The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-23
|No Contradictory Terms In Memoranda Submitted
 By Allies to Germany
When Germans Join League of Nations They Will Share Its Advantages With Other Member Nations, But During Transition Period Special Conditions
 Must Be Considered, Says Clen1enceau
By Associated Press

Paris, June 22.-The latest communica- tions between the allied and associated governments and the Germans on the Jeace treaty consist of a note by the Germans to the allies, under date of June g. and the answer of the allies under
 ate of June 2l. The German note, from
 'ount Won Brockdorff- -Ranzau to M. 5lemenceau. is forwarded from Versailles by Dr. Haniel Won Ha!mhausen, in the name of the German delegation. It says:
 "The examination of the four docu- ments submitted on June Is to the com ! nissary general of the delegation brings out the fact that a certain number Of concessions are announced in the letter. and in the memorandum, which are not found in the text as changed by hand. Among the most important of these con tradictions the German delegation has selected the following:
 Il It is stated on page of the mem orandum that as Germany is admitted to the league of nations she shall enjoy the benefits resulting from the stlpula- tions relative to the freedom Of com merce and transit. On the other nand' if is stated on page 42 of the memoran- five years ''unilaterial" conditions in the matter of commercial relations would be imposed on Germany,
 70 II is stated on page Il of the mem orandum that France will assume the public debt of Alsace Lorraine.
 "3. It is stated on page 14 that for the plebescite in Upper Silesia there snail be created a commission lnoepenoente' | fE,rench in the texD while, according to 1 the new draft of the conditions this com mission is to be appointed solely by the allied and associated governments. AS TO MEMEL
 | 4 It is Stated on page IS on the sub 1 feet of the territory of Memei that tne | cession of this, territory will take place under the form of transfer to the allied I and associated powers because the status | of the Lithuanian territories is not yet | established According to this provl- l sion Iithuania should be considered as l the state to be the definite acqulrer | '5. According to page r of the mem | orandum, the commission created TOT l Helogoland by the allied and assoclateo | governments, is to decide what installa- l tiOnS are to De malnldlleu loi eiie Pio | lection of the land.
 1 "6. On page 21 of the memorandum il l is promised that the German railways | and mines of Shantung shall not be con | sidered as property of the German stats | if the Germans can prove that they are | private property.
 | In his reply to Dr. Haniel Won Hahn 1 hausen, whose forwarding note was dated
 June 20, M. Clemenceau, addressing hln as temporary chairman of the German | delegation at Versailles, says:
 "I have the honor of acknowledgins | receipt of your letter of June 70. In re
 ply to this communication, the allied ant
 associated powers hasten to inform vol
 that the POO copies of the peace condi
 tions sent to the German delegation or June 19 are to be considered as the au
 thentic text containing all the correc
 tions and notifications made in th'
 printed text sent on May [, 1919, notaDl!
 such changes and notifications as ar
 the result of the various German ob
 servations"
 CLEMENCEAU REPLIES
 M. Clemenceau, in a second note to th'
 German delegation says:
 "In your letter of June 20, you caile'
 the attitude of the allied and associated governments to certain points upon which
 according to the German delegation, ther'
 is a divergence between the text of th'
 treatv and the memorandum sent to yol