The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-03
TREATY FREES ALL
SLAVIC NATIONS


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submit written suggestions for modi-
fications. This fifteen days, of course.
VIII not apply to those parts Of the
treaty which have not yet been sub
mitted to them.
The setting OF to-days meeting was
historic one; yet 1t lacked In many
respects the dignity OF the meeting at
Versailles, when tho Germans heard
their fate. To begin with, the meeting
started late. st. GermAin Is twenty
two miles from Paris by a roundabout
road. President Wilson was delayed
by a punctured tire and only arrived
nearly a half hour late by COM
Wandering an army car which passed
his own while repairs were being made
on the roadside.
Met I'm Historic spot.
ST. German was built in the twelfth
century. 1t was burned by the Black
Prince In 1886 and rebuilt shortly after
ward as a stronghold. 1t housed Mary
Queen of Scots, James II. OF England.
Catherine de Medici and Diane dc
Poitiers. And its musty stone walls are
to-day even more gruesome with the
relics OF prehistoric man and the imple-
ments of the stone age which decorate
its rooms used for an anthropologlcai
museum
For miles Its stone towers could be
seen by the delegates, who drove thither
day by n roundabout course to avoid
the direct road, which is hardly better
than it was when the castle was built.
Arriving they found guard of honor
of dismounted cavalry before the draw
bridge From the courtyard a few spec
tators looked down on their arrival from
the windows OF the room OF James II.
They reached the conference chamber
by two narrow stone staircases.
There they found a rectangte OF red
covered tables, recalling the gruesone
Joke of ono of the Austrians upon his
arrival that It needed but the heads
man and the block to complete the dis
memberment of Austria. At the head
Of the rectangle sat Premier Clemenceau.
as the presiding officer Of the Peace
Conference At either hand sat the al
lied delegates. while the Austrians
faced him at the bottom table. Behind
the delegates were tables for secretar ies
and interpreters and behind the Austrian
interpreters there were a few members
of the press.
In addition to the late arrival OF
President Wilson the mishap OF a pho
tographer who fell through one OF the
big museum glass cases and the blunders
OF the French interpreter when rend:r-
ing NJ Clemenceau's speech into Ger
man sent gasps among the persons
crowded into the too small room which
tended to mar the dignity OF the occa-
sion. Though the session lasted only
50 minutes most OF that time was re-
quired for the triple translation of the
two speeches into German, English and
Italian.
President Wilson Appears.
The Japanese and Chinese delegates
we're the first to arrive. They were
closely followed by NJ Clemenceau, who
came early to see that all arrangements
were in order. The others filed in
rapidly several minutes before noon. and
all the Plenipotentiaries were in their
places except President Wilson and Col
House. Anxious glances were cast al
the empty chairs of these leading Pleni-
potentiaries as the minutes passed be-
yond the hour set for the ceremony
Finally an oficial was sent to the tele-
phone to learn IL anything had happened
The President appeared at ~ ~ and
took his seat after brief colloquy
with NJ. Clemenceau and word was Inn
mediately sent to the headquarters of
the Austrians
They entered one by one ten minute,
later through a door at the rear OF the
hall The head usher of the Foreign
once, wearing his silver chain, an
nounced their appearance.
CIemenceau Gives Terms.
DR.. Renner was calm and assured. az
| IL entering his own house. lie walked
| directly to his Seat and motioned hi.
colleagues to their places. The entire
| assemblage, which had risen upon tn,
entry of the Austrians. seated itself. NJ
Clemenceau alone remained standing
| and with scarcely an instant's pause thu
! session started.
hear from NJ. Clemenceau some striking
phrases on the origin of the war oil
Austrias guilt and punishment were dis
i appointed The Tiger refrained from
any political allusion in his short speech
He merely outlined the procedure of th'
negotiations and explained that onl,
part of the treaty was ready. He asked
! that any replies or observations TO sucl
parts OF the treaty as were laid to-da,
before the Austrians be submitted il
writing within fifteen days.
| Premier Clemenceau's brief remarks
were confined to explaining the tint
limit for the reply and the method o.
! further negotiations and proceedings.
''Messieurs les Plenipotentiaries OF thu
Austrian republic" NJ. Clemenceau be
gan. the allied and associated Power
have charged me to remit to you thu
J draft OF the treaty which has been de
| liberated among us. 1t is not the entr'
draft. for ! shall have reserves to make
l
parts, on which you can forthwith de
| liberate."
NJ. Clemenceau spoke in easy CONVEX
sationsl tone, befitting such routine re
| marks and at the end called for trans
lations. which on this occasion wer