| Show Clemenceau Replies To German l otes p TES I f SOON N AUf EDY fO fOA FR A AU TRIA I If 1 f I Pi J 7 S session bession ssi j i iD to fo D Decide De- De cide Date for Presentation Presentation Presen Presen- te tation tion to Vienna Delete Delegates Delegates Dele Dele- g gates ales Slavs Jugo-Slavs u Balk Palk By Dy Associated Press PARIS May 31 Premier Premier Clemenceau Cle- Cle as president of the thc peace conference today replied to the tho thelast thelast thoI I last two German notes The of official official official of- of statements on tho the replies have not yet been issued The Tho Gorman German peace delegation also has been notified that that the period of delay for presenting ob observations observations ob- ob having expired no further further fur fur- ther thor notes will be accepted AllIS ray May 31 In Indications Indications P PARIS arc that the presentation of I the pc peace ce 1 tern terms to the Austrian delegation will be e postponed postpone beyond beyond be be- yond Monday when it hud had been expected they would bo lie handed over o Tho The plenary session of ot the peace conference conference conference con con- ference this afternoon will decide the tl question SLAVS JUGO-SLAVS STUBBORN The council of four tour held heM no meetIng meeting meet In ing this morn morning I ns Meanwhile 1 tho the Ju Slav Jugo-Slav Sla o dele delegation conferred with tho American delegation n The conference confer confer- ence enco was over o the Adriatic question No o decision was reached rached tho the Jugo Juo- slavs standing standI firmly for tor their claims It is understood they are less lesa disposed than tho Italians nt at present to give gl ground In the controversy Pre President Wilson joined the other othor oth r members of ot the American delegation at the thc Hotel Do De at 45 2 o'clock Tho The American conferees discussed ed phases of the thc Gorman German peace terms fis as fiswell aswell w well ll as the limo Adriatic 4 and other pendIng pending pending pend pend- ing problems problem GOLD CAUSES WORRY I Economic exports with the different delegations legations at the p peace ace conference r nce are i making a close stud study of oC the thc disposition 1 to bo made mado of of tho Oso gold sold which the thc G Germans Germans Ger Ger- r- r mans arc oro paying for tor food supplies This gold is 18 being stored In the Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- gian Ian National bank localizing there thre would bo be n a general disturbance of or world credits If it the gold Jold should b be betaken betaken taken to t th tho United States Stains economists have ha advanced ad n a plan to hold bold the metal where It Is as U security which will be j gradually duall redeemed J by shipments of ot commodities to various arlous parts harts of or the world The German counter proposals were accompanied b by a covering co letter of often often I ten typewritten pages The letter apparently ap- ap apparently ap r J Is the work of or Count Counton von on Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau a S D-S it Is more conciliatory and adroit than the counter proposals which were elaborated elaborated rated by tho the Berlin government gO The Thc letter paints a most gloomy picture of ot the fate to which the tho terms term condemn condemns Germany German It refers refer to the sacred character of treaties disavows disavow tho the treaty made mallo with nU Russia at Brest Brest- sl Li and concludes with the tho following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing phrase I Wo o shall hall only undertake those obligations obligations ob ob- ob- ob which we are sure suro of ot keeping keep keep- tag ing because It Is tho German people who In the ll last t resort will give Sl Its assent to 0 the tho treaty Tho The greater part pout of or tho objections raised in the tho German counter proposals pro pro- have In the thc opinion of ot French diplomatic and political circles al already already al- al real ready been set Bet forth in separate O Garman German Gar Ger r- r man notes and duly answered h by the allies lilies Consequently It Is said there therean can an be no modification of ot the peat peace terms and there Is Js no necessity necessity- fur for Continued on pave pago 3 3 t Ir i I I TERMS SOON READY Continued from page 1 1 verbal erbal discussions dIscussion In which th the Berlin Berun Ber ner- lin un government o desires to involve the allied powers GERMANYS GERMANY'S POSITION m BERLIN May 2 29 Delayed Delay T Tr r many is 18 willing to 10 agree to the proposed proposed pro pro- posed stipulations re regarding her military mill mili tary a aerial and naval forces contained In the draft of cor the peace treaty provided provided pro pro- vided that sho she Is permitted to enter the league earue of ot nations on an equal footing footing tootIng foot toot ing Immediately upon the signing of or peace and particularly that h sh she bo be permitted per per- to share in the complete to equal qualIty lt Ity arid and reciprocity o of all nil nations Inthe in inthe inthe the economic domain This declaration Is contained In tho ho second section o of the thc German memorandum memo memo- embodying the thc counter proposals proposals proposals pro pro- to the p peace ace terms term At the same time It is declared tho German d delegation IC holds to Its lis idea of ot the su- su 1 of It its own draft of proposals for a league of or nations STRICT CENSORSHIP German are commenting more and more mort upon tho alleged fact that the thc full tull peace terms have not as M asyet asyet yet b been cn published in an ny entente countr country coun- coun try tr try aa saying that on the ho contrary the tho German league o of nations union has Issued the thc complete text in German French and English and Is giving g It widest circulation The Tho newspapers de declare de- de clare dare that the pu publication o of the lie treaty text Is especially curtailed In Fr Franco France where the G German replies 8 an and answering answering answer answer- In ing notes are also said to have been ern flU sed It in is cl these methods deprive the thc entente peoples people of or the opportunity to Judge of th the thc 8 arid Justice of the thc German counter claims HUNS MUST SIGN LONDON May Ia 31 Premier Premier Lloyd Gior George e In iii his speech to the Welsh di divisIon division dl- dl vision Islon at nt Amiens Io last t Sunda Sunday declared de d- de- de dared according to th the South Wales Vales I Daily News We say Hay ay to the Germans Gentlemen you must mUll 8 agn n. n If It you dont don't do SI so nt at Versailles y jou shall do so 10 In In Berlin tj t IVo aro aoi t GOD to lo lv jt f |
