New-York tribune., 1919-06-12
Paris Expects Present Re-
gime to Resume Power
After Pact Is Accepted by
/ Temporary Government
Date Still Problematical
Negotiations May Last to
October, Some Declare;
Clemenceau Is Criticised
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PARIS, June lit IS impossible for
the German treaty TO be ready for sig
nature before the END OF June. This
is the average opinion of the peace
The Tribune correspondent Estimates
vary as to the time, some optimistic
Americans even predicting the middle
Of June, while high British official
declared he would not be surprised if
October came before the Germans
signed. In regard to Germany's prob
able action conference leaders are GER
tain that the present Berlin govern
ment will not sign, even with the con-
csssions the Entente is ready to make.
The Entente belief is that q new
German government will be quickly
appointed, which will sign, after which,
- a result Of the signature, it will
promptly fall and make way for the re-
lnstatement Of the present leaders.
Clemenceau Again Target
The delay in the Austrian treaty, to-
xether with the Simultaneous renewal
Of disagreements in the Council of
Three over the reply to the German
counter proposals. has created anew
serious criticism among the delegates
them selves, as we'll as in the French
press, of the shortcomings Of the Big
ree-Clemenceau, Wilson and Lloyd
George.
The newspaper hostility to Clemen-
eeau for failing to obtain adequate
separation from the Germans, leaving
France facing terrible financial diff
eulties, is believed to be the reason
that NJ. Clemenceau at the last minute
Is standing out against the American
and British desire for concessions to
the Germans, thus delaying the conclu-
sion of the reply which the Americans
hoped would receive the sanction of the
Big Three to-day.
Might Cancel Debt
A new phase in the concessions prob
lem has arisen with a proposition to
set a value on the German colonies,
which shall be subtracted from the
share of the indemnity received by the
respective mandatory powers. The diff
fculty in fixing a value already is ap-
parent, and story is current in Brit
ish and French circles that the total
value Of the colonies lost by Germany
curiously equals the sum the German
delegation has avowed a Willingness to
Fay, namely, s25,oOo,O0 ,o00
further difficulty arises in the case
Of two British dominions who doubt
the value of the colonies assigned to
them. Samoa, which goes to New
Zealand, was recently visited by dis
astrous epidemic, after which the
ranks Of labor were terribly depleted
and workmen demanded an enormous
advance in wages. The New Zealand
ers assert that under such conditions
Samoa would be certain to prove a
heavy loss.
Lack of Labor Handicaps
similar attitude is taken by the
South African Union in regard tn Ger
man Southwest Africa, where labor
and other conditions are such that the
union authorities believe that they are
taking over merely the assumption of
. heavy burden.
IN both cases the crux of the problem
Is the scarcity of labor, and the sug-
gestion that a remedy could be found
by the importation of Chinese coolies
10 now welcomed for political reasons.
Finally, if the principle of money value
we're applied to the German colonies,
IT would also affect the territory for
merly administered by other enemy
powers, though this complication has
not yet been envisaged.