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tional period during which it may
keep the troops necessary for the
maintenance of internal order.
Huns "Covering Note"

The covering note. presented to
the peace conference by the German
delegation. says:
I'VE came to Versailles expecting to
cording to the agreed basis. We had a
firm resolve to do everything in our
power to fulfill the heavy obligations
assumed by us. We were shocked
when we read in that document the
demands which the victorious might
of our opponents had set forth. The
more we studied the spirit of the
treaty the more we were convinced
of the impossibility of carrying it out
The demands in this treaty go beyond
the strength Of the German people.
In accordance with President Will
sons fourteen points, no territory
ought to be severed from Germany
without plebiscite Of all male and
female subjects over twenty years of
age, voting secretly, and no plebiscite
taken until all troops are removed
from the disputed territory. which
should be placed under the authority
of neutral subjects"
The note declares that people must
not be transferred from one sover-
eighty to another for the sake of
timber and zinc. and offers to supply
Belgium with mber instead Of giving
up Eupen. It also repeats the offer
previously made regarding the Sarre
valley and declares that the French
mines will be completely restored in
ten years. while the entente plan
hundred times the French produce
ton.
Reiterates Refusal to Sign.
The German foreign Office reiterated
categorfcally and emphatically TODAY
statement made on behalf of The
cabinet OF May 20, that Germany de-
clines to sign the terms laid before
In the meantime the statement,
which was given originally to the
Associated Press, has been circulated
throughout Germany by the official
Woin bureau with credit to the As
The original statement was trans
lated from the German in English
after the German version had been
the subject of a long debate at the
the foreign office to the correspondent
by special messenger The English
version was then submitted to the
foreign, Office for approval. 1t was
knowledge Of English.
1t has been noted that the preamble
to the German counter proposals con-
tanned many phrases similar to those
Of the statement of May 20.
Not Submitted to Assembly.
DRESDEN. Thursday. May 20 (by
the Associated Press).-The Anxeiger
today attacks the government for it's
failure to submit the German counter
proposals to the peace treaty Of the
national assembly before delivering
them to the entente. The newspaper
states that this violates the revolu-
tionary principle Of the right Of self
determination and points out that un-
der the old regime no action was le-
gal until approved by the bundsrat.
The editorial concludes by declaring
that the national assembly will hold
the government alone responsible for
the constitutional. political and his
torical effects Of such procedure.
"Sign Here-or in Berlin
LONDON, May 30.-Premier Lloyd
George. in his speech to the Welsh
! division at Amiens last Sunday, de-
clared. according to the South Wales
Daily News:
I'VE say to the Germans: Gentle
| men. you must sign. II you don't do
| so at Versailles. you shall do SO in
Berlin. We are not going to give