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Show HUN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO SIGN ALLIES' TERMS i National Assembly at Weimar Yields, 237 to 138, to Accept Conditions Con-ditions at Versailles. Council of Four Definitely Defi-nitely Rejects German Pleas for Further Alter ations in Treaty Terms. WT3IMAK, Juno 22. (By the Associated Press.) Iii announcing tlie decision of tlie government to - sign the peace terms, Premier Bauer said before the national assembly as-sembly today: . "The allied and associated powers pow-ers camiot expect the German people peo-ple to agree from inner conviction, to a peace instrument, whereby, without the populations being con- suited, living members are severed from the German known empire, German sovereignty permanently violated and unboarable economic and financial burdens imposed upon the German people." BERLIN, June 2Z. (By tlie Associated Press.) Germany will sign the peaca treaty. The national assembly this afternoon, after-noon, by a. vote of ;:)7 to 13S. deckled lo sign. The assembly also voted confidence in the new government of Hcrr Bauer, 230 to S!. Sixty-eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the treaty five members of the assembly abstained from voting. Before the vole of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared that tho government would sign tho treaty, but without acknowledging the responsibility re-sponsibility of tho Germun people for tho war and without accepting tho obligations contained In articles :7 to i:ifl In Ilia treaty relating to tho trial of the fonnor emperor audi the extradition of othor German personages. PARIH, June Z2. (By tho Associated Press.) The council of four has definitely defi-nitely rejected the German suggestion that further alterations bo made In (he peace treaty. Communications from the Germans to the council of four, relating to tho vote, i of the assembly at Weimar, reached President Presi-dent "Wilson this afternoon and a.ro now being considered by (he council, uno of tlie communications is understood to announce an-nounce that tlie assembly voted In favor of signing the treaty, with certain reservations. reser-vations. The council received four notes from tha Germans, sliich are supposed to have been prepared In advance und were held to await adwees from Weimar on the ro-sult ro-sult of the meeting of the assemble. President Wilson cnt at onco to tho residence of Premier Lloyd George, vher the council took up consideration of tha notes. Ono of these, from tho new German government, declared Germany was ready to sign peace If the clauses making Germany Ger-many responsible for tho war and calllnsj for the trial of the former emperor were eliminated. The council after consideration of tli notes took Its decision to reject tho Gorman Gor-man ro'p:est. Jt is not known wiiat the reservations are, beyond a declination to admit tho. gull, of Germany in starting tho war and to give up the former emperor for trial. The German government has appointed Dr. llanlel von iialmhausen of the peaco delegation to conduct tho peace arrangements arrange-ments at Versailles. It is understood that tho allies Insist on absolutely unconditional acceptance of the terms, falling w-hh-h. the armies will begin to advan-e MoikImv evening. PROTOCOL ADDED TO PEACE TREATY BY ALLIED COUNCIL I'AKIK, June 22. (By tho Associated Press. ) A protocol to be added to tb (Continued on Page, 2. Column 2.) JUKKEB8 OUTVOTED .BY fill GF PEACE (Concinued from Page One.) i peace treaty, explanatory of the six points raised by the Germane, reads: "Firstly A commission will be named by the allied and associated governments to supervise the demolition of the l'ortlri- cations of Helgoland in conformity with ; the treaty. This commission will be em- j powered to decide what part of the con- , struct ions protecting the coast from erosion should bo preserved and what part demolished. 1 "Secondly The sums whlrh Germany will have to refund to its citizens to Indemnify In-demnify them for interests uiey may i;e found to have in the railroads and mines, nifprrPfl in in m ra s'ra nil nvtinlo fTVT shall he 'Placed to the credit of Germany on account of the sums due for reparation." repara-tion." (The protocol refers to German private interests in railroads and mines In Shantung Shan-tung as distinct .from 'German state interests.) in-terests.) "Thirdly A list of the persons whom, according to article CCXXVIII, paragraph 2. Germany must surrender to the powers will be sent to the German Government durinc the month following the putting into force of the treaty. "Fourthly 'I" he commission on reparations, repara-tions, provided for by. article CCXL and paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of annex 4, cannot exact divulge nee of secrets of manufacture manufac-ture or confidential information. "Fif thlv From the signature of pace and in the four months following, Germany Ger-many will have an opportunity of .presenting .pre-senting for the examination of the powers documents and propositions, with a view to hastening the work relating to reparations, repara-tions, thus shortening the investigation and hastening decisions." "Sixthly Prosecutions will be exercised exer-cised against those committing criminal acts In connection with the liquidation of German property, nnd the powers will receive any information and proofs that the German government shall be In a position to supply on this subject." In the reply on the six other points raised the most Interesting question dealt with concerns Germany's admission to the league of nations. The reply denies the German declaration that the terms of the treaty with regard to the league are contradictory. It says the covenant, of the league declares de-clares that members of the league shall take the necessary se-s to asr and I guarantee the maintenance of liberty of communication and transit arid also i equitable commercial treatment of all ! members. "GermijHiy, when admitted to the so-ctetv." so-ctetv." tne replv says, "will share in the benefits of these stipulations with other countries. Nevertheless