The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-16
GERMAN REPLY DEMANDS PEACE
Of JUSTICE; DECLARES ALLIES
WOULD |MPO5L TERMS BY MIGHT
Alleges Series Of fragrant Contradictions OF the Fourteen
Points and Of the Armistice Agreements demands
Admission to the League of Nations

PARIS. June 1.-THE German reply
10 the peace treaty submitted al Yer
soiles on Nav : maintains tina, the en-
emies Of Germany have forsakcn he
peace Of justice TO which they had
pledged themselves in the arnist.cc nc
Eotiations. for peace Of might.
The replv. an official summary OF
which was made public here today. pro-
tests against the proposed terms. inat-
vidualiy ard collectively. and demands
a return 70 the original agreements. II
presses for verbal negotiations ana
states that Germany expccs justice on
a basis OF equality and reciprocity. (Ihe
reply follows the lines Of the summary
Of the German contemporaries. gwen
out in Berlin at about the time iEcj
were presentcd)
Tho document covers 1l9 pages al
Includes . covering letter BY Count 'on
B-ockdorff- Rantzau. under date OF MAJ
20 which has already been published.
ard a second section Of comments f9t-
lowing the main outline Of the original
draft treaty Two separate papers on
legal and financial questions are IN
Guided az par. OF the general reply.
Both English and French translati"h'
have been furnished n pamphlet form.
the former totaling about $4,000 words
Contradictions Alleged.
The reply begins with detained an
alysis Of the legal basis Of peace. al
lcgrs fragrant series Of contradictions
N this basis and points out that the
results would DO tho complete ensla"e-
men. os INC German p"opl" and the &C
travail OF all the worlds cherished hopes
CT peace.
In the couutPr-proposal3 Germany de-
mands Immediate admission 70 the
Icague OF nations as part OF the Spirit
Of the Grmisticc agreement and as nec-
essary for the acceptance Of the IrJ-
posed military. naval and air terms.
She then analyses The territorial changes
demanded claiming that the right or
self-deterninatio has been wIltu!!y Nio-
lated throu ghout.
Germany bitterly assails the abolition
OF all German rights outside OF Europe
as irreconciliable with tho preliminary
ne1otiations and as wholly impos9' biz
70 a great people. who not on'y have
supreme needs FOR markets and supplies.
out who have shown themselves capable
NJ Sharing the worlds task OF colonial
ton.
1ernsr Proposal
Germany is wholly unable 10 accept
the reparationS confniSSloH SCI w W
the allies as involving An infringement
OF her sovereignty but proposes CO
operatiye German commission to work
alongside It, She accepts responsibility
only FOR civilian losses in occupied Bel
Siuno and France and agrees to max
imum payments Of 100000 100000
marks. provided the other terms as 20
colonies. overseas trade and territories
are accepted "a she proposes.
As to deliveries OF ships. raw ma'c'
rails and machinery. Germany can meet
the allied claims only In part, largely
because Of decreased production.
Germany demands that in the 60
nomic provisions she be treated on a
basis Of equality and reciprocity and not
in the one-sided way outlined. Sh"
agrees 10 freedom Of traffic on German
rivers and within Germany, but always