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ONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAE
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1919
10 PAGES
VOL. XXX., NO. -7
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LAST FptlL
Ten Thousand Troops Weep
at Argonne Cemetery
Salutes Sanctify 9.C00 ;
American Graves Mar-1
shal Foch and General:
Degoutte Speak Briefly i'
ROMA ONE. France. Friday, Mav 30. !
(By the Associated Press) "Fare-i
vi" il, Ciar comrades. Hce unil-r tike j
( li ar skies on the preen hillsiile and j
mini the flowering fields of France. ;
in the ouiet hush ot peace, we leave i
jon forever, in God's keeping." j
With these words. General Pershing,
commander of the A. E. F.. closed his
Memorial Day address at Romagne in '
the Argonne cemetery where morel
than fl.000 Americans are buried. Gen- !
era! Destitute, representing the French 1
government. Marshal Foch. the allied i
ommander-in-ehief, spoke briefly, i
mentioning the battles in which the i
Americans had participated an dwell-
ing upon the everlasting memory in j
which those who had died would be '
held by all France. !
The speakers' stand was on a hill- j
Hide overlooking tho sloping acres of j
the white crosses. In the center of the
plot, a huge American flag was flving :
Jind at the comers, other staffs held
the national colors at half mast. With !
the conclusion of General Pershing's I
speech, four 73's fired the national i
salute. The guns were the ones which j
had been turned on the enemv on the :
Marne last July. After this," a com- j
pany of infantrymen fired three vol-
leys over the graves. A bugle corps i
sounded "taps" and all the flags were I
raised to mast top as the exercises !
cn..lea. i
Ten thousand troops, representing i
ali the divisions that participated in I
the Argonne engagements, were pres- :
ent. j
Day Is Significant
"Memorial Day, this year has for us
a peculiar significance," said General
Pershing. "Our nation has taken an
important part in the greatest war in
history. With tremendous expendi
ture of life and treasure, an end has
come to the terrible conflict which has I
wrung the world for four years. It j
was a war against forces of conquest j
that had violated every law of human- i
ity. It was waged against militarism
and depotism and their arbitrary ex
tension to other lands.
"Thousands of brave men had fallen
in defense of their firesides, till allied
hope seemed all but lost. In right
eousness, more people rose and our
armies in ever-increasing numbers
vigorously threw their strength to the
allies on the side of civilization. Reared
in a land of freedom, these valiant
men, but partly skilled in arms, came
willing to give their lives to the cause
without desire for gain. By their en
ergy, their devotion, the tide of war
turned; invaded homes were set free
and human liberty was saved from
destruction.
"The principles which our forefath
ers fought to establish, the heroic dead
which lie here, fought to maintain, and
their ideals have brought our gift to the
world. There is given us a more lofty
conception of the grandeur of human
liberty and with it a distinct vision
jf a better world.
Soldiers Know Price
"The times demand of us clearness
in thought and firmness in action.
The solidity of our national institu
tions must be the bulwark against in
sidious and . destructive tendencies.
The glory of our independence must
remain the leaven and our flag the
emblem of all that free men love and
cherish. Strengthened by tha practi
cal test of war and with an abiding
faith in the Almighty, let us be stead
last in upholding the integrity of our
traditions, as a guide to turther gene
rations at home and a beacon tu all
v, ho are oppicssed.
"H is especially given the soldier to
know cieany the juice of liberty.
Those to wnom America pays trioute
here today, came with us in the tun
vigor ol their youth. They icit their
homes encouraged by beioved ones
v no remained ucmml. As they went
to batiie, iney weio united wan a noiy
inspiration, realizing tncir nngnty task
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NEWS EPITOME
FOREIGN
German answer states allied terms
impossible to fulfill; makes coun
ter proposals; show disposition to
bt anxious to do uttermost for
permanent peace.
Pershing bids fallen comrades last
farewell in Argonne cemetery.
Sympathy strikes must always fail,
says Minister Robertson.
Hawker greets Read at London with
unaffected commendations.
DOMESTIC
Suffrage and the return of the wires
to occupy congress, together with
peace discussions, this week.
- Telegraph operators due to strike at
noon today, unless demands
granted.
June comes in like a bear, bringing
snow, rain and cold weather.-
LOCAL
Boy instantly killed when wheels of
heavy wagon run over him.
