The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

The price Germany must pay
for peace probably viii be an
nounced 10 the world this week.
On Tuesday or "Wednesday. ac-p
oording 10 plans, the State De-
partment will release for publi-
cation the allied bill, agreed. upon
in Paris after four months OF
secret and at times dramatic con-
ferences.
1t will be made public here
simultaneously with its delivery
by the allied statesmen to the
German peace delegates at Yer
ssillcs, or as soon thereafter as
possible, according 10 the under
standing now.
Entire Treaty Tomorrow.
Up TO last night approximately
$4,000 words OF the treaty text had
oeen received at the State Depart
ment indicating the whole will have
been delivered by tomorrow night
one OF the greatest and most mo-
mentous cable documents ever sent
across the seas.
With release OF the treaty text
or perhaps preceding il. il the ruII
treaty has not yet been receives
summary will be made public either
here or in Paris, il is stated
Before many more days Bulgaria
Turkey and Austria also. win know
the accounting they must make TO
Western civilization for their war
crime. And by the latter part of
1 the month President Wilson expects
TO find his work in Paris done. his
signature afH1ed TO the treaty and
himself en- route home with the
document.
Call for Congress June =
Before he I~a~es France he plans
to call Congress for its extra ses-
sion. starting. according to best in
formation now. on e.2-possibly
| sooner. lie will write his treaty
message while on the sea and imme-
diatcIy after delivering It. will tour
the country to explain II. Il his ad-
Visers' counsel here prevails.
At home he Will face the s.vCr"~'
test Of his political career IN dr.N-
ing through a Republican senate th.
covenant Of The league OF nation.
which has been IncXJricabiy woven
into the treaty itself
The President viii come back O"
the country on the steamship George
Washington, as that vessel H. du" &"
reach port Monday afternoon vith
Secretary OF War Baker as ono "f
her passengers. and will BE- able To
return to France IN time 10 take Jho
President home by June ]. II he -
wishes
The President is confident. Il WAS
said at the White House. that he viii
be back AT work in Washington al
the time specihcd. lie expects. It Was
also declared. to address the new Con-
Ercss when II comes INTO session.
Now Printing Treaty.
Tue Government Printing BurcaG
. has begun the task OF preparing the
3 treaty in pamphlet form and this Is
a larse-sizod iob. A summary of the
treaty. containing the salient points.
will also bc printed. but this has not
yet been cablcd from PARIS
Il Is the intention of the State DE
partmcut proyiliug the necessary per
mission Is obtained from Paris, to fc-
, lease to new spapcTs a day or two be
fore publication Is allowed the entire
; treaty. 50 that it may be prepared for
press publication. The document is SO
extensive that II this were not done
II would clog the telegraph wires Of
the country.
II the present treaty conforms TO os-
tahlished precedent il will mst have
been typed and then entrusted In
Paris 10 printer, whose reputation
and honesty had first been inquired
into by the French government. This
prccautiUn would doubtless be taken
10 prevent "lcaks." Ia olden daS
treaties were written in the blsckesI
( of inks on special parchment paper.
In Every Language.
There will be official copies OF The
present treaty given 10 each of the
belligerent governments and also 10
the German representatives. once Al
has been signed. and these copies will
be filed away ia the foreign offices Or
state departments Of the various gov
ernments.
The Paris treaty. IL again it con-
forms to custom. will be printed in
practically every language under
the sun. The English. French. Ital-
ian. German. Spanish. Japanese.
Chinese. Grecian. Slav and Arabian
languages viii b. used in its COM
position as il is the custom 10 print
the treaty. IN parallel columns. in
the tongue of every nation which
took part in the war:
No date has yet been set here for
the release OF the treaty. nor is IL
known whether its text will bs
given out in this cOuniryr~at tho
time it Is presented to the German
delegates. although il is expected
this will be done. The state de-
partment's action on il will be
guided solely on word from Presi-
dent Wilson and tho members OF tn.
American Peace Delegation DOW in