The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-01
CHAPTER NNI
Tho Nrtuistirg Signed

ou November fourth when tho ful.
lowing tout rs adopted.
Tho Herman surface warshlps
which shah bee designed uy.thr allies
and tho United States shp|l forth.
with o. distrmcd % thereafter lu.
termed boz uCutrt3 IHIlH ur failing
them, allied ports.
Thoro remains a. ErH question
nut forward by tho FroW,h d'l,ga
ton The question or WpuIItIuuH
Al the meeting OF November second.
NJ Cicmruc.au starts tho dlsDussiou.
OF would like tu return now 20 tire
question of rcpartuous and uf dam
ages, 10 would no. bc understood
with ~ Iu France if No ala not iu.
scrt "a clause lu the nrmlattDD Goo this
effect All I ann asking for Ia the
addition OF three words. 'r]cpuruflpus
FOR damagcs without furthci CONF
mcnt.'
The following discussion ensures:
VI Uymans; would that be- a
condition 90 drmlHtIcci'
NJ. sounino, 1T h. rather % con-
dltiOn ot peace"
VI. Bonar Law. 'll Be- useless TO
insert In the conditions of armir,icc
a clause that cannot bo rapidly full
filled
=. ~ llN'NlN AHAA. 'LANN NhAII w.
lay down the principle. You must
not forget that tho trcuch people Us
one pf thopc which have suffered
most They would not understand
II we dld not make some allusipn to
tha natter
Mr.. Lloyd George. ~ you are
going - deal with the PREPARATION ut
damages on land. you must also men
ton the question OF roparatiou8 FOR
the ships sunk
NJ ~Clcmcnccaus THAT is all COY.
cred by my three words. 'roparu-
lions for damages ! beg the coun-
ell TO understand he feeling OF the
French people,
NJ Nesnlteh: And OF the Ser
hlan."
NJ Hymans And OF the Bel
CLAN"
NJ sonnlno: And OF the Italian
also"
Mir. House; AS this Is a matter
Of Importance TO all, ! propose the
adoption OF NJ. Clemcncoau's add
lion.
Mr.. Bonar Law 1T is already
mentioned IN our letter to President
Wilson. II Is useless to repeat IT,"
Mr.. Orlando, y accept II In prin-
ciple although no mention has been
made OF 1t In the conditions Of the
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The addition Of Preparations for
damages is then adopted. NJ.
klotz suggests that tho addition be
preceded by the words with the
reservation that any future claims by
the allies and the United states re-
main unaffected" This is decided
The allied governments, now agreed
on everything the armistice Is to
contain, are In o position to reply to
President Wilson's telegram IT Octo-
her twenty-third They therefore
request MIR, House to communicate
TO the president the conditions
which nave been agreed upon with
two reservations, This communica-
ton is made in the following terms:
The allied governments have given
consideration TO the correspondence
which passed between tho president
OF the United states and the Ger
man government.
Subjcct To the qualifications which
follow they declare their willing
ness to make peace with the govern
ment OF Germany on the terms Of
peace laid down In the address OF
the president TO congress on January
3, 1918, and the principles OF settle
ment euunciatcd In his subsequent
address.
They must point out. however.
that clause 2, relating to what is
usually described as the freedom Of
/ the seas Is open to various i%uterprc-
tationB some OF which they could not
accept, They must therefore reserve
10 themselves complete freedom ON
this subject when they enter the
peace conference.
Furthermore In the conditions OF
peace laid down In his address to
congress on January s, 1918. tho
president declared that the invaded
territories must be restored as well
as evacuated and freed and that the
allied governments feel that no
doubt ought 10 be allowed TO exist
as to what this provision implies.
by 1t they understand that compcu-
satlons VIII be made by Germany
Tor all damage done to the civilian
population OF the allies and their
property by the aggression OF Ger
many by land. by sea and from the
air.
Mr.. Wilson Is at the same time
asked TO notify the German govern
ment that IL can send a duly ac-
credited plenipotentiary to Marshal
POch who, assisted by a British
Admiral, would he authorized TO act
IN h name of the allied and assoc
ciated governments,
In what state OF mind is this docls-
Ion to lind Germany / have already
shown that after her note Of O,to-
Der t~wcnty-urst and the American
reply Of October twenty-third she
was bound without escape to submit
70 the conditions Of the allica, The
days which follow make this abund-
antly clear. The German great gen
eral staff continues to be eNaspcr-
ated. Herr o Payer, who had
been there on the twenty-slNth, as
serls that he was repeatedly told,
I'VE are not beaten We must not
chpitulate.' It is true that to his
question. what chances shall ~
nave Of making a better peace II
we go Ou2" He gets no definite
answer, unless Il Is that "Clemenceau
IL In disagreement with FOCh about
the conditions" and that "Foch by
urging moderate conditions shows
the high opinion he stll has of Ger
man power OF resistance" The
ministers question other generals.
GallWitz, Mudra. who declare them
selves, but furnish no grounds for
their hopes. Everything goes TO
smash. on the twenty-sixth Luden-
dorit resigns and his resignation ls
accepted. on the twenty- seventh
the Emperor OF Austria an]nounces
that ne Is going TO make a separate
peace. ON he th.rticth ho asks for