Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-24
FINAL TERMS ARE
GIVEN TO ENEMY
BY CONFERENCE
Germany Must Sign Treaty by
Monday or Fight.
ARMIES ARE READY TO MOVE
Allies Stand Pat on Big Points and
Demand Justice for 100000 Dead
-cIemenceau in Singing In
dictment of Prussians.

Paris, June 1.-THE "big four's'
last word about peace terms was
handed to the German delegation
shortly before seven o'clock Monday
evening. It's delivery was delayed by
a several hours wrangle over one of
the chief oncessions-civilian control
Of the occupied Rhine districts. Again
| Frances 'Tiger" won his point after a
long and fiery debate. The conces-
sion was stricken from the amended
| document.
| Immediately upon receipt of the
| document Count Won BrOckdOrff- Rant
Eau, president of the German peace
| delegation, left by special train for
| Weimar. There he will submit them
to President Ebert, who, in turn, will
| lay them before his cabinet-of
which Rantzau, as foreign minister, is
a member-preparatory to reading
them in the national assembly. That
| body, according to all recent news
from Germany, is to decide on the
final ''yes" or mo"
cIemenceau Lashes Germans.
With the revised treaty Paul Datas-
ia, secretary of the peace conference,
handed Count Won Brockderff-R Rant
Eau a 4,5O0-wOrd covering" letter,
written by Clemenceau. 1t is bitter
| denunciation of Germany's pickering
attitude, a singing recapitulation of
her war crimes, an explanation of the
treaty notifications, and-an ultima.
tum. 1t tells the Germans fatty that
no further attempts at bargaining will
be tolerated; that they must answer
| "yes" or no." and do so within five
days
This means that by six O'Clock this
coming Saturday evening she must
notify the powers without any ifs
and butts" and "howevers," whether
she will or will not sign
After that notification she will have
three additional days of grace in
which to affix her signature to the
treaty. If her answer Saturday is
"yes," the diplomatic and ceremonial
machinery will be set ia motion fol
the greatest green-table event in his
tory, and the world will have peace
not later than a week from tomorrow
If she says mo-" five days hence, the
peacemakers will lay aside their pens
and tell FOch to go ahead. His sword
Is sharp and half unsheathed, ready
| for the coup de grace" He would
I, ~ l.
less that the armistice is off and the
war will be on again beginning at si1
o'clock Tuesday night, June "a. The
three Hateful days between Saturday
and Tuesday are the last in which the
Germans may choose between utter
militaro-economic subsection anC
peace.
In Clemenceau's "take-it-or-leave-it'
letter he admits that the treaty is 8
hard one, but he adds that it's hard
ness is fully justified by Germany's
course in piunging the World into the
abyss of war and by her methods dur
ing the conflict. He tells them prac
tically in so many words that, having
Embossed the world calamity, they
must suffer for it.
The revised treaty of peace contains
assurance of membership in the
League of Nations Gin the early flu
ture," provided Germany fulflls hel
obligations.
This is considerable concession
though it does not meet the German
| TO u
Immediately upon the signing of peace
The new document meets the Ger
man demand for cooperation with 6
German PREPARATIONS commission.
1t also puts the powers on record as
willing to receive suggestions for dis
charging the German reparational OBJ.
legation.
This opens the way to oral discus
sions the Germans asked for-but not
until peace is signed. 1t removes the
grounds on which the Germans
charged infringement on their sover
eighty and national pride, in the
reparational transactions.
Another change in the treaty text
provides for the plebiscite in upper
| Silesia for which the Germans had
asked. 1t also guarantees coal from
that province presumably in the
event that the plebiscite goes against
Germany.
Drop Kiel Canal Question.
The original proposal of an inter
national commission for the admins
tration of the Kiel canal has been
dropped. The Germans had declared
they would accept such a commission
only if other straits were similarly
treated (alluding manifestly to the
Suez or Panama canals).
! Among the notifications also are
frontier rectifications in West Prussia
The third zone of the Schleswie
plebiscite is omitted in the new draft
The Germans had charged that this
zone went farther than Denmark her
self wished to go.
The Germans are allowed a temper,
airy increase of their army from 100,
600 to 100000. which meets their plea