The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-12
Reparation Figures Not
Mentioned in Amend
ed Document.
HEAD REVOLUTION
No Material Concessions
and Question of Ad-
mission to League to
Come Up Later.

Paris, juno 11.-France's Tiger
to all appearances has won the bitter
battle the reply to the German
counter-proposals. Everything indi-
Gates President Wilson has given IN
to him In h reparations question,
which was the chief subject OF the
long and weary debate of the big
three"
Unless all predictions including
sem!-ofscial outgivings tonight are
wrong. the reply Will contain no nxed
indemnity sum. although President
Wilson fought to the last for the shp-
ulation of a definite total AMOUNT
There liz no change in the plan to
hand the document to the Germans
on Friday the 18th, though technical
dif1culties of drafting n printing
may put 1t Off a day or two.
Premier Clemenceau played his
trump card inasre hight agAins, h Az
ing OF a total reparations sum by
souarely telling President Wilson and
Premier Iaoyd-George that to do 80
would provoke a revolution in france
Details OF the debate are no., known.
hnt the logic of CIernenceAu's support
ers has been throughout that the
French people have been led to ex-
poet a hundred or two q BILL
lions In PREPARATIONS. that the nation
insists AZ one man upon the war Dill
and that TO now that only
three HILTON is TO be demanded OF her
that Is the amount above which
Presiden. Wilson la declared the
powers should not go-the reaction
OF such. hitter disappointment upon
the tax-hurdened people OF France
would unauestionahly result in an up
heavaf for the consequences 81 which
ne. Clemenceau, refused to take the
responsibility.
What h conference has decided
regarding the German demand for i'm =
mediate adm tssion to the ieagu or
n.tions is not definitely known hu the
report persists that on this issue.
President Wilson. backed by Lloyd
George has won his point, which Is TO
propose the matter to the lea Gues
first meeting at Washington in octo-
Der. Ciemenceau was absolutely
against this. but there are Indications
central and eastern Europe under
Germanv's leadership may have wun
him around 10 his colleagues views.
on one point the big Three" we're
unanimous, The German den'sn for
part OF her colonies. h reply re-
3ects it,
On the Adriatic question the four
big powers ara stiil deadlocked. with
no hope for a solution in sight.
Meanwhile three new wars in Cen
trail Europe are giving the conference
considerable anxiety. namely. between
F~ungarians and the Cxechs. between
the Austrians and the Iugo-Slavs. and
hetween the Germans and Esthonfans.
The Hungarian Soviet governments
foreign minister. Bella Kun. has sent a
counter demand in reply to the powers
- .-- Il a -
armistice on the condition that his he
formally recognized, He further de-
mands that his government be invited
TO send rlenipotentiaries to the peace
congress. This information comes from
French semi-onicial sources.
Belgrade advises that an armistice
was signed between. the Austrians and
the Jugo-Siavs last week remain un-
confirmed.
As regards the reply to the Ger
mans. while the treaty text. according
to usually well-informed sources has
rot been or will not be materially
changed, important notifications are
contained in explanatory notes which
will be appended to the document One
OF these, Is said to ~etipulate the maxi
mum amount to be collected from Ger
many each year.
Some plain words are understood to
have been spoken In the last rev ees-
s!ons of the Big Three" President
Wilson particularly threw all diplo-
matte rcundaboutness to the winds on
several occasions. 1t Is said. and at one
time sharply rebuked the adamant at
titude OF the two European premiers.
He Is quoted to have said:
Unless we act now and Immediately
It will be useless for US to continue.
for anarchy will in that case triumph
over law and order"
His plain talk Ia said to have gone q
long way toward establishing a COM
mon basis.
1t is now said on good authority that
the Germans will be given a week in
stead of four or Ave days.. In which to
make known to the peace conference
whether they will or will not sign. This
will give them time to take the amend
ed treaty to Weimar and submit it
there to the national assembly. already
convened for the purpose of rendering
the final decision.