Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-06-19
Germany Must Sign Treaty by
Monday or Fight.
ARMIES ARE READY TO MOVE
Allies Stand Pat on Big Points and
Demand Justice for 100000 Dead
-CIemenceau in Singing In
dictment of Prussians.

shortly before seven o'clock Monday
evening. It's delivery was delayed by
a several hours wrangle over one Of
the chief cOncessiOnS-civ control
! of the occupied Rhine districts. Again
Frances ''Tiger" won his point after a
long and fiery debate. The conces-
sion was stricken from the amended
document.
Immediately upon receipt of the
document Count Won BrOckdOrffRant-
Eau, president of the German peace
delegation, left by special train for
Weimar. There he will submit them
to President Ebert, who, in turn, will
lay them before his cabinet-of
which RantZau, as foreign minister, is
a preparatory to reading
them in the national assembly. That
body, according to all recent news
from Germany, is to decide on the
final "yes'' or mo"
CIemenceau Lashes Germans.
With the revised treaty Paul Datas-
ia, secretary Of the peace conference,
handed Count Won BrOckdOrff- Rant
Eau a 4,5O0-wOrd "cOvering' letter,
written by Clemenceau. It is bitter
denunciation Of Germany's pickering
attitude, a singing recapitulation Of
her war crimes, an explanation of the
treaty notifications, and-an ultima
tum. 1t tells the Germans fatty that
no further attempts at bargaining will
be tolerated; that they must answer
Eyes" or mo-" and do so within five
days.
This means that by six o'clock this
coming Saturday evening she must
notify the powers without any 'ifs"
and "buts" and "howevers," whether
she will or will not sign.
After that notification she will have
three additional days of grace in
which to affix her signature to the
treaty. If her answer Saturday is
Eyes," the diplomatic and ceremonial
machinery will be set in motion for
the greatest green-table event in his
tory, and the world will have peace
not later than week from tomorrow.
If she says no." five days hence, the
peacemakers will lay aside their pens
and tell Foch to go ahead. His sword
is sharp and half unSheathed, ready
for the "coup de grace" He would
promptly inform the Germans by wire
less that the armistice is off and the
war will be on again beginning at six
o'clock Tuesday night, June "A. The
three fateful days between Saturday
and Tuesday are the last in which the
Germans may choose between utter
militaro- economic subsection and
peace.
In Clemenceau's "take-it-Or-leave-it"
letter he admits that the treaty is
hard one, but he adds that it's hard
ness is fully justified by Germany's
course in plunging the world into the
abyss of war and by her methods dur
ing the conflict. He tells them prac-
tically in so many words that, having
Embossed the world calamity, they
must suffer for it.
The revised treaty of peace contains
assurance of membership in the
League of Nations Gin the early fu-
ture," provided Germany fulf1lls. her
obligations.
This is a considerable concession,
though it does not meet the German
demand for admittance to membership
Immediately upon the signing of peace.
The new document meets the Ger
man demand for cooperation with a
German reparations commission.
1t also puts the powers on record as
willing to receive suggestions for dis
charging the German reparational OBJ
legation.
This opens the way to oral discus
sions the Germans asked fOr-but not
until peace is signed. 1t removes the
grounds on which the Germans
charged Infringement on their sover-
eighty and national pride, in the
reparational transactions.
Another change in the treaty text
provides for the plebiscite in upper
Silesia for which the Germans had
asked. 1t also guarantees coal from
that province presumably in the
event that the plebiscite goes against
Germany.
Drop KieI Canal Question.
The original proposal of an, inter-
national commission for the admins
tration of the Kiel canal has been
dropped. The Germans had declared
they would accept such a commission
only if other straits were similarly
treated (alluding manifestly to the
Suez or Panama canals).
Among the notifications also are
frontier notifications in West Prussia.
The third zone of the Schleswig
plebiscite is omitted in the new draft.
The Germans had charged that this
zone went farther than Denmark her
self wished to go.
The Germans are allowed temper
airy increase of their army from 1OO,-
900 to 100000, which meets their plea