Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-02
GERMANS ATTEMPT
|. TO OPEN ARGUMENT
|. OF LABOR PROBLEM
Clemenceau Answers Notes
and Explains Refusal
of Suggestions.
ATTACK VOTING SYSTEM
AS PLANNED BY ALLIES
Proclaim Their Nation as Teuton
Democratic Government" as
Diplomatic Maneuver.
FASTENING WORKERS. MEETING
French Premier Denies Request for
Conference to Be Held Along
ATTACK VOTING SYSTEM
AS PLANNED BY ALLIES
FASTENING WORKERS, MEETING
French Premier Denies Request for
Conference to Be Held Along
With Peace Farley.

W oN. June ANOTHER ef-
tort OF the German peace delegation
to alter or wreck allied decisions at
the peace conference has come to
naught, 1t WAS revealed here tonight
by the publication of an exchange, Of
hotes between NJ. Clemenceau, presi-
dent or the conference. and Count
Brockdorff- -Rantzau. head of the Ger.
man plenipotentiaries. on the subject
OF international labor
All OF the German suggestions were
ignored by the peace conference. all
,in,s ,nous answers TO each and explana-
series OF notes was made public hv
state. e'''9 VI
Evidently the German deleratos n,t
forward what they considered "tbei,.
best foot" as they proclaim their gov
crhment the German democratic goy
eTnment. nm, H. Their bombardment OF the
rowing main points:
l. IN" hnal decision in questions of
,a"or '"W ana labor protection belongs
10 me workers themselves. The Ger
man democratic government sets forth
that IT'S beliefs are similar TO those ex
pressed at the Bern conference and
fskS mat an international labor con-
for,n pe CARED at Versailles. II sets
iortn that under the allied plan the
workers would be entitled to only one
flourth the vote cast at the inierno
,,oHa Iabor conference TO be held in
washington this fail
Voting system Attnckcd
= The voting system is attacked and
is said to be at variance with "d.mn
cratic principles," because under II co
c~aiiSd ~ government bureaucrats" and
empowers would have preponder
-, .. The next divergence" from the
rn hern program. to which the German
usleSation calls attention, is the one
ions iesehy ny me me proclamation of resolu-
.iohS d! the international conferences
wouid make them binding immediata
~ ana that the same would bc trne
Eesardihg laws proclaimed by thn cor
scnts =, ne, ne German government as
y" TINS resolution, but would
MAKE MAKE me passage of such laws de-
pendent on the assent of four-hfths
o' 'ne ne, nations represented,
such -, "e peaee conditions dcvatc to
autm ~ an extent from resolutions adont
cu ny the B"rn conferences as Ia n,ai.o
IMPERATIVE the calling OF labor CON
urSn'e' ,inns AS part Of the peace negotia-
tiohs' hrm foundation for the na,c-
OF the world would bn laid if tha n,;n;
mum demands OF labor we're arre.d
upon and enacted into internat;onai
ference. 'e pedce con-
ttcmenccnu Makes Reply.
:. VI. Ciemenceau. In his renlv Ia ~
bermah communications naios ,in
points Regarding the Gern,.n ssa us,.o
tho "S f,pai ,na, !, 10 the waEe-earners belong
iaW. iiaaW. he says TIT the ailieI ;nsf;t,,r .apul
iaba is9ms ho!d II to be their dutv To- COL
Of such law! s" 1anor Rn, In IN the formation
r"n,, p"SSeu ny representatives of the whoic
Tha IFS other points follow:
ments of the world todsv nn,. ,lT govern
sorredited sn labor representatives. in
and interns, or other, and the views
are MOI antaeonistic to those of inhnr
.. me German letter fails TO niya
nrincinIes nrH uIesui ,ru guidance as, to how the
expression in the peace treaty '''e
;Ierman representatives will he
conIerenee Coz t'sene TO at, attend the Washington
adm,t tii them to full membership anI ~
Ia i6rS boz rn IN respect 10 the international
oodE attached thereto "'ns
Conferences Differ.
:. The Washington conference VII,
"iher from the Bern conference in
nsa"uEH ina n,T AS il will ,oe the means of Civ
as ca 70 SuIh OF the aspirations
legislation. o"' oe'sS IN
time %, inrernattonal nre nai labor laws at this
workers of one country are nor MY ne
pared TO be bound III all matters nv
tatiS ,MS ,",posea on them by represen-
league Of Of natiens n.her e1um5r,es. thnnrh In the
mas vehicle which has the power 10
pass resolutions possessing the forrs
Oh International law
q lhree- Quarters Of the delegates
~ tne labor conference will directly
anu indirectly represent the wishes of
tne popuiation. In this respect the
allied and associated governments GO
lafther than the proposal of the Ger
mans The two governmental dele
gates OF the individual states viii rem
resent the entire populations the ma
JorliE OF whom are workers The
WORKERS VIII be represented by one
delegate while the employers viii
have hut one. va
s. The German proposal for an "as
sent OF four-hfths OF the nations rem
resented would prevent much benz
fetal legislation. as one-fifth of the
governments could thwart the VIII OF
the majority. Their idea is termed
autocratic in contrast with the allied
one which permits votes by delegates
ana not by governments.
Conference tx Refused.
Point nine puts the quietus on the
German proposal of conference al
versailles. NJ. Clemenceau says:
AZ the present time active pren-
arations are being made for the trs,
meeting of the international labor or
ganization I'm October II ia obyiois
therefore, that no need exists for la
terposing labor conference at yer-
sailles. Moreover. the suggestion OF
the German delegation thai the peace