| Show MUNS tr t HUGE I I rr I r I J 1 N NI I I A ASKED f BY f J GERMANY Enormous Sum Said to toBe toBe toBe Be Due Enemy by the Reason of Blockade by the Allied Powers By Associated Press VERSAILLES May 28 The 28 The Geman German Ger Gor- Gorman Ge man peace delegation hero it was learned today will present a counterclaim counter counter- cl claim lim of marks for damage damage dam dam- age from tho the allied blockade as an offset to the reparation demands of tho the allied powers Germanys Germany's counter proposals to tho the terms of the peace treaty presented to her hor plenipotentiaries at Versailles include tho following points according to an unofficial summary aV available 1 today Germany offers to disarm all her battleships on condition that a part of her mercantile fleet bo restored to her sr She Sho proposes that there be no territorial territorial ter ter- ter- ter changes without consultation of the populations affected The cession cassion of Upper Silesia and the tho claims to East Prussia West Prussia and Momel Memel are arc emphatically rejected It is stipulated that Danzig shall become a freo free port and the river Vistula neutralized Occupied territory is to be evacuated ed within six months If the league of nations is established established with Germany as a Q member Germany shall continuo continue to administer her colonies in accordance with tho the principles of the league as its man man- Germany offers to pay marks in gold by the year 1926 as indemnity and to make annual payments pay ments meats from 1927 onward to a total not in excess of marks in gold It was expected today that tho the counter proposals would be officially made known on Wednesday B BERLIN BRIAN May ra 28 The Thc The qu question question ques ques- g- g tion whether Germany will ill sign the peace treaty or 01 not it itis itis itis is believed here depends altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether on whether the allied and associated powers will agree to a a. plebiscite plebIscite In all disputed territories and the tho reception o of Germany German Into the league o of nations us as a member with an equal vote Both these I Issues are made the cardInal cardinal car car- dinal features of ot the German reply which has been approved cd by 11 tho the cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net and Count von on Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau and his associates and which is bel being S' S put Into shape for presentation within the next thirty six hours SELF SELF- SELF The Tho reply In general will wl reaffirm the adherence of ot Germany German to the tho principles principles principles prin prin- laid down doun In the armistice conditions con conditions con con- con con- and will la lay especial weight on on tho the right of oC solf self determination which h Germany German Is willing to grant to all contested con con- tested sections of ot her frontiers The rhe allies also will be asked to abide b by tho the decision of oC a a. popular vote voto In Austria on tho the question o of the union with Germany Some o of the more moro prominent economic economic eco eco- and amI financial issues issues suggested In tho allied pe peace lC terms Germany Is 18 willing to have o adjusted by the league of nations In which she expects to be become become be- be come a member on a n. basis o of equality l It If the world league were based on any other scheme of ot membership It was declared to tho the correspondent correspond nt In authoritative quarters quartE lS Germany would be forced to consider It as ns an au alliance against her STAND ON 14 POINTS Tho The German counter proposals will willi In tho the opening section argue arguo for the existence of Germanys Germany's contractual right to a a. peace based on President i Wilsons Wilson's fourteen points because the f entente nations agreed to a a. peace on that th basis Tho The second section will deal de dewIth with the I contradiction bohn between en the draft of ot theM tho the M treaty treat and previous assurance from tram entente statesmen and too the general Ideals of at international right The counter proposals als will declare that the tho terms of ot peace pence completely Ig Ignore Ignore Ig- Ig nore nere the tho fact that Germany has replaced replaced re- re placed an Imperialistic and Continued on page S. S S I II t I I GERMAN REPLY TO 10 i ALLIES PROPOSES I PLEBISCITE I Counter Offers Are Made With Reference to Ship Restoration Continued from rom page 1 bio blo government by hy a strictly democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic one and that Germany German in her proposals for a league of or nations has hasI adhered to the principle of oC a limitation I of or armaments TO LIMIT ARMY I It would be difficult to sec see one ona section reads what different condItions conditions conditions condi condI- could have been Imposed upon an Imperialistic government Jo The solemn assurance of oC I France rance Great Britain and President Wilson lIson that the peace would be a peace of oC right and not of oC violence have not been kept hept especially regarding regarding regard regard- ing territorial questions The reply will agree asree that the German arm army shall be men on a peace footing but will urge urco that this limit be not enforced until conditions are arc thoroughly stabilized d. d The Germans will send another note to o Premier Clemenceau in connection with the economic terms of th the peace treaty the says sas It learns officially The Tho note nolo will point out that the al allied allied allied al- al lied claims that more than tons ton of or shipping were destroyed by German submarines Is Ig not true be because because because be- be cause more than half of oC the shipping nb was sunk b by legal lesal cruiser warfare The Germans German th the paper adds will wilt also declare that the allied reply to the Clr first t German note on the economic terms shows a misunderstanding of oC the agricultural needs of ot Germany German Objections Objections Objections will also alo be made to the loss of or coal which the treat treaty would Impose on German Germany WHAT PARIS HEARS I I PARIS May 28 8 A A Berlin dispatch I received in n Paris Parts gives in some somo detail I tho the counter proposals proposal to the peace I treat treaty which were agreed ed on at the thelast thelast thelast last conference of oC the Germans at Spa Concerning the r region ion German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many will ask France to give up her territorial pretensions to this region and permit economic control over all the coal output there i i It Is proposed that th the German fleet leEt I hI be transferred to an international trust mana managed ed b bv by the Americans and controlled by y the league of nations Tho trust would QuId be given s the mercantile mercantile I tile fleets of ot all nil the tho other maritime nations and eer every nation would I be beI J I represented represent d In the tho central administration I lion tion In a manner corresponding to the i I nations nation's tonnage Germany anI an- an es her readiness to hand over 60 I per cent nt of or her mercantile fleet TO REPLACE SHIPS Besides les in conformity with the proposition proposition prop prop- made mad by the former director of or ortho tho Hamburg American lino line Germany German will d pledge e herself herselt to build at her own expense In her own dockyards and by her own workmen the number of ot otI I ships necessary to comp compensate for the i diminution in the worlds world's tonnage due dueI I to Germanys Germany's submarine warfare In InI I return Germany German will ask to be allowed ed largo large credits credit for Cor the payment for raw I materials required to carry out the thc i 1 undertaking and to h be he allowed to give I c i in pam payment nt some of or her own raw or orI I manufactured manufacture goods I I I As regards the cable lines Germany will suggest a system of international international- I I which would not prevent GerI Germany Germany Ger Ger- I many from participating In the general traffic of or nations I oncoming Concerning territorial questions In JD Inthe inthe I the east past of oC Europe Europ th the counter proposals proposals pro pro- simply simp call the attention of or the I I to the state stute of oC mind of ot the German populations in the contested I I territories of or Upper Silesia and nd last Wast and West Rest Prussia and Danzig DamI These populations It rays tays would be bp sure surf to total tal take up lip arms in their own defense if they thoy were to be annexed to Poland and that this might lead lend to other I wars |
