South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-20
BELIEVE FOE
HAS DEFINITE
PEACE POLICY
BTOCkdOrff -Rdntzau Returns
From Spa Conference, May
Delay Signing.
BY FIRED 5. FERGUSON.


BY United Press
PARIS. May 2O.-The German
peace delegation has received its
final instructions regarding the
treaty, it was believed today
Foreign Minister BrockdOrff- RAN
tzau returned TO Versailles from
Spa Yesterday with a definite pol
icy. according To reliable informa-
tion. JUST what transpired az the
spa conference. is. of course a mys-
terry. 1t seemed certain. however.
that the Germans viii do one Of
three things sign with as little fuss
AS possible. sign after some of the
present delegates have resigned TO
save their faces or refuse % sign
~. all. The general opinion appears
10 be that Brockkdorff- Rautzau was
told 70 sign.
Most OF the allied delegates ale
now beginning TO doubt that the
German treaty viii be signed before
he first OF June Some even believe
III is possible the ceremony may not
take place before the middle OF next
month. Brockdorf- Rantzau is eN-
pected 10 hand Inn volumnCus couu-
ter proposals Thursday. al the eN-
piration of the time limit for such
action. In that ease the allies wculIt
take all the time necessary TO re-
fer the communication 90 technical
commissions and suh-commissions,
thus consuming "a week and per-
haps two Then another time limit
would be- set for the Germans final
settlement. probably q week Thus
The optimists say. peace with Ger
many viii be signed between June
and IS.
Many Objections seen.
Tn the face of circumstances i'm
which the Germans must accept the
terms or place their necks i'm the
moose of an economic blockade APP
pear violent objections 10 the treaty.
voiced by Pres't Ebert Chancellor
Scheidemann and the German press.
which may act as a boomerang
The allies do not show any indi-
cation OF softenng the terms i'm the
slightest degree Brockdorff- Rant
zau has not attained the slightest
1dvantage in any OF the objections
Dee has raised to the treaty. Accord
ing 90 authoritative information, the
reply To the Germans objections 10
the economic clauses of the treaty
expected 10 he published today
VIII point out that while it is true
Germany has developed from AN
agrarian into am industrial country.
here industrial products can toe eN-
changed for agricultural products OF
other countries Furthermore Ger
d III. sf.fF g f,ae
the loss OF several million population
through severance Of some of her
territories viii reduce the number
of people she has 20 worry about
feeding As To- German seafarirg
folk beine without emp loymeut. as
81 result of the allies seizing the
German mercantile marine the re-
plv was expected 90 show that Ger
man scamcn are NO worse of than
those OF the allied countries who
have heeu thrown out Of employ
meut by Germany'S destruction of
merchant ships
Must Meet Conditions.
summed up the entire reply was
expected 20 be to the effect that aI3
nations are facing the necessity o.
-eadjustiug industries as a result of
Ihc war brought ON oy Germany.
Hence Germany IS not being asked
fo do more than meet conditions
which she herself has brought on.
tn addition 90 the blockade meas
Hres the aIlieS now have before
hem Marsha FoChs plans for the
military program that VIII be under
taken in the event the Germans re-