The sun., 1919-06-14
by LAURENCE HILLS.
sfar Correspondent OF TIE suy.


Copyright 1919; al rtohts reserved
PARIS, June 13.-With all the points
OF the answer to the German counter
proposals settled. the Council of Five
suddenly questioned the advisability
Of Incorporating them in the form of
an addendum, as was intended, or of
making actual changes in the text Of
the treaty.
As late as this morning; when It
was hoped the answer would be ready
for delivery. tse council Ind been
unable to reach any decision on this
mechanical point, but finally 1t was
determined this afternoon TO write n
new treaty, with the changes worked
In textually. 1t is hoped that this
can be done by Monday of next week,
but 1t is difficult to see how that
can be accomplished in view of the
mechanical difficulties of the task.
| The quickest possible action would
seem to be demanded, and this new
delay Is giving rise to more pessimism
and discouragement, for such delay
seems to favor the Germans, particu-
larly here In France, where political
forces are at work. the effect Of which
cannot be foretold.
Five Principal Changes.
President Wilson is eager to 90
home to look after his own political
| nrOhlnr1 uhinh h4
would have enabled him to do very
soon. Again 1t seems to have been
Premier Lloyd George who has held
up the answer. 1t should not be un-
derstood that the changes extend be-
yond the scope already indicated.
None OF them affects the principles OF
the treaty. Here are the most i'm.
portant:
Providing for plebiscite in
upper Silesia under the dlrec.
tion OF the boundary commission.
| 3 Changing the clause giving
Poland the right to seQuestrate
and liquidate the property of Ger
man Nationals, under which, as it
now stands, Germany would be
obliged to reimburse its Nationals.
The change will make Poland re-
imburse Germans for property
seized. a
K Occupation of the Rhine-fix-
Ing the size and cost of the
army of occupation and providing
that the Government shall be civil,
not military, during this period.
d Promising to admit Germany
to the League Of Nations when
she has disarmed and can show
clean hands.
5. Declaring 1t to be not the pur-
pose of the Reparation Com
mission to dictate the domestic
legislation of Germany, nor to
control the German budget, nor
to prescribe the amount Of Ger
man taxes. The Reischsbank
also will get the right to export
gold, with the consent Of the
ReparatiOn Commission.
Wiiaon VIII Await Outcome.
Some Of these changes could have
been made just as we'll in an adden-
dunn, but the Silesian and Rhine
clauses do not lend themselves to that
plan.
With the eight days which will be
allowed for the Germans to reach a
final decision as to signing the treaty
the problem of time becomes a grave
one. especially to the President, some
Of whose friends, alarmed by recent
developments In the Senate, are urg-
ing him not to wait for the signing
Of the document but to get home i'm
mediately. The President, however,
does not want to return to the United
States empty handed and seems in
clined to wait at least until he can
see the German attitude in regard to
, the answer of the Allies.
The deep Significance of this an
swer has taken everybody's mind of
the other negotiations completely.
The Austrians still are waiting for
the gaps In their treaty TO be filled
: in, while the arrival of the Turks yes
: terday attracted no attention. Only
the Bolshevism whicn seems to be
threatening Hungary and the situa.