Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
HUNS GIVEN UNTIL :
June q TO Reject
OR ACCEPT TREATY.
If Not Signed Entente Ar
mics Will Start Toward
Berlin.
ALTERATION IN TERMS NOT
MADE PUBLIC BY BIG FOUR
Messenger Will Carry Communi-
cation to Versailles From
Paris Delegates.
TEUfONS CHANGING ATTITUDE,
indications Are That They Will Az
fix Signatures to Document in
Allotted Time.
ALTERATION IN TERMS NOT
MADE PUBLIC BY BIG FOUR
TEufoNs CHANGING ATTITUDE
indications Are That They Will AZ.
fix Signatures to Document in
Allotted Time.
by Associated Press. |

PARIS, June 14.-The council of four
hnished its labors today OH the reply
to the Germans, which Will go TO
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau Mon
day The last day permitted them for
acceptance or rejection of the treaty
is June 81. f
II the German reply is in the mega
tive. the allied armies will start to b
march into Germany the following
day. and a new blockade will be I'm :
mediately effective. .&
If the Germans express their willing
ness to sign the document, the cere.
mony will probably take place In, the
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
The changes In the text Of the
treaty will not be communicated in
preliminary way to the smaller pow
ers of the interallied conference The
council of four. however. received this
afternoon Inc delegates Of Poland and
Czecho- Slovakia as the two srnaIier
stateu chiefly interested and outlined
to them the councils determinations.
Text Not Finished. *
Belgium. for some reason. was not.
placed their approval on the financiaif
clauses and tbs remaining sections OF
the treaty. 7,7-1',9 ~
The communication will consist Of q
letter OF transmission, OF about $500
words explaining In detail the motives
OF the council and giving detailed
original draft lH'sSS
It is doubtful whether the complete I
hsw text t, VII be In print in time TO
Dutasta or one of his aids goes to
Versailles to transmit the reply to Won
Brockdorff- Rantzau without any formal
ceremony. t.>e.-53
Five Days OF Grace
The fiVe-day Deriod accordad ~.
mans includes the three days notilca-
ton h REQUIRED for the denunciation OF
The latest confdential reports from
Berlin are distinctly more optimistic +
signan the .S chances of the German
German statesmen have abandoned
their earlier attitude Of uncompromis-
Ing refusal TO sign the terms unless
radically altered. and are now saying,
instead Of we wont sign, unless" the
f .a, milder and more reasonable 1--WE
The council OF four has not granted
all the concessions the Germans have
suggested but, perhaps, have gone far
mans to climb down gracefully and
accept such concessions as they have
Is quoted admitting that Germany
can sign II admitted to the league OF
nations; given representation on the
reParations commission and granted
plebiscite in the disputed regions Of
the eastern frontier. 10
Concessions Sufficient
1t Is thought In conference circles
here that concessions on the first two
points are sufficient to permit the press
emit government to swallow these secs
tons of the treaty. though with wry
in Siiesia. but not in West Prussia or
panzig. may ultimately be accepted on
the the = principle ri of half a loaf is better
Matthias Erzberger, head Of the Ger
man m Va arm = commission. has added
others bearing on the surrender OF the
former German Emperor and Germany'ss
Acknowledgment Of her guilt for the
OF honor are not believed to be In
superable.
will not be signed by the German dele-#
out that this delegation viii be res !,
placed by new delegation represent
Ing the three majority parties in the
Parliament
The allied armies are ready to move
many does not sign the treaty" the
Temps says today. THE German armies
are without airplanesi without ma.
would be unable to make any effective ]
The Belgians holding from Cologne
days march OF Essen. and the Brit.
isn. snpportins the Belgians would
move forward and occupy the mining
regions. The American army wouidse
occupy Frankfort, and the French
would take Hanau. Wurzburg and Uimn
There were no indications today that
the resolutions presented In the Amer
lean Senate would affect the treaty
plans in any manner or that any ef-i
fort would be made to separate the
league OF nations covenant from the
treaty. The program for the ompie-
ton and presentation OF the treaty
has not been altered. II is pointed out
that even IL II were the intention to-
separate the league and the treaty. IT.
would constitute task OF many
weeks. ~
Expect Austrian Answer.
The time granted the Austrlans to
reply 20 the peace treaty will expire
Tuesday. but no serious comprehen-
sive reply is expected from them by
that date owing to the failure OF the X
entente representatives TO supply them
with the remaining parts OF the treaty.
The missing sections. particularly
the political and reparations clausea,
and the delimitation Of parts OF the
frontier are admittedly essential to ans
adequats understanding on the sieJtf-S5
hcance OF the fragments now In Cham
cellor Renner's possession.
The conference leaders are theyefors
disposed to grant any Austrian res.
quest for more time, and will make
the preparation for the missing clausesss
urgent In tho drst order OF next week