The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-06-20
HUNS DEMANDS RETURN
TO ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS
Allege Wilson'S Fourteen Points Are
Ignored in Shaping Conditions
Would Concede Little.

Paris, June 16.-The German reply
to the peace treaty submitted at Yer
sailles May Z, maintains that the ene-
mics of Germany have forsaken the
peace of justice to which they had
pledged themselves in the armistice
negotiations for a peace of might.
The reply, an official summary of
which was made public yesterday, pro-
tests against the proposed terms in
dividually and collectively, and de-
mands a return to the original agree
ments. It presses for verbal nego-
tiations and states that Germany ex-
poets justice on a basis of equality
and reciprocity.
The reply follows the lines Of the
summary of the German counter pro-
posals given out in Berlin at about the
time they were presented.
The document covers 119 pages and
includes a covering letter by Count
Won Brockdorff- Rantzau under date of
May 49,. which has been published and
a second section of comments follow
ing the main outline Of the original
draft treaty. Two separate papers on
legal and financial questions are in
cluded as part of the general reply.
Both English and French translations
have been furnished in pamphlet form,
the former totalling about 10000
words.
The reply begins with a detailed an
.alysis of the legal basis of peace, al
leges a fragrant series Of contradic-
lions to this basis and points out that
the results would be the complete en-
slavement Of the German people and
the betrayal of all the worlds cher
ished hopes of peace.
Demands Place in League.
In the counter proposals Germany
demands immediate admission to the
league of nations and part of the spir-
it of the armistice agreement and as
necessary for the acceptance of the
proposed military, naval and air terms.
She then analyses the territorial
changes demanded, claiming that the
right of self-determination has been
wilfully violated throughout.
Germany assails the abolition Of all
German rights outside of Europe as
irreconciliable with the preliminary
negotiations and as wolly impossible
to a great people, who not only have
supreme needs for markets and sup
plies, but who have shown themselves
capable of sharing the worlds task
Of colonization.
Oppose R%eparation Plan.
Germany is unable to accept the
Preparations commission set up by the
allies involving an infringement of
her sovereignty but proposes a coop
erative German commission to work
alongside it. She accepts responsible
ity only for civilian losses in occupied
Belgium and France and agrees to
maximum payments of one hundred
billion marks, provided the other terms
as to colonies, overseas trade and ter
ritories are accepted as she proposes.
AS to deliveries of ships, raw ma
terials and machinery, Germany can
meet the allied claims only in part,
largely because of decreased produc-
ton.
Wants Treatment as Equal.
Germany demands that in the CO.
nomic provisions she be treated on a
basis of equality and reciprocity and
not in the one sided way outlined. She
agrees to freedom of traffic on Ger
man rivers and within Germany, but
always on condition that there be no
interference with German sovereignty.
Similarly with the renewal of treat
les lapsed through the war, she ex-
poets reciprocal treatment, rather than
the assumption by the allies of the
right to say what engagements are or
are not to become operative. .
The Germans refuse to accept the
trial of the former German emperor,
or to sanction his extradition from
Holland on the ground that no Ger
man subject can be brought before a
foreign court without an established
law or legal basis. Similarly she can
not agree to extradite other subjects
accused of violation of the laws and
customs of war.
Instead, Germany proposes al inter-
national court of neutrals to judge
the fact of crime, the punishment to
remain with the national courts.
Labor Clause Unsatisfactory.
The labor clauses are not satisfac-
tory to Germany and as a result she
again proposes an international con-
ference to examine the allied and as
ISOLATED proposals, the German pro-
posals and the Berne resolutions.
A bitter protest is entered against
the occupation of the Rhine provinces
and the demand made that all allied