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Hun Power Is Broken Under Terms of Treaty;
Teutons Deny Full Guilt; Invoke the 14 Points;
Wilson Pledged to Alliance for Guarding France
Congress to
Meet a Week
From Monday
May 19 Is Date Fixed by
Wilson Under Plea for
Haste Made by Secre?
tary of the Treasury
Lodge Issues a
Call to Senators
Tells His Republican Col?
leagues All Must Attend
Conference on Mav 14
New York lribuna
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON", May 7.?President
Wilson to-day issued a call by cable
for an extra session of Congress to
convene on Monday, May 19. The call
was universally welcomed in official
circle?.
Immediately upon the announcement
"f its receipt by the White House po?
litical machinery was set in motion to
assemble the Senators and Representa
ives here for the necessary organiza
preliminaries.
Text of the Proclamation
The text of the President's proclama?
tion follows:
"Whereas, Public interests require
that the Confess of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at 12 o'clock noon, on the
13th day of May, 1919, to receive
such communication as may be made
bj the Executive,
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil?
ton, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa?
sion requires the Congress of the
United States to convene in extra
session at the Capitol in the Dis?
trict of Columbia on the 19th day of
May, 1919, at 12 o'clock noon, of
which all persona who shall at that
time he entitled to act as members
thereof are hereby required to take
notice.
"Given under my hand and the seal
of the United States of America, the
7th day of May, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen, and of the Independence of
the United States the one hundred
and forty-third.
"WOODROW WILSON,
"By the President:
"Robert Lansing, Secretary of
State."
Glass Urffed Early Date
The date for the extra session wax
tnuch earlier than Democratic leaders
had expected. Secretary' Tumulty said
It would be impossible, of course, for
the President to be in Washington on
the opening day.
I*, -s reported that Secretary of the
Treasury Gia?s was largely respons?
ible for the naming of an early date.
He is said to have advised Mr. Wilson
of the necessity of speedy passage of
the appropriation measures which
failed in the closing days of the last
*e?sion.
The Republican leaders of both
houses were the first to notify their
party colleagues officially of the extra
MWion and to designate dates for
party ?sonferer.ces. The Senate Repub?
licans w<rr<! called here for a confer
taet on May 14 by Senator Lodge, and
-;.ri House conference was
announced by Majority Leader Mon
r* <r-r Saturday evening, May 17.
Isaue* Call to Republicana
i ;: the call to the twenty
Republieaa Senator? who are out
?? the city Senator Lodge ?aid:
"The President haa issued a proc
mution calling Congress on May 19.
Th*re w;l! be a conference of Re
ean Senator? on May 14 at 1]
' t a. rn. It is absolutely essen
Ith '/?Jf narrow majority
* ???'T Republican Senator should be
tHumt at the session of the Senate
f'ti May Ya. \% \t al?o of the utmost
Importance that you should be pres?
et at the Republican conference,
?M *? trust that you will not fail
U be here on that day "
Republican leader* declared to-day
*k*t the party conference on May 14
*'"Jld he devoted txetaaivaly to organl
**'>'in ?uainei?, and that there would
*? ?o d?*emi?ion of the league of na
i Cvn.ivn.Vjed on pay* nix
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Germany Under the Treaty
Restores Alsace-Lorraine to France.
Accepts the internationalization of the Saar basin temporarily and of Danzig perma?
nently.
Agrees to territorial changes toward Belgium and Denmark and in Last Prussia.
Cedes most of Upper Silesia to Poland and renounces all territorial and political rights
outside Europe as to her own or her allies' territories, and especially to Morocco, Egypt,
Siam, Liberia and Shantung.
Recognizes the total independence of German Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.
Reduces her army to 100,000 men, including officers.
Abolishes conscription within her territories.
Agrees to raze all forts fifty kilometres east of the Rhine.
Must stop all importation, exportation and nearly all production of war material.
Agrees to Allied occupation of parts of Germany till reparation is made, with the un?
derstanding that the army of occupation will be reduced at the end of each of the three,
five-year periods if Germany is fulfilling her obligations.
Agrees that any violation by her of the conditions as to the zone fifty kilometres cast
of the Rhine shall be regarded as an act of war.
Reduces her navy to six battleships, six light cruisers and twelve torpedo boat3. with?
out submarines, and a personnel of not over 15,000.
Must surrender or destroy all other vessels.
