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Clemenceau Delivers To Ger \ many the Decision of Allied Nations if- . O?TLINE OF TREATY THEY MUST SIGN If Germans Accept Terms Peace Treaty Witt be Concluded at Once?Time Expires June 30. .--<?/. r Paris, June 16.?The final reply of it? AO allied and associated powers to the conditions ' of peace handed to the . ? -Germans at Versailles May 7 was de livered to the German delegation to " ^day and: made public shortly after : wards. The Germans are allowed five days to accept or refuse the treaty as it S3 staiids. If they accept peace" will be signed at once, if they do not accept . the armistice will terminate on Sun - tiay. <Jhne 22) and the powers will - take stach steps as may be necessary to enforce their terms. Vii - :.rtrhe principles of the original con ?x =dSUcina have been vigorously upheld as ^tablishing a. peace of justice, but certain modifications in detail and rijaiuy- explanations of the effect of ^?Vv?fecntion are made. The reply in two parts?a general covering let*er >-r[i- -and seriatim discussions of the gen ' - el-aV counter proposal. The changes - include: -A'plebiscite for upper Silesia, with guarantees of coal from that terri ? tory. V Frontier rectifications in West Prus .-sia.' ' .- -Omission of the third zone in the Schleswig plebiscite. :-- Temporary increase of the German "army from 100,000 to 200,000 men. ? Declaration of the intention to sub - nift within a month a list of those accused of violation of the laws and customs of war. Offer to cooperate with a German - commission on reparations and to re csfve* suggestions for" discharging the obligation. . '[ -' Certain detailed modifications in the finance, -economic and ports arid wa terway clauses,' including abolition of the proposed Kiel canal commissiom T'^Alssufance of. membership/ in the vles?fae^?f' nations In the e^ly^future ^^^rmany fulfills her obligations. ?^.TJie covering letter is from/M. Cle % - *n^neea?; .president^of':? the -peace com t-feren ce to Count von: Brockdorif jfia^au.. p?f>sident '<? of the German d^5gation. In this letter M. Clemen* ''^eaia'says: ' ^ ' "*T!ie 'allied and associated* powers ;Save "given the most earnest coris'd eration to the - ? observation ? of - the ?German delegates on the draft, treaty oTp^eace. .The' reply protests against the peace on the ground that it eon f?cts with the terms upon which the atmffetice of November 11, 1918. was signed and .that it "is a peace of vio lence and not a peace of justice. The R?test of the German delegations shews that they fail to understand tfcej>osition in which Germany stands . today. They seem to think that Ger man;? has only to 'make sacrifices in ? order to attain peace, as if this were 'b$t a? end of some mere struggle for ?territory and power. The allied and associated powers, therefore, feel it necessary to begin tiJeir reply by a '.. clear statement of the judgment of . . the world which has been forged by . ipSaeticatty the whole of civilized mankind. the view of the allied associa te-powers, the war which begun on 'August 1, 1914, was the greatest crime agair.3t humanity and freedom of the people that any nation calling itself civilized has ever consciously com mitted-. ? For many years the rulers of Gertnany true to the Prussian tradi tion strove for a position of domi njaace in Europe. They were not sat isfied with that growing prosperity , and influence to which Germany was ? entitled and which all others we-.*e willing to accord her; they required that they should be able to dictate and 1 tyrannize over a subservient Europe, as they dictated and tyran nized "over a subservient Germany. "In order to attain their ends they 'used every channel through which c to educate their own subject's in the doctrine that might was right in in ternational affairs. They never ceased to expand German armaments by. land and sea and to propagate the falsehood that it was necessary, that Germany's neighbors were jealous of her .prosperity and power. "They sought to sow hostility and suspicion instead of friendship, be tween'nations. The Germans devel oped ; a system of espionage and in | firigtie through which they were en abled to stir up internal rebellion and even to /-make secret offensive prep /?a&tions within the territory of their neighbors, . whereby they might win whenthe moment came to strike them down with greater certainty and ease, 'fhe'y^kept Europe in a ferment by threats of , violence and when they found that their neighbors were re solved to resist their arrogant will they determined to assert their pre dominance in Europe by force "As soon as their preparations were complete they encouraged a subservi ent ally to declare war on Servia on 4$ hours' notice, a war involving the control of the Balkans, which they Whew could