The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-03

many are tobe righted and repaired nothing
that Germany cannot do. She regain her rightful
of the terms It's much than treaty OF peace with
Germany tt berates great peoples who have never be
fore been able to find the way to liberty II ends once
and for all an old and ntolerable order under which
groups Of selfish could the people Of great empires
TO serve theirow ambitions for power and dominion
!GREATEsT WAR IN HISTORY ENDED TO-DAY
Versailles June 2sHhe greatest W war in history
The ceremony took place in the Hall Of Mirrors in the his
toric palace Of Versailles Procedures continued
with clocks The delegates Foreign
into the hall at 308 Premier Clemenceau opened the
meeting by assuring the Germans that the treaty was
identical with the presented tothem Mueller was the
first place his signature the document at 3:12, Bell
followed HIM Wilson was the first OF the Allied dele
gates to sign He wrote his name on the document at
Premier Lloyd George signed two minutes later. The
lea, British including the colonias French Italians ia
pantse and the smaller nations.
Clemenceau declared the proceedings closed at $3.50
The entire ceremony occupied Al minutes.
conditions 81 peace are now an accomplished fact
The procedures are closed, Z said Clemenceau
The allied delegates remained as the Germans depart
ed at 352 in the Hall Of Mirrors places for every
race and creed in the world The big horseshoe table
placed elevation Of foot from the floor In the
center Of the horse shoe small table topped with
brown leather which rested the treaty. One chair stood
before the table to be used by the delegates signing An
ancient and valuable brown tapestry carpet the
floor and the delegates sat at brown tapestry covered
tables AT the end Of the hall Salons the Salon
De PAX and the Salon De Guerre The Salon De PAX was
reserved for distinguished visitors seats 3OO Prom
seats reserved for Mrs. Wilson and Margaret
Wilson The Salon De Guerre for the press
pondens and had seats for SO Americans SO British 60
French O1 Italians Is Japanese is Germans and 70 from
the smaller countries with 20 for neutra Ii the Salon
De Guerre special telephone and telegraph wires in
stalled over which the Of the signing flashed to
cable Offices =ss @#.5.
The court yard was ablaze with military splendid De
sharply to attention the delegates arrived in automo
bles Two white quilted pens and three amber handled
gold pens lay the table which stood few yards from
where William i was crowned and the German empire
proclaimed Quilts were smaller tables near by, two
gold pens and ivory paper cutters ateach dele
gates place The pen with which Cenenceau signed was
apresent from the people Of Asace Lorraine was gold
plated bronze taperng to point In the center
the images Of Poui One ned uniform with full
equipment and the other the image Of an Asacian
church tower. ss. sssA
AS the allied peace delegates descended the terrace at
the conclusion Of the ceremony guns doomed and hOus
ands Of jets Of water spirited from fountains in the park
Thousands Of civilians delious with JOY they cheer
ed the delegates who shoWered with flowers Many
spectators wept with emotion a portion Of the crowd
the police force and forced their way forward
to the delegates who imprisoned by civilians Viii
tried to turn back but the people surged forward and
pushed and other delegates the full length Of the ter
race where troopers opened the way to their autos
PEACE TREATY is SIGNED
Versailles France, June 28,--The peace treaty has
been signed The German delegation placed their sigma
ture the document at 312 p. today President Viii
son signed two later and followed by Premier
Lloyd George who signed at 3:17 81 nl. 's 5 \
The Germans arrived at the palace at o'clock and the
meeting convened minute later Foreign Minister
Mueller was the first to sign Germany Colonel Minis
ter Bell signed Immediately after Mueller. ss