Baccalaureate sermon last night is
opening of commencement of
Phoenix high school.
Total of $18,000 has been raised by
local Elks for Salvation Army; to
continue campaign until entire
$25,000 is secured.
Captain Appleby arrives by airplane
today to open recruiting for air
service and will be followed Wed
nesay by two more planes.
W. O. Jackson leaves tomorrow for
France to bring back bodies of two
nephews killed in service.
ONE MORE STEP TO THE PROMISED LAND
Hawker Greets
Commander Of
i NC -4 In London
LONDON, June 1. The crews of the
three American naal seaplanes came
ito London this afternoon and were
given a typical reception as their train
stopped at Paddington station. Ameri
can sailors and soldiers rushed for the
car that contained Lieutenant Com
mander A. C. Read, who brought the
NC-4 safely across the Atlantic,
seized him and bore him on their
shoulders up and down the platform
and then to an automobile for a parade.
One of the first to reach the NC-4
commander, after he came from the
train, was Harry G. Hawker, who had
attempted to shout his congratulations
as Lieutenant Commander Read was
being jostled about on the shpulders
and heads of a .score of men. The
Idaring British aviator, who had wired
ihis congratulations to the crew of the
;NC-4 at Plymouth, had arrived at the
station half an hour ahead of the
train. The huge Towd outside the
station cheered him and Mrs. Hawker
as they drove up in their car- When
they were inside the station, three
cheers were suggested and led by an
American officer and given him by
the American fighting men. Then they
gave three cheers tor Mrs. Hawker.
The Royal Air Force joined with the
American navy men in arranging the
welcome and took part in the proces
sion to the Aero club house.. The
Americans were welcomed there and
then went to the Hendon flying field
to witness "stunt" flying.
Tonight they dined as guests of the
Royal Air Force.
The present plans of the'American
crew are incompelte. The commanders
of the seaplanes expect to receive or
ders to proceed to Paris, possibly to
morrow. It is understood the NC-4
will be dismantled at Plymouth and
shipped back to the United States.
None of the NC crews are anxious to
participate in any flying here.
PADEREWSKIURGES
COMiSSlTOSEE
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I TAR1S, June 1. Isnace Jan Pade-
rewski. premier of Poland, made it
known today that he had decided to
Jask President Wilson to name a eom
imission of Americans to go to Poland
l and investigate the charges regarding
the treatment of the Jewish popula
tion there.
The premier's intention was revealed
in the making public of a letter which
he has written to Herbert Hoover.
"I have been considering our dis
cussion on the position of the Jews in
Poland, and particularly the action
of the recent meeting in New York, in
protest against the treatment of .the
Jews." the premier's letter reads. "The
misstatements through which that
meeting was influenced have affected
me profoundly and as I and my col
leagues in the Polish government have
nothing to conceal, I have decided to
request the president to appoint an
American commission to visit Poland
and investigate. If it find any ca.se
of transgression of the law, where
justice has' not been done, the Polish
government w ill undertake to admin -
TREATMELVr OF JEW
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SAYS SYMPATHY
STRIKESCANNDT
MfpBl
Labor Minister Declares j
Men "Sit in Ashes of Own !
Folly" Hints at Dominion-Wide
Movement In- i
stigated at Calgary ;
Gives "One Big Union"!
Idea as Cause j
(.Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WINNIPEG, June 1. Gideon Rob
ertson, dominion minister of labor, in
a statement made to the press before
leaving for Ottawa today to confer
with federal authorities, said the pro -innters
if the general strike in in
Winnipeg "now sit in the ashes of
their lolly," that "sympathetic strikes
must always fail," and that the Win
nipeg strike is "the first rehearsal of
the play written at Calgary," where
the "one big union" movement was
launched htsl March.
Mr. Robertson's statement was as
fallows:
"The promoters wt the geeural strike
in Winnipeg now sit in the ashes of
their folly. Something like, 30,000 men
and women were called out for the
purpose of enforcing the recognition
uf the right of collective bargaining.
1m responding to the call, the majority
violated and repudiated their obliga
tions lo their own trades unions and
their contract with their employers.
"In a general sympathetic strike, tr
force is directed against the whole
community. Because of the incon-
venience. loss and suiier.ng imposed
upon
innocent people, sympathetic
strikes must always fail
'Socialism has chosen the one big
union'idea as a popular primrose path
along which to lead the trade unionist.
urging him to discard his honorable
UOl IK.t lions Ullil Jltiu lur uik rsu'.
