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Show ) Conflictii on Signing of Treaty I WILLI BE SIGNED Huns Know That Na-2 Na-2 tions Will Open T Fight s ALLIES IN ACCORD Germans Must Sip or Suffer Inevitable Consequence. t iJARIS, Jun 17 une of tbo German fcdelepai' - lo the peace conference is Keuoted by the Echo de Paris today as I declaring before he left tor Weimir 'Blast evening (hat Germany would sign Utbe peace treaty. She would sign, ho eclared. because she knew thai the H&eads of th allied governments nre Rp perfect accord on the consequences Mblcb would follow a refusal io ac-Kept ac-Kept the terms, and that orders had been ;n on for the advance, in that :pven'. on June 21, of an allied anm f w men The newspapers today unanimously J approval of the srrons memor-I memor-I anduni Premier Clcmeneeau addressed Kto the German clelecatlon. DTTlin 15 MQVISCO. BERLIN, Monday, June 16 (By llThe Associated Prers ) - Berlin was r ad isil b telephone thL- - oninp that I Count von Broekdorff Rantzau had re-f re-f celved the allied reply to ihe German f counter proposals and would leave for Weimar at X o clock The news that the entente had replied to Germany .was made public her- late tonich The German jelegat.es are to arrive! I lu Weimar on Tuesday afternoon The F minor members of the delegation and expert attaches will come to this cit ' direct from " ersailb - Detailed Reply to Germans. PARIS. Monday. June 16 The detailed de-tailed reply of the peace conference T to the counter proposals of the Oer- mans which was handed to the German E. delegation at Versailles today take l)P iti order each of the objectio is I raade by the enemy to the provis-ons I of the original peace treaty. Among the modifications which are K acceded to bv ihe conference ar frou-I frou-I tier rectifications for west Prussia, B I pleblsc if.- in upper Silesia with a guar-I guar-I antee to Germany that she will receive I fair treatment 111 securing mineral pro- ducts from that region; modifications I in the clauses relating to finance, t economic and waterways phases of the ti treaty, permission for Germany to re-( re-( tain 200,000 men in its army tempor?T-; tempor?T-; 11 y and a promise to furnish Germany I within a month with a full list of the t persons who aro to be tried for re sponslbility for the great conflict and J violations of the laws of war. Discussion of Penalties. Taking up I ho subject of penalties. J the reply enters into a discussion of I the immediate cause of the war and1 i I says that the conflict was brought i about through tho "decision, delib-r-I ately taken of the statesmen of Ber-f Ber-f 'in, lenna and Budapest." ) ., e rt'P'y asserts the powers cannot 1, 'entrust the trial of those responsible to those who hne been their aocom-Jf aocom-Jf Pllcos." The tribunals established for the trial of those under charges will represent the deliberate judgment of H the preatnr pan of u,e rivillzed world. and thiTe ran no qu.-.-tion of ad-rB ad-rB lilting the right of jurisdiction of rc-p- t resentativ.-s of countries which took . no part in the war. The accused will 1 oe insured full rights of defense Ire fillled and associated powers are pie- Pared to submit a final list of those r 'ho must be handed over to justice j within one month of the sigo-i of W 'he treaty jj I The allied and associated powers re-luse re-luse to enter into a discussion of the : '"nclples underlying the repara-- repara-- f l'on clauses, but certain observations I 0 made, especially as tho German w Proposals are said to "present a rlew 9 o distorted and inexact us to raise a fwubt 11 the clauses wore calmly and j W arefuliy examined." Tho problem ot W n reparations is 01 such exiraordln;.ry Jr, I magnitude and complexity that it ran I t solved only by a continuing bodv, limited in personnel and invested with broad powers. It Is pointed out that the commis sion is not ' an engine of opresslon' nor a deice for interfering with Germany's Ger-many's sovereign).. Its business Is to tlx what Is to be paid, satisfy itself Gat Germany can pay and report In case Germany docs not pay. The r. in-mission in-mission cannot prescribe or enforce taxes or dictate the character of the .German budget, but may examine tbe latter to see if any modification is desirable, de-sirable, probably in Germany's interests, inter-ests, and to be assured that German I taxation is at least as heay as iho j heaviest allied taxation. Declaring that the resumption of I German industry is of interest to the j allies as well as to Germany, the re-!ply re-!ply declares