New-York tribune., 1919-05-20
Head of German Delegates
Seems in Good Humor
After His Return From
Hurried Trip TO Spa
ENJOYS Hold Conference
Legation Councillor Says
Massacre Would Follow
Rejection of the Treaty

VERSAILLES, May 10 (By The AS
sociated Press) Count Won Brock
dorr -Rantzau, head of the German
oeace mission, who left for Spa on
Saturday night, returned to Versailles
this morning. He was accompanied by
Herr Landsberg and Herr Giesberts
two other members Of the delegation,
who had been to Berlin.
With the potentiaries were Cen
eral Won Secht. military expert, and
about forty other persons, including
Max Won Wasserman, one OF the man
ayers of the Reichsbank.
A number of additional naval and
military experts also came to Yer
sailes with the returning party.
German Enjoys Confer
Count Won Brockdorff Rantzau called
the presidents of the different German
commissions together this afternoon to
lay before them their Instructions he
had received at Spa. He also gave in
structons for the drafting of bulletin
which will be subitted to Berlin for ap-
proval.
Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau COM
planned in note to his colleagues that
all sorts of people have been charged
with spying on the delegates in an en-
deavor to overhear the conversations
between them. Accordingly he recon-
mended the greatest prudence, adding
that he hoped that the Paris press did
not imagine it could by such methods
in any way influence the determination
Of the German delegation.
The return of the head of the Ger
man delegation was without ceremony.
The party left the train at Noisy-le-
Roi and came by automobile to Yer
.alles.
Count Won Brockdorff -Rantzau ap
parently was in the best of humor and
showed no trace of depression. He
thanked the French officers for the ex
celent manner in which his trip to Spa
mad been arranged on such short no.
tice, saying that everything worked
perfectly.
Germans Hungry for Peace
The German Councillor of Location
who expressed the view on his return
rom Berlin to-day that the German
ce'eeatlon would meet with bodily
narm If they did not sign the treaty.
SAID ne based his declaration on the
peace hunger of the German people.
lou seem to fear that we will not
sign the peace treaty. he said, "but
we VIII sign It, because if we were
10 60 back without concluding peace
we would be massacred on reachine
Berlin. The people hunger for peace
ana are growing impatient. The oues
.'oh tnat IS causing US most anxiety
Is tnat OF commercial openings, with
out which we could not carry out. de-
spite all our good will, the clauses of
the treaty"
The official German press renort
which has been published heretofore
Al IN Berlin, is now being issued from
versailles. All the articles are written
oy the German spondents at Yer
saiiles under the direction of Count
Won Brockdorff Rantzau. The articles
are telegraphed to Berlin in two dis
patches daily and from the capital are
communicated to the German press.
a special edition is published for the
1ermans al Versailles.
PARlS, May 19.-An important meet
Ing to consider the peace situation was
held IN Berlin Friday. It was attended
oy all the members of the German
Osoinet, representativ Of the various
political parties and number of gen
e'als' the newspapers say.
chancellor Scheidemann referred To
me possibility of an alliance with the
hussian Bolshevik government, but
without advising it.
rie!d Marshal Won Hindenburc is re-
ported to have told the meeting that
aii reslstnce was impossible. and that
.n .ne military leaders were inclined to
Vi. necessity Of signing the treaty.
~ was reported in Versailles. with
ou' continuation, last night that Count
.on orocEdorh-Rantzau had offered his
resignation and would be replaced
e., by Chancellor Scheidemann.
Inc German newspapers are begin
ning TO publish extracts Of the peace
''ea'y text. The Allied and associated !
governments consider that if the Ger
."@"s publish the text there is no need
~ ~ aolde by the official summary. and
WI communicate to their newspapers
me exact text Of the passages that an /
Ve@f IN herman newspapers.