! "In March last, at Calgary, the play
was written. The Winnipeg strike is
its first rehearsal, with the main per
formance promised at a. later date. The
Winnipeg rehearsal has cost "approxi-
i mately two million dollais in wages
lost in Western Canada, and has
proved the play to have been badly
written and unpopular with the public
and most of the performers.
"Employers must not mistake the
outcome of the general sympathetic
sirike as a defeat of organized labor.''
Toronto Car Men Loyal
TORONTO, June 1. Employes of j
the Toronto Street Railway company
decided today not to join the walkout
to aid strikiing metal workers here
The vote was 7." opposed to 250 for.
The Metal Trades council was re
fused pemiissiin to address the car
men. The strike committee asserts
17.0"0 persons have walked out. but
local newspapers estimate the number
from 9,000 to ld.Ooti. It was stated SCO
members of the Marine Federation,
embracing all saipyard workers, would
quit, tomorrow.
Union carpenters, about 1.500 of
whose number already are on a strike,
have toted to support the general
walkout.
The Plumbers' union voted to con
tinue work.
Mrs. Astor, First,
BecomesWifeOf
A British. Lord
LONDON, June 2. (By the As
sociated Press) In the column of
paid marriage notices in the Times
this morning, is one saying that
Mrs. John Astort was married to
Lord Ribblesdale, Saturday, at St.
Mary's church, Bryanston Square, -London.
The Daily Express identifies Mrs. .
Astor as the first wife of the late
John Jacob Astor of New York.
The only Mrs. John Astor known
in New York is Mrs. Ava Willing
Astor, who divorced the late John
Jacob Astor some years ago. She
is the mother of Vincent Astor,
who recently returned from France,
and Muriel Astor. Mrs.. Astor
long has been known as simply
Mrs. John Astor, having dropped
the "Jacob" from her name after
Colonel v Astor's second marriage.
Thomas Lister Ribblesdale, fourth
baron of that name, vas born in
1854, and succeeded to his title in
1876. He was married in 1877 to
Charlotte Monckton, daughter of
Sir Charles Tennant, who died in
1911. Three daughters were born
of the issue. Baron Ribblesdale
owns a large estate arid is a keen
sport.
WIRE OPERATORS ON
VERGE OF WALKOUT'
AT 12 101 TODAY
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 1. Investiga-i
tion of inferences between the South- I
Ul, ....n.,,., n,r ..nrl ita
i m. M !lt ..,., (iMreu,. which!
i ,.,",. . i
has led toi- threat of a strike of tele- I
graph and telephone workers, was or- I
dered tonight by Postmaster Generui
Burleson, who said that information
reaching him on the subject was c;n-
i fitting.
Union leaders continued, however, to
go forward with preparations for a
strike some time after noon tomorrow.
S. J. Konenkamp, president of the
Commercial Telegraphers' union, failed
to reach Washington in time to inter
view postoffice officials on the strike,
but telegraphed to a mass meeting
held by the ' telegraphers and other
electrical workers that, "we are being
forced into a nation-wide strike be
cause of t he suffering of commercial
operators for the last 36 years. " The
message asserted that wages paid in
all departments of telegraph and tele
phone companies had failed to koeii
pace with increased output secured by
newer mechanical and electrical de
vices, but did not refer to the Atlanta
situation. Resolutions were passed
calling for a walkout at noon romor
row of all telegraph and telephena
operators of the Bell system, American
Tele'phon and Telegraph company,
Western Union and Postal systems in
Washington, 'unless Atlanta operators,
alleged to have been dismissed, are re
turned to places before that time.
C. T. U. is Steadfast
ATLANTA, (ieorgia. June '. Of
ficials here of the Commercial Teleg
raphers' Union of America reiterated
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"More Than the German People Caii Bear!" Stand Aghast
At Terms Offered By Allies Set Up Counter Proposal
Of Nine Articles Grant Disarmament Question Ter
ritorial Adjustments Willing To Meet Huge Indemnities
Sacrifice Everything For Economic Readjustment
Throw In Merchant Marine Want Neutral Inquiry Into
Responsibility Demand Immediate Membership In
League Of Nations.
