The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-15
Explanatory Letter Will Be
Given to RantZau as Pre-
liminary to Terms.
TIGER SEES REJECTION
Wilson Faces Possibility of
Returning to America
Empty Handed.
BY LAURENCE HILLS.
Stdr Correspondent Of TIE Suy.

NFb'b't' tSAss 0t tt0Hts VcScftcu.
PARIS, June 14.-Flve days will be
allowed in which the Germans must
decide upon their course after they
receive the answer Of the Allies, the
Council Of Five decided to-day. This
will include the three days notice to
suspend or end the armistice, as pro-
vided in that agreement. This means
that at the end of the fifth day-Sat-
urday, June 21-if the Germans have
lot by that time declared their will
ingness to sign the treaty the troops
of the Allies will begin to move across
the Rhine.
1t is announced authorltatively that
the answer Of the Allies positively
will be presented 70 the Germans on
will begin to run then. The answer
will be in the form of letter; the
text of the treaty will be changed
somewhat, rs has been indicated, but
the Germans will not get this until
later in the week. The treaty will be
published throughout the world when
il is given to the Germans, along with
the German counter proposals.
Tiger Predicts Rejection.
Premier Clemenceau told the Coun-
Gil of Five to-day his best information
indicated that the Germans would
not sign the treaty and that they were
prepared TO accept the occupation of
Germany by the Allies.
The fact that the Council Of Ten
has been reconstructed after many
months and will meet the Turks on
Tuesday is of great significance. 1t
means that President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing will participate, thus
bringing the United States directly
though America Is not at war with
Turkey.
The Turks now at Vaucresson are
not plenipotentiaries in the sense that
they can negotiate treaty. Their
function Is merely to give the Allies
Information about Turkey and ~
present their case, so to speak
Whether q treaty actually will be
negotiated with Turkey has not yet
heen decided, although the indications
are that the Turks certainly will be
allowed to retain sovereignty over
Anatolia and possibly that the Sultan
viii exercise his spiritual rights in
~onstantlnoplc. This would necessi'
nte a treaty with the Turks by which
they would give up the rest Of their
empire.
The President will leave to Secre
tary Lansing the conduct Of these
I"gotiations after his departure, but
the United States will be a partici
lant throughout on the President
new theory that Article Y. of thu
covenant of the League of Nation:
warrants American participation iT
tho determination OF all the new
boundaries In the world which the
league subsequently must guarantee.
Turks Want u. $. Mandate.
Ia this. as in all other matters, the
President is proceeding on the as
sumption that the Senate will approve
the treaty unchanged In this respect
The Turks here represent the elemenj
dominant In Turkey now. the Younl
Turks having lost power completely
with the collapse of Germany. Thee,
Turkish representatives seem to ex
rect to have some kind of a tutor
and 1t can be seen plainly that they
would prefer the United States.
The whole question of posslbl,
mandates will be threshed out oil
Tuesday, the views Of the Turks be
Ing awaited with interest by the
President, who is likely to base hi!
recommendations in regard to man
dates partly on what he learns from
Them. 1t Is now apparent tina
France and Great Britain are insist
ent that the Sultan shall not be de
posed as the spiritual leader Of tin