Grand Forks herald., 1919-06-14
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE IA, 1918
EVENTS OF A WEEK

After weeks Of consultation during which at
times the situation seemed to approach deadlock an
has been reached all the points of the
ply which conference make to the German
demands and suggestions relating peace treaty
The reply have been presented before the pubca
ton this comment. Several changes in detail the
specifications have been made but it has been author
itatvely that important change in principle
is proposed Perhaps the modification which will have
interest that relating the admis
sion of Germany the League of Nations.
The provisions League of Nations. as incor
porated in the treaty submitted Germany drawn
a to admission of other nations named
asrong the original among those specially
join. Such nations, fully selfgoverning
admitted twothirds vote OF the assembly, pro-
they satisfactory they would
fulfill the obligations which they assumed members.
1t anticipated that in time application for
. hership would from Germany in
due course. The arrangement makes special prov
sion for the admission of Germany She is to be ad-
mted condition that she has stable government,
signs the treaty, and fufls the conditions the
treaty further provision that should abolish per-
manently compulsory military service omitted
suggestion of Premier clemenceau. who did wish
this issue be raised with reference Germany be-
this ightresult being raised with
believes military activity Ger
many sut,centy limited by other provisions of the
treaty. \
Speculation continues to the probability of Ger
signing the treaty. and the opinion have
gained ground that the will sign
but that will speedily be succeeded by radical
government which will. The present arrangement is
that the Germans five receipt
Of the amendments to declare definitely their accept
refusal of the In the latter
pected that the prepared for such emergency
will once be taken There intention
proceeding with the further military occupation
many large scale but the Germans refuse peace
the offered al ironclad blockade Of the en-
e tire country will Immediately be put into effect
I Developments the left bank of the Rhine be-
ing watched with interest In that territory
has gained considerable headway the creation Of
i Rhenish republic separate independents
Germany. Various rumors concerning the movement
have been circulated. One is that being promoted
by the Royalis party which seeks disrupt the
ing of Germany the hope
of the confusion conditions may develop which
make possible the the Hohenzoerns to the
German throne. Partisans of the German
ernment have ascribed the Rhine movement to
French asserting that If the annexation
territory by France proves impossible the creation
buffer state the lower Rhine will pur
poses very well. authorities discaimed any
interest in the movement and all the Allied forces
cupying the territory affected reported
Z ing an attitude of strict impartiality
/ step which may in the development
of the Russian situation the form of
the practical recognition Of the government
ed by Admiral Kolchalk whose operations against the
have heen rh>
just given by the major begerens Represented
the Paris conference that Kolchalk be sup
piled with munitions and such supplies as he may
need.
Interest this side in the proceedings congress
has centered in the senate discussions sensation
.sprng in connection with the or more
copies of the full peace treaty in New York
seems to have ended, and the decidedly an anti
climax Former Senator Root volunteered nforma-
tton that he had shown Of the treaty
Lodge, and that obtained it from Mr. DAWSON
head Of the Red Cross Mr. Dawson had obtained the
copy to examine provisions made for the
work of the Red Cross Root made the point that
The delivery Of the treaty to Germany. pubhca-
ton OF the summary Of its contents ended all
relating to it, and he maintained that
right to If he could The full text has
been published in Of metropolitan
nd in the Confessional Record It dners from the
summary only In it, wealth Of detail For instance the
summary describes In understandable to
the iayman what the Boundaries Of the new Germany
The complete text specifies those boundaries
.smnutely many thousand words being used in giving
etss and bounds ana describing objects making
is Of the treaty like series Of extracts
from surveyors notebcek. 1t neces.ary that all
these minutes should recorded but to the general
srsader-they are meaningless