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Show ; MD TERMS Germans Allowed Five Days r to Accept or Refuse Armistice Terminates Saturday. H RrERSAILLLS. Juno 16 (By Tnc I Msoclaterl Press)- The reply of the Bed and as o overnments to I Germany's counter proposals and ;i revised re-vised Cup;, of it:, p- i . . M.Miy tonight I re in the hands ol ount von Brock-I Brock-I B0rff-Rant7.au. who is un his way to - Weimar, there to present to the Gr Ilk man n: t i.na I .1- tnlir. Hie fun! wore; '1 of the , i, ory in the war H I Few changes have been made in .he Bevised treaty Five days was the al-Bjotted al-Bjotted period originally fixed for the BBermans to answer yes or no to the demands .f Wi. ..Mies Hut two days additional have been Granted because I B the insistence of the Herman dole-I dole-I batlon that not sufficient time had een allowed ror propei consideration Bthe revised term.-. This will ex-Bend ex-Bend the time limitation to Monday, Bune 23. At thai time if Germany declines de-clines to accede to the demands of the ghnteticc will be automatically torniin-I torniin-I pted and the allied armed lorces will take what" '-r p- ihe derm requl-'Site requl-'Site to Ihe orr:i ion U The revised treaty eontained in'er- Bineation? which indwate where I !vhangea had b,M'n rnarie in it. 1 bad 1'oern impossible to reprint the treat) I la "n." f'r 11 - ;.M ... ,11 ion tuila 5 Clemenceau Severely Castigates I Germany. OW I The covering r.otc of Premier Clem-jj, Clem-jj, Jnceau severely t a -m,: ai.es Gr ruianv I 'or protesting against the treaty I the ground that the treaty conflicts HVE I the terms of the anni-ti -. M Clemenceau says Germany fails to unit un-it oertitand the position she occupies to-OI to-OI jn tli - Mni.it Km 1.1 ih- world inr being responsible for a war which was "the greatest crime against huinanitv and the freedom of the people that "nv nation, calling itcelf civilized, has ever I consciously committed." itbout ostentation Paul Dutasta general secretary of the peace conference confer-ence at 6:49 c'clock this evening placed the revised draft of Ihe treaty and the note in the hauds of German i Legation Secretary Simon and Bron von Loersner. Herr Simon protested against the short time given Germany to make known her intentions. M. Dutasta arrived in Versailles at 6 2o o'clock, carrying the momentous documents in two parcels wrapped in prosaic brown paper, and was conducted con-ducted to the reading room of the Hotel Reservoirs Here the partv was grouped alone jone side of the room. In front of M 1 Dutasta was a large marble topped table, upon which the documents wer3 (placed in two piles. The Germans ! took their place at the other side of J the table. At 6:49 o'clock, Herr Simon informally infor-mally reached across the table and I took the document and handed them to Ilaron von Loersner, this actually j constituting the formal receipt of the treaty and the ultimatum A receipt j from the Germans for the documents l v, as required. The Germans then returned to their apartment in the hotel. Von Loersm-r carrying the documents under his arm in a green portfolio. Later Count "n Brockdorff-Rantzau boarded a train !or Weimar, taking the papers with him. The principle of the original conditions condi-tions have been vigorously upheld as i establishing a peace of justice but certain modifications in detail and many explanations of the effect of execution exe-cution are made. The reply is in tW3 I parts a general covering letter ana 'seriatim discussions of the German ! counter proposals. The changes In-, In-, elude: A plebiscite lor 1'pper Silesia with guarantees of coal from that territory ter-ritory Frontier rectifications in West Prus- isia. Omission of the third zone In the ISchleswig plebiscite. Temporary increase of the German army irom 104.000 to 200,000 men. Declaration of the intention to submit sub-mit within a month of signature a list of those accused of violation of the laws and customs of war. Offer to co-operate with a German commission on reparations, and to receive re-ceive suggestions for discharging the cbllgation. Certain detailed modifications In the finance, eeonomic and pone and waterways water-ways clauses, including abolition of tne proposed Kiel canal commission. Assurance of membership in the league of nations in the early future if Germany fulfills her obligations The German counter-proposals entirely en-tirely conflict with the agreed bacis of peace. They provide that great majorities ma-jorities of indisputably Polish population popula-tion shall be kept under German rule They deny secure access to the rjea 10 a nation of over 20,000,000 people, whose nationals are in a majorltv ill the way to the coast, in order to maintain main-tain territorial connection betweon east and west Prussia and whose trade has always been mainly seaborne sea-borne "They cannot, thererore, be accented accent-ed by the allied and associated powers. Ai the same lime in certain cases, the German note has established a case for rectification which will be made, and in n-w of the contention- tha' up per Silesia, though Inhabited by a two to one