Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-28
TeutonS Will Say
American Chief
Stopped War
ITALY DELAYS
AUSTRIA PACT
Limited Espousal
of KoLchak in
Russ Drive
Bu Associated Press.

Although there has been no Off
cial announcement il is expected the
German peace delegation will pre-
sent it's counter proposals to the
terms of peace at Versailles some
time to-day. 1t is known that the
German reply to the Peace Confer
ence has been completed and as the
extension of the time limit fixed for
the reply expires tomorrow noon,
ward the treaty must be made
known without delay.
Basis of German Proposals
Dispatches from Berlin and Paris
indicate that the Germans will base
their proposals on the claim that
they accepted the offer of the Allies
to conclude peace on the basis of
President Wilson's fourteen points
and other assertions by Allied rep
resentatives that the peace would
not be one of violence. 1t is said
that the Germans will claim to have
ousted the old imperialistic regime
and substituted for it a democratic
government and for this reason, ask
for amelioration of the price they
are asked to pay for peace.
Allies May Not Farley
There are reports which seem to
reflect a disposition of the Allies
not to parley long if the Germans
actually refuse to sign the terms. An
Amsterdam dispatch states that the
Belgian frontier has been closed and
that all Belgian soldiers have been
te .rtI hos
reported that general mobilization
of the Belgian army will be ordered
as soon as it is definitely known the
Germans will not sign the treaty, If
that decision is reached by the
enemy delegation.
Allied commanders along the
Rhine, where the British, American
and French armies hold strategic
bridgeheads, are reported to have
the Germans decline to conclude
peace on the Allied terms.
Italy Delays Austrian Pact
The treaty with Austria may not
be presented Friday as planned.
The Italian delegation is declared
to be delaying consideration of
clauses of the treaty dealing with
the southern frontiers of Austria. in
sisting that the question of the from
the Dalmatian coast. 1t seems prob
able that the whole treaty will not
be presented at the first meeting be-
tween the Austrian and Allied dele
cations. The military, naval and
reparations clauses may be omitted,
together with definite demands re-
garding Fiume.
Limited Recognition For Kolchak
Limited recognition may be ac-
corded the All-Russian government
at Omsk in the form of lending aid
in supplies and money to Admiral
Kolchak, head of the Omsk govern
ment. This will be considered upon
the holding of general elections, or,
if the Kolchak army reaches Mos
COW. the reconvoking of the Russian
constituent assembly elected during
the incumbency of A. f. Kerensky
as premier and nominal head of the
Russian revolutionary government.
Berlin, May 2S. - The German
counter proposals to the terms of
the Treaty of Peace will in the open
ing section argue for the existence
Of Germany's contractual right to a
eace based on President Wilson's s
/ourteen points, because the Entente
nations, agreed to a peace on that
basis and neither Mr.. Wilson nor the
government have since demanded
that peace be established on any
other basis. Thus it is argued. an
abandonment of the fourteen points
" the Entente would be a breach
Of a legal agreement and dictated
Reace would be a breach of given
promise.
Points to Differences
The second section will deal with
the contradiction between the draft
of the treaty and previous assur-
ances from Entente statesmen and
the general ideal of international
right.
The counter proposals will declare
that the terms of peace completely
ignore the fact that Germany has
replaced an "imperialistic and irres-
ponsible government by a strictly
democratic one and that Germany
in her proposals for a League of
Nations has adhered to the principle
of a limitation of ornaments.
Say Promises Are Broken
''It would be difficult to see,' one
section reads, what different condi-
tions could have been imposed upon
an imperialistic government. The
solemn assurances of France, Great
Britain and President Wilson, that
the peace would be a peace of right
and not of violence, have not been
kept, especially regarding territorial
questions"
Condemn Treaty Secrecy
The national committee on the
General Labor Federation has passed
resolutions condemning the secrecy
in which the Treaty of Peace has
been framed and protesting against
the conditions imposed by an in
complete knowledge of the docu-
ment.