Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-20
FORCES OF
{ N 7 TEN'TE
BY
SATURDAY.
Several Hundred Thousand
Allied Soldiers Prepared to
March Toward Berlin if
Germans Do Not Sign.

Paris, June 19.-(By Associated
Rress).-Marshal Foch is form
ing one front against the Ger
mans from the Rhine to the Danube,
Llntransigeant says it is~fiformed,
and will henceforth extend his COM
mand over the Czecho-Slovak, Rur
manlan and Polish armies.
Advices received in the American
peace circles in Paris from Weimar
indicate that there may be a change
in the personnel of the German
peace delegation and that a short ex
tension of the time limit for signing
the peace treaty may be requested
by the Grmans, but that the Ger
mans will sign the treaty.
Coblenz, June 19.-(By the As
soclated Press.-The concentration
OF Aperican, British, French and
Belgian troops, begun by order of
Marshal Foch, preparatory to ad-
vancing further into Germany will
be completed Saturday, when
several hundred thousand allied
5vidlers will stand ready to march
toward Berlin if the Germans do
not sign the peace terms.
Artillery and great trucks carry
ing various kinds of war materials
are being moved across the Rhine
at Cologne, Coblenz, Mayence and
other bridge points within the occu-
pied area.
In the American area there was
marked activity, particularly among
the first, and second divisions. which
are holding the bridehead. On
the left bank Of the Rhine the third
and fourth divisions Completed
minor "details for advancing if the
word comes to 60 ahead. .
The fourth division, which had
been ordered home several weeks
ago, and had turned in, all its equip
ment, is being Jfe-equipped for pos
sible action.
Final Decision Saturday,
Berlin, June p.-The German ma
tlonal assembly will make itss final
decision on the peace, treaty Satur-
day, according to private sadvices re-
ceived here from Weimar. In all
probability it is said, the assembly
will decide to order that p1ebiscite
be taken.
The German peace delegation is
one in backing up Count Won Brock
dorff -Rantzau in his opposition to
signing the peace conditions, ac-
cording to the correspondents OF
Berlin newspapers at Weimar.
A memorial prepared by the dele
gates\ demands rejection of the
terms. The hostile" tenor of the
reply, it is argued in the memorial.
simplifies such action and it is said,
unless Count Won Brockendorff-
Rantzau succeeds in persuading the
cabinet to his view, he and the en-
tire delegation will withdraw and
he will resign from the cabinet as
foreign minister. g
Retire Rather Than Sign.
The correspondent of the Lokal
Anzeiger declares that Presiden,
Ebert and Premier Scheidemann
Would rather retire than affix their
signatures to the treaty. The Neue
Leitung correspondent telegraphs
that Professor Schuecking, one Of
the principaf German delegates, was
impatient at the mere suggestion
that the question of signing is still
a debatabie topic. : ''~S
The memorial drawn up by the
delegates. goes into ali details of the
situation which would result from
not signing and comes to the con-
clusion that these effects would not
be as bad as those that would re-
sulN from yielding. The memorial
further says that invasion and occr-
patton by the allied forces would
be bound to have an instantaneous
effect in quickening the national
spirit.