durhv tlin 1 period of transition following peace It la necessary to take into account tue spe- i clal conditions which are laid down on page 42 of the memorandum. The ohMcn-tions ohMcn-tions Imposed on Germany are therein ! showrrto have the character of reparation ; measures and their my intenanee ; or five years., far from being Incompatible with the principle of equitable treatment, have as their object to assure the application of that principle." GERMANS CHANGE MINDS; WILL NOT ASK MORE TIME PARIS, Pnturclay, June L'l. (By the Associated Press.) A dispatch reaching the American peace delegation late this afternoon from Weimar said a decision had been reached by the Germans to ask for further delay from the allies, but that later the Social Democrats airJ Centrists Cen-trists found that they had a sufficient majority in the assembly nnd so decided not to sie;n a request for delay. In high quarters in the peace conference confer-ence the belief ivas expressed today that the signing of the treaty would take place Wednesday. There seemed to be no inclination in-clination to grant the Germans any delay. de-lay. With regard to whether the allied troops will' move forwaid if an affirmative affirma-tive answer is not received from the Germans Ger-mans at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, some of those in authority favor sending the "troops forward immediately, while others prefer a delay of two or three days for the actual maneuver. The view of the council of four after the mcetina today was that everything looked favorable to the signing of the treaty and that it was even possible this function miiiht take place- Tuesday. The council tddrvy discussed twelve points, raised by the' German - note and, sent a reply to the effect that six of these were sufficiently covered In the treaty I and that tlie other six would be made the subject of a protocol to be added to the treaty. The council today reached a conclusion with regard to the protection of minorities minori-ties in Poland. The reparation terms of the Austrian treaty were not completed and will be taken up aj-'aln Monday. SAYS TREATMENT OF ITALY CAUSED CABINET UPHEA VAL (New York Times Cable, Copyright.) LOXPOX, June 22. The Chronicle declares de-clares the Italian ministerial crisis is a srave matter for the allies, and says there Is no doubt Italy's treatment at the peace conference precipitated it After pointing out that Italy, which in many ways suffered most among the five great powers represented at the conference, confer-ence, is not removed from a shortage of food and coal which has meant conditions condi-tions of actual starving and shivering for the Italian masses, the Chronicle savs the spirits of the Italian people we're borne up last winter by the . assumption that the fruits of victory were assured to them by loyal and appreciative allies but the events of the spring have seemed to them cruel. "They have seen their partners realize their principal aspirations." aspira-tions." says the Chronicle, "but the corresponding cor-responding interests of Italy remain unsecured un-secured and are subject to one of them she has seen her government publicly treated by President Wilson In a manner man-ner obviously derogatory to her position as a great power. One needs to ask one's self what would have happened to the peaco conference If the Wilson manifesto had been addressed either to. France or Britain in order to realize its significance in Italian eyes. Since then the Fiume question has dragged on not because either eith-er Italy or Mr. Wilson were uncompromising, uncompro-mising, nor from any lack of friendly mediation in French and British quarters, but because it is said Mr. "Wilson was unwilling to overrule the total refusal of compromise, which was the attitude of the Jugo-Slavs. Is all the great work of the Anglo-Franco-ltaliau consolidation which the war achieved to be thrown Idly away on the war's morrow?. We sincerely trust not, but if we are to escape tha.t disaster some things must be done differently dif-ferently at Taris." HUNS IN SWEAT AS NEW MINISTRY IS BEING EVOLVED By the Associated Press. WEIMAR, Saturday, June 21. Germany Ger-many acquired a new cabinet only after nearly a week of literal sweating in blazing blaz-ing Weimar weather. The signing of the peace terms naturally was the only question ques-tion around which the cabinet construction construc-tion hinged, and the government, wjiich went on record as considering the terms unacceptable, found a surprising following follow-ing behind them. The first party ballots, however, seemed to make the signing of the treaty inevitable, inevit-able, for the powerful majority socialist party voted two-thirds for ending the suspense. With the Independents supporting sup-porting them, the conservatives as a party behind them and the centrists on the fence, the result appeared a foregone conclusion. But the conservatives suddenly swung around and declared for nonpk'nature; the centrists wavered and imposed conditions, and the democrats temporarily balked any hope of a majority by stubbornly persisting persist-ing against the extradition by the entente of tlie former emperor and other German notables. This was the- fitumbling block, for the democrats could not be budged from the attitude which they hold through the belief be-lief that a revolution would hr;ik out in protest by the people .should Von lfinden-burg, lfinden-burg, Ludendorff and other idols be humiliated. hu-miliated. I fount von Fernstorf f played a prominent promi-nent part In the proceedings, not only as president of the German pence committee, commit-tee, but, uncording to persistent rumors, as the possible successor of fount von Hrorkdorff-Kantzau. for there was a powerful pow-erful group that wanted him to suffer the poetic justice of HUmS the terms, after he had helped to bring the United States into the war. Von Bernstorff, however, resisted and, after having been appointed in the morning morn-ing to the cabinet, refused to accept the appointment or have anything to do with .the matter. Later in the day the centrists dropped their demand