The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-23
HUN Cabinet NOW
IN new POSITION
The Delegates Expect TO Be Given
Complete Freedom of Movement
CHANGE IN DECISION
Action at Berlin Follows Telegram
From Premier Clemenceau Cor
ecting Wrong Interpretation.

ecting Wrong Interpretation.
Berlin, April 21.-(By the Associat
ed Press. .)-The German cabinet in
special session this morning, after
considering the second telegram from
Georges Clemenceau, the French pre-
mier, prcsidenet Of the peace confer
ence in Paris, correcting the false i'm
preston created by his first note, de-
cided that the peace delegation orig
inally appointed should go to Yer
sailles at the end of the present week.
1t was determined that the date of
April 25, first fixed for the arrival of
the German representatives at Yer
saillcs, could not be adhered to be-
cause of the confusion over the ar
rangements.
Premier Clemenceau's second tele-
gram reached the foreign office last
evening but was not considered off
cially until this morning. In it the
French premier said his original mott
fication regarding the German repre-
sentativeS had been misconstrucd and
mlslnterpreted by Germany. He de-
clared there was no intention on the
part Of the entente to deny the Ger
mans the right of negotiation or dis
cussion.
With this assurance the cabinet i'm
mcdiately determined to revoke it's
decision to send Dr.. Haniel Won Hahn
hausen, with pair of subordinates,
in his role of high class messenger
to Paris and reverted to it's intention
of sending six delegates to the Ver-
sailles congress, headed by Count Won
Brockdortf- Rantzau, the foreign min
lster. DR.. Edward David, the former
socialist leader in the reichstag, orig
mally selected as one Of the six. is
replaced by Herr Landsberg, the sec
retary for publicity, are and litera
ture, as DR.. David is i'll.
The body Of experts will not proceed
to Versailles for the present, it is
stated.
The delegates, it is made known, eX-
pect to be given complete freedom of
movement and unobstructed means of
| communication with their home gov
| ernment.
! The government today made epublic
! the text of the note from General
! Nudant, the representative of Mar
! shall Foch at Spa to Germanl, saying
that the allied and associated govern
ment could not receive delegates who
are authorized only to receive the text
of the peace terms, and also the Ger
man EoVernmt" "t'H reply. In part, the
! reply was:
"rhe French minister, president and
war minister On. Clemcnccau, chair
man of the peace conference) having
| transmitted to the German govern
ment the request of the allied and
associated governments to clothc the
German delegates with the same plen-
AIRY powers for negotiation on all
peace questions as representative of
the allied and associated government
! possess, the German government, as
sumng that the negotiation of the
| contents of the draft of the prelirni-
| nary peace is intended to follow the
presentation Of the draft, dcsienates
the following persons as delegates
with proper plenary powers: (Hcra
follows the names already published)
at is contemplated to send further
persons to accompany the delegates
whose names and positions the Ger
man government viii communicate as
speedily as possible in a second tulc-
gram. the German government is
ready to send the persons indicated in
the foregoing to Versailles. assurances
h":ng given that the delegates and
those accompanying them during their
stay there shall be guaranteed free.
dom of movement as we'll as free use
of the telegraph and telephone for
communication with the German gov
ernmcnt The German government
reserves the right subsequently, TO an
nolnt special experts for separate
peace QuCstionS."
Paris. April 22.-(By the Asso>iat
ed Press. $50 far as can be learned
here no request that their delegates
be given freedom Of intercourse. has
been received from the Germans. 1t
wo'ild not surprise the American dele
gates. however, if such request were
presented.
the feeling in American official cir
cics is that the German delegates
should be treated with the customary
formal din)omatic courtesy. The be-
lief Is held that any attempt TO treat
tn"m as prisoners, would mcrllv re-
suit IN the flooding of neutral coun-
tries with masses Of uncontrolled YER
Sions and comment on the conference
sent out from Berlin possibly under
the suggestion that the allies were
unwilling to have the truth known,
where as such propaganda would be
largely nnticinatrd ond dicarmcH bv
norrittInr news Of IT," German A.
ttrdr to be h1ndlrh under propcr con
troll direct from Paris.