The Washington herald., 1919-06-12
GERMANS INSIST
UPON RETURN OF
SEIZED COLONIES
Brockdorf -Rantzau Also
Talks for Plebiscite In
Alsace-Lorraine.
EMBOLDENED BY DELAY
LloydGeorge and Wilson
Criticised-Reparations
Section Now Complete.

London, June n.-Emboldened by
the reports of essential concessions
and by the delay in the allied answer
to their counter proposals. the Ger
man peace delegates at Versailles are
bringing up new demands, today's
dispatches from Paris show.
Not only is Count Won Brockdorfr-
Rantzau now insisting that Germany
must have back at least some Of her
colonies. though under the league OF
nations mandatory. but he is talking
of the necessity of plebiscite in
Alsace-Lorraine.
Lloyd George Again Attacked.
This new development has given
fresh impetus to the opponents OF
Premier Lloyd Georges peace policy,
led by Lord Northcliffe. whose organs
for weeks have been accusing the
prime minister of weakness and
vacillation-" The Evening News and
the star late today publish the news
from Paris about the stiffeninG of the
German attitude under "streamer''
headlines.
Equal prominence is given to Wash
ington dispatches carrying Senator
Knox's resolution. emphasis being
given to that part in which it is stated
the Senate cannot ratify the treaty
as it now stands.
Washington news dispatches ABOUT
the Senate's actions are crowding i'm
portant Paris and domestic news from
the front pages Of leading British
journals. and columns of editorial
comment are devoted to the subject.
Take Shot mt Wilson.
Wilson has got himself up. a gum
tree" says the Daily Express. His
was tire idealistic policy s open di-
plomacy' He was the enormous Dem
ocrat. come to Europe to be chief
among equals in the Big Four He
came in state. troops and cavalry ac-
companying his goings here and in
France
ale was lin truth the big noise
for open diplomacy. Then came the
Senate and wished the peace treaty
made public before ratification. Will
son. hurt and angry. points out the
impropriety and impossibility of such
demands. He may be right. Open
diplomacy or secret diplomacy-which
does Wilson want? He cannot be
right in two irreconcilable opinions.
Il T. i'm 10 ehnnGa-fnr za1f
RepnratIons Section Completed.
Paris, June 1.-THE big four to-
day completed the reparations Sec
tion of the reply to the German
counter-proposals and ordered this
portion of the note to be printed
Immediately. 1t is understood the
allies refused to fix a definite sun
for inde mnities.
Of the sixteen commissions study
ing the counter-proposals. all nave
reported except that one handling
the economic section.
The commission on Hungarian
Rumanian and Bohemian boundar-
les turned in it's report this morn
ing. The warfare involving Hun
gary. Rumania and Bohemia also
was to be taken up. Allied and Ger
man financial experts conferred in
Versailles today.
Economics Discussed.
Chancellor Renner's first note ir
protest against the Austrian treaty
delivered today. takes up the eco
nomic situation and declares the
treaty renders industrial and com
nerciaI life in Austria impossible
Premier Orlando, as the result ot
instructions from the Italian Cabi'
net. is reported to have rejected
the latest proposed solution of tht
Adriatic question. which included
indo pendence of Fiume.
The French press is wrought VI
over the idea of including the Ger.
mans in the league sooner than al
first planned. some of the news,
papers declaring fatty that France
WIZ not be a member if Germany
Is taken in Immediately.
The Turks are en- route here
aboard the French battleship Dem
ocratie. They are coming merely as
experts" not being vested with
pIenary powers. They will be quar-
tered at Vaucresson. between Yer
saiIIes and ST. Cloud.
Young Turks Blamed.
The Turkish delegates, 1t is un'
.derstood, will undertake to place
the responsibility for Turkeys par
in the war on the Young Turl
rarity. 1t is said they will agree tC
separation of Armenia and Other
sections of the Ottoman empire. but
will object to the Greeks occupying
Smyrna
\ Jewish committee. of which Ju
liam Mack is chairman. and which
included representatives of the United
states and other members of the as
sociated powers. has filed a forma
appeal with the Peace Conference
urging the further carrying out Of
the principle of protection for racial
religious and linguistic minorities, ~
brought out in the Austrian treaty
The committee proposed inclusion.
in the peace treaties of provision,
for admission OF Jews to ci;izenshir
of the countries they inhabit, a.
well as full protection of their re,
lizious. civil and educational rights
The treaty is likely to be pre-.
sented TO all allied and associated
powers parliaments for ratification
the week beginning June %. ac.
cording to information from reliabl,
sources today.