majority of Poles (1,250,000 to 650 000, German census of 1910) wishes to n main a pan of Germany, they are willing that the question of whether upper Silesia will form part of German Ger-man or of Poland should be determined deter-mined by the vote of the inhabitants themselves. "In regard to the Sarre basin, the regime proposed by the allied and associated as-sociated powers is to continue foi flf-iren flf-iren years Tins arrangement thev considered necessary both to the general gen-eral scheme for reparation and .n order or-der thut France may haw immediate and 1 ertain compensation for the w ,n-ton ,n-ton destruction of her northern coal mines. The district has been trans fcrred not to French sovereignty, but to the control of the league of nations This method has the double advantage that u involves no annexation, while 11 elves possession of Ihe coal field to l France and maiutains the econoniie unity of the district, so important to the district, so Important. to the inter est of the inhabitant. "At the end of fifteen years the mixed population which in the meantime mean-time will have had control of its o.vn local affairs under the governing supervision sup-ervision of the league of nations, v. ill I have complete freedom to decide Whether it wishes union with Frame or the continuance of the regime provided pro-vided for in the treaty." M. Clemenceau takes up various territorial ter-ritorial settlements, including the German Ger-man colonies, which he says the allied al-lied powers are satisfied are strongly oposed to being again brought undei Germany's sway. The allied powers therefore, are not prepared to mod'fy their territorial proposals, except in certain respects laid down With regard to the economic rind. financial clauses, M Clemenceau says: No Intention to Strangle Germany. "There Is no Intention on the part of the allied and associated powers to strangle Germany or to prevent her from taking her proper place in International Inter-national trade and commerce. Provided Provid-ed that she abides by the treaty of peace and provided, also, she abandons those aggressive and exclusive tmdl tions which have been apparent In her business, no less than her polit ral methods, the allied and associated powers pow-ers intend that Germany shall have fair treatment in the purchase of raw materials and the sale of goods, subject sub-ject to those temporary provisions al ready mentioned in the interests of the nations ravaged and artificially weakened weak-ened by Germany's actions It is their desire that the passions engendered by the war should die as soon as poss'ble and that all nations should share in the prosperity which comes from the honest supply of mutual needs. In or der to make their intention clear, a number of modifications have been made in the financial and economic clauses of the treaty. But the p in riples upon which the treaty is drawn must stand." Reparations Proposals. With regard 10 reparation proposals, M. Clemenceau says while the allied i powers are not prepared to modify ihem, they recognize that, with the 'ierman delegation, the adantage of I arriving as soon as possible at the I tirst and definite sum which shall be) payable by Germany. They are willinc jto accord to Germany all necessary and reasonable facilities to enable her: to survey the devastated and damaged regions and to make proposals there-1 after within four months of the signing sign-ing of the treaty for a settlement of ihe claims. The coering letter i6 from M. Cle-1 menceau, president of the peace con j ferenoc, to Count von Brockdorff Rant- J zau, president of the German delega-1 tion. In this letter M. Clemenceau' says: "The allied and associated , powers ' have gnen the most earnest considera I tion to the observation of the German : delegates on the draft treaty of peace. The reply protests against the peace cn the ground that it conflicts with the terms upon which the armistice , of November 11. 1918, was signed, that it is a peace of violence and not a peace of justice The protest of the German delegation shows that they fail to understand the position in! which Germany stands today They Beem to think that Germany has only i to make sacrifices in order to atta'n ' peace, ' as if this were but the eno of some mere struggle for territory and j power The allied and associated pow- j ers, therefore, fee it necessary to be I gin their reply by a clear statement Of the judgment of the world, which has been forged by practically the whole of civilized mankind In ih-view ih-view of the allied and associated pow-I M"s the war which began August I, 1914, was the greatest crime against humanitj and freedom of the peopli that any nation calling itself civilized has ever consciously committed. For, many years the rulers of German. true to the Prussian tradition, strove for a position of dominance in Europe They were not satisfied with that ! growing prosperity and influence to which Germany was entitled and which other nations were willing to cord her; they required that they ! hbould be able to dictate and tyrannize ! over a subservient Europe as they di trtted and tyrannized