Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-23

Accept. Mr.. President, the express
sion of my consideration.
(Signed) "VON HANIEL"
Brockdorff- Rantzau's Note.
The latest communications between
the allied and associated governments
and the Germans on the peace treaty
consist of a note by the Germans to
the allies, under date of June 10, and
the answer Of the allies under date Of
June FL follows. The German note,
from Count Won -Rantzau
to NJ. Clemenceau. is forwarded from
Versailles by DR.. Haniel Won Hahn
hansen. in the name of the German
delegation. 1t says:
The examination Of the four docu-
ments submitted on June 16 to the
commissary general of the delegation
brings out the fact that certain
number Of CONCESSIONS are announced
in the letter and in the memorandum,
which are not found in the text. as
changed by hand. Among the most
important of these contradictions the
German delegation has selected the
following:
i)-lI ID stated Oh page seven VI
the memorandum that as Germany is
admitted to the league Of nations she
shall enjoy the benefits resulting from
the stipulations relative to the free
dom of commerce and transit. On the
other hand, it is stated on page forty
two of the memorandum that for the
minimum period of five years unilat-
erial conditions in the matter of COM
mercial relations would be imposed on
Germany.
"(2)-It is stated on page eleven of
the memorandum that France will as
sumo the public debt of Alsace-Lor-
raine.
Commission for Silesia.
"(3)-It is stated on page fourteen
that for the plebiscite in Upper Silesia
there shall be created a Commission
independence (French in the text,
while according to the new draft of
the conditions this commission is to
be appointed solely by the allied and
associated governments.
"()-It is stated on page sixteen, on
the subject Of the territory of Memel,
that the cession Of this territory will
take place under the form Of trans
ers because the status Of the Lithua-
man territories is not yet established.
According to this provision Lithuania
should be considered as the state to
be the definitive acquirer.
"(5)-According to page seventeen
OF the memorandum the commission
created for Helgoland by the allied
and associated governments is to de-
eide what installations are to be
maintained for the protection of the
land.
"(G-On page twenty-one of tho
memorandum it is promised that the
German railways and mines of Shan
tung shall not be considered as prop
erty Of the German state IL the Ger
mans can prove that they are private
property.
Germans to Be Surrendered.
"(7)-On page 81 Of the memmoran-
dun 1t is stated that the allied and
associated governments are ready to
submit, within one month after the
treaty goes into force. a definitive list
of the Germans to be surrendered to
the enemy.
"(8-On page 80 it is stipulated
that the reparations commission can
not exact the surrender Of secrets of
manufacture or other confidential in
formation. 1t is. moreover. stipulated
i, that 1t shall have no executive power
not interfere in the direction or su-
pervision of German esta blishments.
"(S)-On pages 81 and following, of
the memorandum. special procedure
Is provided to hx and cover the rep
ration exacted from Germany.
dunn Germany Is promised facilities
for the importation of food and raw
materials.
"(11)-On page SO of the memoran-
dunn there are indicated, among the
cases in which the granting of per-
sidered. those in which the Reichs-
bank has furnished guarantees which
1t could not satisfy in any other way.
"I2)-On page So Of the memo
randum the assurance is given that
any liquidators appointed by the allied
be guilty of punishable acts shall be
prosecuted in conformity with the
penal code.
Asks for Exact Account.
"It il the duty of the German dele
cation to render an exact account to
it's government and to the national
assembly; therefore. 1t must know
absolutely how far the enemy intends
to give contract force to these con-
cessions. 1t begs your excellency to
confirm by writing the fact that the
contents Of the accompanying letter
and the memorandum treating the
above mentioned points constitute an
integral part Of the new peace propo-
sitions OF the allied and associated
governments.
I'm this it would be sufacient to
establish this fact in a final protocol
to the text. on which the contracting
parties could come to a previous
agreement. A doubt has also arisen
concerning a second point, when the
1.-THE printed copy Of the peace
project submitted to us 10 different
not alone in the matter Of manuscript
corrections and additions from the
printed copy that the chairman Of the
from the secretary general Of the
peace conference.
by reason of the amount of work
imposed on the delegation by the