Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-30
GERMANY AGENTS
DELIVER ANSWER
TO PEACE COUNCIL
Twenty Translators Are
Now at Work on the 146
Pages.
REPLY REACHES ALLIES
IN SEVERAL INSTALlMENT
Delegates Declare Lack Of Time
Prevented English and
French Text.
EVERY SECTION is CRITICIZED
President Wilson and Premier
orlando Arc Said to Have Settled
Adrintic Question.
EVERY SECTION is CRITICIZED
PRESIDENT Wilson and Prcmicr
Orlando Are Said to Have Settled
Adiiatic Question.

Adriatic Question.
rARls. May 2o.-Baron Won Lers
ner. Of tho German delegation. in
ioFmally delivered the completed Ger
man counter. proposals 10 Colonel
ifenry. the French la son officer. az
i-:2o o'clock today at Versailles. The
fcrman explained that there had been
no time for translations. which would
be sent later.
The volume containins the counter
proposals. is not bound. corner fast
'ners holding together the li5 pages
The German delegation presented
only three copies Of the counier-pro
nosals 20 the sccrctariat Of the peace
onserenoe. Twenty Interpreters were
buEy today translatiug the document
frnm German into English ana French.
nstaIlmcnts. The first iustalimcnt.
tomprised eishtS--eight pages, Other
nhtaiImcntS followed this and ~ waa
understood that the delivery OF the
document would he completed within
nc time limit.
The reply Is written IN German and
tsars the CAPTION: observations Of
mo German delegation ON the cond-
ions OF peace
Criticize, Ench section.
In the section treating on territorial
questions the German countcr-pro-
posals to the terms presented by the
allies say, according TO synopsis
that the territory Of the Saar in.
nabited by 60c.ooo persons, is 20 be
detached from the German Empire
solely because OF claims unon rs coal
1t is pointed out that during fifteen
years the territory $. to DE subject
% the control OF a commission in
sion has no choice
Regarding SchlcswIg- liolsteln the
Der. which will be voted upon under
the stipulations OF the treaty, goes
much further even than the Danish
Full Copy TO Come Friday.
The printing OF the German counter
proposals has been completed, and the
fuii copy VIII be handed to the allies
tomorrow. The text viii not be made
public here until tn. allies have con
sdercd the German propositions and
answered thcm.
Whether the Germans VIII sign s
s,ili matter OF guesswork The dele
gates undoubtedly have been impressed
by the popular demonstrations in
Berlin in favor OF immediate accept
small concessions already made by the
allies. in any event. Marshal Foch
has all preparations made TOR an inn
mediate advance OF the allied armies
II IT should become necessary.
The statement that Count Won
Brockdor'f Rantzau il going back to
Berlin WAS denied today at Versailles.
President mud Orlando Agree.
The Temps says today that an agree
ment has virtually been reached on
the Adriatic question, and that Presi-
dent Wilson; who saw the. Jugo-Slav
delegates today, has given mis- consent
20 the arrangement, which Premier
Orlando. OF Italy. has accepted. Ac-
ccordinE 10 the Tennis. the essential
points in the agreement are:
suburb of Suehak, forms. with Ihe re-
n lnder 20 the he ss; league " Of natons S Ills
state VIII be bounded by Italian ter
ritor, and, contain the railroad from
Second-Zara capital OF Dalma;ia)
md Sebenico tseventy miles southeast
~ Trieste on the Adriatic) viii be
ulaced under the sovereignty of Italy
which renounces any other part OF the
Dalmatian coast and hinterland
Sovereignty Over Islands.
Third-Italy Will exercise sovereignty
over islands called stratcgic--.namely.
Chcrso twelve miles southwest Of
Fiume belonging TO Istr;al. Lussin
and Lissa ,thirty-three miles south
west OF Spa!ato in the Adriatc be-
longing to Da lmatia>. with the outlying
Furthermore. says the Temps the
league Of na,i9ns grants Italy the
OF London assured Italy prepondcrating
When the peace conference met IN
plenary session this afternoon TO hear
the Austrian peace terms, 1t was
nounccd that the treaty had not yet
been completed. II was decided there
fore to postpone the session until
Saturday. when the completed treaty
Was expected to be ready.
Another reason for postponcmcn. OF
the plenary session was a request from
the smaller powers. especially the Bal
kan states, that they be allowed fur.
lher time TO consider the terms.
Observe Memorial Day.
throughout the European war zone
Friday. American Memorial Day eXer-
cises will be held at various places
President Wilson is TO deliver an adj
dress at Suresnes. near Paris. and de-
posit a wreath in the cemetery where
American soldiers are buried as n
tribute of the Boy Scouts OF America
TO the heroic dead.
In the Belleau Wood, where thou
1t the head tell the tale of heroism
tnown by the Americans at the point
Ghere the world war had its turning
;,oint at l'ismes and around Scissors:
I'm the region Of the Argonne Forest
and in Northern France and Belgian
FLANDERS. the graves of all the men
who made the supreme sacrifice are
to be decorated. volleys will be fired
eyer them by squads of infantrynen
End taps will be sounded by Amer-
can buGlers.