The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-17
ALL PRINCIPLES ORIGINAL TREATY
 ARE RETAINED IN
 REPLY OF ALLIES
In Case Foe Refuses to Sign Armistice Will Automati- cally Terminate and the
 Allies Will Take Steps
 to Enforce Terms
By Asso,,stsd Pres.

By Asso,,stsd Press Paris, June 16.-The final reply of the allied and associ- ated powers to the conditions of peace handed to the Ger mans at Versailles last month was delivered to the German delegation today and made public shortly afterward. The Germans are allowed five days to
 accept or refuse the treaty ms it stands.
 If they accept, peace will be signed at once; of they do not accept, the nrmis-
 tice will terminate on Saturday tJune 21) and the powers will take such steps
 as may he necessary to enforce their
 terms.
 The principles of the original condi- tions have been vigorously upheld. as establishing peace of justice but cer- tain notifications in detail and many explanations of the effect of execution are made. The reply Is in two parts--a general covering letter and seriatim discussions of the general counter
 proposals. The changes include PRINCIPAL CHANGES A plebescite for upper siiesin. with guarantees of coal from that territory.
 Frontier rectihcattons in West Prussia.
 
 Omission of the third zone in the Schieswig plebescite. Temporary increase of the Ger
 man army from 100000 to 2GO.0N0 men.
 l Declaration of the Attention to l subnit within q month nfter the
 signature n list of those accused of | violation of the laws and customs l of war.
 l offer to cooperate with Ger | man commission on repnrations and to receive suggestions for dis- charging the obligation. Certain detailed notifications in
 the finance, economic and ports and waterways clauses, including aboli- ~tion of the proposed Kiel canal
 commission.
 Assurance of membership in the league of nations in the cnrly fu- ture If Germany fuIfiIls her obIiga- tiOns.
 
 enceau, president of the peace confer ence, to Count Von Brockdorn- Rant zau, prescident of the German delega- 1 ton.
 | In the letter MT. Clemenceau says. THE TOWERING LETTER" "The allied and associated powers l have given the most earnest considera- | tion to the observation of the German delegates on the draft treaty of peace 1xn rnta1xr ufrc on the ground that 1t conflicts with the terms upon which the arrnistice of No- vember II, 1918, was signed and that it :, is peace of violence and not a peace | of justice. The protest of the German delegates shows that they fail to un- derstand the position in which Germany stands today. They seem to think that Germany has only to make sacrifices | in order to attain peace. as if this were but the end of some mere struggle for territory and power. The allied and as- sociated powers, therefore feel it nec- ! essary to begin their reply by clear statement of the Judgment of the world. which has been forged by practically the whole of civilized mankind. 'TIn the view of the allied and as- socintcd powers, the war which be- gan on August I. 1914, was the greatest crime against humanity and freedom of the people that my nation calling itself civilized has ever consciously committed. For many years the rulers of Ger many, true to the Prussian tradition. strove for position of dominance in Europe. They were not satisfied with that growing prosperity and influence to which Germany was entitled. and which all other nations were willing to accord her; they required that they should be able to dictate and tyrannize over a subservient Europe. as they die tated and tyrannized over a subservient Germany.
 'In order to attain their ends they used every channel through which to educate their own subjects in the doc- trine that might was right in interna- tional affairs They never ceased to expand German armaments by land and sea and to propagate the falsehood that 1t was necessary because Germany's neighbors were jealous of her prospert- ty and power.
 SOWED HOSTILITY She sought to SOW hostility and sus- picion, instead of friendship, between na tions The Germans developed a sys- tenn of espionage and intrigue through which they were enabled to stir up international rebellion and even to make secret offensive preparations within the territory of their neigh bors. whereby they might when the moment came, strike them down with greater certainty and ease. They kept Europe In a ferment by threats of vio- 1 fence and when they found that their lneiehbors were resolved to res.st their arrogant will they dcternined to assert their predominance in Europe by force. (Continued on Paxs rws)