New-York tribune., 1919-06-14
Document Being Entirely
Rewritten to Incorporate
Allies Reply and Do
Away With Obscurities
Will Be Given Out
Without DELAY
impossible to Grant Fun
damentai Concession,
Answer W;N Assert

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PARIS, June l3 (Ey The Associated
Press) The drafting committee hes
completed the work of framing the
letter covering the reply to the Ger
man counter proposals. I recalls lat
the principles upon which the treaty
is based are such as TO preclude the
Allies from making fundamental con-
ccssions.
PARIS, June 13 (By The Associated
Press).-The peace treaty with Ger
many will be entirely rewritten and
reprinted. for the incorporation textu-
ally of the explanations and clarifica-
tions contained in the Allied reply to
the German counter proposals.
1t is believed today that the presen-
tation of the Allied answer will take
place on Sunday evening or Monday
morning. 1t is asserted that the Ger
mans will be granted eight days with
in which to determine whether they
will sign the treaty
/ Will. unchanged in principle. virtu-
ally new document will be presented
to the Germans. 1t is understood that
the lew treaty will be made public on
the day of its delivery or the day af-
ter, and that the German counter pro.
posals will be published shortly.
American Version Obsolete
The council of four, it develops, de-
cided that simply to attach the reply
to the original document was imprac-
ticable, as important clauses would be
left obscure and imperfect. Hence the
decision to rewrite the document 1t
was commented in peace conference
circles to-day that this action renders
obsolete the text published in the
United States.
Many of the divergencies from TIE
old text in the new treaty are of a
minor nature, but some arc highly
important This is not;oly true Of the
second paragraph of Article 232. where
the English text Of the cid document
limited compensation Germany was to
ma : for damage done the civilian pop
alation Of the Allied ana associated
powers and to their property during
the period of the belligerency Of each
as an Allied or associated power
against Germany"
This wording excluded american
losses during the period of the neu-
trality Of the United states AID tai
ian losses during the time when Italy
was at war with Austria but not with
Germany. The French text. however,
contained ne such limiti-e clause
The drafting conamit.ee elseuvf ere had
used the words may and "shail' IN
terehangeably in transia-ing he sane
trer ch expression, apparently without
mt icing the important difference in
VOWED.
Aside from the Emergencies here
noted, the reparations clauses will go
into the new treaty virtually un-
changed. Other sections of the treaty,
however. will be rewritten.
1t was the finding of such errors as
that in Article 232 that furnished an
additional reason for presenting an
entirely new draft Of the treaty. Er-
rors and inconsistencies in III. draft
first presented were continually keing
discovered, and these would have had
20 be corrected before the document
'as signed This was particularly the
case because the text Of tne treaty is
in both French and Engish, both YER
sions being specified as "authentc' or
binding.
May Change Be.gian Froatier
The treaty ma, make some slight
changes regarding the disposition Of
certain of the contested districts on
the Belgo- German frolt ers.
The final settlement o the question
of the left bank o. the Rhine prov des
for an allied civil commission for the
control of the military occupation OF
the region.
The financial clauses will be amend
ed to give the reparation commission
discretion to authorize Germany to
raise working capital for restarting
her industries. and enable her to pay
her reparations.
The British made to-day an eleventh
hour attempt TO reopen the question
OF reparations. They submitted pro-
posals introducing into the functions
OF the permanent reparations commits
sion the principle of ontrol of raw
materials, etc, furnished Germany.
enabling the commission to control
Germanys economic development dur
ing the period it operates.
Cold to British Proposal
The British effort has not met with
sympathetic reception by the repa-