The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-06-05

taxpayer shall not be less heavier
burdened than the taxpayer Of the
most heavily burdened State among
those represented on the reparation
commission.
Germany presumes in this connec-
ton that she will not have to make
any territorial sacrifices beyond
those mentioned above, and that she
will recover her freedom on econon-
ic movements at home and abroad.
Reconstruction Work
Four-Germany is prepared to de-
vote her entire economic strength to
the service of reconstruction. She
wishes to cooperate effectively in the
reconstruction of the devastated re-
gions of Belgium and Northern
France.
To make the loss good the loss in
production of the destroyed mines
in Northern France up to 20,000,0O0
tons of coal will be delivered annual
ly for the first five years and up to
5000, 900 tons for the next five years.
Germany will facilitate further de-
iveries of coal to France, Belgium,
Italy and Luxemburg.
Germany is, moreover, prepared
to make considerable deliveries Of
benzol, coal tar and sulphate of am
monia, as well as dyestufs and medi-
cines.
Finally, Germany offers to
put her entire merchant tonnage in
to a pool of the worlds shipping, to
place at the disposal of her enemies
a part of her freight space as part
payment of reparation, and to build
for them for a series of years in
Germany an amount of tonnage ex-
ceeding their demands.
To Replace River Boats
SIKH order to replace the river
boats destroyed in Belgium and
Northern France, Germany offers
river craft from her own resources.
Seven-Germany thinks that she
sees an appropriate method for the
fulfillment of obligations to make
reparation conceding prompt consid-
Grafton in industrial enterprises.
Eight-Germany, IN accordance
with the desires of the workers of
the whole world, wishes to see the
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workers in all countries free and en-
joying equal rights. She wishes to
ensure to them in the treaty of
peace the right to take their own
decisive part in the settlement Of so
cial policy and social protection.
Nine-The German delegation
again makes its demand for a neu-
tral entry into the responsibility
for the war and culpable acts in con-
duct. An impartial commission
should have the right to investigate
on its own responsibility the archives
of all the belligerent countries and
all the persons who took an impor-
tant part in the war.
Question of Guilt
Nothing short of confidence that
the question of guilt will be exam
ined dispassionately can have the
peoples lately at war with each 9TH
er in the proper frame of mind for
the formation of the league of ma
tions.
These are only the most impor-
tant among the proposals which we
have to make. AS regards other
great sacrifices and also as regards
the details, the delegation refers to
the accompanying memorandum and
the annex thereto.
The time allowed US for the prep
aration of this memorandum was so
short that it was impossible to treat
all the questions exhaustively. A
fruitful and Illuminating negotia-
ton could only take place by means
of oral discussion. This treaty OF
peace is 10 be the greatest achieve
ment of its kind in all history. There
is no precedent for the conduct OF
such comprehensive negotiations by
an exchange of written notes only.
The feeling of the people who have
made such immense sacrifices makes
them demand that their fate should
be decided, open, mreserved ex-
changes of ideas on the principle:
"Quote covenants of peace openly
arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international under
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