New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Revised Treaty Will Be
Handed Enemy To-day;
Cut in Armament To
Be Discussed at Once
League To BE Open
To the Enemy Soon
of Views of
Berlin ENJOYS Cabled
All Over the World

PARIS, June Is (By The Associated
Press ).-Germany is to be allowed an
army of 100000 men for three years.
This is one of the concessions en-
bodied in the revised peace treaty
which will be presented to the German
delegation tomorrow.
A general reduction of armaments is
to be negotiated Immediately, it also
became known tonight.
The reason given for the doubling
of the previous number of effectives
allowed Germany is the impossibility
of adjusting the armies of Austria,
Poland, Czecho- Slovakia and other new
states proportionately to the previous
ly arranged 100000 men for Germany
Germany's admission to the league of
nations is fixed for "the near future"
Can Discuss Trade Terms
Her admission will enable Germany
to bring UP for discussion her eco
nomic propositions. Germany will be
given four months to submit to the
Allies proposals dealing with her total
indebtedness through reparations, and
methods for the payment thereof. She
may propose to pay in merchandise and
labor, and the Allies are to reply within
two months.
A plebiscite for upper Silesa will
be taken in six to eighteen months.
A clause deals with the protection by
the league Of nations of German minor
tiles inhabitng the districts taken
from Germany. Another deals with
the inter-Allied civil commission,
which will administer the left bank of
the Rhine occupied by the Allied
troops, to which the existing military
commission will be Ssubordinated.
Summary Made Public
On the eve of the Allied reply to the
German counter proposals to the terms
OF peace, summary of the counter
proposals 5000 words in length was
made public here tonight and was
cabled throughout the world This will
be followed on Tuesday by 5,oO0-word
summary of the Allied reply. Stimuli
taneously the revised treaty will be
made public in Paris.
The government printing bureau has
been laborng every minute since yes
terday editing and printing the reply,
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without ceremony Tomorrow
The revised treaty probably will not
be completed until Tuesday evening,
but to-morrow's reply will inform the
Germans why certain alterations have
been made and why others have not,
and exactly what the changes are, at
the same time notifying the Germans
that they will have until Saturday
evening to accept the conditions. If
they accept. the signing of the treaty
in the palace Of Versailles will take
place on Monday, the 23d.
The "Intransigeant" says that the
Germans probably viii sign on seeing
the united front of the Allies, which
President Wilson has made possible by
the attitude he has assumed since
May 20.
According to the "Tcmps," Count Won
Brockdorff- Rantzau, the chief German
plenipotentiary, will receive tomorrow
ii covering letter with appendices deal
ing with each question raised by the
German counter proposals and amend
mcnts to such articles Of the preimi-
naries which the council of four have
rcctifcd.
These amendments will remain con-
hdential, as did the text itself Of the
prcliminaries Of May 7. The cover
ing letter and appendices will be pub
lishcd Tuesday.
Alterations To BE CabIed
Although the treaty itsclf is too
long for cabling extensively, the al
tcrationg will be cablcd to Washing
ton and made available by the State
Department. The lengthy reply and the
treaty alterations together make $4,000
words.
All arrangements for a possible ad
vance Of the Allied and associated
armies have been concluded. They will
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