Is forbidden to build forts controlling the Baltic.
Must demolish Helgoland.
Must open the Kiel Canal to all nations and surrender her fourteen submarine cables.
May have no military or naval air forces except 100 unarmed seaplanes until October
1 to detect mines, and may manufacture aviation material for six months.
Accepts full responsibility for all damages caused to the Allied and associated govern?
ments and nationals. '
Agrees specifically to reimburse all civilian damages, beginning with an initial pay?
ment of 20,000,000,000 marks, subsequent payments to be secured by bonds to be issued
at the discretion of the reparation commission.
Is to pay shipping damage on a ton-for-ton basis by the cession of a large part of her
merchant, coasting and river fleets and by n;w construction, and is to devote her economic
resources to the rebuilding of the devastated regions.
Agrees to return to the 1914 most-favored nation tariffs without discrimination of
any sort.
Will allow Allied and associated nationals freedom of transit through her terri?
tories and to accept highly detailed provisions as to pre-war debts, unfair competition,
internationalization of roads and rivers and other economic and financial clauses.
Agrees to the trial of the ex-Kaiser by an international high court for a supreme
offence against international morality, and of other nationals for violation of the laws and
customs of war, Holland to be asked to extradite the former and Germany being responsible
for delivering the latter.
The league of nations is accepted by the Allied and associated powers as operative
and by Germany in principle but without membership.
FormerGerman
Colonies Split
Among Allies
Japan Wins Control of
Pacific Islands Sought
by Australia; France and
Britain in Africa
PARIS, May 7 (By The Associated
| Press). ? The council of three has
agreed upon the disposition of the
.' former German colonies. The man
I date for the German Samoan Islands
i goes to New Zealand, and for the other
i former German possessions south of
i the equator to Australia. Japan is to
! be mandatary of the islands north of
I the equator.
The official communication on this
'. subject says:
"The council of three, M. Clemen
I ceau, President Wilson and Mr.
Lloyd George, yesterday decided as
I to the disposition of the former
! German colonies as follows:
"Togoland and Kamerun ? France
and Great Britain shall make a joint
recommendation to the league of
nations as to their future.
"German East Africa- The man?
date shall be held by Great Britain.
"German Southwest Africa--The
mandate shall be held by tho Union
? of South Africa.
"The German Samoan Islands?The
'? mandate ?hall be held by the New Zea
; land.
"The other Gorman Pacific posses?
sions south of the equator, excluding
the German Samoan Islands and
Nauru The mandate shall be held by
Australia.
"Nauru < Pleasant Island )? 'Ihn
mandate shall he given to the British
Empire.
"The German Pacific ?aland? north
of the equator- Th? mandate ?hall
be held by Japan."
Under thin agreement Japan wins ).h?j
mandatary for tho Marshall, Caroline
aria Ladronc groupa of Inlands, despite
the strong contest instituted by Aus?
tralia.
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China Tells Envoys
Not to Sign Treaty
Tokio Warns Peking Mot?
to Permit "National
Disgrace" Meeting
PEKING, May 7 (By The Associated
Press).?The Chinese Cabinet at a
meeting yesterday decided to instruct
the Chinese delegates in Paris not to
sign a peace treaty assigning the Ger
; man rights in Shantung to the Jap
! anese.
Much excitement prevails in Peking
? and throughout China over an attack
I on Sunday evening by <?. crowd of
? students on the residence of a mem?
ber of the Cabinet accused of Japanese
sympathies. The Minister of Educa?
tion has resigned as a protest against
the decision of the Cabinet to punish
the schoolboys arrested in connection
with the attack. Educational leaders
are insisting that the schoolboys be
released.
Demonstration in Tokio
TOKIO, May 7 (By The Associated
ress;.?Chinese students in Tokio, as
a protest against the cession of the
German rights in Shantung to Japan,
held a demonstration to-day in front
of the Chinese Legation.
Stones were thrown through several
windows and some students were hurt
in encounters with the police.
The Chinese afterward marched to
the various embassies and legations,
including the American Embassy, and
presented a manifesto declaring that
the decision of the peace conference
was "a deadly stroke to China."
Tokio Sends Warning to China
Japan has notified China that the
anti-Japanese agitation in Peking at
present is Hable to cause misunder?
standings. The Japanese government
also has advised the Chinese govern?
ment that it would be well to prohibit
the "National Disgrace" meeting
planned to-day In Peking.
