Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-23
GE RMANY IS TOLD
ECONOMIC TE rms
Of PEACE TREATY
ARE JUSTLY HARD
Allied Council Declares Pro-
tests Indicates Failure of
Enemy to Grasp Enormity
Of Their Responsibility,
HUNS ASK PRISONERS
RETURNED AT ONCE
Allies Reply That Some Have
Committed Crimes on Al.
lied Soil and Must Be Pun
iShed and Not Released,
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Paris, May %, (bg the Associated
Press IA categoricai negative reply
to the German note on the economic
effect on the peace terms, was sent by
the allied council to the German dele
cation today. The reply characterizes
the German note as exaggerated and
says that it indicates failure to ap-
precate the enormity Of the Germans
responsibility
The Germans are reminded that 1T
is right that Germany, which was re-
lamities, should make them good to
the utmost of her capacity"
The following correspondence bo-
tween the allied peace delegates and
the German peace delegates is made
public today:
Prisoners of war. Letter from
Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau to NJ.
Clemenceau:
German peace delegation, Yer
sailes, May 10, 1919,
Sir: The German delegation has
noted with satisfaction MAT the draft
treaty handed to it recognizes the
principle that the repatriation Of Ger
man prisoners of war and German in
termed civilians is to be effected with
the greatest possible rapidty
1T is in accordance with the opinion
of the German peace delegation that
the task of settling the details of the
execution of that repatriation should
be entrusted to a special commission.
Direct conversations Dstweelf the com
missions of nearly all of the belliger-
ent states in regard to prisoners have
been shown to he the best means OF
solving the difficulties. and it ought
to be all the easier at the present mo-
ment to clear up by early discussion
in a commission any Emergencies OF
view or doubts in regard to certain
points.
Returned Internationally.
The German peace delegation,
bearing in mind the differences OF
jurisdiction in the war countries con-
cerned, is of the op MON, for instance,
that it is indispensable for prisoners
Of war and interned civilians who
have been detained for offenses other
than those against discipline to be
repatriated Internationally. Germany
recognized this same principle as re-
CARDS the prisoners of wilr and in
termed civilians of the allied and asso-
ciated powers detained in Germany.
I'm view Of the German peace dele
cation certain alterations should, as
a matter Of course and for reasons of
equity, be agreed to in favor of pris-
oners of war and interned civilians for
the period which will elapse until
their final departure.
"The German peace delegation has
moreover, been compelled 10 note that
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favorable only to the allied and asso-
ciated governments. for instance, so
far as concerns the restoration of pri-
vate property, the search for persons
who have disappeared and the care
to be taken of graves. The German
peace delegation Dresumes that for
questions such as these, complete reci-
procity may be required for general
reasons of humanity.
Because of the great technical diff
ftculty of repatrtating prisoners of
war and interned civilians, especially
in view of the shortage of tonnage
and the lack of coal, the greatest i'm
portance should be attached to find
ing solution of all preliminary ques-
tons before the dispatch of the re-
patriated prisoners and interned civil
ians actually begins For that reason
the German delegation proposes that
the commission should start its de-
liberations forthwith separately from
all other questions.
The explanation of this proposal
lies, firstly, in the fact that there are
thousands of German prisoners of
war and informed civilians in overseas
countries but the German delegation
is likewise thinking of the Germans
who are in Siberia. and whose des-
patch seems to be a question not only
of special urgency, but of extraordi-
nary difficulty.
The German delegation for reasons
of internal policy regards it of the
utmost importance that the German
prisoners of war and interned civil
ians should be returned to their homes
in as normal a condition as possible.
in order that they might there be
brought back as rapidly as possible
into the economic life of the country.
That only appears possbile--the pre-
else settlement of transport problems
apart-if everything possible is done
to improve the mental and physical
state of those who are returning
home.
Wants Clothes Furnished,
Having regard to the present stu
alton in respect to economic existence
in Germany IT must be admitted that
Germany is unable to do with her own
resources everything required in order
to secure that end. This refers espec-
tally to food and clothing, therefore
the German delegation thinks it desir-
able thai the deliberations of the COM
should likewise include an
examination of the question of the
manner in which the allied and as
sociated governments might assist
Germany in the solution of these prob
lens.
THE question arises, for instance,
of supplying against repayment for
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