Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-10

German people are excluded from the
league of nations, to which is in
trusted all work Of common interest
to the world.
THUS must whole people sign the
decree for its own prescription. nay,
it's own death sentence.
Germany knows that she must
make sacrifices IN order to attain
peace. Germany knows that she has,
by agreement, undertaken to make
these sacrifices and will go in this
!, matter to the utmost limits of her
capacity.
Counter-Proposals.
81. Germany offers to proceed with
her own disarmament in advance OF
all other peoples in order to show that
she will help to usher in the new era
of the peace of justice. She gives up
universal compulsory service and re-
duces her army to 100000 men, except
as regards temporary measures. She
even renounces the warships which her
enemies are still willing to leave in
her hands. She stipulates, however,
that she shall be admitted forthwith as
state with equal rights to the league
of nations. She stipulates that gen.
uine league of nations shall come into
being. embracing all peoples of good
will. even her enemies of today. The
League must be inspired by feeling
of responsibility toward mankind and
have at its disposal power to enforce
its will sufficiently strong and trusty
| to protect the frontiers Of its members.
"2. In territorial questions Germany
takes up her position unreservedly on
the ground Of the Wilson program
She renounces her sovereign right In
Alsace- Lorraine, but wishes free Pile
biscite to take place there. She gives
up the greater part Of the Province Of
Posen, the district incontestably Po-
|l!sh in population together with the
capital. She is prepared to grant to
Poland, under international guaran-
tees, free and secured access to the
|sea by ceding free ports at Danzig,
|Konigsberg and Memel, by an agree
ment regulating the navigation Of the
IVistula; and by special railway con-
yentions Germany is prepared to In
sure the supply of coal for the econom-
ic needs of France, especially from the
Saar region, until such time as the
French mines are once more In work.
ing order. The preponderantly Danish
districts of Schleswig will be given up
10 Denmark on the basis Of a plebis-
dite. Germany demands that the right
Or self-determination shall also be. re-
pealed where the interests Of the Ger
mans in Austria and Bohemia are con-
cerned. She Is ready to subject all
Her colonies to administration by the
community of the league Of nations If
she is recognized as its mandatory.
Indemnity and Reconstruction. -
"3. Germany is prepared to make
payments incumbent on her In ac-
cordance with the agreed program OF
peace up to a maximum sum OF lOO,-
900 100000 Of gold marks, 2o,o0o.ooO,-
900 by May /, 1925, and the balance
go, 600, ,0O0,000) in annual payments
without interest. These payments
shall in principle be equal to a fixed
percentage Of the German imperial and
state revenues. The annual payment
shall approximate to the former peace
budget. For the first ten years the
annual payments shall not exceed l.
900 ,O00,OO of gold marks year.
Germany presumes in this connec-
ton that she will not have to make
any territorial sacrifices beyond these
mentioned above and that she will re-
cover her freedom on economic move
ment at home and abroad.
"a. Germany Is prepared to de-
vote her entire economic strength TO
the service of reco1struction. She
wishes to cooperate effectively in the
reconstruction of the devastated re-
gions of Belgium and northern France.
To make good the loss in production
of the destroyed mines in northern
France, up to 20,00G.000 tons OF coal
will be delivered annually for the first
five years and up to 100000 tons
for the next five years. Germany Will
facilitate further deliveries Of coal TO
France, Belgium, Italy. and Luxem-
burg. Germany is moreover prepared
to make considerable deliveries OF
benzol, coal tar and sulphate of am
monia, as well as dyestuffs and medi-
cines.
"5. Finally, Germany offers to put
her entire merchant tonnage into
pool of the worlds shipping. to place
at the disposal Of her enemies a part
of her freight space as part payment
of reparation, and to build for them
for a series Of years in German yards
an amount of tonnage exceeding their
demands.
"6. In order to replace the river
boats destroyed in Belgium and north
ern France, Germany offers river craft
from her own resources.
7. Germany thinks that she sees
an appropriate method for the prompt
fulfllment of her obligation to make
reparations conceding participation In
Industrial enterprises. especially In
coal mines to insure deliveries of coal.
IS. Germany, in accordance with
the desires Of the workers of the whole
world, wishes to see the workers in all
countries free and enjoying equal
rights. She wishes to insure to them
in the treaty Of peace the right to take
their own decisive part in the settle
ment of social policy and social pro-
lection.
Commission of Inquiry Proposed.
80. The German delegation again
makes its demand for neutral entry
into the responsibility for the war and
culpable acts in conduct An impair
tial commission should have the right
to investigate on it's own responsibility