Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-17

} be supported in its demands Tor admiS
sion, 1t adds that in Germany's cas-
, the events of the last five years prov,
|, the need of a definite test, the length o
which will depend on the acts of tn
German Government, especially towart
the treaty.
! The inclusion in the covenant OF tn,
German proposals regarding economi,
questions is considered unnecessary
, The Allied and associated powers viii
guarantee protection under the league
of German minorites in ceded terri
tories. and intend to open negotiations
! Immediately for a general reduction o
! armameuts. as provided in the cove
nant. in the expectation that Germany
carries out her engagements in this re-
gard
Political Clauses
| Part three of the detailed reply deals
with European political clauses. II
ays the territories of Eupen and Nal
ncdv have continued in close relation
with Belgium. despite a century Of
prussiauization. and that the reunion OF
these territories with Belgium seems
justified, but that the German ciaim
for neutralized Moresnet Us whoiiy
justified. The Communal WOODS IN
prussian Moresnet are awarded 10 nsI :
pinu in partlHl NNIhp'
dostruction of Belgian forests.
WITH regard to Schleswig. the reply
,ors tho nIep,scite in northern Schles-
20 nron,ised by Germany but never
eS,,.ed ;s now assured on the request
&c ponnark and the people concerned;
The territory as far as the Eluer anu
~ Scb,e; is TO be evacuated by the
Enrmans and administered on the spot
and at the end of fifteen years VIII be
free to choose its own sovereignty.
Concerning AlsaCe Lorraine. the re
nly saws a plebiscite there cannot be al =,
nnitted because the whole purpose OF
ho nroyisions in regard to these
nrov;nces has been. 50 far as possible.
70 ronair the injustice committed in
1S71 and TO restore the situation then
nrcvailing as far as It Is possible aftcr
fifty years of suffering m
II is added that the will of the in
'hahitsnts has been amply attested by
the unanimous protests against annex :
alton, voiced by their representatives at
Bordeaux in 1871 and repeated many
other times since. even at thc cost OF
their own tranquility and interests.
,rhere is no intention, says the reply. of
applying the general principle of the
treaty that states taking over ceded
territory should bear part of the public
debt of the ceding state and pay for
the nublic property as 1t is intended
that France should recover these prov
inces without prejudice.
Principles to Be Followed
The other parts of the detailed reply
deal with the principles to be followed
in determining the eastern frontiers of
Germany and concerning Luxembourg,
Austria and Russia. 1t is stated that
II has been determined to re establish
the Polish state, that the German OBJ
sorvations regarding Luxembourg require
no answer. because of Germany viola =
ton of Luxemburg's neutrality and
Luxemburg denunciation of the east
crn union None of the German con l.
tentions with regard to Russia are con =
sidpred to require change in the
treaty.
With regard to the Saar region. the
reply says no ALTERATION Is perHlSslole
in the terms provided.
.'Tbe Allied and associated powers,
saws the reply with regard to the Saar
region. have sought to impose for the
destruction of the mines of northern
France a form of reparation which by
its exceptional nature will for limited
neriod be a definite and visible symbol.
AT the same time they intend, by assur
ing themselves of the immediate pos
session of actual security. to escape the
risks to which the German memoir it
self has drawn attention.
/ The interests of the inhabitants
have. however. been most scrupulously
safeguarded. They will live for the
first time since their forcible annexa
ton to Prussia and Bavaria under 8
government of independence justly de
prived more than a century ago. This
was one of the greatest wrongs of which
history has record. the memory ant
, the result of which has for long poi
soned the political life of large par
of Europe and which was one of tn,
essential steps by which the military
power of Prussia was built up and tn,
whole political life, first of Prussia snt
? then of Germany, perverted.
A second principle governing the &C
: tion of the Allied powers is that ther,
shall be included in the restored PolanC
[ all those districts inhabited by an in
disputably Polish population. Dealing
e with Posen and West Prussia, the de
tailed reply says;
,, These two provinces, which wer
J predominantly Polish when the parti
ton took place, might have been restore,
to Poland almost in their entirety, &C
cording to the strict law of histori
retribution, but instead there has beel
left to Germany. in an effort to avoi,
even the appearance of injustice, AM
despite Germany's brutal colonization
policy, all those districts in the west il
which there is an undisputed German
! predominance contiguous to Germany
Nevertheless, the frontiers have beel
5 carefully reconsidered. and certain mod
9 ifcations made in detail. In particula
5 the historical frontier between Pome
t rania and West Prussia is to be re
/ ests blished."
8 East Prussia Not German
e East Prussia-Germany's refusal t,
accept the separation of East Prussi,
from the rest of Germany is met by tn
4 statement that East Prussia was s.
separated for many hundreds of years
D has been always recognized in German,
t as German colony and not as an orig
e inal German land. 1t was not actuall
e included in the political frontiers o
Germany until 1856, it is said. 1t i
. pointed out that Germany's objectio
to the holding of plebiscite in certai
parts of East Prussia causes surprise
especially when she admits doubt as I
the nationality of the inhabitants ant
$ processes assent to the principle of self
# determination.
, Danzig-The provisions as to Danzi
\ stipulate that the city is to resume tb
v character it held for many centurie
: when. as a Hanseatic city, it Law out
side the frontiers of Germany. As tn
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