The sun., 1919-06-12
ONLY FIVE DAYS
TO BE ALLOWED
FOR SIGNATURE
Allies Decide That There
Shall Be No More Ne
gOtiatiOns.
PREPARATION NOT FIXED
Plebiscite Promised in Silesia
and Size of Armies on the
Rhine Is Limited.
PREPARATION NOT FIXED
NJ LAURENCE HILLS,
sfdr Correspondent. ~ THs suS.


sfdr Correspondent Of THs suS.
Copyright. 1913: all rtohfs rsserpsd.
PARIS, June 1.-THE Council of
Four. 1t has been definitely decided.
will stand by the treaty agreement as
reached. The answer to the German
counter proposals will be sent Friday
or Saturday and the Germans will
get exactly five days to sign or refuse
to sign. All further negotiations will
be prohibited.
While the treaty will not be
changed the Allles' answer takes the
form of a long letter. explaining the
features objected to in way to give
encouragement TO the Germans that
the Allies do not mean to crush them.
While the reparation sum Is not
named there will be a promise to do
so speedily.
The answer is framed in a friendly
spirit, and while there Is optimism
In some quarters It would appear that
the answer gives but little satisfaction
to the Germans. and there Is grave
doubt In many minds that they will
sign. The agreement represents an
other victory by Rreniiers Clemenceau
and Lloyd George swinging back to
n stand pat attitude on the treaty.
Promised Place in League.
The answer promises n Silesian
plebiscite and fixes the cost and size
of the Rhine armies. Germany is
also promised admission to the
League of Nations when she disarms
and complies with certain conditions
Thus to-day's developments make
certain that next week will see the
crisis Of the peace negotiations the
issue now being In German hands
Upon their action the world will now
await with breathlees interest.
The agreement reached by the Big
-Four In regard to the answer to the
German counter proposals may be
, upset at the last minute by Premier
Lloyd George, but the discussions
seem to have ended Tuesday night on
all the principal points. II there is
any delay now 1t will most likely be
caused by the process of drafting the
answer, which In many respects will
be the most important part of the
Peace Conferences work.
From the trend Of discussion yes
terday It is possible to forecast now
with some degree Of accuracy the ma
ture Of this response. In the first
place, as THE Sun has indicated, the
treaty itself will not be changed. but
what the Allies propose to do is to
indite a long letter to the Germans,
which will be an Interpretation vir-
tually OF clauses to which they have
objected. In this letter every effort
viii be made to demonstrate that the
treaty Is not as drastic as they have
been led to believe. The Allies will
insist that the German delegates have
put a wrong Interpretation on many
of the clauses, after which they will
proceed to make their own interpreta-
tions.
No Intention to Enslave.
For example. regarding reparations
the Allies will say that the Germans
are entirely wrong in believing that
II Is the purpose OF the victors tc
crush and enslave the Germans; thai
they never intended to withhold raw
materials from Germany; rob her OF
trade secrets; dictate her taxation
measures or leave her long in the
dark as to what she is to pay. The
sum will not be named now, but there
will be q promise that the ReparatioI
Commission shall determine II In tn,
shortest possible time. possibly foul
months.
This represents compromise
reached In the battle over the ques
ton of fixing the sum. In regard Il
Silesia the Allies will recognize tn,
necessity Of adjusting the matter sat
isfactorily and will proclaim their In
tention of holding pleblscltes In Ger
tain disputed territories. In regart
to the Rhine the Allies will say tha
It never was their intention TO crusl
Germany with heavy army of occn
patton and probably will fix the siz,
Of the army and the period of tim,
Continued on Second Pogs.