PARIS. May 7 ^By The Associated
Press). Serious trouble ha? broken
out in China as a result of the decision
of the council of three with regard to
Shantung and Kiao-chau, according to
news received in authoritative circles
here. In riot? in Peking the house of
Tsao Yu-lin, Minister of Communica?
tions, who is friendly to Japan, was
burned.
Italy Will Get
Fiume After
4-Year Rule
Orlando Accepts Proposal
for Mandatary Until 1923
and Construction of Port
for Jugo-Slavs
PARIS, May 7 (By The Associated
Press).?As a basis of resuming par?
ticipation in the peace negotiations
Premier Orlando, who returned to Paris
with Foreign Minister Sonnino this
morning, accepted a proposal that Italy
administer Fiume as a mandatary of
the league of nations until 1923, after
which Fiume will revert to Italian sov?
ereignty.
During the four years of Italian ad?
ministration a harbor for the Jugo?
slavs will be built at a port a few mile?
lower down the Adriatic coast. The
harbor will have railroad communica?
tion with Agram and other cities.
Italy, it is understood, also is pre?
pared to make sacrifices of some of her
other claims on the Dalmatian coast.
The proposal which induced the Ital?
ians to return to Paris was made to
them by Camille Barrer?, the French
Ambassador at Rome.
The Italian Premier arrived at the
Paris "White House" just as the coun?
cil of four reassembled, and resumed
his seat in the council.
Wilson Will Stay
Till Pact Is Signed
Not Expected to Hasten Return
and May Send His Message
to Congress
PARIS, May 7 (By The Associated
Press).- Thore Is no indication that
President Wilson contemplates hasten?
ing hla return because of the convoca?
tion of Confess on May 19, and he
will undoubtedly remain hero through
the period of flftcn days allowed the
Germans for consideration of the peace
terms, probably until the treaty is
signed.
In case the negotiations are pro-?
longod by suggestions advanced by the
Germans, it is possible he. may forego
the satisfaction of signing the treaty
Rnd return home. Il is expected that
?he will send a message to he read in
his absence.
U. S. and Britain ?oj
Be Asked to Go to
Aid of France if
Prussia Attacks
Agreement Not
To Be Secret
Engagement Would
Be Subject to Ap?
proval by League
Official announcement that the
United States and Great Britain
have agreed, subject to the approval
of the Senate and Parliament, to go
to the aid of France if she is at?
tacked by Germany, was made yes?
terday through the Committee on
Public information, as follows:
"In addition to the securities
afforded in the treaty of peace,
the President of the United States
has pledged himself to propose to
the Senate of the United States,
and the Prime Minister of Great
Britain has pledged himself to
propose to the Parliament of
Great Britain an engagement,
subject to the approval of the
council of the league of nations,
to come immediately to the as?
sistance of France in case of un?
provoked attack by Germany.
PARIS, May 7 (By The Associated
Press?.?Reports of an alliance be?
tween the United States, France and
, Great Britain, supplementing the peace
treaty, have developed the fact that,
while no offensive or defensive alli?
ance is contemplated, the chiefs of
the three governments are discussing
Fuch a pact, or an agreement to meet
the French demand for military se?
curity against renewed German ag?
gression.
Such a plan would, if formulated, be
submitted to the United States Con?
gress for such action as Congress
might see fit to take. It is said that
this is in no sense a treaty, such be?
ing, of course, beyond the President's
constitutional powers, but in the nat?
ure of a statement of facts relating to
the French claims. eNithcr does it
contemplate unlimited guarantees of
security, but, rather, security with
reasonable limits of time and of gen?
eral character.
If finally concluded, this supplemen?
tal agreement will be separate from
the treaty itself and will be made pub?
lic.
The discussion on this subject con?
tinued to-day at the session of the
Council of Three, and is understood tc
have centred largely on phraseology
and form.
-*
Germans to Meet Ally
Terms With Ultimatums
I _
BERLIN. May 6 (By The Associate?:
Press).- The correspondent at Ver
sailles of the new Berlin "German Zei
tung" in a dispatch says the Germar
delegation to the peace congress wil
depart from the old diplomatic cus
toms They will not jjttempt, he as
! serts, to refuse or to argue out con
ditions they deem unacceptable, bu
I intend in each separate case, where, i
I is necessary, to present a carefully for
i mulated counter proposition contain
ling the maximum the Germans an
1 willing to concede.
