Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29


SsynaSe come TO an agreement on the CON
NssNttons OF the peace. The treaty has
.gSpeen completed. drafted and the presi-
S.[dcnt OF the conference has stated in
Sswriting tina; the text that IS about
s3sto be signed now is identical with the
$500 copies that have been delivered to
- the German delegation. The sigma
tures Will be given now and they
s.sfs a,,nInt,,,. TO solemn undertaking.
ISsonditions embodied by this treaty OF
gsreace I now invite tho delegates or
Master at Arms Martin immediately
assorted the Germans TO the center o,
1.-THE room. where the bounu copy OF the
sssarcatE lay on lca;hcr-covercd brass
.wo o,,i table Of the regency. period
Tor the use of those who Wished 10
fsasiodern pens were provided for the
ss , VIII Ii trembling hands both Mueller
ssfhe bottom OF the document tha At many ny
ssIerman leaders have declared sounds
80 AS the Germans returned to their
9 sd ,o Ersc, turned and whisper
10 dsiesa Mso forw WhS led The
s, I'D by By II, Llosd George at the head
;Hde!csaNohS IN alphabetical order
-. No Solemnfty Noticeable.
H Ihere was not the slishtcs; solcm-
MY attached TO the ceremony of sign
ling, although "a feeling of tensemcss
had been evident throughout the ses-
-. sion.
Detachmcnts of American. French
and British troops witnessed the ccro-
=. mony from places along the windows
Of the hnll. There were hftccn men
In each Of these dctachments
". Thousands Of Parisians packed the
r nns ana special rains upon the
s,tcnd:nE with the residents of the town
sGltse!t for places in the park where the
e. playing OF tho famed fountains of
of IN,
~ ceremony.
4. a:il o'clock cannon began to
T. IN. ceremony of signing. The sigma
lures had not. however, as a matter
eaot fact then been completed for at
sat time the smaller nations were
80 stu IL, signing IN alphahetical order.
~ The proceedings were formally closed
s|t. The protocol was signed by all. those
stSh9 sisme d, the treaty The Rhine
fnau-. Americans. Bols;ans. British and
y tiench plcnipotcniarics.
t;3 Chiefs Photographed Together.
-. PremierS Clemcnceau and Lloyd
stGeorse and Presidon, wilson wei were
) photographed together OH the terrace.
iia ster r. ne de,mr9nstration the three al
automobile, ihe crowds following and
- ;,. As Premier Clomonccau, President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George
emerged from the palace the great
~. The three statesmen were sven;
- slons by tho sursing thousands Many
= soldiers broke ranks and joined in the
uemonstra ton, while guns doomed nd
low flying airplanes seemed to fiji the
lair.
5@ The crowds outside the palacc set
Up tremendous cheer AS the German
delesaics emerged after the signing
The cheers increased in volume Ms the
allied and associated delegates follow
I'D on their way To the terrace to view
1.-The beautiful PLAYING fountains. made
f,,l lNt tl,1
afternoon sun.
The cheers OF the enthusiastic crowds
e minsled with the strains of triumphal
Emusic. played by the bands in the pal
,sacc grounds and the salvos OF tho guns
made fitting fnalc to the ceremony
rsthat had marked the end OF tho con-
hffiict that had devastated tho fnircst
towns of France and Rcle ium, but
Which had secured to Frame her los,
menace OF German invasions.
i. Contrast With Scene of 1871
AS contrast with the Franco Ger
man peace session OF 1871. held in the
grizzled French veterans OF the Franco
@.Prussian war. They rcpla ccd tho Prus-
sian Euardsmen of the previous cere-
S,nony and tho Frenchman today watch
led the ceremony with grim satisfac-
tion.
~. The conditions Of 1871 were exactly
r.marck sat in tho seats Of tho lowIy
while the white marble statue OF Miner
va, touucSS or war. looked
-. Overhead Of the trescocd ceiling
lH'Sere scenes from Frances ancient
WARS.
E<' Three incidents were emphasized nv
The smoothncss with which. tho ccrc-
,ymony was conducted. The first OF
these was the failure Of the chinese
{, delegation to sign. Tho second was
the protest submitted by General Jan
christian Smuts who declared the
peace unsatisfactory The third un-
known TO tho general public came
i! OH the Germans When The
gram for the ceremony was shown to
the German delegation. Herr Won
aniser. and es,s s% al eea saia mason
We cannot hinft that the German
delegates should enter the hall by a
different door than the entente dele
Sates nor that military honors should
would be such Arrangements before
the delegates would not have come"
after after conference with ,he. French
compromise. 10 rendcr military
honors as the Germans left. Other
wise the program was not changed.
X 6 During the attaching Of the sigma
lures OF the great powers and the
Germ1ans battery o: moving picture
machines and cameras clicked away
so audibly that they could be heard
above the general disorder
"a. Ratify to Get Blorkade Lifted
= The allied note 10 the German dele
cation dcal!ns with ratification OF the
treaty by Germany, was delivered late
, ms a afternoon; 1t IS pointed out in
Withdrawal % the blockade Of Ger
many depends on ratification OF the
treaty.
- DR.. Hermann Mueller aud Dr. Bell
q and about nifty members OF the Ger
man mission LEFT Versailles at $40
so.c!ock Ibis evening going TO the
Noisy &c Eoi Station. There they viii
board train on their return trip 10
Germany.
III Forty German secretaries viii re-
.Iisalh IN Versailles 10 conclude the 81
fairs OF the German delegation.
~ Resume of Great War.
~. The world war came TO a formal end
1--WE wears after the assa ssination Of
.Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and two