EUROPE
At a Glance
By the Associated Press
The long waited presentation to the
Austrians of the terms under which
they may have peace with the allied
and associate powers, will take place
Monday at St. Germain-En-La e, -a
short distance outside Paris. The Aus
trians will learn only what they will
have to do from the military and po
litical standpoints and how their fu-
ture btVndaries are to run. The cost j
to them financially ill indemnities and
reparations will be presented at a lat-
i er date.
! Meanwhile, commissions of the allies
! are going through the German coun-
ter proposals to the German treaty,
j and it is expected they will be deliv
j ered during the present week. Sun-
day saw the council of four in active
I awaiting the report of the sessions.
J Count Broekorff-Rantzau continues to
'assert the allied terms cannot be ac
cepted as originally framed.
! German troops in Lettland and Li
i tuhania axe reported to have been,
I ordered to withdraw to new lines in
i the Atlantic provinces, marked out by
j the allied high command. British and
: bolsheviki warships again have come
; into battle in the Gulf of Finland, the
i boishevists being forced to flee to
Kronstadt.
I Premier Paderewski of Poland lias
requested President Wilson to form a
j commission of Americans to proceed
I to Poland to investigate the reports of
! pogroms and other excesses against
i the Jews in that country,
i The threatened London police strike
has been postpone until after peace is
signed.
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WASHINGTON, June 1. The
woman suffrage amendment, the peace
treaty and legislation for the return
of telephone and telegraphic lines to
private operation are subjects expected
to hold the center of interest during
the coining week in congress. Mean
time work will contnhie on the rout
ine appropriation bills and on many
collateral subjects that are in the hands
of the committees. The resolution for
submission of a suffrage amendment
to the states, already adopted by the
house, comes up Tuesday in the sen
ate. Its supporters, claiming to hold
pledges for more than the necessary
two-thirds vote, will seek a roll call
as soon as possible.
Debate on the peace treaty, with its
league of nations covenant, is to con-
! tinue.
! Senator Johnson, republican of Cali
1 fornia, will open the discussion to-
morrow- with a speech for his resolu
i tion, asking the. state department for
j the complete text of the treaty, tiena
j tor Bo-ah. republican, of Idaho, an
! other league opponent, may also speak,
i While the problem of returning the
wire lines to their owners still is the
subject of hearings by committees in
both senate and house, the leaders are
trying to expedite legislation and com
mittee reports may made during the
week.
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LIKE A BEAR. JUNE
BRINGS A RUSH OF
DENVER. June 1. A heavy wet
: snow- and the lowest June temperature.
at 32 degrees, in the history of the
city, greeted the new month here to
day. Snow and rain was general over
the northern and east am sections of
Colorado and Wyoming. Killing frosts i
were reported on the western slope at
Grand Junction, Colorado and at Santal
Ee, New Mexico.
Rains and snow were the cause of j
washouts on the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy. Denver and Rio Grande
and Union Pacific railroads, according
to information received at the Denver
union station, and a washout at Glen
wood Springs delayed the troop train
carrying Czecho-Sloyak soldiers from
San Francisco to Hoboken for embar
kation. 'The weather , bureau, reported the
I storm center at Denver today, moving
to the south. Continued cold weather
i tomorrow will he relieved by higher
j temperatures Tuesday, according to the
I forecast.
Snow was reported today at Chey
enne, Wyoming; Boulder. Colorado:
Leadville. Ward, Risman, Lyons, Wall
Street and Nederland. mountain towns
and rain in the eastern plains legions,
gions.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June
1. The month of June, not yet a day
old, has broken all records since 1875
for cold weather. The mercury this
morning was down to 32 degrees.
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 1. Germany,
although realizing that she must make i
sacrifices to obtain peace, is convinced
that the execution of the peace treaty I
as drawn is "more than the German
people can bear."
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head
of the German peace delegation, thus
sums up the attitude of the GJerman
nation toward the proposed treaty of
peaee. in o note to the allied and asso
ciated powers, outlining various Ger
man counter-proposals. The German
note, delivered to Premier Clemenceau,
president of the peace conference, last
Thursday, was made public tonight by
the state' department.
The German delegation nowhere in
its note asserts that it will refuse to
sign the present treaty, but declares
on behalf of the German nation that
"even in her need, justice for her is
too sacred a thing to allow her to stoopj
to achieve conditions which she can
not undertake to carry out."
