Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-10
TREATY RATIFIED
At PARIS, CEREMONY
LASTED ONE MINUTE
Protocol Providing for PeparatIon
FOR Sinking German Fleet Was
First Signed
WAR OFFICIALLY ENDED
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PARIS Jan d The treaty " Versailles.
making teare between Germany and The
fatifYing allied powers ves put nto effect
at As O'Clock .his 9ffrrnpou by thn
ezchangc ~ ratificatinns.
The entire ceremony Z hich fnok piace
N tho cock nall "a he French foreign
ministry vas completed IN l6 olook
Previously Baron Kurt Won Jersnrr
head ~ he German mission lgnrd he
protocol ia Novembcv i providing inr
lrparation FIR be- SINKING of he German
warehlpe ~ ~capa i Inv and so insure
the carrying 1ut 81 the lrruissiCe terms.
The signing of this document occurred
IN the office 81 the minister ot foreign
aHaire
Byron von i4r7ner and Herr won Sim
eon. the other German representative.
we're among the Inst nf those 81 arrive az
fhc foreign ministry ior nd cay crvc-
monies They passed lntn thc foreign
2lEce shortly after Premier hsInenre.-u,
VINO rs uelai sas gwen an ovation. - ac
stepped aui 81 0- car
Til delegates seSssmoird d fRc private
Office 5i III minister u foreign affairs.
where AZ q secret session the pvotoro! nas
slgnesi AT 4lr9 . clock
Led by Premier CIemenccAu tac deie-
gates then fled nto ine famous lock
Room, where we're held The pienary -os-
slons oi the peace conference that axed
the terms of the treaty Baron Won
Ier,ncr and Herr eou -imsun acre he
last - enter the room aud he first to
sign the MINUTES recording the aIenanE
of ratlaratlan>.
T he proceedings +, gan without ia.
ceremony Premier I.soyd t5eorge fl t1rea.
Britain olioalue be German delegates
At thc signature anic He' nas ,leetcrss4
by Premier Cigmenceau d France va5.
an returning - has seat after signing.
stopped n front ol Baron ton Iessuer and
Herr ven SIMS IA Ghe German re1rrsstl-
tativ,s arose aud bowed - " ierlert-
ccau rho sand 3 Ie0 Rord- wa.gn were
la4udlDie . The spc atoro. Tine premier
then passed pa - Ms place aitant.t sta--
lng hand,
TIN, ueIlca, VAS Naienrl HltU be-
most intense Interest IL 3 dead -ea,t
i 1faS aotjee6 thar Baron vpa i-r~uae
u de i movement :, 10 ralt us his
hand hu. seemed % .bveh himse,. Is Ac
saw tha VI CieueuteAQ seps has grtE-
gloyed ..sat~ tr hl. slide
Premier Niju. 3f Italy Baron AA.,,..
: he japanese representative aac psut
Rynaa- the Belgian foreign minister
followed preauur C'lamenceau % sac arG,-
uamei Then Us acieg4e.o at In, a,brr
r9ttvi9E nations -lgnt-3 80 alphabetical
sequence The entire ceremony Was over
81 & i6 clo,s when VI Clemtnceal ru>e
And said
The prolpeo, hskiug nsea .g,,ea $
well ~ h, uiugteS r.rpring the cS
change d. ratlhcatloi4s. [ have The honor rs
declare that the treaty 81 Versailles Is ID
.un etfegt and that It's terms VIII bc
executed ntegraHS
The ceremony W4s characterized b.
formal polteGcsS -n the eNcf,sicu az all
cardiailCy. excepting between allied 3e.,-
gates VI Clenoareau an5 Mir Llo,d
George, sitting at tha head .f he anlc.
ehatted smilngiy ~sth Captain fndrt
Iardleu, Loa4 klatz tEd Georges ey-
gues uf the French delegation througdet
he proceedings.
Baron von ler5ncf WIS pale and gr.,y
aud exchanged remarks u \ serIous tone
with Herr vQn Slm.un
At the eed II " CI,ulea-ea. rs9arN.
Aa The sielee,t,> ru-, a.i the Germans
after slight hesitation. led .ha w8v nuf
without e.tnet .lhtIn2 or exchanging
worts Nlth s4py u Il, other delegates
Ihe 4u-eucr ul american representa-
tlyes was particularly remarked Up to
the last hour hugh ~ 9iace the tmerl-
can Ambassador Was III duuat Is to
whether he would receive instructions to
attend The rremoay FINALLY, hearing
nothing from Washington. he returned to
the secretary NJ the pesce conference the
invitations th4r had been sent hlU
After the ceremony i MAJ learned ghst
Premier t'lrmeuccaGs remark to thc
German representatives Ws0 IA the effect
that he would this evening give orders
for the reparauon 81 the German war
prisoners
In the secret session, immediately after
the signing III the protocol, Nj Cicmen-
ceau shook hands with Baron Won lcrsnar
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