over a subser-rleat subser-rleat Germany. I "In order to attain their ends t'iie I used every ehannel through which to educate their own subjects in the doctrine doc-trine ihai might was right in international interna-tional affairs. They never ceased to; oxpind German armaments by land! and sea and to propagate the false 1 hooil that it was necessary because, I Germany's neighbors were jealous of! her prosperity and power. "She sought to sow hostility and j suspicion, instead of friendship, be tween nations The Germans devel j oped a system of espionage and in-i trigue through which they were er abled to stir up international rebellion 1 and even to make secret offensive preparations within the territory of I their neighbors, whereby they might, whe!l the moment came, strike them j I down with greater certainty and ease I They kept Europe in ferment by-threats by-threats of violence, and when tlipy found that, their neighbors were resolved re-solved to resist their arrogant will, they determined to assert their pre , 1 dominance In Europe b force. "As soon as their preparations were complete, they encouraged a subset- 'vlent ally to declare war on Serbia on; forty-eight hours' notice a war Involving Involv-ing the control of the Balkans, which the knew could not be localized and which was bound to unchain a general . 1 war. In order to make doubly sure thev lefused any attempt at conciliation I and conference until it was too late' li.nd the world war was inevitable, for. Whlcb they had plotted and for whlcb liilone, among t,he nations they were, adequately equipped and prepared. I "Germany's responsibility, however is not confined to having planned and j started the war She is no less re sponsible for the savage and inhuman manner in which it was conducted. Though Germany was herself the guar aht of Belgium. Germany violated the rules after B solemn promise to respect re-spect the neutrality of this unoffend ing people "Not content with this, they delihpr-lately delihpr-lately carried out a series of prorois- j cuous shootings and burnings with ihe sole object ol terrifying the inhabitants inhabit-ants into submission by the very i l rightfulness of their action. They j win ihe first to use poisonous sas, 1 notwithstanding the appalling suffer ! ing it entailed The began the bomb-j I ing and long distance shelling of 1 towns, for no military objeci. but sole-y sole-y for the purpose of reducing the mor I I ale of their opponents by striking at tceir women and children. "They commenced th submarine j c,impaign; with Its piratical challenge I to international law and its destruction ' Of great numbers of innocent passon-gers passon-gers and sailors in mid ocean, lari trom succor, at the mercy of the winds land the waves and the vet more ruth-; I less submarine crews They drove thousands of women and children with ' i brutal savagery Into slavery in fOV ign lands; they allowed barbarities 1 to be practiced against their prison- 1 ers of war. trom which the most uncu- I ilized people would have recoiled Conduct Unexampled in History "The conduct of Germany Is almost unexampled in human history The terrible responsibility which lies at her doors can be 9een by the fact that not less than seven million dead lie buried in Europe, while more than twenty million others carry upon them the evidence of wounds and suffering (because Germany saw lit to (ratify her lust for tyranny by resort to war. "The allied and associated powers believe that they will be false to those who have given their all to save the freedom of the world if they consent to treat war on any other basis thr.n 8.-i a crime against humanity and right. "This attitude of the allied and associated as-sociated powers was made perfectly clear to Germany during the war by their principal statesmen It was defined de-fined by President Wilson in his speech of April 6, 1918, and explicitly and categorically accepted hy the Ger man people as a principle covering the peace 'Let everything that we say, my fellow countrymen, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish ring true to this response, till the majesty ma-jesty and might of concerted power shall fill the thought and utterly defeat de-feat the force of those who flout and misprize what we honor and hold dear Germany has once more said that force and force alone, shall decide whether Justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether right, as America conceives it. or dominion, as she conceives it, shall determine the destinies of mankind. There Is, there fore, but one response possible from us force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall make the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust M. Clemenceau. in the letter also quotes from speeches delivered by Premier Lloyd George, himself as premier pre-mier of France, and Premier Orlando of Italy, in which It was specifically declared that when victory was won, compromise as to peace terms was impossible im-possible and Just punishment should be meted out, and continues; ' Justice, therefore, is the only possible pos-sible basis for the settlement of the