Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-15
Germany Considering the Treaty
Which Strips Her Of Much
Land and All Power.
FRANCE WILL Be PROTECTED
Won Broekdorff- Rantzau and AssoeI.
ates Are Expected to Make coun.
ter ProposaIs-Ailied Council
Working on Terms for
., Austria, Hungary and
Bulgaria.
BY EDWARD W. P,cKARp.

"1The time has come when we must
settle our account" said Clemenceau,
and thercupon he handed to the repre-
scntatives Of Germany what he aptly
called Il "book"-some $4,000 words of
pence terms to which Germany is re.
Huired to give adherence. When this
is done-indeed, whether or not it is
done-Germany stands shorn of viz.
tually all Of her military and naval
power and Of more than million
square miles of territory, and econOmi-
cally and financially bound until she
has paid for the tremendous damage
she wrought in the war.
Whether by intention or by accident,
the day was we'll chosen for the deliv.
cry to the Germans Of the document
so Hateful to them and their country.
1t was May z, the fourth anniversary
OF one of their most shocking crimes,
the sinking Of the Lusitania. The re.
ception of the delegates from Berlin
was deliberately cool and the proceed
ings in the Versailles palace were
marked by stern formality. There
wns no smallest pretense of cordiality
on the part of the representatives of
the allied and associated powers, for
they felt none. "You have asked for
peace. We are ready to give you
peace" were Clemenceau's words, but
the peace offered will be as gall and
NORWOOD in the mouths of the Ger.
mAns
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau, re.
plying for the enemy delegation, ad.
mitted the utter defeat of Germany,
tut denied her sole culpability for the
war. He intimated plainly that Ger.
many would put in counter claim for
damages because of the loss of life
due to the blockade and that in gen.
eral she would take her stand on Pres.
idcnt Wilson'S fourteen points in CD.
posing what she might consider oppres.
sive in the treaty. Indeed, it is clear
that the Germans intend to nav much
more attention to those points than do
the allies. What this will avail them
is not difficult to forecast. Before get.
ting the treaty they said unofficially
that they would sign it, but that Ger.
many never would pay an indemnity,
ny which they presumably meant penal
damages such as Bismarck exacted
from France in 1871. The treaty does
not Gail for the payment of an in.
demnity, as such, but the Germans NAV
so consider some of the items of repa-
ration. In any event. their refusal to
Sign, or their failure to carry out the
terms Of the pact, has been or will be
provided for in the plans of the eco.
n"mic commission of the allies. Pos.
sibly the military will have something
to say and do, also.
NJ. Clemenceau informed the Ger.
mans that they would be allowed fif.
teen days in which to make inquiries
or observations" in writing, to which
the allied council will make reply. af.
ter which the council will determine
the time within which the Germans
must give final answer. AS soon AZ
the ceremony In the Versailles palace
was over Count Won Brockdorff-R Rant.
Eau dispatched a copy of the treaty BY
aerial courier to Berlin for the consid.
GRAFTON Of the German cabinet and as
sembly.
The Germans maintained an ar
rogant air during the proceedings
Wednesday. and it was noted that
though NJ. Clemenceau stood while ad
dressing them, Won Brockdorn- Rantzau
remained seated when he replied. This
and the tone of some of his utterances
made the allied representatives rattle,
indignant.