The Little River news., 1919-06-04
uEFilnilS WELL NOT
 sUBMIT 10 THE TERMS
Delegates Declare Demands Are More Than They Can Bear; Not Peace
 Of Justice.

Of Justice.
 Washington, June 1.-Execution o> the peace treaty as framed by the Versailles conference Is declared to be "more than the German people can beer" by Count von Brockorff- Rant zau, head of the German peace deiega- tion in a note to the associated gov ernments outlining the German coun- ter-proposals.
 Count yon Rrockdorff-Rantzau in his note, the text of which was made public tonight by the State Depart ment further asserts:
 "The more deeply we penetrate into the spirit of this treaty, the more convinced we become Of the im- possibility of carrying 1t out.'' The text of the German note dated May 29 and addressed to Premier Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, was as follows:
 @Mr. President: have the honor to transmit the you herewith the ob- servations of the German delegation on the draft treaty of peace. We came to Versailles in the expectation of re- ceiving peace proposal based on the resolved to do everything in our pow CT with view of fulfilling the grave obligations which we had undertaken. We hoped for the peace Of justice which had been promised to us. We were aghast when we read in docu- meats the demands made upon us CD, the victorious violence Of our enemies. The more deeply we penetrated into the spirit of this treaty, the more con vinced we became of the impossibility of carrying 1t out. The executions of this treaty are more than the Ger man people can bear.
 stand on Wilson Program.
 Tn territorial questions Germany takes up her position unreservedly on the ground of the Wilson program. She renounces her sovereign right in the Alsace- Lorraine, but wishes free ple- biscite to take place there. She gives up the greater part of the province of Posen, the district incontestibly Polish in population, together with the capital. She is prepared to grant to Poland, under international guaran> tees, free and secure access to the sea, by ceding free ports at Danzig. Konigsberg and Memel. by an agree ment regulating the navigation of the Vistula and by special railway con- .ventions. Germany is prepared to en- sure the supply of coal for the econo- mic needs of France, especially from the Saar region until such time as the French mines are once more in work ing order. The preponderantly Dan ish districts of Schleswig will be given up to Denmark on the basis of a pie biscite. Germany demands that the right of self-determination shall also be repeated where the Interests of the Germans in Austria and Bohemia are concerned.
 Germany is prepared to make pay ments incumbent on her in accordance with the agreed program of peace ua to maximum sum of 0.000, 900 .000 of .old marks, 20, o,O00, ,ooo. .o00 by May 1s2t and the balance (sO,ooo OOO. .oo0) in annual payments without interest. These payments shall in principle be equal to fixed percentage of the Ger. man imperial and state revenues. The annual payments shall approximate to the former peace budget. For the first 10 years the annual payments shall not exceed 1,000.0 .000. 900 of goio marks a year. The German taxpayer shall not be less heavier burdeneo than the taxpayer of the most heavily burdened state among those represen-
 
 ted on the Preparation Commission.
 ssCermany Is prepared to devote her entire economic strength to the ser vice of reconstruction. She wishes to cooperate effectiveiy in the recon struction of the devasted regions of belgium and northern France. To make good the loss in production or the destroyed mines in northern France up to 10000. 900 tons of coal will De delivered annually for the first i've years and up to S,ooo.0Oo tons for the next i've years, Germany wifi facilitate further deliveries of coal to France. Belgium, Italy and Luxem- burg.
 ANERTCANG LEANING MEXICO