accounts of this terrible war. Justice is what the German delegation asks for and says that Germany has been promised. But It must be justice for all. There must be justice for the dead and wounded and for those Mm have been made orphans and h'-reavi d that Europe might be free from Prus sian despotism There must be justice jus-tice for the peoples who stagger under war dehts which etreeded ihirfv hit lion, that liberty might be saved There' must be justice for those millions whose homes and lands, ships and property. German savagery has spoil ated and destroyed "This is why the allied and associated asso-ciated powers have insisted as a car- , dinal feature of the treaty that Germany Ger-many must undertake to make repara ' tion to the ery uttennost of her pow-er, pow-er, for reparation lor wrongs inflicted is of the essence of Justice." "Germany has despoiled her neighbors neigh-bors of even thing she could make v,se of or carry away. Germany has de- ! stroyed the shipping ol all nations on the high seas where there was no! chance of rescue for their passengers' and crews. Must Make Restitution "It is onlv justice that restitution should be made and that these wronged wrong-ed peoples should be safeguarded lor a time from the competition of a nation na-tion whose industries are intact and have even been fortified by machinery stolen from occupied territory, if! these things are hardships for Ger-: many, they are hardships which Ger-' many has brought upon herself. Some- ! body must suffer for the consequences' of the war. Is 11 to be Germany, or the peoples she has wronged' "Not to do justice to all concerned would leave only the world open to' fresh calamities. If the German peo-pie peo-pie themselves or any other nation, are to be deterred from following the footsteps of Prussia, If mankind is to; be lifted out of the belief that war for selfish end Is legitimate to any state; I if the old era is to be left behind, and' nations as well as individuals are to, be brought beneath the reign of law. even if there is to be early reconciliation, reconcil-iation, and appeasement, it will be be- cause those responsible for concluding the war have had the courage to see that justice is not deflected for the, sake of a convenient peace. "It is said that the German revolu- , tion ought to make a difference, and that the German people are not re sponsible for the policy of the rulers whom they have thrown from power. The allied and associated powers recognize rec-ognize and welcome the change. it! represents a great hope for peace and' a new European order in the future. Germany Upheld Her Armies "But it cannot affect the settlement for the war itself The German rovo- ! tion was stayed until the German ar- ; mles had been defeated in the field and all hope of profiting by a war of ronniiexl hn,l quiche, I ThnniftKnui the war as before the war. the Ger- man people and their representatives supported the war, voted the credits, subscribed to the war loans, obeyed every order, however savage, of their government. They shared the responsibility respon-sibility for the policy of the govern-1 mem for at any moment, had thev willed it, they could have reversed It. 1 Hadtthat policy succeeded, Ihey would have acclaimed it with the same en- ' thusiasm with which they welcomed I the outbrenk of the war They can-not can-not now pretend, having changed their rulers after the war was lost, that it! ifl justice that tbey should escape the consequences of their deeds. "The allied and associated powers,' therefore believe that the peace they have proposed is fundamental!) a peace of justice They are no less 1 Certain thai 11 is a peace of richt on' the term; agreed. There can be no1 doubt as to the intentions of the allied and associated powers to base the set tlemeni of Europe on the principle ol freeing oppressed peoples ;iUd redrawing re-drawing national boundaries as far as J possible in accordance with the w ill 1 of the peoples concerned, while giving to each the facilities to live an independent in-dependent national and economic life "These Intentions were made clear not only In President Wilson s address to congress of January S, 191S but in the principles of settlement enuncia tion in his subsequent addresses,' which WU the agreed basis of the peace. A memorandum on this point j 1- attached to this letter. Memorandum Regarding Poland Accordingly, the allied and asso-i elated powers have provided for the 1 e, (institution of Poland as an Inde- ' pendent state, with free and secure access to the sea." All territories in- habited by indubitably Polish popula- tions have been accorded to Poland. I All territories inhabited by German majorities, save for a few isolated' towns and for colonies established on land recently rorcibly expropriated and situated in the midst of indubitably Polish ferritin v have been left to Germany Ger-many Wherever the will of the peo pie Is In doubt a plebiscite has been provided for. "Danzig has been constituted as a free city, so that the inhabitants will be autonomous, and do not come under Polish rule or from any part of the! Polish state. Poland has