Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1919 — MUST PAY FOR FLEET SINKING [ARTICLE]

MUST PAY FOR FLEET SINKING

Allies Draw Up New Protocol Binding Germany to Respect Armistice. BONDS ARE MADE FIRMER Barlin AIM Face* Punishment* for Other Violations of the Postwar Agreement—May Require Signature as Result of Violations. Part's, Oct. 31.—Before the peace treaty becomes effective the German representatives will be required, it Is expected here, to sign an additional protocol, binding Germany to .carry out clauses which were not Incorporated In the treaty of Versailles. The supreme council of the allied and associated powers considered the text of the proposed instrument. Marshal Foch and others have reported that Germany has violated armistice conditions. Germany Must Pay for Fleet. < The supreme council discussed possible dates for putting the German treaty into effect, but postponed a decision until Saturday. The payments Germany must make for the worships sunk at Scapa Flow was again considered by the council. The British government apparently has accepted in principle the responsibility for the destruction of the fleet at Sbapa Flow (British waters) and is willing to guarantee France against any loss from this cause of warships that might have been awarded to the republic. While the United States and Great Britain were understood some time ago virtually to have agreed to sink whatever warships they might receive from Germany, there are indications now that the British view has changed. The supreme council has assured France that its share of the German warships will not be reduced as the result of the destruction of the Scapa Flow units, for which the German government, and not German offlcers Individually, is to be held responsible. U. 8. Rejects Flume Scheme. Notification has been given the peace conference by a representative of Italy here that the proposal made by Foreign Minister Tittoni for the settlement of the Flume problem has not been accepted by the United States. It is declared in authoritative Italian quarters, however, that, although the reply of Seretary of State Lansing was unfavorable as a whole, a considerable portion of the Tittoni proposal was accepted and that the exchanges with the United States on the subject will be continued. As soon as the extreme concessions the United States is willing to make are known to the representatives of Italy here, the Italian government will be put In possession of all the elements of the problem as they have been developed by the delegation in Paris, and Italy’s position will be definitely known.