The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-29

Paris, June 2S--PreSloenL wilson
left Paris for his homeward journey
tonight Efis train started from the
gare des Invalides for Brest at s:45.
the associated powers signed the
peace terms here today in the same
imperial hall where the Germans
humbled tho French so tremendously As
years ago.
This form ally ended the world war.
which lasted just 81 days less than
five years. The ceremony was brief.
Premier Clsmeneeau called the ses-
sion to ordsr It $40 this afternoon
Dr. Hermaan Mueller and Johannes
Bell the c,urman signatories. affixed
their names at S;12 and 3:13. Presi-
dent Wilson, first of the allied dele
gates, signed a minute later. At 3:45
The mouentous session was concluded.
All dipion ats and members of their
parties weri tn. conventional civilian
clothes. There was marked lack Of
gold lace an ID pageantry. There were
few OF the fancifuI uniforms Of the
middle ages whose traditions and
practices arr so stern1y condemned in
the great I'll covered document sign
ed today.
The allied note to the German dele
CATION dealing with ratification Of the
treaty was delivered to the Germans
late this aft srnoon. 1t is pointed out
In the note. among other things, that
withdrawal of the blockage against
them depends upon ratification.
When the German delegation saw
the program for the treaty signing
ceremony, Herr Won Haimhausen told
Colonel Henry. liason officer. that the
German wouldn't consent to entering
by a different door from the allied
delegates no. that military honors be
withdrawn from them. Had the Ger
mans known that such arrangements
had been made, the delegates would
not have come, Haimhausen said. AS
compromise, military honors were
rendered the Germans as they left.
DIR. Hermann Mueller and DIR. Bell.
and about fifty members of the Ger
man mission, left Versailles at 500
this evening going to the noisy Le-
roi station. There they will board the
train on the return trip to Germany.
Forty German secretaries viii remain
in Versailles to conclude the affairs
washington. June 2s-Signing at
Versailles OF the peace treaty with
Germany, arranged for today, formally
brings to a close the worlds greatest
war;
Although technical termination of
the war viii come to each nation only
when the treaty is approved by the
ratifying power Of that nation. to all
iutents and purposes the conflict that
began in August. 1914, win end when
the historic Hall OF Mirrors. the ac-
credited peace commissioners Of the
allied and associated powers and of
Germany affis; their signatures to the
treaty. Likewise win be brought to
an end the armistice granted Ger
many last November IL and also the
period Of uncertainty and doubt as to
the final outcome OF the peace nego-
tiations.
With the signing of the treaty work
OF the peace conference proper. inso-
far as concerns negotiations with Ger
many, is brought to a conclusion after
more than five months Of conferences.
Portions of the treaty with Austria
yet remain tc be completed and ne
gotiations with Turkey and Bulgaria
still must be conducted. but as to
Germany. chief OF the enemy powers,
only the carrying through the long
series OF years the provisions of the
treaty remains
Arhe ceremony planned for today at
W saiIles. which though simple. was
expected to be one OF the most i'm
pressive Of its kind in history, also
brings to an end the work of Presi-
dent Wilson in Paris, as head of the
American peace mission, and in sign
ing the treaty as such he becomes the |
first president of the United States
to Sign 4 treaty as a negotiator.