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Allied Reply to Huns Will be In
Form of Ultimatum.

Paris, June 6.-There are, still
many loose ends to the deterlfTiaa'
tons which must be made before the
replies of the Allies to the German
counter proposals can be submitted
to Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau,
head of the German plenipotentiaries
and even the question of principle re-
garding changes in the treaty has not
been definitely settled. Nevertheless
the members of the commissions OF
experts profess confidence that they
will be able to complete their re-
ports to the Council of Four by
Monday or Tuesday and the mem=
bers of the council themselves seem
sure they will be able to present the
allied reply on Thursday or Friday.
The reply will be submitted as an
ultimatum with short time limit in
which Germany will either have to
take or leave the conditions offered
them.
The most important notifications
under consideration, namely, the
question Of reparations, probably will
not involve any material changes in
the treaty as originally presented.
The Concessions will, instead, be pre-
scented in the form of supplement
tary agreement, defining the proceed
ure for the reparations commission
and prescribing certain instructions
for that body which, according to the
original draft Of the treaty, was
given a most comprehensive power
of action, subject only to the instruc-
tons. of the powers represented on
the commission.
This new solution, which is e;l-
pected to- emerge from the delibera-
tons OF the experts will dodge fixa-
ton of definite monetary total for
separations. to which the French OBJ
ject on the ground that announce
lnent of any sum which. it is consid-
cred possible to exact in payment
would so disappoint the expectations
ot the French public as to cause a
political upheaval.
The supplementary agreement also
you'd meet the objections of the
Germans who declared they were to
'e asked to pay off a debt the ex- ,
ent OF which was unknown, and with
he population in virtual economic
lavery to the reparations commits
Toned under that clause of the treaty $
equiring Germany to ''devote her s
economic resources directly to the c
hysical restoration of the invaded +
reas-of the Allied and associated a
overs to the extent that these c
overs may determine" l.
The instructions to the reparations s
commission i'll the proposed supple a
lentary agreement would enable the q
to know at once the n
mount of reparations due under cer-
lin "categories' of reparations, such v
pensions. separation allowances, u
aintenance of war prisoners and h.
lie destruction of ships at fixed n
cure per ton. 1t was found impos- h
BILE, however, to fix any total sum "
n all categories, since the cost of
and restoration in the
,vastated regions cannot be estabyl.
shed until after an extensive survey, +
I'd the only general estimate on
hich the French are willing to act
ould bring the total to $50 billion ..
ancs, which the experts quite gen. ..
ally agreed was beyond Germany's u
,wer to pay. "
In addition to learning at once the -,
finite instructions on which the ~
rmanent commission will act, the ~
ermans will also be assured that ~
rtain amount of working capital 81 81
II be left them including, probably, y
image for overseas trade, without a,
1ich they profess inability to make d
e required reparations. ..
1t is understood that the question ~ ~
a plebiscite in upper Silesia prac- ~
ally has been decided affirmative ~
No change with regard to respon- =.
'ilities. punishment of the former ~. .e
lperor or the disposition of the ". W
.rman colonies is regarded as prob IA
lie. Ct