Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

THE allied and associated powers"
says the reply with regard to the
| Sarre region. have sought to impose
! for the destruction of the mines of
northern France a form OF reparation
| which by its exceptional nature will
for a limited period be a definite and
| visible symbol"
Eat the same time they intend by as
! surfing themselves of the immediate pos
| session of actual security to escape the
| risks to which the German memoir itself
| has drawn attention.
! THE interests of the inhabitants have,
guarded: they will live for the first time
| since their forcible annexation to Prus-
STA and Bavaria under a government
nation In the independence of which it
was unjustly deprived more thsl cen
fury ago. This was one of the greatest
wrongs Of which history has a record.
the memory and the result of which
has for long poisoned the political life
| CT large part Of Europe and which
was one Of the essential steps by which
| the military power of Prussia was built
| up and the whole political life, first Of
| Prussia and then Of Germany, per-
! verted."
! A second principle governing the &C.
ton Of the allied powers is that there
shall be included in the restored Poland
! all those districts inhabited by an in
| disputably Polish population.
FOSSu anu "cSL II OSSAd.
Dealing with Posen and West Prussia,
the detailed reply says: These two
provinces, which were predominantly
| Polish when the partition took place
might have been restored to Poland al
| most in their entirety. according to the
| strict law Of historic retributlon, but
! instead there has been left to Germany,
Of injustice. and despite Germany's
brutal colonization policy. all, those dis
| tricts in the west on which there is an
undisputed German predominance con-
! tiguous to Germany. Nevertheless. the
frontiers have been carefully reconsid-
! cred and certain notifications made in
! detail In particular the historical
! frontier between Pomerania and West
! Prussia is to be re-established.
East Prussia.
| East Prussia: Germanys refusal to
accept the separation of East Prussia
! from the rest of Germany is met by
the statement that East PRUSSIA was
! so separated for many hundreds OF
! years, has been always recognized In
Germany as German colony and not
as an original German land. It was
not actually included in the political
frontiers of Germany until 1866. it Is
| said. 1t is pointed out that Ger
many's objection to the holding Of a
| plebiscite In certain parts of East
| Prussia causes surprise, especially
when she admits doubt as to the ma
| tionality of the inhabitants and pro-
| fesses assent to the principle of self
| determination.
Danzig and Memel.
Danzig: The Prov sions as to DAN
zig stipulate that the city is to re-
sumo the character it held for many
| no tn ~
it lay outside the frontiers of Ger
many. AS the population Is pre-
1 dominantly German the city will not
! be incorporated in Poland, but 1t is
essential that there should be a close
! connection between them and that
Poland should have the sole seaport
available to her kept free from all
! foreign domination.
Memel: The reply states that the
! cession of Memel does not conflict
, with the principle of nationality for,
while the city itself is in large part
German. the district as a whole has
always been Lithuanian.
Upper silesia.
Upper Silesia: While Upper silesia
was not formerly part of the kingdom
of Poland the majority of it's popu-
lation are Polish in origin and speech.
| IN Q61eFenCe 10 the herman claims,
| however. the territory shall be i'm
mediately ceded to Poland. but a
plebiscite shall be held in order to
! meet any further criticism. The liqui-
! dalton of German property there is
| to be safeguarded and Germany will
! be allowed to purchase mineral prod
ncts. including coal. on the same
| terms as the Poles. Germans trans
ferred to Poland are to be protected
| as TO language, religion and educa-
| ton.
Helgoland: Provision is made for
| the protection Of the interests Of the
! people of Helgoland and of peaceful
| navigation and the fishing industry
! there, in accordance with Germany's
| demand. The harbor that is to be
destroyed does not include that which
is used by fishing vessels. The de-
| struction will be solely to prevent the
| refortification of the island
No Concessions as to Colonies.
The reply states that no concessions
| can be made as to former German COL
| onies and German rights outside of
Europe. 1t Is declared that the allied
and associated governments cannot
again abandon thirteen million or
fourteen million persons to a fate from
which it has delivered them. Abuses
which have attended German colonial
civilization are said to have been ad-
mitted by German leaders and II ia