Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENTS.
REPORTED IN DISAPPROvAL.
Of PEACE TREATY'S TERMS.
Hear Vienna Holds Pact
Unacceptable Huns
Arm Coast Defenses?

Vienna, June 4-The Aus
trian government has decided
unanimously that the peace
terms presented at st. Germain
on Monday are unacceptable,
the Neues Abendblatt says.
Paris, June "A report has
reached peace conference cir
cles that Gustav NOske, the
German minister of defense,
recently made a tour of the
German coast defense and di-
rected the personnel to be
prepared for emergencies.
The council of four met this
forenoon. Experts on territorial
questions and reparations met
with the council. 1t is understood
that the clauses of the Austrian
peace treaty dealing with repara-
tions have now been completed.
The council of foreign ministers
met this afternoon and considered
again the revision of the treaty OF
1889 regarding Belgian neutrality.
Speculate on Notifications.
The atmosphere in peace con-
ference circles was full of specu-
lation today as to possible modili
cations in several clauses of the
treaty with Germany, but nothing
tangible is expected to develop un-
til the outcome of the joint meet
ing of allied experts becomes
known. One of these meetings will
be held tomorrow.
At the meeting of the council of
four this afternoon President Will
son made another effort to bring
about an agreement as to the prin-
ciple of the reply to the German
counter proposals. but the meeting
ended without an agreement.
1t is understood thai Premier
Clemenceau maintains a firm atti-
tude against any revision of the
treaty.
(By the Associated Press.)
There is reason to believe, ac-
cording to advices from Paris, that
the council of four will reach a de-
cision by Thursday as to the reply
that will be made to the German
counter proposals to the terms of
peace. Allied experts are at work
on the reply and meetings are being
held in Paris today with the pur-
pose of drafting memoranda to be
submitted to the council of four 1t
is possible that this work is well
under way.
CIemenceau Against Changes.
Premier Clemenceau is under
stood to maintain firmly that there
can be no important changes IN the
clauses of the treaty to which Cne
Germans have entered their strong
est objections. There are indica-
tions, however, of a strong under
current of sentiment to meet the
German offer of a definite sum of
100000, 100000 marks as idemn1ty
instead of the indeterminate sum
that might be demanded under the
terms as presented. 1t also seems
possible that the clauses of the
pact relating to Silesia, may be mod
fked so that Germany would be aDIe
to, receive supplies of grain and
coal and other commodities in spite
of the transfer to Poland of SOW
ereignty of that region.
Huns to Have Another @Say.7
That the Germans have not said
their last word in objecting to
phases of the treaty is indicated by
a memorandum. which has been !
drafted at Versailles by German ex-
perts, who seek to refute allied !
charges as TO the guilt of Germany
for the war. This memorandum will /
it is said, be presented as a reply /
TO the report made by the inter-al- |
lied commission on responsibility |
for the conflict |