The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
DELEGATES AFFIX NAMES ID TREATY
 THUS ENDING WAR
 OF NEAR , YEARS
Document Signed on Fifth Anniversary of Murder of Archduke Francis Fer
 dinand, Which Pre-
 cipitated World War
By Associated Press

Versailles, June 28.-Ger- many and the allied and asso- ciated powers signed the peace terms here today in the same imperial hall where the Ger mans humble the French so ig- unanimously AS years ago.
 This formally ended the world war which lasted just g. days less than five years. Today, the day of peace, is the fifth anniversary of the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Serajavo.
 The ceremony of signing the peace terms was brief Premier Clemenceau called the session to order in the Hall of Mirrors of the Chateau of Versailles at 3:10 o'clock. The signing began when Dr. Hermann Mueller and Jo- names Bell, the German signatories, affixed their names. Herr Mueller signed at S:12 o'clock and Herr Bell at S:15 o'clock. President Wilson, first of the allied delegates, signed a minute later At 3:45 o'clock the momentous session was concluded.
 LITTLE GOLD LACE
 All the diplomats and members Of their parties wore conventional civilian clothes. There was a marked lack of gold lace and pageantry. There were few of the fancifu1 uniforms of the middle ages whose traditions and prac- tices are so sternly condemned in the great, seal-covered document signed to- day.
 A spot of color was made against this sombre background by the French guards. A few selected members of the guard were resplendent in their red -plumed silver helmets and lred, white and blue uniforms.
 As a contrast with the Franco Ger man peace session of 1871, held in the same hall, there were present today grizz1ed French veterans of the Franco Prussian var. They replaced the Pru ,; sian guardsmen of the previous cere mony and the Frenchmen today watched the ceremony with grim sat isfaction.
 WAR GODDESS LOOKS ON
 The conditions of 1871 were exactly reversed. Today the disciples of Bis marck sat in the seats of the lowly while the white marble statue of Mi nerva, gpidess of war, looked on.
  scenes from Frances ancient wars.
 Three incidents were emphasized b, the smoothness with which the cere mony was conducted. The first o. these was the. failure of the Chinese delegation to sign The second wal the protest submitted by Gen. .Jar Christian Shuts, who declared th' peace unsatisfactory. The third, un known to the general public. came from ha ,,,, for the ceremony was shown to tn, German delegation, Herr Won HaiT hausen of the German delegation wen to Colonel Henri. French liaison officer and protested. He said:
 We cannot admit that the Germa' delegates should enter the hall by different door than the entente dele gates nor that military honors shoul' be withheld. Had we known ther' would be such arrangements before. tn delegates would not have come"
 After a conference with the Frencl foreign ministry, it vas decided, as compromise, to render military honor as the Germans left. Otherwise tn programme was not changed.
 Representatives of the British don. in ions signed after the British delegates i, the following order: For Canada, Charle J. Dohertt. minister of justice; Si George Foster, minister of trade an commerce, and Arthur l.. Sifton. ministe of customs; Australia, Premier William M Hughes and Sir Gilbert Gook, minste for the navy; New Zealand, w. F. Massey prime minister of labor; Union of Sout Africa, Premier Louis Botha and .Jal Christian Shuts, minister of defense India. Edwin s. Montagu. secretary fo India, ard the Mahraia of Bikao
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