| Show t ly I t m DISTRICT Tm 1 I t US TERMS r M A ARE r. r hanged by Brock Brock- E J sE h Notes etc u and C CI Cle- Cle le 1 Off dor I au u bl IC II fl I mence I eI 61 A AO Press prell Tho 6 6 Tho sl Plato aro GT ON O vay a ySiS Iii public the t text made dC haS l i tot tnt b by Count von yon is IV changed u rf ex head of ot tho Ger- Ger 4 zau 0 j and 1 M M. 1 CI Clem- Clem em- em d j J tho peace conto con- con r of lt t sl en 10 tiara ts rrt t to final determination I on onIt It a Oln i 14 ft tae basin as a and the d O tU s cure The Tho ques- ques coal products I t rf la IJ upon In a note noto touched feet t i f fIn deletion allon n dated stay May Ia r G tide tr j made mado the tho subject 1 A r w s s 16 r It 1 communication n May co cor tom r i rf ct a lath notes w banded to n. n Saturday an I 3 oJ t g. g rInt of thO the notes shows the tho sug- sug t ext that viva va voce I 1 the he Germans thence the tho ns as to It 0 of t Q questions Trance Prance 10 supplied applied nce J I COal 3 I no to be he of r t f t and iho the transportation vt a. II uro u niS that the concerns C c. c of Cof r. r fC ch c euN northern II Prince Franco part I c I II I e In to extent agreed alreed hue hares to an nn pU mines as ash ast I br coal Pia sack cb German t r k h Is with the delivery deliver n I of coal coil lit art C lb yede d 1 d decided upon that InIn In tE e rf associated the tEof actual control by b In c of a of oC economic guar Juar- t We system f all were summer summer- J toes tt be L' L e i er Cl t CAUSE CONFUSION shires shares in tho the that 1 i To ie the Ibe P I r re cl-re aKe m mine nW b bl be Issued fd td to dam damaged Jed 1 tout concern the reply asserts that r In German tor- tor torf I hans ro rj f I f and ird subject t ir rr I f t r a 10 bo be of ot doubtful value to and would create ere a conI con- con holders frt eth b and German InterI Inter Inter- I Inter Inter- NI of Cf French us The Tte m most st surprising of or the I J ILO-J ro s put forward In regard io the tho thom therN I sure m rN ban is based on an nn expressed for fw m that thit the Itle surplus of or coal eoal over and aMye the home lome requirements would Wt at rt Crne for tho the quantities which tie the treaty of peace has fixed and n the I i Is made that the consumption too tion n of coal in Germany German Franco and ami andE E yum Ilum be rationed In duo due tJ t M r Clemenceau in reply sla stilts stales les Tail ro roo arrangement of or tho the kind fo pot pat L forward rO could give to France Nance tho snip se-snip and c certainty which she would rt fu from the full exploitation and f li kee t ownership cf of the Iho mines of ot tho thoc c Sun ONE CONCUSSION The Tb only real concession made to tl the Germans Is 19 to allay lh the I sh il I ed M h by 11 Count Brockdorff- Brockdorff as to Germanys Germany's to cf- cf f fea It lI the p In sold gold old agre abre l u upon on Tta ro loh tho the ro rv p ft Is for the substitution of ot tho the fol- fol klog for tor the for tb pre present ent clause govern o Ir ch rich ruch In tho the treaty The obligation CL of Germany German to 10 make uJ rah th payment shall l be taken Into Inlo acC ac- ac C cout b by the reparation commission ar tH for far the purpose of or this payment t may create creato a prior charge charco her ra assets ts or revenues ro B upon such tilled terns terms as shall bo agreed d to 10 t ly j the re reparation commission It It 11 nevertheless Germany after a aWoOd apr pr WoOd od cf ct one year nar ear from th the date dato of 01 the the- payment nt becomes comes due shall wt tit t hue hive effected tho said payment t the I commission shall do so 50 In arce Kith such euch Instructions as is try f be M given en b by the tho league N NUO of or natora na- na toy tora tad led If necessary nece b by liquidation I t el that portion of the mines which is It r i I FAY PAY FOR DAMAGES Count Brockdorff Rantzau retho re- re ter t In his earlier note to the tho Sarro Sarre uld Ie 10 the In opinion L t or of thA ho host hos- hos tiles s countries tho the cession of or the Sarro basin Is reported ported as being Just compensation compensation compensation com com- for the devastation of or mines In northern Trance Prance The Th German del del- acknowledges eR that thit Franco France must be bo compensated for tor the damages They Thc also atso admit that compensation In m mone money alone would not meet tho present present present pres pres- ent impaired economic position of France Francc Tho The claim to compensation in inkin kind kin being thus acknowledged is as Justified justified Jus jus- such Much compensation In III kind should and can n be effected In another way than b by submitting a a. territory to toa toa toa a foreign rule which notwithstanding tho the most humane Intentions of those in power always remains odious The German Germin delegation clel's however u uses cs this admission for tor the basis of ofa ofa ofa a proposal that IVanco and Belgium be bo