In connection with territorial questions before it today, the peace conference was confronted by three secret treaties, the first being between Great Britain and France and Italy disposing of the Adriatic coast which conflicts violently with the Jugoslav and Czecho-Slovak interests, says the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail, today.
The second is between Great Britain and Japan, giving Japan the German North Pacific Islands. The third is between Great Britain and King Haedaj, giving the latter Damascus.
Nationality for Finland.
PARIS.—The French government, according to Journal, proposed to the other powers that Finland be recognized an independent national.
Another Trip for President Wilson.
PARIS.—Much as President Wilson still hopes to avoid a second trip to Europe, it begins to look like the trend of the peace conference affairs will cause him to feel impelled to recross the Atlantic ocean early in the spring. If the present plan should hold, he will sail from Brest on the steamer George Washington between February 10 and 15, directly to the United States, probably south of the regular route.
Czecho-Slovak Forces Are Mobilizing.
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday.—Czecho-Slovak forces are concentrating on the frontier between Bohemia and Saxony and are reported to have occupied the villages of Perembu, Gruenthal, Meuwelt, and Freistadt, according to a Ziettau, Saxony dispatch. Heavy fighting is progressing along the frontier.
Russian Factions Propose Peace Conference.
OMSK, Siberia, Saturday.—(By Associated Press.)—A proposal for a peace conference for the discussion between the varipus Russian groups of peace terms probably will be submitted by the Omsk government to representatives of the various groups in Siberia for action. Meanwhile, the  Government officials insist that the military situation requires that a campaign against the Bolsheviki be vigorously pushed. Lansing Congratulates Paderewski. 