that commercial facilities I will not be withheld from Germany, ibut they will afford to Germany Facilities Facili-ties for food supplies, raw materials and overseas transport, under conditions condi-tions "which cannot be laid down in I advance." I "Meanwhile the treaty must bo .signed," the replj declares. "The bir jdens of Germany undoubtedlv are ; heavy, but they are imposed under ( conditions of Justice by peoples whose ocial well-being and economic prosperity pros-perity have been gravely impaired by wrongs which it is beyond the utmost p iwer of Germany to repair." In the financial' section of the reply it is stipulated that reparation must be made prior to the settlement of all Other German public debts with such .exceptions as the commission ruav ;,p prove. German must pay the expense cf mllitarj occupation, as an essential , guarantee of peace, and war material I surrendered after the armistice can tnot be credited against reparation. Liberated territories will bear their portion of the pre-war debt, but will .not assume any part of the war debt 'itself. 'After the events of the war," it is jsaid. "the powers have the right to de-jmand de-jmand that Germany be no longer inti raately involved in their financial or economic life, or in that of Germanv's foiruer allies, or Russia As the greater great-er part of Germany's foreign Becuritief must be llquldatfd, the protection oi 1 l man holdfrs will no longer 1'ic tifj greater participation in Internationa! organization " The right is reserved to demand cf Germany also her credits in Austria, 'Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey Reciprocity at Present Imposs-ble In the discussion of the economic clauses, the reply states that the principles prin-ciples enunciated by President Wilson and embodied In tho U ague of nations as to the equalit of trade conditions will be brought into effect when the world returns to normal, nor-mal, but In the meantime a transitory regime Is essential to sao certain al lied states from a position of economic inferiority because of the damage done to their territories during the war. Reciprocity Is impossible at present. Consular representations are .lot reciprocal established, owing to ;he war activity of German consuls. Private Pri-vate property of Germans abroad mav be justly used to meet reparation charges. The German proposals relative to aerial navigation have not been accepted. ac-cepted. B. Is pointed out that German objections objec-tions to the clauses pertaining to ports and waterways are too general to ia mit of a detailed reply. The reply c (lares that until the transitory period Is passed and general conventions can be laid down, tho provisions of this section of the treaty must be enforced. en-forced. Transit for Landlocked States. No attempt is made to prevent the legitimate use by Germany of her economic resources, but rather to secure se-cure freedom of transit for youus. landlocked states. The commissions established by this section of the treaty will function, not alone ever German territory, but over at least jue allied country as well, it ia said. In taking up the clauses referring to guarantees, the reply quotes an ad dress by President Wilson in which be said: "The reason wbj peace must be guaranteed is that one of the parties to that peace has proved that his promises prom-ises are not worlhy of faith." Military Occupation by Allies. Military occupation by the allies will continue as a guarantee for the execution execu-tion of the treaty. There also will be constituted a civilian body called the inter allied Rhlneland high commission, commis-sion, consisting of four members, rep resenting Belgium, France, Great Britain Bri-tain and the United States. It shall, have executive powers and its members mem-bers shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities. The civilian administration shall remain an the hands of tho German authorities under German law exo-pl . here it may bo necessary for the high commission to act. Germany w 111 be responsible lor the expenses of the high commission. Germany will undertake to. place at the disposal of tho allied troops such military establishment and accommodations accommo-dations as may be required Transport service and the telegraph and postal personnel will obey orders given on behalf of the commander in chief of the allied armies for military purposes. pur-poses. The high commission will have the power, whenever it conriid-ers conriid-ers it necessary to declare a state of siege in any part or all of the territory concerned |