The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-06-18
PERIOD OF WAITING
NOW IN PEACE: CIRCLES
MIR. Wilson to Visit Belgium While
Huns Consider Treaty
TEUTON is DISAPPOINTED
Deep Pessimism and Resentment at
Weimar Over Alleged Cruelty
of Terms.

period Of waiting has settled over
the peace conference in Paris while
the Germans at Weimar are at making
up their minds whether to accent or
reject the slightly amended treaty
of peace handed them at Versailles
Monday.
While the Germans are discussing
the situation President Wilson is to
make his long promised visit to Bel
gium, and David Lloyd George, the
British prime minister, will go over
the Verdun battle field. Both Pres
dent Wilson and Mr.. Lloyd George are
expected to return to Paris Friday and
meanwhile it is anticipated that lit
tie work will be done except by the
various commissions upon which have
been imposed the task of Whipping
into shape the questions unsettled be-
tween the Allies and Austria Hun
gary and other enemy countries.
Accounts Of the reception at Weim-
ar Of the amended peace treaty and
the coevring note written by Premier
Clemenceau are to the effect that
there was deep pessimism and resent
ment over the alleged cruelty of the
terms
a teelphonic message received at
Weimar from Versailles shortly after
the treaty and the note were placed
in the hands of the Germans charac-
terized them as extraordinarily rough
and overbearing and declared that
the Germans had been granted smaller
concessions than they had expected
through the reading Of unofficial fore
casts of the terms of the treaty.
At last accounts Berlin was in ig-
norance Of the terms of the treaty,
and although M. Clemenceau's note
was being received 1t was unlikely
that there would be delay in inform
ing the public Of the stand of the AL
lies, owing to strike in the news
paper officers.
Unofficial reports vary as to-
whether the Germans will or will not
sign the treaty. A London dispatch
quoting a message from Berlin saws
seven members Of the German cabinet
are in favor Of signing, but that the
other seevn are opposed to such &C
ton. A Paris newspaper asserts that
one of the German peace delegates
declared before he left Versailles for
Welmar that Germany would sign be-
cause it was realized dire conse-
quences would follow refusal.
Considerable resentment prevails at
Weimar by reason of the fact that the
German delegation on leaving Yer
sallles for Weimar was hooted by
crowd Of hoodlum and two members
of the delegation were struck by
stones. Premier Clemenceau has writ
ten letter Of apology to the chief
German plenipotentiary. The prefect
of the department and the police COM
mission have been dismissed
The council Of five met Tuesday and
considered the clauses in the Austrian
peace treaty which have not been
handed to the hustrians.
The Turkish delegation, which has
arrleVd IN France to discuss Turkish
claims for mild treatment, was heard
by the council Of ten. The main plea
of the Turks was that the Turkish
empire be not dismembered, the claim
being put forth that the Turkish peo-
pie were not responsible for the coun-
try's entering into the war on the side
of the Teutonic allies Premier Glenn
enceau promised to consider a memo
randum on the question which is to be
presented by the Turkish grand ivzier
and lated to make reply to it.