New-York tribune., 1919-06-23

sion cannot exact the surrender of Sc
crets. of manufacture or other con-
tidential information. 1t is, moreover
stipulated that it shall have no ex-
ecutive power on German territory and
that it shall not interfere in the direc-
tion or supervision of German estab-
llshments.
"Nine-On pages thirty-four and
following of the memorandum a spe-
cial procedure is provided to fix and
cover the reparation exacted from Ger
many.
"Ten-On page thirty-six of the
memorandum Germany is promised IA
cilities for the importation of food and
raw materials.
"Eleven-On page thirty eight of the
memorandum there are indicated
among the cases in which the granting
of permission to export gold shall be
considered those in which the Reichs-
bank has furnished guarantees which
1T could not satisfy in any other way.
"Twelve.-On page fifty-three of the
memorandum the assurance is given
that any liquidators appointed by the
Allied and associated governments who
shall be guilty of punishable acts
shall be prosecuted in conformity with
the penal code.
Written Confirmation Asked
ut is the duty of the German dele
cation to render an exact account to
its government and to the National
Assembly, therefore it must know ab-
solutely how far the enemy intends to
give contract force to these conces-
slons. 1t begs your excellency to con-
firm by writing the fact that the con-
tents of the accompanying letter and
the memorandum treating the above
mentioned points constitute an integral
part of the new peace propositions of
the Allied and associated governments
I'm this it would be sufficient to es-
tabhsh this fact in final protocol to
the text on which the contracting
parties could come to an agree
ment. A doubt has also arisen con-
corning a second point when the docu-
ments submitted were examined.
"The printed copy of the peace prof.
ect submitted to us is different not
alone in the matter of manuscript cor
rectons and additions from the printed
copy that the chairman Of the German
delegation received on May 7 from
the secretary general of the peace con-
ference.
by reason of the amount of work
imposed on the delegation by the short
ness of the time allowed for the ex-
animation, it has not yet been possible
printed copy of May this other single
copy, which great number of persons
have had constantly to use.
Other Divergencies Charged
II am therefore obliged to reserve
for the delegation the right to make
later communications on this subject
For the moment | call your attention
to the following divergencies:
81. On page 103 of the copy last
sent paragraph two contains a third
alinea, which begins with these words
Each government This alinea is lack
ing in the copy sent before.
"2. On page 1O4 the English text of
paragraph twelve is different in the
different copies. The paragraph of the
first copies has only one alinea, while
in the last copy it is divided into two
alincas, the second of which begins
with these words: The commission
shall in general
"Naturally, the German delegation
cannot consider as definite the changes
in the text which are not made by
hand, or which, on the other hand, has
not the evident character of additions,
unless the Allied and associated gov
ernments confirm the fact that these
Emergencies are due to a falsely
printed copy, not that they are the re-
suits of deliberate intention.
"1n the latter case the delegation re-
quests that all the divergencies having
this character be announced to it be-
fore the expiration of the time limit
granted to it to reach a decision For
reasons easily comprehensive the
delegation is obliged to attach the
greatest Importance to receive an an
swer by return courier, if possible.
"BROCKDORFF RANTZAU."
Clemenceau Guarantees Pledge
In his reply to DR.. Haniel Won Hahn
hausen, whose forwarding note was
dated June 20, M. Clemenceau, address,
ing him as tempartry chairman of the
German delegation at Versailles, says:
81 have the honor of acknowledging
receipt of your letter of June 20. In
reply to this communication, the Allied
and associated powers hasten to in
form you that the 200 copies of the
peace conditions sent to the German
delegation on June 10 are to be con-
sidered as the authentic text, contain
ing all the corrections and modifcatio
made in the printed text sent on May
7, 1919, notably such changes and mod
ifcations as are the result of the vari-
our German observations"
M. Clemenceau, in a second note to
the German delegation, says:
"In your letter of June 20 you called
the attention of the Allied and asso-
cated governments to certain points
upon which, according to the German
delegation, there is a divergence be-
tween the text Of the treaty and the
memorandum sent to you on June is
1919, in reply to the German observa
tions.
81 have the honor to inform you tha
the views of the Allied and associated
governments on these different point:
are as follows:
"One-The statements made on page
of the memorandum, on the one hand
and on page AZ and 43 on the other
far from. being contradictory, are com
Elementary.
Covenant Meaning Explained
"The covenant of the league Of ma
tions states that the members of tn
league will make the necessary pro
visions to insure the guarantee and tn,
maintenance of the freedom of commu
nication and transit, as we'll as jus
treatment Of the commerce of all tn
members of the league. When Ger
many is admitted into the league sh
will share the advantages Of these stip
ulations with the other countries; bu
during the transition period following
according to this statement, the OBJ
legations imposed on Germany have th
character of measures of reparation
peace IL is necessary to take into &C