Press Report

ARCHIVES S. RECORDS 'NATIONAL AND 831 SERVICE" January 17, 1919. Colonel House is so much improved that he sat up today and last night had a holf-hovr conference with Prosident Vilson who drove to his conrtment. As pro- cautionary moasure, hovevor, physicions probably prohibit his attendance opening ses- sion conferen co Saturday. GERMAN HRESS: Berlin covernment has ordored expulsion of all Gormans from Belgium. This concerns almost 6,000 persons. Order has been again rostored in Buenos Aires in which for soveral days there were severe street fi ;hts and whid wore undor rul os of militory dictators. A lame number of Russions were cmong the riotors who were prosted. Conspiracy vas also announced from Montevidio oppital of Uruguay in which Russions wore porticinants. Russicn prisoners odmitted thet in both countrios it vos planned to ovorthrow ogvemment and to bring in rogimo. Agoinstrumors thet Hindenburg was to be a condidotor for Gormon Notional Assombly he hes en swored inquired that he is at P rosont provented from accopting any conlidoteship FRENCH PRESS. Paris.. From ono ?. 211 day, Vilson, BRITISH, Fron ch and Italion col- leaguë peace council wrongled over the quostion of publicity without eny dofinito agreement Word afterwards was received from Wilson to tho offoct that he was fight- ing hord for the admission of the pross. It hes been tonatively thrit nows- papormen be admitted Soturday to hear Poincaire's speech but it is still doubtful if thoy will be allowed to hear business proccedings subsequent. The Serbian Minister of Var Gives the following statistics of the Sorbicn losses during the var: Sorbie mobilized 857,343 non. Soldiers the diod on the fiold of battle or who succumbed 1 to wounds or disense before the last offensivo in the Balkons: 320,925. It has not yot boon possiblo to sum up lossos suffered in the course of the lest offonsive that ended in the ocpituletion of Bulgaria and the liberation of the national soil but thoy will add ten thousends to the above mon- tioned numbers so the fincl total amount of Sorvion lossos will be 355,000 OF 340,000 men representing holf the m le population of the anciont kingdom of Sorbie. LLTER. For the first time in history full peace conference are open to the pross. Backed by the uniquivocal stand and the imerican rrespondents, Vilson carried on a vigorous fight for the concumuation of the principle of opon covenanting turning a limited number of correspondents to full conferonces. The conferences Cro similer to sessions of the sonate whore no newspapermen cro present for executive ses- si ons or committee he'drings. Thile this hardl meets the full enticipations of the correspondients it my be stated that the prosident's fight for the first principle is uniquo in his to ry because of the strong th of simport caning from corrospondents of the Amo rioans and the Allies, except Frence. Discussion was informal. The presi- dent nover upheld the gag favoured by the me jority of the porce delegations prosont and finolly by the aid of Lloyd George secured the liying over of the proposal handi- ing suggestions from Amoricans "protest against to ses with the Bri- tish, Italiam and small nations correspondents vriting in ropresontation of the conforence the Fronch dissonting through; American commissioners supported the plea for the represontation.