Exclusion of Germany from the
league of nations, the note asserts,
means that in signing the peace treaty
Germany would be executing a "de
cree for its own proscription, nay, its
own death sentence."
Germany "Aghast"
The German people, the note says,
have been disappointed in their hope
for a peace of justice, which had been
promised, and stand "aghast" at the
demands made upon them by the "vic
torious violence of our enemies."
The German delegation agrees to a
reduction of Germany's army and navy,
on condition that Germany be admitted
immediately to the league of nations;
to renounce Germany's sovereign rights
in Alsace-Lorraine and Posen, but as
to all other territories, which Ger
many is called upon to give up, the
principle of self determination, .ap
plicable at once, is asked; to subject
all German colonies to administration
by the league of nations, but under
German mandatory, and to make the
indemnity payments as required, but
in mounts that will burden the Ger-
man taxpayer no more heavily than the
taxpayer of the most heavily burdened
among those represented on the repar
ations commission; , - - -
The note declares Germany is will
ing to pool her entire merchant marine
with that of the associated powers.
Neutral participation in the inquiry as
to responsibility for the war, is asked.
The text of the German note, dated
.May 2!, and addressed to Premier
Clemenceau. president of the peace
conference, was made public by the
state department as follows:
Text of German Note
"Mr. President:
"I have the honor to transmit to you
herewith the observations of the Ger
man delegation on the drafted treaty of
peace. We came to Versailles in the
expectation of receiving a peace pro
posal based on the armistice principles
We were firmly resolved to do every
thing in our power, wit a view of ful
filling the grave obligations which we
had undertaken. We hoped for the
peace of justice which had been prim
ised to us. We were aghast when we
read in the documents the demands
made upon us, the victorious violence
of our enemies. The more deeply we
penetrate into the spirit of this treaty,
the more convinced we become of the
impossibility of carrying it py.t. The
evictions of this treaty are more than
the German people can bear.
"With a view to the re-establishment
of the Polish state, we must re
nounce indisputably German territory,
nearly the whole of the province of
East Prussia, which is preponderantly
German, of Pomerania; Danzig, which
is German to the core; we must let the
ancient Hansetown be transformed
into a free state, under Polish suzer
ainty. We must agree that East Prus
sia shall be amputated from the body
ot the state, condemned to a lingering
death, and robbed of its northern por
tion, including Memel, which is purely
German. We must renounce Upper
Silesia for the benefit of Poland and
Czecho-Slokavia, although it. has been
in close political connection with Ger
, I many for more thai
11 stinct with German i
y very, foundation c
I : throughout East Gel
many tor more than 750 years, is in-
life, and forms the
of industrial life
Germany.
Cites Certain Iniustices v
"Preponderantly German circles
(Kreise) must be ceded to Belgium,
without sufficient guarantees that the
plebiscite, which is only to take place
afterwards, will be independent. The
purely German district of the Saar
must be detached from our empire and
the way must be paved for its sub
sequent annexation to France, although
we owe her debts in coal only, not in
men.
"For fifteen years. Rhenish terri-
lory must be occupied, and after those
fifteen years, the allies have the power
to reluse the restoration of the coun
try: in the interval the allies can take
every measure to sever the economic
and moral links wtih them other coun
try and finally to misrepresent the
wishes of the indigenous population.
"Although the exaction of the cost
of the war has been expressly re
nounced, as yet Germany, thus cut in
pieces and weakened, must declare her
self ready in principle to bear all the
war expense of her enemies, w hcih
would exceed many times over, the
total amount of German state and pri
vate assets.
'Meanwhile, her1 enemies demand in
excess of the agreed conditions, repar
ation for damage suffered by their civil
population, and Germany must also go
bail for her allies.
"The sum to be paid is to be fixed
by our enemies, unilaterally, and to ad
mit of subsequent modifications and
increase. No limit is fixed save the
capacity of the German people for
payment, demanded not by their stan
dard of life, but solely by their ca
pacity to meet the demands of their
enemies by their labor. The German
people would thus be condemned to
I perpetual slave labor.