for modification of the terms and expressed their willingness to sign. The democrats also weakened to such-an extent that fifteen of their sixty-five sixty-five members in tho assembly went over to the side in favor of signing. The first ministry, headed by Hen Bauer, lasted exactly one hour. It j crashed on the stubbornness of the demo-! demo-! crat.s and Von Bernstorff s flat refusal to head the ministry of foreign affairs. Pr. Dernberg, who had been named as minister minis-ter of finance declared he could not cooperate. co-operate. The democrats then reduced their demands to one point, on which they were adamant, namely, that the for-'mer for-'mer German emperor, Von Ilindenburg and IjUdendorff must not be delivered to the entente for trial. Eventually the Bauer cabinet was . reconstructed, re-constructed, with Dr. Herman Mueller, the majority socialist leader, as minister of foreign affairs, and Mathias Erzberger as minister of finance and vice premier, i In his first speech in the afternoon. Premier Bauer outlined his program to the peace committee of the assembly. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau will leave Weimar tomorrow for a vacation in his private capacity. Herr Bauer, the new premier, had hitherto hith-erto scarcely been mentioned for the position. po-sition. Prior to his appointment as labor minister he was secretary of the labor unions of Germany. He is rated as a long-headed conservative socialist. Belgians Ask Only for Chance. BRUSSELS, Saturday. June 21. (By the Associated press. ) Cardinal Mercier in granting a special audience at Malines to Frederick L. Collins, an American publisher, pub-lisher, authorised the publication of the following statement appropos of President Wilson's visit to Belgium: - "America will be rendering, an Invaluable Invalu-able service to Belgium in the early fulfillment ful-fillment of President Wilson's promises of practical assistance In the way of raw materials, machinery and credit. In the little city of Malines we've 30,000 workers, most of -whom are involuntarily idle because be-cause they have no material or machinery. "Since" the armistice waa signed reconstruction recon-struction in Belgium has been goin forward for-ward at an astounding rate. During the war Belgium needed charity and received it. Now all Belgium requires ia a chance to work." HUGE ARMY IN READINESS TO ACT IF HUNS REJECT COBLEXZ, Saturday. June 21. (By the Associated Press.) More than half a million mil-lion allied soldiers in the occupied areas stood ready Saturday night for a further invasion of Germany in the event that Germany does not accept the terms. Even orders to the civilian populations, printed in French, English and German, as framed by Marshal Foch, are ready for distribution in the districts and villages taken Over by the allies. One order in the military regulations says that any house from which civilians may fire upon the marching troops shall be burned immediately. im-mediately. Another order provides for the requisitioning of the railways, telegraphs, telephones and other utilities, as well as those employed in the services. About 100,000 Americans will move forward for-ward if the final order comes. The concentration con-centration Just completed Is America's greatest display of strength since the armistice. Marshal Foch's proclamation says: "Tho uliles entering into German territory ter-ritory will respect persons and property, and will enable the German population to carry on their ordinary business, provided the safety and movements of billets and supplies of the allies are fully guaranteed. "AH the personnel of public administrations administra-tions must remain at their posts and continue con-tinue to carry out their duties under control con-trol of the allied armies. Any infraction of these orders will be punished In accordance accor-dance with military regulations. "All persons guilty of any hostility against the allied troops, whether In firing fir-ing on them or destroying railways, roads and waterways, or cutting or damaging telegraph and telephone lines, or in communicating com-municating with the enemy, are amenable to military law. In all communities arms must be handed over to the area com- nandant one hour after the proclamation jf this order." MAKE READY FOR FINAL CHAPTER IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS VTTR.SAILLES, June 22. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Arrangements already have begun to take shape at Versailles for the signing of the peace treaty. Orders- have been given to have everything every-thing in readiness Tuesday, although the ceremony, according to tlie Havas Aee'ncy, is not likely to occur before Thursday. The famous gallery of mirrors has received re-ceived its final furnishings. The carpets have been laid and the ornamental or-namental table has been placed in position on the dais where the plenipotentiaries will be seated, j There will bo room for 400 Invited per-I per-I sons - at the historic -session. They will be given places in the left wing of the Hall of Mirrors, while the right wing (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) JUNKERS OUTVOTED BY FRIENDS OF PEACE (Continued from Page Two.) will be occupied by about the same number num-ber of press representatives. The Court of Honor has been cleared of captured guns. Three regiments of infantry in-fantry and five of cavalry will be nn duty at the time of the signing of the treaty. Republican guards will render the honors. They will be stationed on the grand staircase stair-case bv which the plenipotentiaries enter the hall. According to the Havas Agency diplomatic diplo-matic relations with Germany will not be resumed immediately on the signing of the treaty, but only after its ratification. This also applies to the admission of German Ger-man suhjects into France. Fronting M. Clemenceau's presidential chair will be placed a small table on which the diplomatic instruments will be laid. It will be to this table that each representative Is called in alphabetical order to sign his name to the treaty and affix to It his government seal. |