New-York tribune., 1919-06-02


Bliss, Major General Sir Henry H.
Wilson, Chief Of the British Staff,
and General Diaz, the Italian Com
mander in Chief, on details Of the
military occupation of the Rhine re-
@ion after the signing of peace.
rifccs in order to attain peace. Ger
many knows she has, by agreement,
undertaken to make these sacrifices,
and Will go in this matter to the ut
most limits of her capacity.
"One-Germany offers to proceed with
her own disarmament in advance Of all
other peoples, in order to show that
she Will help to usher in the new era
of the peace Of justice. She gives up
universal compulsory service and re-
duces her army to 100000 men, except
as regards temporary measures. She
even renounces the warships which her
enemies are still willing to leave in her
hands. She stipulates, however, that
she shall be admitted forthwith as a
state with equal rights into the league
Of nations. She stipulates that gen.
uine league of nations shall come into
being, embracing all peoples Of good
Will, even her enemies of to-day. The
league must be inspired by a feeling of
responsibility toward mankind and have
at its disposal a power to enforce it's
Will sufficiently strong and trusty to
protect the frontiers Of it's members.
Wants Alsace Plebiscite
"7wo-1n territorial questions Ger
many takes up her position unreserv-
ediy on the ground of the Wilson pro-
gramme. She renounces her sovereign
right in Alsace- Lorraine, but wishes
free plebiscite to take place there.
She gives up the greater part of the
province of Posen, the district incon-
testably Polish in population, together
with the capital. She is prepared to
grant to Poland, under international
guarantees, free and secure access to
the sea by ceding free ports at Danzig,
konigsberg and Memel, by an agree
ment regulating the navigation of the
Vistula and by special railway conven-
tlons.
Would Insure Coal Supply
Germany is prepared to insure the
"uPHiy VI codI lOI tne economic needs
of France, especially from the Saar
region, until such time as the French
mines are once moro in working order.
The reponderantly Danish districts
of Schleswig will be given up to Den
mark on the basis Of a plebscite Ger
many demands that the right of self
determination shall also be repeated
where the interests of the Germans in
Austria and Bohemia are concerned.
She Is ready to subject all her colonies
TO administration by the community of
the league of nations if she is recog-
nized as its mandatory.
"Jhree- Germany is prepared to make
payments incumbent on her in accord
ance with the agreed programme of
peace up to q maximum sum of 1OO,-
000000,O00 of gold marks (s25.OoO,
O0OO00), 10000 100000 of marks bv
May !, 1926, and the balance (SO,OOO,-
oo00oo) in annual payments without
interest These payments shall in
prlnc1ple be equal to a fixed percentage
OF the German imperial and state rev.
enue. The annual payment shall ap-
proXlmate to the former peace budget
s25o,Ooo,ooo a Year
"For the first ten years the annual
payments shall not exceed 100000 900
of COLDS marks a year (S25O,O0O ,OO0).
The German taxpayer shall not be less
heavily burdened than the taxpaver of
the most heavily burdened state among
those repres sented on the reparation
commission. Germany presumes in
this connection that she will not have
to make any territorial sacrifices be-
yond those mentioned above and that
she Will recover her freedom of eco
nomlc movement at home and abroad.
r four-Germany is prepared to devote
her entiro economic strength to the
service of reconstruction. She wishes
to cooperate effectively in the recon-
structlon of the devastated regions of
Belgium and northern France. To
make good the loss in production of
the destroyed mines in northern France
up to 100000 tons of coal will be de-
livered annually for the first five wears
and up to 100000 tons for the next
hvc years. Germany will facilitate fur
ther deliveries of coal to France, Bel
gum, Italy and Luxembourg.
Germany, moreover, is prepared to
Hiahc CoHSlOeraDle dellverleS of benZOl
coal tar and sulphate of ammonia. as
we'll as dyestuffs and medicines.
Wants Shipping Pool
"Fioe-Finally. Germany offers to
put her entire merchant tonnage into
pool of the worlds shipping, to place
at the disposal of her enemies a part
of her freight space as part payment
OF reparation, and to build for them
for q series Of years in German wards
an amount of tonnage exceeding their
demands
"Sir-In order to replace the river
boats destroyed in Belgium and north
ern France, Germany offers river craft
from her own resources.
"Seven-~Germany thinks that she
sees an appropriate method for the
prompt fulhllment Of her obligation to
make reparations, conceding participa-
tion in industrial enterprises, espe-
cially in coal mines, to insure deliveries
of coal.
"Eight-Germany, in accordance with
the desires of the workers of the whole
world, wishes to see the workers in all