The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-15
Premier Clemenceau Tells Ger
mans There Can be No
Change Made in Peace
Terms.
ASKED READJUsTMENT
Prussians Objected to Labor Section
Of League of Nations and Pro
posed Plan Of Their
Own.

| rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, May 15-Premier Clemen-
ceau, replying for the allies to the
German note asking readjustment OF
the labor section of the peace treaty,
indicated that article must be ac-
cepted as drafted. The official texts
of the note and reply were made pub
lie today.
The German communication signed
I by Foreign Minister Brockdorff-
Rantzau said:
with reference to articles SIS and
Sc of the proposals for the establish
naent Of league of nations submitted
by us. we beg herewith to transmit
the draft of an international labor law,
prepared by the German government.
"The German government is of one
mind with the allied and associated
governments in holding that the great
est attention must be given to labor
questions. Domestic peace and the
advancement of mankind depend vital
" on the adjustment of this question.
The demands for social justice re-
lpeatedly raised in this respect by the
working classes Of all nations are only
partly realized in section 13 of the
and associated governments on the
organization of labor. These sublime
demands have for the most part been
realized in Germany with the assist
ance Of the working classes, as Is
generally acknowledged in an ex-
planatory manner. In order to carry
them into execution every where IN
the interest of mankind the accept
ance Of the program Of the German
delegates is at least necessary.
1--WE deem it requisite that all
states should join the agreement
even though not belonging to the
league of nations.
"In order to guarantee to the
working classes, for whom the pro-
posed improvements are intended,
cooperation in framing Of these pro-
visions, the German delegation is OF
the opinion that representatives OF
the international organization OF all
contracting powers should be sum-
moned to conference at Versailles
to discuss and make decision on IN
te1national labor law before the
peace negotiations are terminated.
"The proceedings of the confer
ence should, in the opinion Of the
German delegation, be based on
resolutions of the international
trades unions conference in Berne'
in February. 1919, and the program
for labor legislation addressed to
the peace conference in Paris, which
emanated from the decisions of the
international trades unions confer
ence in Leeds In 1916. At the re-
quest of the trades unions OF Ger
many, we beg to enclose copy OF
these resolutions, which have been
adopted by representatives of the
trades unions organizations OF Both
MIA. Bulgaria, Denmark. Germany,
France, Greece, Holland, Italy, Nor
way. Austria, Sweden, Switzerland.
Spain, and Hungary"
(The international agreement on
labor law prepared by the German
government referred to In Brock
dorff-Rantzau's letter, was prepared
in the German ministry of labor
some months ago and first published
on Nav /. Most of this document is
taken up with detailed proposals for
labor legislation, number of which
were incorporated In the interna-
t1OnaI IdDOT CudIISl iSS"cu ~ thS
syndicatist conference at Berne IN
July. Slight provision, however, IS
made for continuance of interna-
tionaI labor legislation. Article z,
which contains the proposition for
an international organization, speaks
for an international conference which
should meet at least once in five
wears. In it each power would have
one vote. and four-fifths majority
would be necessary before any reso-
1utions would be binding upon its
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