Evening star., 1919-12-08
ALLIES CONSENT
TO MODIFY PARTS
Of THE PROTOCOL
Effect of Scapa Flow |ndem-
nifty on Germany Is Left
to Arbitration.
BY the Associated rress.

.BOnar Law. the government
spokesman. declared in the house
of commons today there was little
reason to doubt that the COM
municntions proceeding between
the allied and associated powers
and Germany with reference to the
mediate ratification of the peace
treaty would have satisfactory
isSue.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. December S.-The allies have
consented to modify some of the terms
of the protocol putting the peace treaty
into effect to which Germany has made
objection.
The clause providing for the indem-
nifty for the destruction of the German
fleet a Scapa Flow has been modified
so as to refer to The Hague tribunal
the question whether the delivery of the
tonnage demanded will cripple Germany.
it is understood.
Paragraphs Eliminated.
The understanding also is that the
other features of the protocol most OBJ
jectionable to the Germans have been
eliminated. 1t is expected that the Ger
man plenipotenties will sign the proto-
col without much further delay.
providing that even after the peace has
gone into effect the allies might use
military measure of coercion to insure
the execution of the treaty's terms. has
been eliminated entirely. as also has the
clause relating to the evacuation of the
Baltic provides by German troops.
The imputation of responsibility to
Germany for the sinking of the Scapa
Flow fleet is left in the protocol.
1t was expected that note setting
forth the allied position wc'lld be
handed today to Baron Won Lersner.
head of the German mission.
Considers Unfinished Business.
The supreme council this morning
took up the unfinished business of the
peace conference in an effort to dis
pose of the more urgent questions.
Its purpose also was to decide upon
the reference of the other pending
questions to the proper quarters for
the big four" as it is expected the
supreme council. with the four prin-
cipal allied powers represented. will
continue to meet after the American
delegates leave tomorrow.
AS far as the Americans are con-
cease to exist after the signing of the
Hungarian peace treaty. 1t is as yet
not determined who will sign that
document for the United States. al
though in all probability it will be
Ambassador Wallace. Most of the
referred to the various governments
and settled through the regular dip.
lOmatic channels.
Among the matters to be thus refer
red will be the administration OF
western Thrace, although the ulti-
mate fate OF that province may be
decided by the supreme council Of
four.
Work OF Reparati0ns Com mmission.
The reparations commission will in
herit number Of questions. including
the distribution of the German mer-
chant shipping.
The revision of the treaty between
and Baltic questions probably will be
put in the class of those to be referred
direct to the governments.
The question of the continuation of
the lnterallied war council is stIl un-
decided. The Americans are under
stood to be unfavorable to it's contin-
uation and the French and the British
are said to be not yet in complete ac-
cord as to the details under which the
organization may be continued.
Negotiations With Turkey Remain.
The question of negotiations with
Turkey is another one as yet undeter-
mined. Great Britain still desires to
transfer the negotiations to London.
but France has not yet given her con-
sent
Among the questions remaining to
be disposed of is the disposition of the
German shipping that was left in the
hands of Brazil and Uruguay, the for
mer having been operated by the
French and the latter by the Ameri-
cans. 1t is understood the American
delegates favor the allotment of this
tonnage to Brazil and Uruguay, re-
spectively.