New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

PAOuuStioN makes 1t pOSlDlc
to deliver only portion of that de-
manded.
germany agrees to the option de-
manded as to dyestuff and chemical
drugs, though refusing to accept price
control by the commission as invo.v-
ing surrender of business secrets
wholly unwarranted. continuing
option until 1925 is refused as i'm
pairing Germany's financial capacity.
In final paragraph Germany states
that shortage of time has made i, i1n-
possible to give exhaustive statement
and therefore proposes oral negotia-
tions, with the suggestion that she has
IN mind ways OF reparation possible
not considered by the Allies. especially
the compensation OF owners Of de-
stroyed industrial undertakings BY the
t"ansfercncn to them OF proportional
shares in similar undertakings in Ser
many.
CHAPTER s. REGULATIONS con.
CEH-iING COMMERCIAL oS..iiCs
Germany demands that the economic
provisions OF Tho treaty DE drawn up
with inll regard TO the perfect equality
o! rights Germany with chose 81
other nations. She states that every
creditor mas The greatest interest in
keeping his debtors solvent, aisltoac;,
her strength has already been greatly
impaired through An illegal blockade.
She can only bear her burdens and re-
gain a position equal to that OF other
nations if economic freedom nimilar to
that before the war he granted her
She therefore insists upon immediate
admission to the league Of nations with
the economic advantages proposed in
her draft, and suggests an unrestricted
grant for a certain number of years
Of mutual most favored nation treat
ment instead Of the one sided rights.
provided in the treaty draft. Similarly
she proposes that all nations in the
present unsettled state Of the world
retain full freedom as to tariffs, which
would be especially desirable In her
case, In order to facilitate reparatlon.
Questions as 10 the certificates of YES
sells, naylgat ation, unfai. competition, In
dustrial, literary and artistic property,
and the international law of traffic.
could be settled through the league of
nations. by special agreements or at On
international conference. bhe agrees
not TO discriminate against Allied
goods going by rail- or vessel, but re-
jects Interference with her internal
isl!.Hays and traffic orraniza lions.
CHAPTER 6-lNTERNAL NAVIGA-
TION
The control of German river systems
by international commission, on which
Germany in no case is to have ma
jority, gives an economically unlimited
authority over Gcrmany's internal
waterways and indirectly over German
railways. This would have a decisive
influence on the internal regulation of
Germany's whole economic life incom-
patiblc with Germany's sovereignty,
and therefore is impossible. Germany
agrees, however, TO revise existing
conventions to meet new conditions
and open up German rivers to the ut
most extent to the traffic of all nations.
subject to the principle that riparian
states alone are to participate in the
admin stration. AS to the Elbe, she
agreed to take the utmost account of
the needs OF Czecho- Slovakia; for the
Rhine, she believes the central COM
mission adequate, but is willing to ac-
cept negotiations for improvements; for
the Danube, she demands representa-
ton on both commissions; for the
Oder. purely German river, she
states that no commission is neces-
sary; for the Vistula, she is willing to
enter into negotiations with Poland,
and for the Nicmen, with the other RI
parian states. She is unwilling to ac-
tiation, the arrangements placing
Strassburg and Kehl under single ad-
mnistration, or those dealing with the
Rhine bridges and works for producing
water power. AS to the use of Ham
burg and Stettin by Czecho Slovakia,
she is willing to negotiate a separate
treaty to this end, and also to enter
into negotiations as to how interested
states may obtain a proportional share
Of the river tonnage beyond that sur
rendered under reparations. The Kiel
Canal can be opened to the traffic of
all nations under conditions of rcci-
procity, though the international COM
mission proposal is acceptable only if
other straits are similarly treated.
CHAPTER 7-TREATIES
while unable In the short time avail
able to check the completeness of the
list of mutlateral arrangements emu
meratcd in the draft treaty as becoming
operative again Germany believes it
preferable in principle for all multi
lateral treaties in force at the out
break of war to come into force again
at the peace, later examination to de-
eide which Of them should be altered
or terminated. The provision to ac-
ccpt in advance future arrangements
made by the Allies as to international
postal. telegraphic and wireless traffic
is held incompatible with the dignity
of an independent people. An energetic
protest is raised against the provis on
giving the Allies the exclusive right to
decide which of the bilatcral treaties
in force before the war shall be re-
vised. Instead, each party should be
free to inform the other of any pro-
visions which have become imperative
the settlement to be arrived at by
special commissions Germany notes
that treaties with states not at war
with hcr-as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
and Uruguay are not affected by the
rupture of diplomatic relations, refuses
to accept the general abrogation of en-
gagcmcnts with her former allies, Rus
sia and Rumania, as threatening the