Economic Life Paralyzed
"la sIite of the exorbitant demands.
the reconstruction of our economic life
is at the same time rendered impos
sible. We must surrender our mer
chant fleet. We are to renounce all
foreign securities. We are to hanu
over to our enemies our properties in
all German enterprises abroad, even in
the countries of our allies. Even after
the conclusion of peine, the enemy
states are to have the right of con
fiscating all German property. No
German trader in their countries will
be protected from these war measures.
We must completely renounce our
colonies, and not even German mis
sionaries shall have the right to follow
their calling therein. We must re
nounce the realization of all our aims
in the spheres of politics, economics
and ideas.
"Even in internal affairs, we are to
give up the right to self-determination.
The international reparation
commission receives dictatorial powers
over the whole life of our people, in
economic and cultural matters, its
authority extends far beyond that
which the empire, the German federal
council, and the reichstag, combines
every power within the territory of the
empire. This commission has unlim
ited control over the economic life of
the state of communities and of indi
viduals; further, the entire educa
tional and sanitary system depends
on it. It can keep the whole German
people in mental thralldom. In order
to increase the payments due by the
thrall, the commission can hamper
measures for the social protection of
the German worker.
Sovereignty Abolished
"In other pictures .also, Germany's
sovereignty is abolished. Her chief
waterways are subjected to interna
tional administration; she must con
struct in her territory such canals and
such railcoads- as her enemies wish ;
i she. must agree to treaties, the con-
tents of which are unknown to her, to
be concluded by her enemies with the
new states" on the east .even when
they concern her. own functions. The
German people is excluded from the
league of nations, to which is entrusted
all work of common interest to the
world.
"Thus must a. whole people sinn the
decree for its ott'n proscription, its ow n
death sentence.
"Germany knows that she must take
sacrifices in order to obtain peace.
Germany knows that she has. by
agreement. undertaken to make these
sacrifices, and will go in this matte.
to the utmost limits of .her capacity.
German Counter Offers
'l. Germany offers to proceed with
her own disarmament in advance of
all other peoples, in order to show that
she will help to usher in the new era
of the peace of justice. She gives up
compulsory military service and re
duces her army to 00,000 men. except
as regards temporary measures. She
even renounces warships which her
enemies are still willing0o leave in her
hands. She stipulates, however, that
she shall be admitted, forthwith, as a
state with equal rights into the league
of nations. She stipulates that a genu
ine league of nations shall come into
being, embracing all peoples of good
will, even her enemies of today. The
league must be inspired by a feeling
of responsibility toward mankind and
have at its disposal a power to enforce
its will sufficiently strong and trusty,
to protect the frontiers of its mem
bers. "Two On territorial questions, Ger
many takes up her position unreser
vedly on the ground of the Wilson
program. She renounces her sove
reign right in Alsace-Lorraine, but
wishes a free plebiscite to take place
there. She gives up the greater part
of the province of Posen, the district
incontestably Polish in population, to
gether with the capital . She is pre
pared to grant to Poland, under inter
national guarantees, free and secure
access to the sea by ceding free ports ,
at Danzig, Koenigsberg and Memil, by
an agreement regulating the naviga
tion of the Vestula. ' and by special
railroad conventions. Germany is
prepared to ensure the. supply of coal
for the economic needs of France, es
pecially from the Saar region, until
such time as the French mines are
once more in working order. The pre
ponderantly Danish district of Schles
wig will be given up to Denmark on
the basis of a.plebiscite. Germany de
mands that the rights of self-determination
shall also be repeated where
the interests of the Germans in Aus
tria and Bohemia are concerned.
"She is ready to subject all her colo
nies to administration by the com
munity of the league of nations, if st.u
is recognized as its mandatory.
Willing to Pay Big Sum
' Three Germany is prepared to
make payments incumbent on her. in
accordance with the agreed program
of peace, to a maximum sum of one
hundred billions of gold marks, twenty
billions by May 1,-1926, and the bal
ance, eighty billions, in annual pay
ments without interest. These payments-
shall, in principle, be. equal to
a fixed percentage of the German im
perial and state revenues. The annual
payment shall approximate to the
former peace budget. . For the fin.t
ten years, the annual payments sha,l
not exceed one billion of gold marks a
year. The German taxpayer shall m-.
be less heavily burdened than. the tax
payer of the most heavily burdened
state, among those represented on th
reparation commission.
"Germany presumes, in this connec
tion, that she will not have to make
any territorial sacrifices beyond those
mentioned above, and that she will