Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — GETS GERMAN REPLY [ARTICLE]

GETS GERMAN REPLY

COUNCIL OF FOUR TAKES UP ENEMY PROPOSALS. Huns May Get Two Daye to Accept— Alllee Recent Berlin's Publication of Anewer. Paris, May 80.—Copies of the German counter-proposals were delivered to members of the peace conference. The big four began consideration of the document immediately and experts were called In to aid In formulating the allied reply which, it is expected, will be handed to the German delegates In the next few days. The reply, it is understood, will contain several Important modifications of the original terms, but will close the door to further negotiations and set a definite time limit for acceptance. This period may not be longer than 48 hours. Strong resentment is felt by the allied commissioners at the discourteous action of the Germans in making the connter-proposals public before copies had been received by the conference. The counterproposals by the German delegation at Versailles were delivered to the French authorities in Installments. The reply is written in German and bears the caption: “Observations of the German delegation on the conditions of peace.” The document, covering 108 typewritten pages, was delivered at the eleventh hour. A cursory examination of the German text, it is said, bears out unofficial statements from Berlin and Versailles as to the enemy’s stand on various sectibns of the allied terms. The chief contention, It is understood, is that a neutral or mixed commission Should pass on and decide many of the larger Issues.