The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-11
AHies Expect to Have Answer
80 Huns Counter Proposals
Ready Thursday or Friday
TO BE SOME M0DIFI-
CATION IN TERMS
The Concessions on Question Of
Reparations Will Be Made in
Form of Supplementary
Agreement.

Agreement.
Z Paris, June 6.-(By the Associated
Press ).-There are still many loose
ends to the determinations which
must be made before the reply of the
allies to the German counter propes-
ais can be submitted to Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the Ger
man. plenipotentiaries, and even the
question of principle regarding
changes in the treaty has not been
definitely settled. Nevertheless the
members OF the commission Of experts
profess confidence that they viii be
able to complete their reports to the
council aof foar by Monday or Tuesday
and the members of the council them
selves seem sure that they viii be
able to present the allied reply on
Thursday or Friday.
The reply viii be submitted as an
Hltimatum with short time limit,
probably about four days, in which
GermanySw either have to take or
leave the conditions as offered them.
The most important modification
under consideration, namely, the ques-
ton OF reparations, probably will not
involve any material changes in the
treaty as originally presented The
concessions viii, instead, be presented
IN the form Of a supplementary agree
nent, defining the procedure for the
commission and prescrib-
ing certain instructions for that body.
which, according to the original draft
OF the treaty, was given most COM
prehensiye power of action, subject
only to the instruction of the powers
represented on the commission.
he new solution, which is expected
to merge from the deliberations OF the
experts VIII dodge fxation of def
ilHu: monetary total for reparatioras
toawnfch the French object on me
ground that announcement OF any
sum which it is considered possible 10
exact in payment would SO disappoint
the expectations of the French public
as to cause political upheaval.
The supplementary agreement also
would meet the objections Of the Ger
mans, who declared they were to be
asked to pay Off a debt the extent of
which was unknown, and with the
popuIat ton in virtual economic slav-
cry to the reparations committee un-
der that clause Of the treaty reqUir-
ing Germany to devote her economic
resources directly to the physical re-
storation Of the invaded areas Of the
allied and associated powers to the
extent that these powers may deter
mine.
- The instructions to the reparations
commission in the proposed supple
uentary agreement would enable the
Germans to know at once the amount
Of reparations due under certain cat
esories'' Of reparations, such as pen
sions, separation, allowances. mainte-
nance of war prisoners and the de-
struction Of ships at fixed figure
per ton. It was found impossible. how
ever. to fix any total sum for all cat
segories, since the cost of reconstruc-
ton and restoration in the devastated
regions cannot be established unit!
after an extensive survey, and the
only general 6. innate on which the
French are wiling 20 act would bring
the total to 250,e00, ,eoo, 900 francs
which the experts quite generally
agreed was beyond Gernany's power
TO pay.
In addition to learning at once the
definite instructions on which the per
n1anent commission viii act, the Ger
mans will also be assured that GER
tain amount Of working capital will
be left them including probably ton
mage for overseas trade, without
which they profess inability to make
the required reparations.
It is understood that the question
OF a plebiscite in upper Siles;a >prac-
tically has been decided affirmatively.
No change with regard 70 responsi-
bilities, punishment Of the former en-
pefor or disposition Of the German
colonies is regarded as probable. The
changes in reparations probably viii
delay presentation of the reparatior
clauses in the Austrian treaty. which
viii be made to conform to the Ger
man provisos under the principle OF
Joint and several responsibility and
administration by the same permanen;
commission.
Berlin More Hopeful.
Berlin, Thursday, June (By the
Associated Press. )-While the German