Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
Allies Speed Up Reply to Counter.
proposals and viii Demand
Quick Action.
TO REJECT PROPOSALS
Different commlssIons Report 20 0le
Four In Favor Of Rejection Of
Many Clauses Proposed
BY Gsrmans.

VNVsw, S0UO W. ~ peace 0oVs
florence commissions on colonies,
prisoners Of war, responsibilities
and the labor, military and naval
clauses Of the treaty In their ~.
porte to the Council ~ Four, the
Echo do Paris says Il learns,
urged the rejection Of the German
oountsrpreposals 40 Tar ~ the sev.
era, commissions are concerned.
Paris. June 10.--The supreme coun
Gil has adopted speeding up process
similar to that used for completing
the German treaty In handling the
toe counter proposals..
The most optimistic members OF the
American commission predict that the
treaty will be signed by June 20, oil
lowing Ave days to week betwees
the time the reply II placed In the
Germans hands and the date to BE-
fixed for their final answer.
The latest Indications are that the
Allied answer will be ready for presen
tation Friday.
Allied experts were reported to have
reached IN agreement whereby the
specific amount Of PREPARATIONS will no,
be put In the treaty but France and
Belgium will accelerate establishment
Of the definite sum of their claims o.
Germany will learn the total ipdemni
ties she 10 to pay within two or three
months after the treaty ID signed In.
stead OF having to wait two years, %
6rst planned.
Agreement Over League.
The league Of nations commission
was understood to have reached an
agreement on the reply to the Ger
mans demand for Immediate admis
sion to the league. While the agree
ment n yet to be ratified BY the Biz
Four 1t was said to provide that Ger
many shall be admitted after . brief
period Of probation, although she will
be excluded from executive council.
The territorial committee, IL was 70.
ported. has recommended rejection al
Germany's demand for mandatariea
over certain Of her former colonies.
This decision was said to have been
reached despite the suggestion Of
american experts that she be- given
administration OF her former terri.
tories in East Africa.
Rantxau Sack In vsrsalilss.
Foreign Minister BrockdorfY. Rant.
Eau has returned to Versailles from
q conference with German govern.
ment oficials In Cologne.
Colonel House plans to 90 to Lon.
don the latter part Of this week, pos.
sibly In connection with preparations
for the frst meeting OF the league Of
nations council In that city.
Provisions have been made for ex.
tending american occupation OF the
Hotel Criilon to autumn, 10 that Sec.
Rotary Lansing. Henry White, General
Bliss and various experts may remain
70 clean up unfinished business Of the
Peace conference.
Austrian Terms lmpossibls.
Vienna, June 10.-The peace terms
presented to Austria are impossible
and mean the death OF the country
BY starvation. President Seitx declared
In opening the extraordinary session
Of the national assembly. The raj.
leries were filled ana the floor con.
tanned large proportion Of the mem.
bers OF the assembly including two
women.
Foreign Minister Bauer made I 70.
port on his conference 81 Feldkirch
with Or. Renner, head OF the Austrian
peace delegation. Bauer II not popu.
lar. In Vienna Or In the country ana
ID generally referred to % Dol.
shevik."