Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-29
GERMANY.
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Refuses to Accept Punishment
Fixed by Peace Treaty;
Will Hand Reply to
Allies Today.
(By the Associated Press.)

With the hour at hand when Ger
many must make known to the al
he'd and associated powers Ger
many's intentions with regard to
the peace terms, the only impasse
in the way of letting the Austrians
know what their penalty is to be
for having been associated with
Germany in the war, has been
preached
Thursday at Versailles will wit
ness the ceremony of the German
peace delegation handing in their
reply to the allied terms. The re-
ply will consist Of a volume of
counter-proposals and acceptances
aggregating l0S pages of printed
matter.
Friday at St. German the Aus
trians, who have been clamoring for
an early presentation of their peace
treaty, will be called before the
peace congress and handed the doc
ument.
1t is reported the Germans in an
endeavor to offset the entente
claims for reparation will put in a
counter claim for nearly 100000
marks for alleged damages suffered
because of the blockade laid by the
allies against Germany.
Proposals Published.
London, May 28.-The German
counter-proposals to the allied peace
terms were published in Berlin to-
day, all Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen says.
The reply asserts the willingness
OF Germany to reduce its armament
to greater extent than demanded
by the allies.
Germany, the reply says, refuses
to accept the punishment terms
fixed by the peace treaty and it is
declared that the allies cannot both
accuse and sentence Germans guilty
of responsibility for punishable acts.
To Disarm Battleships.
Germany offers to disarm all of
its battleships, on condition that
part of its mercantile feet to be re-
stored to it.
1t proposes that there be no ter
ritorial changes without consulta-
ton of the populations affected
The cession of Upper Silesia and
the claims to East Prussia, West
Prussia and Memel are emphatically
rejected.
1t is stipulated that Danzig shall
become a free port and the river
Vistula neutralized.
Occupied territory is to be evacu-
ated within six months.
If the league of nations is estab-
lished with Germany as member,
Germany shall continue to admin
lister its colonies in accordance with
the principles of the league as its
mandatory.
Germany offers to pay 20,0OO,0OO,-
900 marks in gold by the year 1926
as indemnity, and to make annual
payments from 1927 onward to
total not in excess of l00,000,000000
marks in gold.
Based on IA Points.
Berlin, May 2S.-(By Associated
Press. 1.-The German counter-pro-
posals to the terms of the treaty of
peace will in the opening section
argue for the existence of Ger
many's contractual right to peace
based on President Wilson's ID
points, because the entente nations
agreed to a peace on that basis, and
neither Mr.. Wilson nor the repre-
sentatives of any other allied gov
ernment have since demanded that
peace be established on any other
basis.
The second section will deal with
the contradiction between the draft
of the treaty and previous assur-
ances from entente statesmen and
the general ideals of international
right.
The counter proposals will declare
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