been given certain economic rights in Danzig and the city itself has been severed from Germany, because in no other way was It possible to provide for that free and secure access to the sea' which Germany Ger-many has promised to concede." Clause VI or the treaty says the! allied and associated powers have given giv-en careful consideration to tho re-1 quest of the German delegation tiat Germany be admitted to the league of nations as one of the conditions of peace, but that the allies are unable to accede to this request. It adds that the German revolution was postponed to the last moment of the war and that there is no guarantee that it rep- j resents a permanent change, and that it is impossible in the present temper of International feeling to "expect the free nations of the world to sit down Immediately in equal association with' those by whom they have been BO grievously wronged." It If added that the allied and associated as-sociated powers believe if the German 1 people prove that they intend to fulfill the conditions of the peace and that ' they have abandoned forever those ag gressive and estranging policies which' caused the war "it will be possible at I .'in early date to complete the league of nations by the admission of Ger- 1 many thereto." Clause VII refers to the denunciation 1 by Germany of the blockade of the allies It declares the blockade ways has been a legal and recognizer method of war It adds that if Lh 1 allies impose a blockade of excep tlonal severity on Germany it was be. cause of the criminal character of tho war initiated by Germany of the bar-harious bar-harious methods adopted by her in prosecuting it " ' lausc VIII sav g "In conclusion, the allied and associated as-sociated powers must make it clear this letter and the memorandum nt tached constitute their last word Th v have examined the German observations observa-tions and counterproposals with earnest ear-nest attention and care. They have, I in consequence made important mod ifirations in the draft treaty. But, in 1 t C nr.n. I,,!.- U .... . 1 K t A 11UV1UB, IIIC SIclllU IM II. "They believe that it Is only a just j settlement of the great war but that II provides the basis upon which the; peoples of Europe can live together in Iriendship and equality." The clause adds that the treaty creates cre-ates the machinery for the peaceful adjustment of all international prob- ! lems by discussion and consent and represents a sincere and deliberate at- !; tempt tn establish "that reign of law based upon the consent of the o-erned. o-erned. and sustained by organized opinion of mankind." which was th agreed basis of the peace. It is added that the treaty in Its present form must be accepted or rejected. re-jected. "The allied and associated powers," it continues, "therefore, require a dec- ' laratton from the German delegation, within five days that they are prepar-j ed to sign the treaty as now amend- ' ed. If they declare within the period that they are prepared to sign the 1 treaty as it stand', arrangements will' be made for the immediate signature of the peace at Versailles. In default of such a declaration this communication communica-tion constitutes the modification provided pro-vided for in article XI of the conven- I tion of the sixteenth of February. 1919. prolonging the armistice signed on tho eleventh of November. 1918. and again prolonged by the agreement of the thirteenth of December, 1918. and the sixteenth of January, 1919, and the said armistice will then terminate and the allied and associated powers will take such steps as they think needful to force their terms ' The reply says it cannot be disputed the allied statesmen have never expressed ex-pressed a desire for any other pcac than one which would undo the wronrs of 1914. vindicate justice and international interna-tional right and reconstruct the pollt'-cal pollt'-cal foundations of Europe which would ive liberty to all its peoples and therefore there-fore the prospect of a lasting peace The German rlalm of a contradiction between the terms of the treaty and President Wilson's promise of jus'lee to the German people is met by a quotation quo-tation demanding "the destruction of every arbitrary power everywhere that can separately, secretly, and of its single choice disturb the peace of Ihe w orld ." If. similarly, it says, the Germans claim contradition in territorial claims, it must be borne in mind thut this is not the result of any purpose to act unjustly toward Germany, but rather of the fact that an appreciable . .in i',: n 01 oi'rnian terri'ory consi-ieo of districts unjustly appropriated by her in the past. The economic obligations are answered an-swered by the statement that Germanya Ger-manya economic condition is intact and in no wise crippled by a devastation devasta-tion like that brought upon the allied people. The German contention t bat peoples have been bartered about ! declared to be similarlv confounded t-every t-every territorial settlement has been reached after most careful and labored consideration of racial, religious and linguistic lactors. Germany's complaint that she has not been