compensated with coal not alone alono from the Sarro basin but hut also from i the Ruhr district Clemenceau In reply re reply reply re- re I ply asserts that coal from any iny other I. I territory than thin the tho Sarro basin cannot be bo acc accepted as tho the associated got gov governments chose this particular form torm of ren reparation because it was felt Mt that thit the tho destruction of 01 the tho mines in the north of Trance France an on net act of or such Buch nature that a n. definite and exemplar retribution should he bo exacted BARTERED LIKE CHATTELS Declaration by hy Count Counton on von Brock Brock- dorff au that It was teas Inadmissible ble hie that German populations should bo bartered about from so nty to sovereignty so as if IC tho they were mere chattels chattels chattels chat chat- and pawns ns In III a g pa game mo lias hots been met by Premier Clemenceau speaking for tor the associated d Pot powers ers with the statement that In no case caso would self tolf determination of or peoples be he denied un under under un- un der dr the peace treaty The declaration of the head hend of the I German delegation was embodied Ina in ina ina a note nole addressed lIed to the tho associated governments gov JO governments I nt as represented it t the Versailles Versailles Ver Ver- sailles conference Mn May 13 and made m I public at the slate tit department along with the reply of or M M. Clemenceau lu luI I I he German delegates deles objected specifically to the tho surrender of or territory under the Iho peace treaty In Silesia Pos Pos- I West Vest and East Prussia and also the barre Sarre basin the tha demand for all of ot which the German no note to asserts is le I obviously ob Inconsistent with tho the principles 9 upon which the armistice and ind tho the ne negotiations for Cor peace I proposed because of or tho the German Germin population population pop pop- of the districts Count Brockdorff Brock- Brock dorff Rantzau dorff-Rantzau further r charges chares tho the as associated ns- ns go o with the thu bartering bar bal of or territories territories' for Cor tho the purpose of oC gl giving guarantees es for tor financial or economic claims of or the tho adversaries ad of or German CLEMENCEAU REPLIES In n pl replying to the German note noto M M. Clemenceau saidI said I 1 must emphatically d deny nv nr on be behalf behalf behn be- be hn half of or the allied and associated governments gov- gov the tho flu suggestion s contained In it thu this German note not that German territories ter ter- are art by hy the treat treaty of or peace made the subject u of or bargains between I one sovereIgnty sovereign and another as though they were wem chattels ani and pawns In a i game In fact tact the wishes wisheR of or the tho population population population pop pop- of ot all the Iho territories in question question ques flues tion will be consulted consult d ane and the procedure procedure dure duro followed if It such consultation has been heen carefully settled with special re regard regard re- re gard to local conditions Omitting to take tale up the question of oC tho the restitution of oC Lorraine Alsace and the occupation of or Kiel Klel Count Counton on von Brockdorff Rantzau Ba said lI ho would discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss these provisions In a subsequent note With respect to some flome of or the territory territory terri terri- tor tory which Germany German Is required to cede Including a n. part put of ot that thit given gl to Poland and also Schleswig Count Counton ton on on Brockdorff u admitted that the principle of oC national self determination I nation ma may indeed be assured Premier reply dealt specifically leal nr with provisions pro which e h have been drawn up for tor tho the administration of the tho Sarro Same basin under the league of or nations as ai affecting the political rights of or its population These provisions provisions pro pro- visions he ho t said ald secure the rights and welfare of tho the population assure the iho maintenance of or all nil their inch present liberties liberties lib lib- and in addition guarantee to them In financial and social matters a number of or special advantages nd The provisions for Cor a at tho the end I of fifteen years vears he sal said will enable I this population to determine tho the final l I form of or gov government eminent of ot tho the territory I in which It lives Jives in full tull fr freedom and not necessarily to lo the tho advantage either j I of or Franco France or Germany German to an in objection In the German Ger- Ger I nun man note a against the disposition of or I I In the peace tl eat u because of Cor Df Denmark's b neutrality Premier Clem Clem- Clem I informed tho the German delegatIon delegation delegation tion thin thit this provision was wis Inserted Inthe in inthe inthe the treaty at tho the request of or the Danish government jo and tho the population of ot Schleswig |
