The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-05-02
ACCEPT ALLIES
FARLEY Terms
Germany viii Do as Entente Die
tates When Big Confer
enCe Co1veneS.
WILL SEND rs DELEGATES.
Count Won Rroctdorff-R antzau, For
eign Minister, Chief of Commits
son-Discussion Limited to
Best Means of Paying Up.

Paris-Germ:- has notified the
allies that she accepts all the ALLIED
conditions respecting the Versailles
Congress-
Germany will send the following
delegates to IT, Versailles Congress
with full powers to negotiate:
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau. for
eign minister; Herr Lansberg, secre-
tary for publicity, art and literature;
DR.. Theodore Melchor, general man-
ager of the Warburg Bank Herr Lem
ert, president of the Prusslan Assem-
bly, and of the National Soviet Con
gress; Herr Ceisberg. minister of
posts and telegraphs, and Herr
Schuecking.
In all, the German party will num-
Der seventy-five.
Marshal Foch was so informed a~.
cording to official announcement.
Though the peace conference appar-
emily was taken by surprise by the
announcement of Germanys intention
to send small delegation TO Yer.
sailles TO receive the text of the
treaty, the plan is really old, as Ber-
lin and Wiemar dispatches more than
a month ago indicated.
The determination of the German
foreign Office was based upon misap-
prehension of the program for the mi
tial meeting of the German plenipO-
tentlaries with the representatives of
the peace conference. 1t had been
understood through press statements
delegates would merely be handed the
text of the treaty, but would not be
permitted to discuss it, terms and
would be sent back to Germany to
confer with the government and the
national assembly, returning after
stipulated interval to Versailles for
the actual discussions.
Under the circumstances, as Count
Won observation-disclosures the foreign
minister explained, the German gov
eminent considered it unnecessary to
send the entire peace delegation
something more than 100, headed by
six plenipotentarics. - to Versailles
merely to receive the draft and re-
turn to Berlin with it, and would.
therefore, send a smaller delegation
and later proceed TO Versailles for the
actual discussions and the signature
of the treaty
The German government then for
mally inquired through TIE arnistice
commission regarding the program,
and on the basis of the reply seem
fngly determined upon the dispatch of
the smaller delegation
Meanwhile. however, the plans and
program of the council of four for
discussions with the Germans had
been altered, in so small degree ap-
parently, on account of the fact that
it was found a physical impossibllty
since the instructions to appear on
April % were sent to the German dele
gates to have the actual text of the
proposed treaty read by that date.
This would necessitate communicating
the determinations of the allied and
associated governments to certain
extent in outline or in less formal
shape than the definite text.
For this purpose the presence of
the plenipotentiaries charged with the
peace negotiations was imperative,
quite apart from the point of pres
tige that plen.potentiGries of the al
lied and associated powers could only
meet with German representatives of
equal rank and dignity.