The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-14
TREATY REWRITTEN
 By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Paris, June 13.-The peace treaty with Germany will be entirely rewrit- ten and printed for the incorporation textuaIIy of the explanations and clar- iffcations contained in the allied reply to the German counter proposals.
 While unchanged in principle, vir- tually a new document will be pre- sented to the Germans.
 It is understood the new treaty will be made public on the day of its ds- livery. or the day after.
 The council of four. it develops. de- cided that simply to attach the reply to the original document was imprac- ticable, as important clauses would be left obscure and imperfect. Hence the decision to rewrite the document
 It was commented upon in peace conference circles today that this ac- ton renders obsolete the text pub nshed in the United States.
 The council of four today devoted both of it's sessions to the revision of the text of the treaty. When the fore- noon session ended the council had sent to the revision commission nine out of IS reports before it. Among those remaining to be passed are sew eral dealing with important subjects
 These subjects include the Saar valley, Alsace Lorraine and the lea5ue of nations.
 The revision commission, which is in constant session, is headed by Andre Tardieu of the French mission.
 IMPORTANT CHANGES
 Many of the divergencies from the old text in the new treaty are of minor nature, but some are highly im- portant. This is notably true of tho second paragraph of article 2S2, where the English text of the old document limited compensation Germany was to make to damage done the civilian pop ulation of the allied and associated powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as m allied or associated power against Germany"
 This wording excluded American losses during the period of the nel- trality of the United States and Ital- ian losses during the time when Italy was at war with Austria, but not with Germany. The French text, however, contained no such limit clause.
 The drafting committee elsewhere had used the words may and ''shaip interchangeably in translating the same French expression. apparently without noticing the important differ ence involved.
 PREPARATIONS UNCHANGED
 Aside from the divergencies here noted. the reparations clauses will go into the new treaty virtually un- changed Other sections of the treaty, however, will be rewritten.
 It was the finding of such errors a3 that in article 232 that furnished an additional reason for presenting an en- tirely new draft of the treaty. Errors and inconsistencies in the draft first presented were continually being dis covered and these would have to be corrected before the document was signed. This was particularly the case because the text of the treaty is Tn both French and English, both yer sions being specified as authentic or binding.
 A new text is required to cover the changes in the Polish frontier and the plebiscite in Silesia The intimation was made today for the first time that a revised draft on the Danish from tiers is expected. indicating that the conference leaders had decided to take into consideration the objections of both Germany and Denmark to a pieb- iscite in the southernmost section of
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