The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-18
Allies Are hopeful of Fore.
ing Submission by De-
mand of People.
CHANCE FOR REVOLT
NOske Is Asked to Post
PrOclamations Against
Offering Resistance.
WOULD PREVENT BOMBING
If Entente Troops Advances,
Blockade Would Have to
Be Modified.
WOULD PREVENT BOMBING
By LAURENCE HILLS.
STAY Correspondent Of TIE sUS.

STAY Correspondent Of The sUs.
Copyright. 1919: all rights reserved.
PARIS, June 17.-Whether the Ger.
mans are blufflng or not Is uncertain,
but their attitude when they left
Versailles last evening for Weimar
seemed one Of resolution not to sign
the peace treaty, despite the moditi.
cations made. Max Warburg, one Of
the German peace delegates, said en-
phatically that the revised treaty
still meant the tearing up of the for
mer German Empire, and therefore
it was useless to sign 1t. This feeling
seemed to be reflected throughout the
entire party.
Reports that the German delegs-
tion Is divided In opinion are denied
fatly. In consequence the Allies
now will have to turn their eyes to
the German people themselves, who
by next Monday conceivably can bring
about a change in the Government
and get the treaty signed.
The chiefs Of the Allies believe
that firmly as they have stood out
against any conformation of Ger
many's crime and for the funda-
mentals Of the treaty they neverthe-
less have shown their intention to
deal fairly with Germany. An exami-
nation of the answer to the Germans
in comparison with previous replies
and the original treaty shows in the
opinion of many that the Allies really
have gone n considerable distance In
the way of conciliation, in marked
contrast with their previous stand.
Aimed to Induce Signing.
The fact is not concealed now that
the Allies were actuated by a desire
TO get the Germans to sign If they
possibly could without forsaking their
principles, the result being very diff
ferent from what 1t would have been
had the original desire of Clemen-
ceau not to change even a comma
been followed.
1t is the hope If not the belief of
the Council OF Five that when the
Germans have had a chance thor
oughly to digest the reply and the
changes made and the spirit under
lying the interpreta ton given to the
reparation and financial clauses, for
example, the pressure to bring about
the signing of the treaty will become
irresistible and Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau and Count Won Bernstorft
and the others will have to bow to
the will of the people.
One of the strongest parts Of the
answer is that dealing with repara-
tions, which was drafted largely by
the Americans. The Allies seek TO
disabuse the minds Of the Germans of
the idea that they intend to wipe out
German trade and withhold raw ma
terial. They invite the cooperation
Of the Germans in reparaton work,
at the same time showing that no
hard, fixed rules have been laid down
for this. Indeed, the Allies invite
the Germans TO suggest their own
plan, which II feasible will be adopted,
Rhineland Administration.
There is some mystery over why
at the last minute the Council Of
Five cut out that part of the answer
placing the administration OF the oc-
cupied area under a civil RhinelAnd
commission and made of 1t a separate
convention to be signed Independently
by the Germans. There seems to
have been n long argument over this
in the Council Of Five on Monday
morning in consequence of an unex.
pected protest from Premier Clemen-
ceau.
Rather than delay the reply, then
about to be delivered, this feature
was taken out hastily. Later Pre-
mier Clemcnceau was obliged to yield,
but as then it was too late to incor-
porate 1t again in the answer 1t had
to be made separate convention.
The result is that the entire occupied
area will have n civil administration.
which represents another attempt to
concillatc ~ Germans,
President Wilson Is knGrrn th be
well satisfied with the character Of
the response, having made several
alterations in the last paragraph and
the one Immediately preceding It.
Having succeeded in keeping to the
experiment at the most critical time