Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-28
Bulky Document of Proposals
Will Adhere to Four
teen Points.
WILL OlSARM SHIPS
UNDER CONDITIONS
Delegations Subordinates Dis
ciplined for Celebration" in
Versailles.

BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. May IA dis
patch received here from Eindho-
ven states that the Belgian from
tiers have been closed and that all
Belgian soldiers have been recalled
from leave.
1t tx reported that general mobiI-
ixation will be ordered mt the ter
mfnation OF the period given the
Germans To sAign the treaty of
pence.
By the Associated Press.
VERSAILLES. May 2S.-The Ger
man peace delegation here. ii was
learned today. will present counter
claim of 1850. 900. 900 marks for dam
age from the allied blockade as an on
set to the reparation demands of the
allied powers.
Adhere to Fourteen Points.
BERLIN. May % (by the Associated
Press).-The German counter pro-
posals ITO the terms of the treaty Of
peace will, in the opening section.
argue for the existence of Germany's
contractual right to peace based on
President Wilson's fourteen points be-
cause the entente nations agreed to
peace on that basis. and neither Mr..
Wilson nor the representatives of any
other allied government have since
demanded that peace be established
on any other basis.
The second section will deal with
the contradiction between the draft of
the treaty and previous assurances
from entente statesmen and the gen.
eral ideals Of international right.
Democratic Government Now.
The counter proposals will declare
that the terms Of peace completely
ignore the fact that Germany has re-
placed an "imperialistic and irre-
sponsible government" by strictly
democratic one and that Germany. in
her proposals for league of nations
has adhered to the principle of
limitation of armameuts.
TT would be difficult to imagine"
one section reads. what different con-
ditions could have been imposed upon
an imperialistic government The
solemn assurances of France. Great
Britain and President Wilson that the
peace would be a peace of right and
not of violence have not been kept.
especially regarding territorial ques-
tions''
The. reply complains that might
before right" dominates the whole
allied treaty.
Objection is expressed to the de-
mand that Germans be surrendered
for trial in enemy courts. the reply
COMMANDING that a ial nnr-
ity ought to be instituted to estab-
lish all violations Of international
law, by whoever committed.
Refer to Presidents Speech.
1t is declared by the Germans that
although the speech made by Presi-
dent Wilson in october. 1915. recog-
rested on the entire European sys-
tenn, the treaty requires Germany to
acknowledge that she and her allies
were responsible for all damage SUI
fsred in tSss Is that
some of the allied and associated
powers, such as Italy and Rumania,
entered the war for the sake of terri
torial conquest.
Incompatible With Rights.
The German counter proposals argue
that there is no basis of right for the
obligation to make compensation
which is to be imposed on Germany.
Complaint is made that the amount
of compensation is to be fixed by
hostile commission whose powers
would enable it to administer Ger
many as bankrupt state. This. 1t -
declared, is incompatible with the in
nate right of nations.
The statutes of the league of ma
cd FRS dIf~f
numerous declarations made by the
governments opposed to Germany and
the league is merely a continuation
Of the enemy coalition 1t Is added
that there is no realization of a real
league of nations and that in the
present form the league re-estab-
fishes in effect the alliance of 1873.
"a Nation to Be Destroyed"
The reply maintains that the treaty
shows Germany as a nation which is
simply to be. destroyed and adds:
This is a complete reputation or the
idea that every nation has a right to
existence and violates the right OF
self
The statement then details long OBJ
jections to the proposed treatment OF
the Saar region. Eupen, Malmedy,
Morosnet and Alsace and the eastern
frontiers and argue- that the worst
right of self determination is the
of Danzig from the German
empire. Other abrogations of this
right, as cited in the statement, in
clude the refusal to allow the mil
lions of Germans in German-Austri
to unite with Austria, while other
millions of Germans are forced to
remain under the new Czechoslovak
state.
"Means Fresh Castrophe."
Section of the counter proposals
reiterates the declaration that the
draft of the peace treaty is in sharp
est contradiction to the basis of right
for a lasting peace, of right which
was agreed upon" 1t says that the
treaty involves destruction of Ger
man economic life and subjects the
people to a financial slavery
in the history of the
world" If such a treaty came into
force, it is declared. it would mean