The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-03
NEW NATION- WIDE BOMB PLOT
ALLIED PEACE TERMS HANDED A US7RLANS
Are Given Fifteen Days in Which to Reply-Renner Expresses Gratitude for Food and Promises to 6 Comply With Terms if Possible
By Associated rresa

By Associated Frss St. Germain, June 2.-The representatives of the varl-
 quished Austrian nation met
 the victors at today's ceremony in the fifteenth century castle
 of St. Germain to appeal for
 grace and just and kindly treat
 ment.
 No trace of the arrogant spirit with
 which Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau.
 head of the German delegation. nt-
 tempted at Versailles to arraign the
 allied powers as jointly responsible for
 the war and demanded participation in the negotiations on equal terms, marked the speech of Dr. Karl Rem
 ner, the Austrian chancellor, who re-
 piled to Georges CIemenceau, the
 president of the conference. The Austrian plenipotentiary. speak ing in French as concession to his auditors. did not seek to extenuate the guilt of the former Austro-H Hungarian government for the horrible crime of 1914"
 | He asked only that the full weight of the punishment should not fall solely on the little mountain republic which was all that was left of the once mighty Austria, but that 1t be 1 regarded as only one of eight new re- publics into which the old monarchy had been divided and that 1t be ap- portioned no more of the penalty than l 1t could bear.
 l Dr. Renner even went out of his way to praise the generous relief work l undertaken by the allies. The tone nf his speech evidently made a most
 favorable impression on the assembled plenipotentiaries. President Wilson | listened with the closest attention 1 resting his chin on his hand. The delegates of Poland. Czecho- | Slovakia and Jugo-S -Slavia alone evinced discontent at those parts of l the speech in which the Austrian chief by implication attempted to as- l sign to them proportionate share Of raparations
 It was evident however. that Dr. 1 Renner had been carefully studying the proceedings of the interallied ] conference. and he adapted his utter- ances to the situation.
 SESSION OPENS LATE 1 The session was late in opening and was vastly overcrowded. Although the representatives of only the 16 states which broke relations with Austria, instead of a full array of the asso- ciated powers. were seated at the con- ference table with the Austrtans, a tt1t af 1f ficers and others of more or less an- parent connection with the proceel- ings had gained admission to the room and stood in serried rows around the walls and even occupied the recess of l the big fireplace behind M, Clemen- ceau
 1 The room gave an impression of an attempt to make a ring for an m- I promptu expression in a crowd rather | than of session of a dignified, his | toric ceremony
 | The mishap of a photographer. who l in the midst of Dr. Renners speech 1 fell with a crash of shattered glass ! into one of the museum cases. and the l blunders of the French official trans- | lator. who twice during the German 1 translat tion of the speech went astray, causing gasps of mingled horror and 1, amusement. also impaired the formal i dignity of the scene
 | It was the same setting as in the Trianon at Versailles. although on a l reduced scale.
 The Japanese and Chinese delegates l were the first to arrive in the stone | walled room and take their places at | the table They were closely followed ! by M C1emenceau. who came early 1 to see that all arrangements were in | order.
 1 The others filed in rapidly several | minutes before noon and all the p.eEf- l potter tiaries were in their places ex- cept President Wilson and Colonel House. Anxious glances were cast at 1 the empty chairs of these leading l plenipotentiaries as the. minutes
 passed behind the hour set for rhe l ceremony
 l Finally an official was sent to the | telephone to learn if anything had happened. The President appeared at l 12:12 and took his seat after briee | co1loquy with NJ. Clemenceau Word was immediately sent to the head
 quarters of the Austriars They en-
 tered one by one ten minutes later l through door al the rear of the hall ! The head usher of the foreign office,
 wearing his silver chain, announced