The sun., 1919-06-26
Return of Government to
Berlin Given as Cause OF
Hardness.
ALLIES ARE INPATIENT
Territorial Changes Will
Require Submission to
Districts Affected.
MILITARY TASK NOT DONE
Danger of Revolution After
Signing That May Make Rati-
ficatiOn More Difficult.
MILITARY TASK NOT DONE
by LAURENCE HILLS.
Std6 Correspondent Of THE SUS.

COPYRIGHT. 1913: oil rights rsserusd.
PARIS, June 25.-No answer had
been received by the Allies up to 5
o'clock this afternoon to their note
to Germany requesting the names Of
those who would sign the Treaty OF
Peace on her behalf. II the note IL
not answered this evening the Allies
will send in tomorrow morning a
more peremptory demand.
Counsellor Haniel Won Haimhausen,
who is In charge of the German dele
cation at Versailles. told Secretary
Dutasta Of tho Peace Conference, who
delivered the request Of the Allies on
Tuesday evening, that the German
Government was moving to Berlin.
which might account for his lack OF
information.
It seems impossible now that the
signing Of the treaty can take place
on Friday; Monday is mentioned as
the probable date. Having obtained
Germany's pledge to sign, diplomats
here point out, II Is incumbent upon
the Allies to see that she does sign
without any waste Of time. Present
conditions in Germany are such that
already there Is much speculation as
to what would happen If a revolution
should occur to prevent the ratlflca-
tion Of the treaty by Germany.
Ratification Limit Not Specified.
! The French newspapers are giving
much attention to the fact recently
mentioned in these dispatches to
THE SUN that while the treaty pre-
scribes that Germany shall ratify it
fails to stipulate the period within
which this must be done. This is now
admitted to have been an oversight
by the Allies.
Germany now can hold up the
ratification until the Allies compel
that action by her. According to the
wording Of the new German consti-
tuition ratification apparently will re-
quire two separate votes.
Article vi. of that constitution
prescribes that treaties with foreign
Powers when they concern questions
regulated by legislation Of the Ger
man Empire must be approved by the
National Assembly and the State
Council"
| Article ". says: "The territorial
status of the German States cannot
be modified without their approval"
Hence the ratification OF the treaty
will require an affirmative vote by
the German National Assembly and
the State Council. and in addition
those clauses relating to Prussia,
Bavaria and the Palatinate must be-
submitted to the Prussian and Ba-
varian assemblies. Until this Ger
man ratification process is completed
the treaty will remain ineffective.
even though three OF the Allies may
have ratified 1t. as they certainly will
do in the next few weeks.
Vigilance Is Urged.
| In view Of the situation presented
In Germany it would seem that the
Allies cannot safely relax their mill
tary measures until ratification is as
sured. the tenure Of the Bauer Gov
ernment appearing to be very uncer-
tain. AS the Temps points out:
"If the military chiefs and Pan
German agitators resolve to prevent
the execution of the treaty, as Is to
be Inferred from what has been said
by them, can they provoke an incident
which will paralyze the parliament
tary deliberations and retard ratih-
cation indefinitely?
"Ths is something to which we
} must give attention. The treaty, in
not fixing the time and in not giving
any special guarantee of Germany's
erclse great vigilance and firmness.
Her mere signature is not sufficient to
give Germany the benefits of peace
/ and until Germany ratifies in good
: form 1t is to be hoped that all pres
ent measures Of economic and military
restraint Will remain unrelaXed.'
I Germany's eagerness to resume trade
lwith the world as soon as possible Is
relied upon to bring about speedy rat
ifcation, provided the Vaccinations
of the military crowd do not interfere.
/, While the Germans at Versailles win
-lbe permitted TO move about freely