The sun., 1919-05-21
SAYS FOE WILL
REFUSE TOSIGN
Counter Proposals Are Ready
for Presentation
To-day.
PACT IS UNACCEPTABLE"
See Government Ousted if II
Agrees to Present Terms
of Allies.
PACT IS UNACCEPTABLE"
BY KARL H. Won wIEGAND.
Stag Correspondent of The SUI.

Sse0 correspondent OF IKE Sun.
Copyright. 1919: oil rights reserved.
BERLIN, May IL (delayed) THE
German Government finds the pro-
posed peace terms submitted by the
allied and associated governments as
not coming within President Wilson's
fourteen points. the basis for peace
accepted by both sides, and therefore
not acceptable, and it submits the fol-
lowing counter proposals."
Not in words or form but in effect
this promises to be the sense Of Ger
many's answer which Count Won Brock
dorff-Rantzau, the head of the Ger
man peace delegation, is to deliver at
versailles on Wednesday, unless all
signs and indications to-day are mis-
leading.
The German Cabinet convened at
5 o'clock this afternoon In a special
meeting to consider the first complete
general draft Of Germany's answer.
simultaneously the peace committee
of the National Assembly was in ses-
sion for the same purpose and two
Ministers were assigned to 1t to main
tain liaison between the Cabinet and
the committee, on which are repro
sented all the parties. and keep each
informed Of what is taking place In
the other, more especially to lay be-
fore the committee each point In the
answer adopted by the Cabinet.
Phrasing Left to Envoy.
In this way the Government i'm
mediately fortifies itself in the action
it takes, through the representa- tives
Of the National Assembly. In a gen.
eral sense the German answer is said
on what appears to be good authority
to correspond In effect to the opening
paragraph above. The language in
which the unacceptability will be
| automatically clothed or the form In
which 1t will be expressed is said not
to have been discussed yet and In all
likelihood will be left to Count Won
I Brockdorff- Rantzau, as will also be
many details in the final draft.
The word unacceptable will be I'm
piled. rather than expressed. There
was great activity to-day in Wilhelm
strasse and Behrstrasse, one confer
ence succeeding another from early
| morning to late at night. The gravity
of the situation and the fateful i'm
portance Of the historic document that
is being prepared we're reflected in
the serious faces Of those in official
circles, but the CONSERVATION and
paralysis of effort, followed by indie
cision. which was so much in evidence
last week seems to be gone.
A note approaching a certain de-
gree of determination is sounded now
in authoritative quarters. 1t is ex-
pected that the completed German
answer will be delivered on Wednes-
day and there is said to be no inten-
ton, unless something unforeseen oc-
ours, to ask the Allies for an extern
sion Of time.
Ministers Landsberg and Gieberts
two Of the chief members of the Ger
man delegation. who came from Yer
sailles to advise the Government. at
tended yesterdays and to-day's Cabi-
net meetings and left for Versailles
tonight.
II
The "unacceptability" Of the un-
modified terms as presented still Is
insisted upon to-day with a show OF
determination but with less noise, and
hope is expressed that through nego-