The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-07-03
PEACE TREATY WAS
signed SATURDAY
GERMANS ACCEPT, ALL TERMS
SUBMITTED BY The AL
LIED POWERS.
PRESIDENT FIRST ITO sign
TEUTONIC REPRESENTATIVES
SAY THAT THEY WILL MEET
- ALL REQUIREMENTS.

with the signing of the peace treaty,
The ceremony took pEacesinthe Hall
If l6rrors in the historic palace Of
Versailles proceeding with clsck-like
Iexnlaritys The Gernaan delegates
Foreign Minister Mueller and Colonial
Minister Bell-were@ ushered into the
Hall of Mirrors at 1908 o'clock. Prem
mr Clemenceau Immediately opened
the meeting by assuring the Germans
the treaty, text was identical with the
one presented to them. Mueller was
Ne first to- sign, placing his sigma
ture on the document at 3:12. = Bell
followed him. .. .:. a. y : s. :
President Wilson, the first of the
allied delegates to- sign, wrote his
name on the treaty at 3:14. Premier
Lloyd George signed two minutes
later. The signing was by delegations
in the following order: Germans,
British including colonials, French,
Italians, Japanese and smaller ma
tons. ..'.".
Clemenceau declared the proceed
ings closed at $50, the entire eere-
monyE occupying only Al minutes. X =.
"The conditions of peace are now
an accomplished fact; the proceedings
are closed" Clenaenceau said. The
allied delegates remained as the Ger
mans departed at 1852. -. = -, r.
In the Hal of Mirrors at the palace
were the places for representatives of
nearly every race and creed in the
world. The big horseshoe table was
ON platform elevated about a foot
above the floor. In the center on
which rested the treaty One char
stood before this table to be used by
the delegates in signing. -. =
An ancient and valuable brown
tapestry covered tables. - r..
AT the eastern end of the Hall were
salons--the Salon De Paix and the
Salon DeGuerre- The Salon, DeRaiA
was reserved for distinguished visitors
seating ABOUT 800. Prominent seats
were reserved for AIRS. Wilson land
for Miss Margaret WILSON The
Salon DeGuerre wasSfor the press and
had seats for 60 Americans, So >Arit-
isb, go French, 40 Italians, rs JaQan-
csc, is Germans, 70 from small pow
srs and 20 from neutral nations In
this Salon special American teiephens
and telegraph lines were Installed
over which news of the signing could
be flashed to the cable office. -;
Tn courtyard was a blaze OF mill
tary splendor, detachments OF all Inc
allied armies with flags nntnried
coming sharply to attention as Ihe
aeaesates arrived in automobiles.
Two white quill pens and three
ay,ber handled gold pens lay on the
main signing table, which stood only
a few wards from where William tlrst
was crowned and the German empire
proclaimed. Quill pens also were on
two small tables nearby and two gold
mems and ivory paper cutters were al
each delegates place. The pen Win
which Clemenceau signed was pres
ented by the people OF Alsace-hoi
raine. 1t was gold plated bronze end
inc in an arrow head. In the center
were two medalions bearing the LIN,
.o., Of poilu in a field UNIFORM ana
equipment, the other an image Oh an
Alsatian church tower. =. 49,,
AS the allied peace delegates ae-
scsnded the terrace at the conclusion
of the ceremony guns doomed and
thousands of jets Of water spur'eu
from the fountains in the PARK. oev-
eral thousand civilians, delirlous with
low. cheered the delegates VINO were
sbowered with flowers. Many OF the
SPECTATORS swept with emotion broke
through the police barriers and Tor
moment the delegates were encompass
sed by shouting, gesticulatlng ciyii.
ians. Wilson tried to turn back put
the people pushed forward crowhng
him at the others the full length Oh
the terrace where the troops succeed
ed in opening a way for them to Their
automobiles.
Say They Will Keep Faith.
Versailles, June 2S.-Foreign Min
lister lGneller and Ceao.iai Minister
ReIl German signateries Of the treaty
today made the following statement;
.Me are signing without anental
Isse.- alton. What we are >rrs-Tx
will be carried out. The German peo-
pie will use every means to meet the