The Germans already have reachei
conclusions concerning certain of th
? peace terms which have been printe?
in the newspapers, the corresponden
adds, and suggestions have been draw:
up by experts, and the delegates ar
I ready to present them to the Entente
"It will be Germany's effort," th
' correspondent continues, "to show -th
1 utmost consideration for the enemy'
standpoint by seeking a method b
; which those demands can be made pos
siblo which arc acceptable or bearabl
I for Germany.
"Germany gives assurance that wit
good will on the part of her opponent
their suggestions, especially on ccc
nomic questions, will bo acceptabl?
This, however, will be particularly ?lit
ficult. in connection with the doman
I that Germans guilty of having been ir
stigators of the war shall be deliv
ered up."
Summary of the Treaty
Index
Section
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Sectu
Covenant of the league of VII.
nations. VIII.
Western frontiers of Ger- IX.
many. X.
Other frontiers of Germany. XI.
German rights and privi- XII.
leges outside Europe.
Military, naval and air pro- XIII.
visions.
Repatriation of prisoners of XIV.
war. XV.
Responsibility for the war.
Reparation and restoration.
Financial requirements.
Economic clauses.
Aerial navigation.
International traffic regula?
tion.
International labor organi?
zation.
Guarantees required.
Miscellaneous provisions.
The treaty of peace between the !
twenty-seven Allied and associated I
powers on the one hand and Ger?
many on the other is the longest
treaty ever drawn. It totals about !
eighty thousand words, divided into !
fifteen main sections, and repre?
sents the combined product of over a
thousand experts working continu?
ally through a series of commissions
for the three and a half months
since January 18.
The treaty is printed in parallel
pages of English and French, which
are recognized as having equal valid?
ity. It does not deal with questions
affecting Austria, Bulgaria and Tur?
key, except in so far as binding Ger?
many to accept any agreement
! reached with those former allies.
An international labor body is
! brought into being, with a perma
! nent office and an annual convention.
A great number of international
; bodies of different kinds and for dif
| ferent purposes are created, some
1 under the league of nations, some to
; execute the peace treaty.
Certain problems are left for solu
| tion between and among the Allied
[ and associated powers, notably de
' tails of the disposition of the Ger
i man Meet and cables, the former Ger
| man colonies and the values paid in
reparation.
Certain other problems, such as
the laws of the air and the opium,
arms and liquor traffic, are cither
agreed to in detail or set for early
international action.
The official summary of the treaty
follows:
Preamble
The preamble names as parties of
the first part these nations, described
as the principal Allied and associated
powers:
The United States,
The British Empire,
France,
Italy,
Japan;
And includes these twenty-two
nations, which, with the five named
above, are described as the Allied
and associated powers:
Belgium, Liberia,
Bolivia, Nicaragua,
Brazil, Panama,
China, Peru,
Cuba, Poland,
Ecuador, Portugal,
Greece, Rumania,
Guatemala, Serbia,
Hayti, Siam,
! The Hedjaz, Czecho-Slovakia
Honduras, Uruguay.
Germany is described as ihe part}
! of the second part.
The preamble states that, bearing
in mind that on the request of th<
I then Imperial German Government
j an armistice was granted on Novem
I ber 11, 1918, by the principal Allie<
: and associated powers in order tha
a treaty of peace might be conclude*
with her; and
Whereas, The Allied and associ
ated powers, being equally desirou
that the war in which they were sue
cessively involved, directly or in
; directly, and which originated in th?
I declaration of war by Austria-Hun
gary July 28. 1914, against Serbia
the declaration of war by German;
l against RuBsia on August 1, 1914
: and against France on August fl
?1914, and in the invasion of Bel
' gium, shouH \y. ?r?pl*ced by a firm
just and durable peace, the pleni?
potentiaries (having communicated
their full powers found in good and
due form), have agreed as follows:
From the coming into force of the
present treaty the state of war will
terminate.
From the moment, and subject to
the provisions of this treaty, official
relations with Germany and with
each of tlie German states will be re?
sumed by the Allied and Associated
Power 8.
