Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-11
TWO
or December s relative to safeguarding
tho vital economic interests Of Ger

Vial eccnons interest,", sS sSsss OF Gsr:
J Second. Tho experts OF tho allied
3and associated powers. believing that
RaTa or tho Information on which they
t Decks de satn for $4,000 tons
Il end dredEos may have been inaccur-
,snte on certain points and details. think
Germs $500 tons @. aa epr9r aS Ss son
4 Hamburg.
If the investigation. TO which the
proceed, shall show that there has
i ass,osiatea powers Wi, be prsnsrea 10
I'm manner to lower them to 100000
n tons In round numbers. and even below
(. shall be demonstrated by convincing
arguments. But most complete facil,-
ties should be accorded to authorized
allied and associated representatives to
enable them TO make all necessary In
.9sifies. with view 10 verifying the
. German assertions, before any reduc-
protocol can be definitely admitted by
tthc allied and associated powers.
Third The se allied 'G a"a 's associated
/ Paragraph OF the letter which contains
4 solo act Of sinking the German ships
; war for which individual punishment
/. Article 22S OF tho peace treaty.
! "on tho other hand, the allied and
ass9cisi iedo, now SoH wiSh TO rTnt Gu,
/. economic interests of Germany. they
= have presented 4 demand for 100000
them. Gnrnan exports have furnished
{ details which we will verify and which
give smaller figure. Consequently
The 100000 tons OF floating docks.
cranes, tugs and dredges claimed by
7, tho allies a tonnage OF floating docks, |
which, after rer.ttcation, we VIII rec
ognize as having been included on the
. intor-allied inventory by mistake. and
which consequently does not exist.
exceed $4,000 tons.
Must Deliver Property.
Tho allied aud associated powers
add that the $4,000 tons proposed by
the German government. of which i
list was handed over during the DELHI
must be delivered Immediately. For
the balance of the tonnage. az shall he
determined by the committee in repara-
tons, a delay will be allowed the Ger.
man government, which cannot exceed |
thirty months for delivery of the total
tsigned) "CLEsMENCBAU."
The adoption OF the alphabetical !
sequence for the atixtng of signatures |
ae ns led to the ess
after Great Britain, France, Italy, /
. Js pan anu Belgium, signing as fol- !
Bolivia. Brazil. Guatemaia. Panama,
: lTzechoslovakia) and Uruguay.
/. l,ut League Into Being january 10.
; The putting Of tho league OF nations |
into being, which will he ono of tho /
Immediate consequences of the ex |
-chango OF ratihcations of the treaty !
.of Versa lilies. will occur in Paris at |
1850 o'clock in the morning OF Friday, |
january le, the supreme council de- |
'Cided today.
Ambassador Wallace cabled this do |
!clsion OF the council to President viii !
son so that the President IN ght isSuic |
the formal notice OF tho meeting OF |
the council OF the league to be held |
on the date named.
The frst meeting o: the council will |
be called to order and presided over |
by Leon Bourgeois. the representative |
of Franco In the council. He will de- |
liver brief address. Earl Cu:zon !
the British Foreign Secretary. who |
Will represent Great Britain az the |
meeting. also will speak.