not be localized and which . was bound to unchain a general war. "In order to make doubly sure, they refused every attempt at conciliation and conference until it was too latei and the world war was inevitable for which they had plotted and for which alone, among the nations, they were absolutely equipped and prepared. "Germany's responsibility, however. \ is not confined to having planned and started the war. She is no less re sponsible for the savage and inhuman manner in which it was conducted. Authorities at Winnipeg Adopt Stern Measures > Sup press Lawlessness ARRESTS MADE AT SEVERAL PLACES ?Royal Mounted Police Raid Head quarters and Seize Bolshevik Literature. Winnepeg, June 3 7.?Ten strike leaders were arrested here today by government police. Other a rests are reported in Calgary and other cities. Simultaneously with the arrests here the royal northwest mounted police raided the labor temple from which the strike has been conducted. Con siderable literature said to be of a Bolshevik nature was seized._ Though Germany was herself the guaranty of Belgium" Germany vio lated the rules after a solemn promise to respect the neutrality of this un offending people. ' "Not content with this, they delib erately carried out a series of pro miscuous shootings and burnings with the sole object of terrifying the in habitants into submission by the very frightfulness of their action. They were the first to use poisonous gas knowing the appalling suffering it en tailed. They began the bombing and long distance shelling of towns, for nr> military object, but solely for the purpose of reducing the morale of their opponents by striking at their women and children. "They commenced the submarine campaign with its piratical challenge to international law and its destruc tion of great numbers of innocent passengers and sailors in midocean [ far from succor, at the mercy of the winds and the waves and yet~ more ruthless submarine crews. They drove 1 thousands Of women and children with brutal savagery into slavery in for eign lands; they allowed barbarities to be practiced against their prison ! ers- of war, from which the most un ) civilized people would have recoiled. "The conduct of Germany is almost unexampled in human history. The ?? -terrible responsibility which lies at ' her doors can be seen by the fact that ( hot les8vthii.n 7,000,000 dead'lie buried 4n Rurope while .more than 20,000,000 {others carry Upon them the evidence of wounds and suffering, because Ger ? many saw fit to gratify her lust for tyranny by resort to war. ? ."The allied, and associated powers believe that they will be false to those who have given their all to save the freedom of the world, if they consent to treat the war on any other basis than as a crime against humanity and right' , "This attitude of the allied and as sociated powers was made perfectly Iclear to Germany during the war by their principal statesmen. It was de fined by President Wilson in a speech of April 6, 1S17, and explicitly and categorically accepted by the German people as a principle covering the peace?'let everything that we say, my fellow countrymen, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to this response, till the majesty and might of our concerted power shall fill the thought and ut terly defeat the force of those who flout and misprize what we honor and hold' dear. Germany has once more said that force aad force alone, shall } decide whether justice and peace J shall reign in the affairs of men, whether right, as Amejica conceives jit, or dominion as she; conceives it, shall determine the destinies of man kind. There is therefore, but one response possible from us: Force, force to the utmost; force without stint or limit, the righteous and tri umphant force which shall make the law of the world and cast every sel fish dominion down in the dust." M. Clemenceau in the letter also quotes from speeches delivered by Premier Lloyd George of Great Brit ain, himself as premier of France, and Premier Orlando of Italy, in which it was specifically declared that when victory was won, compromise as to peace terms was impossible and just punishment should be meted out and continues: , "Justice,\therefore, is the only pos sible basis for the settlements of the] accounts of this terrible war. Justice is just what the German delegation i asks for and says that Germany has been promised. But it must be justice I for all. There must be justice for the dead and wounded and for those who have been orphans and bereaved that Europe might be free from Prussian despotism. There must be justice for the peoples who now stagger under war debts which exceed thirty billions whos.