The Tomahawk., 1919-07-10
PEACE TREATY IS
SIGNED By ALLIES
] AND D. THE The. GERMANS R \ n
Big Covenant Is Made Reality at
Versailles in Record Time.
FOES FIRST 70. FIX, NAMES

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FOES FIRST 10 FIX, NAMES
President Wilson Is Second, Followed
\ by cienenceau, Lloyd George and S
+ Many Other Envoys-cere-
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Versailles, Julie 2s.-The peace
treaty has been signed.
The weird war, which for more
than four gears ravaged the greater
part of Europe, was ended officially
I at 3 :45 o'clock today, when cannon
Doomed, announcing that the last
plenipotentiary to the conference had
affixed his signature to the peace
treaty. .s4. ".
The delegates, in addition to sign
ing the world peace treaty, also af-
fixed their signature to the Rhine
protocol and the Polish undertaking.
=. Germans First to Sign. =
7 The meeting-epochal In the worlds
history-in the Hall of Mirrors in the
Chateau Louis XIV, began at $40
O'Clock, and the German delegates,
the first to sign, had affixed their
names at 8 :13. s-z55 zsa 4.
The signing was done within few
yards Of the spot In the same hall
where William had himself been
crowned emperor of Germany on Janu-
Sary 10. 1871, and where the German
empire was proclaimed.
Wilson Affixes Signature.
T,le.! American delegates, headed by
President Wilson, were the second to
sign, the American executive placing
his name below that of DR.. Johannes
Bell, the second of the German en-
voys. .s'.,~. f., .s=..s- IL
Then the plenipotentiaries of Great
Britain. it's colonies, France, Japan,
7 and italy signed, followed by repre-
sentatives of the minor powers In al.
phabetical order, with Belgium~in the
lead. -, ~. e
China Refuses to Sign. 5t@
Three incidents Of moment marred
the signing OF the treaty. ~ ~
| China's delegates, did not attend,
declining to sign because they were
not permitted to make reservations.
The p!enipotentiaries had written
Premier Clemenceau, president of the
peace conference, that they would not
be present and that they were await
Ing instructions from their govern
$nlent n
smuts Enters Protest.
81 Gen. Ian Christtan Smuts, one Of
the delegates representing the Union
of South Africa, signed under protest.
He objected to certain territorial set
Elements, declaring that the indefnni-
ties stipulated could not be accepted
without grave injuries to the indus
trial revival Of Europe.
He declared 1t would be to the in
terests Of the allied and associated
powers to make the stipulatiOns more
tolerable and moderate. Il
Unknown to the public. but of great
moment, was protest by the German
delegates Herr Haniel Won Haimhau-
sen, secretary CT the German delega-
ton, declared to Colonel Henri, French
liasoD officer, that I'VE cannot admit
that the German delegates should
enter the hall by different door than
the entente delegates nor that mili-
tary honors should be withheld. Had
we known there would be such ar
rangements before the delegates would
net lave come" j.
After. a conference 1t was decided as
compromise to render military hon
ors MS the Germans left. q,
~soiesnn Undertakings ciemenceau
Premier Clcmenceau's opening re-
marks We're:
.sTThe session is open. The allied and
associated powers, on the one side,
and the German commission, on the
other side. haye come to an agreement
on the conditions Of peace.
'~The text has been completed and
drafted and the president Of the con-
ference has stated in writing that the
text that is about to be signed now Is
to be signed now is identical with the
200 copies that have been delivered to
the German delegation.
"The signatures will be given now,
and they amount to solemn UNDER
taking faithfully ind Loyalty to exc
cute the conditions embodied by this
treaty Of peace.
81 now invite the delegates Of the
German reich to sign the treaty."
The credentials OF the new German
delegates were approved by the peace
conference authorities during the fore
noon and everything was virtually In
readiness here at an early hour for
the CEREMONY set for three o'clock in
the AFTERNOON. The morning had been
a cloudy one, but shortly before mid
day the clouds began to break and the
indication were that the afternoon Of
the Inomentous ceremony would be
bright and sunny.
Last minute changes were made In
;t11< prOcsram to eYnetlife the signing of