Invited to join the league of nations, it says, cannot find justification justifica-tion in anv of President Wilson's d 1 la rat Ions, for he carefully laid down that such admission was possible oi,! after German v had proved her character. char-acter. With regard to the league of nations it is stated the allied and associated powers have never had the intention of definitely excluding Germany or :.n other power from membership thai 1 ery country whose government has proved its stability and Us desire to observe international obligations will bo supported in its demands for admission. ad-mission. The inclusion in the covenant of the German proposals regarding economic questions Is considered unnecessary, Tho allied and associated power; vmII guarantee protection. under the league of German minorities in ceded territories and Intend to open negotiations negotia-tions immediately for a general reduction reduc-tion of armaments in the expectation that Germany carries out her engage- j ments In this regard. Part Three deals with European 00-lillcal 00-lillcal clauses It says the territories of Eupen and Malmedy have continued In close relation with Belgium and 'he. reunion of these territories with Del glum seems justified The German claim for a neutralized Moresnei Is w holly justified The communal wot I in Prussian Moresnet are awarded in Belgium In partial compensation for th destruction of Belgian forests The reply says the plebiscite in northern Schleswig promised by Germany, Ger-many, but never granted. Is now assured as-sured on the request of Denmark and the people concerned. The terrltiry n(5rat1Kueoron5s3 5 ) II Allied Terms Made I Public (Continued From Pap 3) I at far as the Eider and the Schlel Ifl to be evacuated by the Germ ana and I administered on the pot and at the end of fifteen years will be free to I choose its own sovereignty The reply says a plebiscite in Alsace-Lorraine cannot be admitted because be-cause thr whole purpose of provis una in regard 10 these provinces lias beep, I so far a.s possible, in repair the InjUS-I InjUS-I tice committed in 1S71 and to restore I the situation then prevailing fai W it is possible after fifty years of suf There is no intention, says the reply I of applying the general principle ol I the treaty that states taking ovr cd-ed cd-ed territory should bear part of t)ie public debt of the ceding slate and pay for the public property, as n is intended that France should recover these provinces -without prejudice The other parts of the reply deai I with the principles to be followed in determining the eastern frontiers of I Germany and concerning Luxemburg) Austria and Russia. It is slated II has been determined to ie-estab'ich the Polish states that the German observations, ob-servations, regarding Luxemburg re quire no answer because of Germany s violation of Luxemburg's neutrality and Luxemburg's denunciation of the eastern union None of the German' contentions with regard to Russia an-considered an-considered to require a change in 'he l treaty. With regard to the Sarre region, the! reply says no alteration is permissible; in the tprms provided ' The interests of the inhabitants! have, however been most scrupulously safeguarded; they will live for the first time since their forcible annexation to Prussia and Bavaria under a gov-I eminent nation in the independence of Which it was justly deprived more' than a century ago. This was one of I the greatest wrongs of which history has a record, the memory and the result re-sult of which has for long poisoned the political liTe of a large part of! Europe and which was one of the essential es-sential steps by which the military , power of Prussia was built up and the whole political life, Hrst of Prussia and then of Germany, perverted ." A second principle governing the action of the nllied powers is that then' shall be included in the restored Poland all those districts inhabited by nn indisputably Polish population Dealing with Posen and West Pru Bia, the detailed reply says 1 Th-s- two provinces, which were predominantly Polish when the parn tion look place might have been i 1 stored to Poland almost in their entirety, en-tirety, according to the strict law of; L i 1 oric retribution, but instead there has been left to Germany, in an effort! to avoid even the appearance of in-' justice and despite Germany's brutal' (.'Ionization all those districts in the , west on which there is an indisputed ' ; German predominance, contiguous to I Germany. Nevertheless, the frontiers hav. been carefully reconsidered andi certain modifications made in detail.' In particular the historical frontier between Pomerania and West Prussia is to be re-established." East Prussia Germany's refusal to accept the; separation of East Prussia from the rest ot Germany is met by the state-! menl that Fast Prussia was BO teparat ;ed for many hundreds of years, has! been always recognised In Germany as a Germaq colony and not as an or-Iginalerman or-Iginalerman land. It was not ac 1 tually included in the political frontiers fron-tiers ot Germany until L866, u said, it li pointed out that Germany's ob : jectlon to tb- holding (it a plebiscite in certain parts or East Prussia causes caus-es surprise, especially when the admits ad-mits doubt as to the nationality of the inhabitants and professes assent to the principles of self-determination. I Danzig The provisions as u. Lunzig stipu- late that the city is to lesume the' character it held for many centuries when as ,t Hanseatic city, it lay out- fide the frontiers of Germany. As1 thr population is predominantly Gei man, the city will not be incorporated (n Poland but it is essential that there' should he a close connection between them and that Poland should have the sole seaport available to her kept free from all foreign domination. Memel The reply states that the cession of Memel does not conflict with the pnn clples of nationality., for while the city itself is in large part German, the district dis-trict as a whole has always been Lith 1 uanian. Upper Silesia While Cpper Silesia was not formerly former-ly part of the kingdom of Poland, the majority of its population are Polish in origin and speech In deference to the German claims, however, the territory ter-ritory shall be immediately ceded to Poland but a plebiscite shall be held in order to meel any further criticism. The liquidation of German property there is to be safeguarded and Germany Ger-many will be allowed to purchase mineral min-eral products, including coal on the same terms as the Poles Germans ? transferred to Poland are to be pro- tected as to language, religion and : education. Heligoland Provision is male for the protection protec-tion of the interests of the people of , Heligoland and of peaceful navigation and the fishing industry there in accordance ac-cordance with Germany's demands. , The harbor that is to be destroyed .does not include that which is osed by fishing vessels The destruction will be solely to prevent the refortifi- .ulon of the island. The reply states no concessions can be made as to former German colonies colo-nies and German rigms outside of Europe. It is declared that the allied and associated government cannot 5 I 'again abandon thirteen million or fourteen million persons to a fate from which the war has delivered them." Abuses which have attend German colonial civilization are said to have been admitted by German leaders and it has been fell necessary to guard the security of the colonies and t lie peace of the world against a military im-I im-I perialism which sought to establish a J basis for Interference and Intimida-I Intimida-I tion against other powers. The loss of the colonies will not hin-I hin-I der Ccrmany's normal economic de- I Ivelopment, It Is declared, it being as .serted that in 1913 but one-hall peri rent of Germany's imports and one-! half per cent of her exports was with her own colonies It is .shown by ex-I I perience, the reply says, thai but a very small proportion of the excess' German population would ko to the J GdVman colonies The principles of private rights will apply to railroads' and mines if Lmnanv i an prove their , private ownership, with the exception j of the case of Kiao hau. The natives' of the colonies which will be admin-stored admin-stored under mandatories will not1 hear any part of the Gemnan debt, and the allies reserve full liberty to determine de-termine the conditions under which Cermans may establish themselves in olonial regions They ask that Ger-I Ger-I many agree in advance to humanitar- ! ian conventions as to the traffic m arms spirits and the like The military terms were not drawn solely with a view of making it Ira-possible Ira-possible for Germany to resume her' policy of militarj accession, but Iso as the first step toward the general limitation i.f armaments. As 'he colossal growth In armaments in the pasl few lecades, was, it is asserted.1 forced upon Europe b Germany, it is right, the reply declares, that the pro-cess pro-cess of limitation should begin wiih jher The allies are willing, in the in terest of general peace and the vol-, fare of the r.erman people to allow German) u reduce her armj more gradually than stipulated In the original orig-inal draft of the treaty. Wiihin the three months s:i- must have reduced 'her arm) to a maximum of 2i0,n00 men. and at the end of that th'ee j months and every three months thereafter there-after to allow allied militarj experts 1 tc fix her military strength for the succeeding three months, the objoct being to reach the iu,00(i stipulated in the original treaty as soon as pos-s;ble pos-s;ble and at least by .March 31, 1920.1 Forces situated in the neutral zne least of the Rhine not occupied by the powers will be dismantled in six ; months and those in occupied territory terri-tory will be dismantled when ordeied1 I by the allied command. The naval terms, while leaving Ger many adequate naval forces for protection pro-tection and police duty, must, the re-plv re-plv siaies, be ..cepted unconditionally, the details to be worked out by tno naval commission after the peace treaty is signed No financial meas-ures meas-ures are contemplated as regards l ie surrender of the warships which mist be unconditional. OO |