^ homes and lands, ships and property, German savagery has spoilated and destroyed. "That is why the allied and asso ciated powers have insisted as a car dinal feature of the treaty that Ger many must undertake to make repa : ration to the very uttermost of her power, for reparation for wrongs in flicted is of the essence of justice." That is why they insist that these individuals who are most clearly re- j sponsibls for German aggression and! for those acts of barbarism and inhu manity which have disgraced the Ger-, man conduct of the war must be j handed over to justice, which has not j been m^ted out to them at home. "That. too. is why Germany must] submit for a few years to certain I special disabilities and arrangements. Germany has ruined the industries, the mines and the machinery of neigh boring countries, not during- battle but with the deliberate and calculat ed purpose of enabling her own in dustries to seize their markets before their industries could recover from Expects to Start For Washing ton About June 25th WILL ADDRESS CON I GRESS AT ONCE Later in July Will Start on Three Weeks Speaking Tour. Washington, June 17.?President Wilson hopes to leave Paris for Wash ington on June 24th or 25th. if the Germans sign the peace treaty. Im mediately after his arrival the presi dent will address congress. After clearing up pressing official business he will start on a speaking tour early in July. It was said at the White j House today that President Wilson i expected to spend three weeks on the speaking tour, explaining the peace treaty and league of nations covenant. The itinerary has not been announced. j the devastation, thus wantonly . in flicted upon them. ' "Germany has despoiled her neigh bors of everything she could make use of or carry away. Germany has de stroyed the. shipping of all nations on the high seas where there was no chance of rescue for their passengers and crews. "It is only justice that restitution sh?uld be made and,that these wrong ed peoples should be safeguarded for a time from the competition of a na tion whose industries are intact and have even been fortified by machinery stolen from occupied territory. If these things are hardships for Ger many they are hardships which Ger many has brought upon herself. Some body must suffer for the consequences of the war. Is it to be Germany or the peoples she has wronged? "Not to do justice to all concerned would only leave the world open to fresh calamities. If the German peo ple themselves, or any other nation are to be deterred from following the footsteps of Prussia; if mankind is to be lifted out of the belief that war for selfish ends is legitimate to any state; if the old era is to be left behindhand nations, as well as individuals are to be brought beneath the reign of law; even if there is to be early reconcilia tion and "appeasement, it will be be cause those responsible for conclud ing the. war have had the courage to see that justice is not deflected for the sake of a convenient peace. "It is said that, the German revo I lution ought to make a difference and that the German people are not re sponsible for the policy of the rulers whom they have thrown from power. The allied and associated powers rec ognize and' welcome the change. It represents a great hope for peace and a new European order in the future. "But it can not affect the settle ment of the war itself. The German revolution was stayed until the Ger man armies had been defeated in the field and ail hope of profiting byva war of conquest had vanished*. Throughout the war, as before thef war, the German people and their representatives supported the war, voted the credits, subscribed to the war loans, obeyed every order, how ever savage, of their government, for at any moment, had the}' willed it. they could have reversed it. -Had) that policj' succeeded, they would have acclaimed it with the same en thusiasm with which they welcomed the outbreak of the war. They can not now pretend having changed their rulers.after the war was lost, that ir is justice that they should escape the consequences of their deeds. "The allied and associated powers therefore believe that the peace they have proposed is fundamentally a ' peace of justice. They are no less certain that it is a peace of right on the terms agreed. There can be no doubt as to the intentions of the al lied and associated powers to base the settlement of Europe on the prin ciples of freeing oppressed peoples and re-drawing national boundaries as far as possible, in aecordance with the will of the peoples concerned, while giving to each the facilities to live an independent national and eco nomic life. "These intentions were made clear not only in President Wilson's address to congress of January 8. 