New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-07-04
HUNS SIGN
PEACE TREATY
ALLIED CHIEFS ARE CHEERED
BY VAST CROWDS At
VERSAILLES.
SIGNED AND SEALED
GERMAN DELEGATES PROTEST
AGAINST LACK OF COUR-
TESY.

Versailles, June 30.-WOrld peace
was signed and sealed In the historic
hall of mirrors at Versailles June %,
but under circumstances which some
what dimmed the expectations of
those who had worked and fought
during long years of war and months
Of negotiations for its achievement.
Germany and the allied and ASSOC
ciated powers signed the peace terms
i'll the same imperial hail where the
Germans BUNDLED the French so igno-
minously forty-eight years &
This formally ended the world war
which lasted just t~hfrty-seven days
less than five years, Today, the day
of peace, is the fifth anniversary Of
the murder of Archduke Frances
Ferdinand at SerajevO.
The ceremony of signing the peace
terms was brief. Premier Clemen-
a called the session to order in the
Hall of Mirrors of the Chateau of
Versailles at $40 o'clock The signing
began when DR.. Hermann Mueller
and Johannes Bell, the German sigma
tories, affixed their names.
The German correspondents were
ushered into the hall shortly before
3 o'clock and were given standing
room in a window at the rear of the
correspondents section.
When Premier Lloyd George ar
rived many of the delegates sought
autographs from the members of the
council of four, and they busted them
selves signing copies of the official
program until the Germans entered
the room.
At 3 o'clock a hush fell over the
hall and the crowds shouted for the
who were standing to sit
down so as not to block the view.
The delegates showed some surprise
the disorder, which did not cease
until all spectators either had seated
themselves or found places against
the walls.
At seven minutes past 3 DR.. Her
mann Mueller, the German secretary
for foreign affairs, and DIR. Bell, the
colonial secretary, were shown into
the hall and quietly took seats at the
left end Of the U-shaped table. They
showed cOmposure and manifested
Of the uneasiness Count Won
Brockdorff -Rantzau, head of the Ger
man naana lalnuaTinn liSpla ual xrhon
handed the treaty at Versailles.
NJ. Clemenceau, as president of the
conference, made a brief speech in
viting the Germans to sign the treaty,
and there was a tense pause. Will
lam Martin, master of ceremonies,
after "A moments delay, escorted the
plenipotentaries to the Sig
natory table, where they signed the
the protocol and the Polish
undertaking. Because of the confu-
sion and the crowd, the signing lost
much of its expected dignity.
After the Germans had signed,
President Wilson, followed by the
other American delegates, made his
way to the table and he and the
speedily affixed their sigma
.ures. Premier Lloyd George came
lext with the English delegation. The
dominions follOwed-Canada,
australia, New Zealand, South Africa
md India in the order named.
A murmur of surprise passed around
he hall when it became known that
General SHUTS, representing South
signed under protest and filed
document declaring that the peace
vas unsatisfactory.
NJ. Clemenceau, with the French
delegates, were the next in line for
he signing, and then Baron Saionji
nd the other japanese delegates. The
Italians came after the japanese and
followed by the representatives
4 the smaller powers.
During the attaching of the sigma
ures of the great powers and the
a battery OF moving picture
machines and cameras clicking away
ould be heard above the general dis
rider.
At 3:45 o'clock the booming of can
in celebration of the peace broke
he monotony in the hall Of mirrors,
shere the crowd had tired Of the al
lost endless signing.