Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-24 | Page 2 | Germans Are to Signs Thursday

GERMANS ARE TO SIGN THURSDAY' PARIS. .June 23. (By The Associated Associ-ated Preaa). The signing of the peace ;treatv is not likely to take place, be- fore Thursday, possibly not until Frl-; Frl-; day The announcement was made tonight to-night by Premier Clemenceau and Sec j retary Dutasta. Statement Is Made. PARIS, June 23. (By The Associ-I ated Press). In declaring its lnten-tion lnten-tion to accept and sign the peace. terms the government of the Ger-man Ger-man republic has Bent the following note to M. Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, through Dr. 1 Haniel von Haimhausen: "The minister of foreign affairs has instructed me to communicate to your excellency the following " 'It appears to the government of the German republic, In consterna-! consterna-! ttion at the last communication of the allied and associated governments, govern-ments, that these governments have decided to wrest from Germany by force acceptance of the peace condition-, even those, which without presenting pre-senting any material significance, aim at divesting the German people of their honor. " 'No act of violence can touch the toonor of the German people. The German people, after frightful suf- f-rin ' in (huon lost vcor.u kav. . . I means of defending themselves by I external action. I " 'Yielding to superior force, and , without renouncing in the meantime I its own view of the unheard of in-i in-i Justice of the peace conditions, the I government of the German republic, I declares that it Is ready to accept and I 8im the peace conditions Imposed.' "Please accept, Mr. President, as-I as-I Burances of my high consideration. (Signed) "VON HANIEL."