1918, but inj "the principles of settlement enunciat-j ed in his subsequent address which was the agreed basis of the peace. A memorandum on this point is attach ed to this letter. "Accordingly, the allied and asso ciated powers have provided for the reconstruction of Poland as an inde pendent state with 'free and secure access to the sea.' All ?territories in habited by indubitably Polish popula tions' have been aecorded to Poland. AH territories inhabited by German majorities, save for a few Isolated towns and for colonies established on land recently forcibly expropriated and situated In the midst of indubi-j tably Polish territory have been left to Germany. Wherever the will of the people is in doubt, a plebiscite has j been provided for. "Danzig has been constituted as a free city, so that the inhabitants will be autonomous and do not come un der Polish rule or form any part of the Polish state. Poland hns been glv en certain economic rights in Danzig and the city itself has been severed i from Germany, because in no otherI way was ii possible to provide for thai j 'free and secure access to the sea' which Germany has promised to concede." (Section missing). Olausa VI of the treaty says the al lied and associated powers have given careful consideration to the request of j the German delegation that Germany 'i GERMANY WONT ! ACCEPT TERMS Majority of Members of Peace Conference Are Of Opinion Huns Will Not Sign ECHO DE PARIS POLLED CONFERENCE The Question Is, What Will Be Next Move of Allies. I Paris, June 17.?A majority of the (members of the peace conference be ? lieve that Germany will not sign the peace treaty, according to Marcel Flutin, in The Echo de Paris, whc made a canvas of the leading person alities of the peace making body. Weimar, June 17.?The new allied peace terms were received here lasi night and the first apparent effect up on the German leaders was* that oJ depression. The report spread rapid ly that the signing of the treaty hy Germany was highly improbable. Nc one would talk for publication. _ be admitted to the league of nationi as one of the conditions of peace, bui j that the allies are unable to accede j to this request. It adds that the Ger man revolution was postponed to the : last moment of the war and that then I is no guarantee that it represents c i permanent change, and that it is im possible in the present temper of in ternational feeling To expect the free nations of the world to sit-down im mediately in association with those 03 ' whom they have been so grievouslj wronged." It is added that the allied and as sociated powers believe, if the Germar people prove that they intend to fulfil the conditions of the peace and th.r they have abandoned forever . those aggressive and estranging policie; which caused the war "and have nov, become a people with whom it is pos sible to live in neighborly good fel lowship the memories of these pas years will speedily fade and it wil be possible at an early date to com pleie the league of nations by the ad mission of Germany thereto. . Clause VII refers to the denuncia tion by Germany of the blockade 01 the allies. It declares that the block ade always ha3 been a legal and rec ognized method of war. It adds that il the allies imposed a blockade of ex ceptional severity on Germany it waj "because of the criminal character ol the barbarous methods adopted b> her in prosecuting it." 1 Clause VIII said: "In conclusion the allied and associated powers musi make it clear that this letter and the memorandum attached constitute their last word. "They *believe that it is,.not only a just settlement of the great war but that it provides the basis upon which the peoples of Europe can live to gether in friendship and equality." The clause adds that the treaty creates the machinery for ,the peace - ful adjustment of all international problems by discussion and consent and represents a sincere arid deliber ' ate attempt to establish "that reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed, and sustained by organized opinion of mankind" which was the agreed basis of the peace. It is acded that the treaty in its ? present form must be accepted or re i jected and seven daya are given for ithis after which the allied and asso ciated powers "will take such steps as j they think needful to force their terms." I The intercourse between the two j groups was rather confused. No pro visions for an interpreter had been made. Secretary Dutasta spoke in French, and Herr Simon replied in German. Neither of the principals ap parently was aware of just what the other said. So It seemed fortunate that the details as to the period al lowed and the nature of the reply ex pected were indicated clearly in the i covering letter.. The Germans plainly intimated their intention to demand an exten sion of time. On receiving the treaty, Herr Simon said: "I must observe, on behalf of my l government, that the time allowed in which to answer is rather short " The detailed reply follows exactly