The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
especially in military and financial


questions.
The Democratic Socialistic papers
on the whole approve the action
taken, contending that the Govern
ment was compelled to go to the ex
treme limits to find a basis upon
which it can sign the treaty. The
view generally held here is that the
note is a mastery document, the
points made being each fortified by
citations from President Wilson or
the statesmen Of the Allies which 1t
will be difficult to meet or contradict.
That part Of the note which Is a
severe Indictment of the treaty of
peace and indirectly an arraignment
Of President Wilson was written by
Prof. Shocking, the paciflst member
Of the delegation, who has been the
most ardent champion Of President
Wilson. Opinion differs whether the
Allies and associates, II for no other
reason than to complete the historical
record. will be willing to meet the
points made or will ignore them and
insist upon the present draft.
Suppression of Note Feared. :
Through another Of several mis-
understandings and mixups that have
| occurred between Berlin and Yer
sailles the general public here had
the contents Of the German answer
before it was delivered to the Allies
at Versailles. Amusement that the
terms Of the Allies have not yet been
made public in detail in America and
the Entente countries has been In
creased by a despatch received here
that the Foreign Relations Commit
tee of the American Senate has no
COPY. This has created doubt here
whether the detailed answer of Ger
many will be made public, which has
added to the depression.
ALTHOUGH the full official text OF the
| terms offered to Germany has not been
given out for publication in this coun-
| try, THE SUN last Friday gave an ex-
haustive summary. compiled by Lau-
| renee Hills, its STAFF correspondent in
Paris, from the text OF the treaty as
published In Berlin. This was in the
nature of a comparison of the terms
as received In Germany and the official
summary as given out in this country.
| showing that the terms were much more
| stringent than the official summary re-
vealed. THE Sun to-day Is printing the
text of the German answer to the allied
proposals as given out in Washington
| last night
| Nothing has made a deeper impress
sion here or subjected the Govern
ment to more criticism than its ex-
fpressed willingness to take up the
enormous financial burden of 100000
100000 marks 1925, ,OO0,OOO). .
The financial paragraphs of the coun-
| ter proposals were worked out by the
representatives Of the leading banks
of the country. The managing d.
rector of one of the big banks said to
me to-day:
let us breathe and live; give us
unfettered opportunity to work. then
we can hope to meet the obligations
we have assumed; otherwise it will
be out of the question"
1t is pointed out that 100000, OO0,-
600 marks at the gold value of ex-
change to-day is really 325,OO0,OOO.-
600 marks 1881 ,250, 900 OOO), and that
Germany's s22,OOO.OOO.Oo0 of war
loans and S15,OOO,O0 of floating
debt are not mentioned nor is the
enormous pension and invalid list.
Persistent dispatches to the Ger
man newspapers from Holland. and
from Switzerland reciting British eff
forts to obtain an amelioratlon of the
attitude Of the American delegation
are beginning to force themselves on
the attention of the public here Al
most daily quotations are made from
prominent persons in England against
the present treaty, while nothing
comes from the United States. This
situation Is beginning to affect public
opinion, which has chung tenaciously
to America despite everything.
ALLIES DEFINE BAITIC limit