Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1919 — GERMANY MUST SIGN BY MONDAY OR FIGHT. [ARTICLE]

GERMANY MUST SIGN BY MONDAY OR FIGHT.

The allied reply to the German counter proposals was delivered by Paul Dutasta, general secretary of the peace conference, to Count von Brockdorf Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation, at 6:49 o’clock Monday evening. With the reply was delivered a copy of the revised draft of the peace treaty. After receiving the documents, Count yon Brockdorf Rantzau boarded the special train waiting and left for Weimar. The final reply, after beings delivered to the German delegation, was made public. The Germans are allowed five days to accept or refuse the treaty as it stands. If they accept, peace will be signed at once; if they do not accept, the armistice will terminate on Saturday, June 21, and the powers will take such steps as are necessary to enforce their terms.