I the scheme of the original conditions I of peace which was in turn followed j by the Germans in their counter pro ! posals. It says that it can not be dis puted that the allied statesmen have never expresed a desire for any oth er peace than one which would undo the wrongs of 1914, indicate justice and reconstruct the political founda tions of Europe which will give lib erty to all its people and therefore the prospect of a lasting peace. The German claim of a contradic tion between terms of the treaty and president Wilson's promise of justice to the Germans is met by a quotation demanding "the destruction of every arbitrary power everywhere that can separately, secretly and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world." If. similarly, it says, the Germans claim contradiction in territorial claims it must be borne in mind that this is not the result of any purpose to act unjustly toward Germany but' rather of the fact that appreciable j amount of German territory consisted ; of districts unjustly appropriated by j her in the pa.it. The economic: objections are an swered by the statement that Ger-; many's economic condition is intact' and is no wise crippled by a devasta tion like that brought up the allied: peoples. German contention that peo ples have been bartered about is de-j clared to be similarly confounded, as h every territorial settlement has been j reached after mom careful and labor- < 5w Build Build Build Build Build Make tim*s good by building XOW I ' r \ *- ' \ ? Own a home for your children's sake. Build now schools,, churches a.id roads. j Build now the homes the war has stopped Set your money to work cn building a home. Construction a:!ds to the wealth of the country. Booth & McLeod, Inc. * mr BuUding Headquarters AMERICAN TROOP ROUT MEXICANS ! Uncle Sam's Soldiers Recross Border With Prisoners After Hot Skirmish FIFTY OF VILLA'S MEN KILLED -iOne American of Seventh Cav alry Shot Through Lung by the Rebels. El Paso, Texas, June 16.?American troops that participated in the puni tive expedition against the Villa re bels were billeted in barracks and camps on the American side tonight after twenty-four hours of campaign ing. Seven ragged Mexican prisoners were herded toward the Fort Bliss stockade by a detachment of the Fifth cavalry while another cavalry detach ment drove a herd of 100 captured Mexican horses and ponies to the re mount station. It was officially stated tonight at Fort Bliss that approximately 50 Villa followers were killed. One American of the Seventh cav alry, Corporal Chigas, was shot through the lung by a Mexican rebel. After crossing during the night the cavalry column, supported by :a bat tallion of the 82d artillery, advanced and at daybreak began a scouting tour. Capturing the seven prisoners before reaching the Villa camp, the cavalry was enabled to proceed, dis mounted, to a short distance of the adobe headquarters when fighting was begun by the Americans standing in water up to their knees. Four Villa men were killed in the first assault and the entire force, numbering ap proximately 200 men, mounted and escaped toward the southwest with the cavalry troops in pursuit. The rebels scattered into small bands, the Fifth cavalry pursuing one band 35 miles. In the meantime the Seventh cav alry deployed to the southeast and pursued another band. Troops A and C executed a mounted pistol charge from the saddle and killed a number of the rebels. The artillery placed shrapnel direct ly over the heads of the fleeing Villa force and many were killed. After the pursuit the two cavalry forces j formed a junction and returned to thej American side of the river, accom- j panied by the artillery and Eighth ] engineers. The seven Mexican prisoners pro fessed to be either farmers in the val ley or Carranza soldiers, none ad mitting have been with Villa. In Field with Gen. Angeles, Mexico, June 16.?By the Associated Press? At 6 o'clock this morning Gen. Fe lipe Angeles received a courier at his headquarters, twelve miles southeast of Juarez with the message that American troops had crossed the Rio Grande into Mexican territory. Immediately on receipt of this news. Gen. Angeles, started breaking camp and moved south a little to the west. Twenty minutes later Gen. Fran cisco Villa, supreme command of all anti-government forces in the north, who was at his headquarters, also broke camp and moved south. The news that American troops had crossed into Mexican territory ap peared a sad disappointment to Gen. Angeles. Although commanding no forces personally, to speak of, Gen. Angeles had hoped to act as a peacemaker be tween the Carranza government forces and the revolutionary forces. Berne, June 19.?The. Catholic Cen ter party was victorious virtually ev erywhere in the Bavarian municipal j * elections Sunday. The Democratic is and Majority Socialists party made a j] poor showing. j * ed consideration of racial, religious f and linquistic factors and the legiti- j \ mate rules. Germany's complaint that she hadj{ not been invited to join the league of! i nations, it says, can not find justifica- j ? tion in any of President Wilson's de-j' a clarations for he carefully laid down L that such admission was possible only'j after Germany had proved her char-!g acter. 