Arizona republican., 1919-06-16

PARIS, June 15.-The German reply to the peace treaty submitted at Yer sailles, May [, maintains that the en- emies 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 here today, protests against the proposed terms individually and collectively and de- mands a return to the original agree ments. It presses for verbal negotia- tious and states that Germany eN- poets justice on a basis of equality and reciprocity.
 The reply follows the lines of the summary of the German counter pro posals given in Berlin at about the time they were presented.
 The document covers 119 pages and includes a covering letter by Count von Brockdorff- -Rantzau, under date of May 29, which has already been published, and second section of com ments. following the main outline of the original draft treaty. Two separate papers on legal and financial ques- i tions are included as part of the gen | translations have been furnished in 1 pamphlet form, the former totaline l about 60,000 words
 The reply begins with a detailed i analysis of the legal basis of peace. alleges a fragrant series of contra dictions to this basis and points that the results would be the complete en- slavement of the Germon people and the betrayal of all the worlds cherished hopes of peace.
 Quick League Membership
 In the counter proposals. Germany demands immediate admission to the league of nations as part Of the spirit or the armistice agreement and as neces- sary 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 wilfuIv violated throughout
 Germany bitterly assails abolition O. all German rights outside of Europe. as irreconcilable with the preliminary negotiations, and as wholly impossible to great people, who not only have supreme needs for markets and sup plies, but who have shown themselves
 capable of sharing the worlds tas;.
 of colonization
 Germany is wholly unable to accent the separations commission set up by
 the allies as involving an infringe ment of her sovereignty, but proposes
 a cooperative German commission to
 work alongside it. She accepts re- sponsibility only for sovereign rights in
 occupied Belgium. and agrees to maxi mum payments of one hundred billion
 marks, provided the other terms as
 to colonies, overseas trade and terri
 tories, 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- , tion.
 Wants Equal Treatment
 Germany demands that in the econ
 omic provisions she be treated on
 basis of equality and reciprocity ant
 not in the onesided way outlined She
 agrees to freedom of traffic on Ger
 man rivers and within Germany, but
 always on condition that there be TO ! interference with German sovereigntV H Similarly with the renewal of treaties
 lapsed through the war she expects ts reciprocal treatment rather than the
 assumption by the allies of the right
 to say what engagements are or are Il not to become operative again. rr = The Germans refuse to accept the I. 7 or to sanction his extradition from ' Holland, on the ground that no subject z of Germany can be brought before q foreign court without an established
 law or legal basis. Similarly she can
 not agree to extradite other subjects accused of violations of the laws and = customs of war
 T Instead. Germany proposes an in r ternational court of neutrals to judge Q the fact of crime, the punishment to s remain with the national courts. I The labor clauses are not satisfactory = to Germany, and as a result she again n proposes an international conference
 to examine the allied and associated t proposals, the German proposals and : the Berne resolutions.
 tt bitter protest is entered against . the Ocupation of the Rhine provinces = and the demand that all allied troops q be withdrawn within six months or
 peace. The occupation proposed, it is
 contended, would break up German
 economic life and allow the prejudicing
 of German interests in favor of France 7 and Belgium.
 No Criticism Offered
 The summary makes no attempt 10
 criticise any statements of facts or = figures made in the reply, inasmuch l. as the German delegation alone is re q, sponsible for them. It is stated that = many of them, especially as to the lg eastern frontier, are disputable if not or absolutely incorrect.
 lg Under the heading "the legal basi- re of peace" the German delegation re a capitulates the interchange of com l. munications with President Wilson be
 tween October 15, 1918, and the armis- IS tice, November II. As a result of these ga they consider that Germany, as a basis ly of peace. has expressly accepted Presi-
 dent Wilson's fl points and nothinl k else Acceptance of the terVs of th' re armistice it is declared, was to be evi-
 dence of the honest acceptance of thes, SC conditions by Germany. as It is contended that the allies aist