Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-24

| of manufacture or other confidential
information. 1t is moreover, stipulat-
ed that it shall have no executive pow
( er on German territory and that il
shall not interfere in the direction Of
supervision of German establishments
,"t9) On pages "a and following, Of
the memorandum, special procedure
is provided TO fix and cover the rep
aratior eXacted from Germany.
"l0) on page thirty-six of the
memorandum Germany is promised ia
cilities for the importation of food and
raw materials
"uD on page thirty-eight of the
among the cases in which the grant
ing of permission 20 export gold shall
lie considered those i'm which the
reichsbank has furnished guarantees
which ii could not satisfy in any other
way.
"02) on page fifty-three of the
memorandum the assurance is given
that any liquidators appointed by the
allied and associated governments who
shall be guilty of punishable acts
shall be prosecuted in conformity
with the penal code.
Must Render Account.
at is the duty of the German dele
CATION to render an exact account to-
its government and to the national
assembly; therefore. it must know alb
solutely how far the enemy intends
to give contract force to these con
cessions. 1t begs Your excellency to|
confirm by writing the fact that the
contents of the accompanying letter
and the memorandum treating the
above points constitute an
integral part of the new peace propo-
Sitions of the allied and associated
governments. A doubt also has arisen
concerning second point when the
documents were examined.
THE printed copy of the peace sub
mitted to us is different. not alone
in the matter of manuscript correc-
tons and additions from the printed
copy that the chairman Of the Ger
man delegation received on Nav T.
Naturally, the German delegation
cannot consider as definite the chang
es in the text which are not made byl
hand of which. on the other hand,
has not the evident character of add
ditions, unless the allied and associ- |
ated governments confirm the fact
that these EMERGENCIES are due to a
falsely printed copy. not that they
are the results of deliberate intention.
(Signed)
"BROCKDORFF-R ANTZATr."
In his reply, NJ. Clemenceau says.
81 have the honor of acknowledging
receipt of your letter of June 90. Inl
reply to this communication the allied
and associated powers hasten to in
form you that the 200 copies of the
peace conditions sent to the German
delegation on June 19 are to be con-
sidered as the authentic text contain |
ing all the corrections and modifica-
tions as are the result of the various
German observations"
NJ Clemenceau, ia a second note to-
the German delegation. says:
"Tn your letter of June 90 youl
called the attention of the allied and
associated governments to certain
points upon which, according to the
German delegation there is a diver |
gence between the text of the treaty
and the memorandum sent to you on
June 16, 1919, in reply to the German
observations.
Il have to inform you that the
views of the allied and associated |
governments on these different points
are as follows:
"GD The statements made on page
seven of the memorandum on the one |
hand and on pages forty-two and for
ty-three of the memorandum on the |
other far from being contradictory, |
are complementary.
THE covenant of the league of ma
tions states that the members of the
league will make the necessary pro
visions to insure guarantee and the
maintenance of the freedom of com
milnication and transit, as well as just
treatment of the commerce of all
the members of the league. When
Germany is admitted into the league
she will share the advantages of these
stipulatons with the other countries.
Nlsacc- lorraine Debt.
"(2) The memorandum states on
page eleven that concerning the To-
cal debt of Alsace- Lorraine and the
public establishment of Alsace-Lor
raine, the allied and associated pow
ers have always agreed in understand
ing that France assumed them. Now,
article SO combined with article 255
of the treaty. Is relative to the public
debts of the German empire and her
states and there is no clause exempt
ing France from the payment of the
local debt of Alsace-Lorraine. There
is, therefore, no divergence between
the memorandum and the treaty.
"(3) The commission which has
been provided for upper Silesia, andi
which, according to article 40 of of
the treaty is to be appointed by the
principal allied and associated powers
issued in the memorandum a COM
mission independte' (separate COM
MISSION in order to explain that it is
a commission specially charged with
the mission mentioned in the afore-
said article as. 1t does not appear
that there is in matters any divergence
whatever between the treaty and
"(4) The explanations given on
page 16 of the memorandum concern
ing Memel show no contradiction be-
tween the treaty and the memoran-
dunn.
"(5) Concerning the destruction of
the Notifications of Heltoland. the
principal allied and associated powers
intend. as they explained on page sew
enteen of the memorandum, to APP
point a commission to exercise this
control. in conformity with the treaty.
400 The allied and associated pow
ers think it their duty to point out
that thew have never declared that
tho German railways and mines of |