The sun., 1919-09-28
G0LTZ'S INSULTS
AROUSE ALLIES
Peace Council Is Faced With
Need of Immediate Ac-
ton in COurland.
GEN. FOCH PLANS ACTION
InsOlence May Result in Re-
newal of Blockade and In
vasiOn of Germany.
GEN. FOCH PLANS ACTION
BY LAURENCE HILLS.
Sidr Correspondent Of THE Sun.
1919 all ri0hfs rcssrTed

Copyright, 1919, all rights reserved.
PARIS, Sept. 27.-Defiance of the AL
lies by the Germans in the Baltic
provinces rapidly Is approaching
condition bordering on insult. Field
Marshals Won der Goltz's mockery of
the last ultimatum of the supreme
council demanding the immediate
evacuation OF Baltic territory has pro-
duced an impasse in Paris and placed
the council in a position compelling it
to choose and very soon from among
several plans which have been under
discussion all last week for proceeding
against Won der Goltz.
No plan that is satisfactory has been
found yet, although at conference
headquarters there were indications
that some announcement may be
forthcoming in a few days" Mean
while Won der Goltz has adopted an
insolent tone which is so pronounced
that It is a question whether the AL
lies can remain silent. His reply to
the demand OF the British General
Burt. chief of the relief mission at
Riga, for list of names Of all Ger
mans guilty of crimes in Courland
has provoked storm of Indignation
here.
Newspapers Are Aroused.
The newspapers are asking If the
Allies will accept such language from a
vanquished foe or whether they will
remind Won der Goltz that the time OF
threats and menaces Is past and that
the Treaty of Versailles is not yet a
scrap of paper Following is an eX-
tract from the German Generals
letter:
81 refuse to enter into a dis
cussion relative to the first part OF
your letter. In the last paragraph OF
your letter you dare to ask me to
indicate as guilty ones a certain num-
Der of my compatriots. see in such
pretension a grave injury committed
against my nation and toward German
national sentiment. Consequently I de-
sire to advise you not to address in
future such base demands either to me
or TO my subordinates.
81 shall he obliged to cut of all
relations with you and to eXpel all
British subjects from the territory
| occupied by the Germans, for the Sc
curity of any mission that intention
ally wounds the national pride of Ger,
many Is not admitted"
Allied Plans of Action.
Three projects for handling the stu.
| ton growing out OF the presence OF
the German army In the Baltic prov.
inces are now before the council
They are as follows:
First, Marshal Foch's military plan
envisaging the occupation Of Ger
many as far as Frankfort and punt
! tive expeditions against Won der
Go'tz; this plan is all ready for exc.
cution and awaits only an order
| from the Supreme Council.
Second. the economic menace Of
cutting of all loans and raw ma
terial from Germany. Part of this
threat already has been carried out
| by the American representatives at
| Versailles, who have told the Ger
mans that they will not receive an
other dollar until Won der Goltz
withdraws. but apparently this has
been without appreciable result.
I Third. the arrest and detention OF
| all German war prisoners. Objections
to this scheme are coming from the
American and British sides, There
is a disinclnation In both armies to
continue the guarding and feeding
OF the Germans. task which re-
qui-es hundreds ~ soldiers.
Some action is absolutely essential
| at once, as the present case is a tes
which will determine II Germany In tho
/ future can be compelled to execute tn,
| treaty.