the position Is. The most dramatic momeni of the ses- sion was when Mr. Lloyd George said: “I do not believe that the Germans in tend to execute the treaty’’. TRe Ger- marn Foreign Minister immediately inter- rupted, saying: '‘You have no right to make any such remark, we are trying to execute the treaty’’. Chanceilor Feh- reabach, invoking the name of the Cre- ator, cried ““We are loyally trying to. execute ihe treaty’. The question of the execution of the military, naval and aerial elauses of the treaty was taken up immediateiy atcer the formal meeting of the Allied Premiers with the repre sentativas of Germany. begun ad 4.30 o’clock :?is aiternoon. The (zerman Min- ister of Defence, Herr Gessler, who ar- rived wearing the Iron t'ross and an ar rogant air, explainec the German sit- vation in support of the contention of the German Govt. that it must have an armed foree ot 200,000 men to main- tain order in the republic. He said there wes litrle difference whether the force was :abelled: ‘Army’’ or ''Po- lice”', provided the men were under eoniroi of the Central Govt. Herr Gessler insisted that the Allied plan for 15,000 police, brcken up into small bodies under lceal ‘control and with- out coordination, was insufficient to deal with the present situation 1n Ger- many, which, he said, resembled some- what that existing after the thirty years’ war. Armed bands in various parts of the country were piliaging and killing; they were armed not only with ordinary weapons, but with machine-guns which they kmew how to use. These bands, continued the Minister, were so formida- ble that they could only be dealt with by considerable forees ithat could make a combined movement against them. Only jast week a band of 50 or 60 issued troin the Pomeranian Forést, raiding the sur- rounding country and village. A smali force ot police mer the band, bat was defeated. Ihese bands, saic¢ Herr Ges- sler, are cenirailly ¢rganized and direct ed, they are financea by the DBolsheviki and if Germany were o musier cut of her army 100,000 mer 1t is possible that many ol them wouldienter the pay of the Bolsheviki. Hew ean you fee! that cen- traily organized forees can be de It with by a poiice force that is not centrally organized and divected? he asked. ''lt takes England 100,000 men to hoid (re- land’’. Afier Herr Gessler, Dr. Simmons, the [oreign Minister, added some re- marks on the difficulties whieh might resuit trom the precipitous demobiiiza- tion of a large number of men froi:: the economic standpoint. . Dielacroix, the Belgian Premier, and My. lloyd George insisted upon the noecessity of” the Ger- mans fixing an early and precise date for the execution of the treaty. Mr Lloyd George even suggesied that in the absence of a precise statement from the Germans, it might be preferable to close the conference. 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