11 The inclusion in the covenant of the j German proposals regarding economic j0 questions is considered unnecessary. I # The allied and associated powers will j ^ guarantee protection under the league, of German minorities in ceded terri-j^ tories and intend to open negotiations jk immediately for a general reduction! of armaments as provided in covenant! d in the expectation that Germany car- i n ries- out her engagements in this re- it gard. o Part three of the detailed reply n [loals with European politiacl clauses, p BERLIN STIRRED OVER TREATY Revised Peace Terms Disap point and Dismay Govern ment Leaders MINISTERS MAY RE FUSE TO SIGN ?Still Cling to Claim That Treaty I is Harsh and Unjust. ? j Berlin, June 17.?(By the Associa ted Press).?The impression of those I who were engaged throughout the ! night in translating the reply of the Allied and'associated powers is .that it wiU be utterly impossible to sign [and that it is probable a negative re ; [ ply will be wired to I^r. Haniel von j Haimhausen for submission to M. i Clemenceau. j It is also considered possible that :/Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head I of the German delegation, will not re jturn to Versailles on account of the ; demonstration there against the dele gates, resulting in injury to "Minister j Giesberts, Erau Dorlblush, Attache j Meyer and others, all of whom were hit with stones. Herr Meyer's eye was injured by glass. / ? The changes in the peace terms- as indicated by the Red inter-lineations j of the text of the old treaty are so slight as to cause universal dismay among those who have had the op^ Iportunity of examining the^document. I The financial modifications are con ? sidered unimportant and objectionable, jand the terms governing Germany's declared to be unsatisfactory. ? Government circles state that they cannot conceive any government will ing to sign such terms, though it is admitted that the treaty will be fully discussed, because it is realized that serious effects, with the spread of' Bolshevism in Germany would be en tailed in refusal to sign. The en tente's answer also, / is considered nothing less than an ultimatum. ? French Express Regret Paris, June 17.?The French gov ernment today expressed regret over the demonstration against the Ger mans, Premier Clemenceau is writ ing a letter of apology to Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau. The demonstra tion had several phases but was con fined mostly to jeering the Germans. Coblenz, June 18.?Concentration of troops preparatory to advancing fur ther into Germany, if the Germans re fuse to sign the peace terms has be gun throughout all the occupied area. Copenhagen, June 18.?The amend ed peace terms have aroused a senti ment of growing implacability in Ger many and armed intervention by the allies is regarded inevitable, accord-, ing to the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Politiken. The Socialist newspaper Vorwerts of Berlin says it expects the reopen ing of hostilities as soon the seven days granted Germany to make re ply have expired. The Fremendenblatt of Hamburg says it learns that the allied terms caused great excitement in eastern Germany where the population is ready to reopen the fight. Big Fire in Charleston Property of Molony & Carter and Wm. Johnson & Co.. j Lost in Flames t? Charleston, June 16.?Fire broke jut inthe warehouse of , the Molony & barter Co. at the foot of Laurens * street shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon and developed - nto one of the most serious confla grations the city has sustained in some time, destroying the warehouse n which it started, Pier 4 of the southern Ralway and the offices and tables of Wm. Johnson & Co., coal lealers. The alarm was turned in first at .25 o'clock from box 161, Concord ,nd Laurens streets, and as soon as he fire department arrived, Foreman ^ewis. acting in charge yesterday, ent in a second alarm. It took more nan three hours of steady fighting n the part of the firemen and scores f volunteers, as well as assistance rom tugs and naval craft in the h<-r >or to subdue the flames. Soldiers Killed in France F>rest. June 17.?One American sot ier was killed, two are dying and lore than one hundred others were yured in the collapse of the Knights f Columbus hut at Pontanezen last ight while a boxing match was in rogress.