The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-29
GERMANY'S PROPOSAL
BRANDED At BERLIN
As A WRONG MOVE

Berlin, Germany, May 29.-The con-
servative press of Berlin condemns
the counter proposals TO the peace
terms submitted by Germany, especial
ly the financial and military conces-
sions.
The Pan-German Gazette brands the
reply as Suicide" and the Post says:
"The German people are doomed TO
slavery between two masters until a
new Germany arrives to break the
chains"
The Kreuz Zeitung is skeptica Of
the success of the counter proposals,
despite what it calls Count Won
Brockdorf- -RantZau's submissiveness,
and the Taeglische Rundschau says:
"The German reply is fully as de-
pressing as the entente terms"
The semi-ofIicial Wolf bureau is cir
culating story, under an Amsterdam
date, which asserts the United States
Is becoming increasingly dissatisfied
with developments at Versailles and
that there is very "unmistakable
strengthening of the inclination for an
understanding with Germany through
modification Of the peace terms"
correspondent Of German news
paper at Versailles states that the
Poles are especially favorel by the
entente because they propose to take
over Russia's debt to France. which
totals 10000, 900 francs.
According to semi-official state
ment, the full indemnity which Ger
many offers to pay in her counter
proposals to the peace terms will in
clude sums going 20 Belgium against
advances by the allies and also the
value of all military and civil prop
erty surrendered by Germany since
the armistice.
II is further conditioned upon terri
torial arrangements. That is, IL the
imperial territory is reduced the sum
to be paid must be correspondingly
distributed, Alsace-Lorraine and Po-
sen, for instance, bearing their pro-
portionate shares.
Paris, France, May 29.-The coun-
ter proposals formulated by the Ger
man delegation at Versailles have
been delivered to the French authori-
ties. The proposals probably will 80
before the council of four of the peace
conference at this mornings ses ion.
The German reply was received in
| instalments. The irit instalment
comprised Ss pages. Other install
ments followed this and it was under
stood that the delivery of the docu-
ment would be completed within the
time limit.
The reply Us written is German and
bears the caption:
Observations of the German dele
cation on the conditions of peace"
Baron Won Lersner, Of the German
delegation, informally delivered the
completed counter proposals to Col
Henry. the French lasion officer, at
| 30 today. The German explained
there was no time for translations
which would be sent later.
The volume containing the counter
proposals is not bound, corner fasten-
ers holding together the lac pages.
In the section treating on territor-
ial questions, the German counter pro-
posals to the terms presented by the
allies say, according to synopsis
reaching Paris by the way of Basel,
that "the territory of the Saar, inhab-
tied by 100000 persons, is to be de-
tached from German empire solely
because Of claims upon its coal"
II is pointed out that during l5
years the territory is to be subject to
the control of commission "in the
nomination of which the population
has no choice"