Section I
The covenant of the league of na?
tions constitutes Section I of the
peace treaty, which places upon the
league many specific in addition to
its general duties. It may question
Germany at any time for a violation
of the neutralized zone east of the
Rhine as a threat against the world's
peace. It will appoint three of the
five members of the Saar commis?
sion, oversee its r?gime and carry
out the plebiscite. It will appoint
the high commissioner of Danzig,
guarantee the independence of the
free city and arrange for treaties
between Danzig and Germany and
Poland. It will work out the man?
datory system to be applied to the
former German colonies, and act as
a final court in part of the plebis?
cites of the Belgian-German frontier
and in disputes as to the Kiel Canal,
and decide certain of the economic
and financial problems.
An international conference on
labor is to be held iti October under
its direction, and another on the in?
ternational control of ports, water?
ways and railways is foreshadowed.
Membership
The members of the league will
be the signatories of the covenant
and other states invited to accede,
who must lodge a declaration of ac?
cession without reservation within
two months. A new state, dominion
or colony may be admitted, provided
its admission is agreed by two
thirds of the assembly. A state may
withdraw upon giving two years'
notice, if it has fulfilled all its in?
ternational obligations.
Secretariat
A permanent secretariat will tx
established at the seat of the league,
which will be at Geneva.
The assembly will consist of repre
sentatives of the members of th?
league, and will meet at stated in
tc-rvals. Voting will be by states
i Each member will have one vote ant
not more than three representatives
Council
The council will consist of repre
? sentatives of the five great Allie?
; powers, together with representa
| tives of four members selected b;
! the assembly from time to time; i
j may admit additional states and wil
\ meet at least once a year. Member
1 not represented will be invited t
send a representative when ques
i tions affecting their interest? are dis
! cussed. Voting will be by states. Eac
I state will have one vote and no
I more than one representative. D<
! cisi?n taken by the assembly an
council must be unanimous except i
regard to procedure, and in certai
cases specified in the covenant and I
Continued on page ten
"Time Has Come to
Settle Account**
Says Clemenceau;
"Peace Must Lasf
Raiitzau Admits
Total Defeat
Says Germany Is
Willing to Repair
the Damage Done
VERSAILLES, May 7 'By Tha
Associated Press).?Germany to-day ?
was told the terms upon which the
Allied and associated power? will
make peace with her.
The treaty, a document of 80.000
words, was handed to the German
envoys at a ceremony which began
in the Trianon Palace Hotel hall at
3:10 p. m. Delegates of twenty?
, seven nations which ara parties to
i the pact composed the memorable
assemblage.
i The session was concluded at 3:51
| p. m. and the German delegates re?
tired to consider the terms.
Must Settie Account.
Says Clemenceau
In opening the session of the
peace congress Premier Clemen?
ceau, the presiding officer, speaking
to the German plenipotentiaries,
said :
"Gentlemen, Plenipotentiaries of
the German Empire: It is neitheu
the time nor the place for superflu*
ous words. You have before you tha
accredited plenipotentiaries of all
the small and great powers united
to fight together in the war that has
been so cruelly imposed upon them.
The time has come when we must
settle our account.
"You have asked for peace. We
are ready to give you peace. Wa
shall present to you now a book;
which contains our conditions. You
will be given every facility to ex*
amine these conditions, and the tima
necessary for it. Everything will
be done with the courtesy that 13
the privilege of civilized nation?.
"To give you my thought com?
pletely, you will find us ready to
give you any explanation you want,
but we must say at the same time
that this second treaty of Ver?
sailles has cost us too much not
to take on our side all the necessary
precautions and guarantees that
the peace shall be a lasting one.
Oral Disuasi?n
Is Prohibited
"I will give you notice of th?
i procedure that has been adopted by
? the conference for discussion, and
' if any one has any observations to
; offer he will have the right to doi
1 so. No oral discussion is to take
! place, and the observations of the
| German delegation will have to be
submitted in writing.
"The German plenipotentiaries
; will know that they have the maxi?
mum period of fifteen days within
J which to present in English and
I French their written observations on
\ the whole of the treaty. Before the
i expiration of the aforesaid period o?
! fifteen days, the German dele*
| ?gates will be entitled to send theif
: reply on particular headings of th?
I treaty, or to ask questions in regard
to them.
"After having examined the ob*
tervations presented within tha"
aforementioned period, the Supreme
| Council will send their answer in
J writing to the German delegation
rand determine the period within
which the final global (worldwide)
I answer must be given by this dele*
j gation.
"The President wishes to add thaf