Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-04-25
STATUS OF
GERMANY FIXED
TERMS OF TREATY ITEM BY ITEM
is SETTLED BY PEACE
CONGRESS.
10000 WORDS
PROBABLE THAT HUNS WILL NOT
BE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS
TERMS.
Western Ncwpopor Union News scr,ico

Paris, April 1s.-Thc drafting of the
final form of the peace treaty Is pro-
cceding rapidly In order TO have IL
rcndy for presentation to the German
delegates when they arrive at Yer
s~uilles. The document, ms framed, be
gins with an Introduction In the form
OF II protocol, setting forth the com
pletc list Of %belligerent powers taking
part IN the war and now making peace,
with the designation of p%lenlpoten-
tlnries of each country and with their
power to Sign.
Then comes n declaration OF Inn
presslve brevity not exceeding thirty
words, stating that on the conclusion
OF the treaty and the exchange Of
Publications, the war shall come to an
end.
Following upon the declaration OF
peace, the present intention of the
peace delegates Is to have the COW
enant of the League of Nations occupy
the place OF honor In the treaty and
TO he the first subject treated In
detail.
1t will thus take the priority 1t had
In the program Of the peace confer
ence Then, In succession, will follow
the military, naval and aerlnl terms,
%reparatlons, responsibilities, the Rhine
frontier, the Saar region, Alsace-Lor-
ralne, Poland, the status Of Danzig
as an international port, Germnny's
Schleswlg HOlsteln frontier and n
large number of special subjects, In
Guiding the labor convention adopted
ut the last plenary session of the con-
ference international ports and water
ways, and extended economic and
financial provisions not directly con-
nected with PREPARATIONS.
The ~textual form OF all these sub
divisions has been completed, so that
the work ut present going on Is chiefly
fitting together the parts into n homo
geneous whole. This Is being done by
international experts representing the
five great powers.
Their work Is largely formal, as the
council Of four and the commissions
have adopted the language of the va
rious parts now being fitted together.
1t Is estimated that the treaty as n
whole will exceed 10000 words, or
the contents Of a large, closely printed
volume. The text Is helng prepared
In French and English, and, ne a
means of expedltlng action, Il German
text may he prepared, though It is
f%oreseen that the German plenlpoten-
tinrles may ask for n considerable
time TO peruse a document Of such
magnitude.
After the treaty Is actually delly-
cred, It Is intended TO allow adequate
time for the Germans 10 make in.
qulries concerning the various details
before returning to Weimar.
This IL expected to take about two
days. the first day being devoted 10y
the Germans to familiarizing them
selves with the terms, and the second
day 60 answering such queries as they
may make.
There Is ma purpose TO have this
assume the character of u discussion
but merely the %clucldatlon of any
points which may assist In ohtainlnl
prompt and favorable action when the
plenlpotentinries return to Welmar.
The procedure on the arrival OF the
German plcnipotcntlnrles at Versailles
has virtually been decided upon.
II is believed the stay of the pleni
potentinrles nt Welmnr will cover Z
week, thus bringing them bnck to Yer
sallles about May 8 to 10. This, how
ever, Is conjectural, for II Is dependen.
upon the rapldHy of the declsloni
reached at Wcimnr.