The evening world. Newspaper, June 28, 1919, Page 2

ie ae bs wn wer Eee dere’, 4 sit MAKING = ©» covered with tapestry were arranged for the marshals and generals of the "Allied armies, guests of honor at the signing. *— SMUTS SIGNS UNDER PROTEST. General Jan Christian Smuts, »ne of the delegates representing the 7) Union of South Africa, signed the treaty under protest. He objected to ‘»» Certain territorial settlements, making a lengthy statement. General Smuts said that the indemnities stipulated could not be ac- ‘cepted without grave injuries to the industrial revival of Europe, He Aeclared it would be to the interests of the Allied Powers to render more tolerable and moderate. 4 ‘The protocol was signed by all those who signed the treaty. The Rhine arrangement was signed by the Germans, Americans, Belgians, ‘British and French plenipc centiaries oF At 3.44 o'clock cannon began to boom announcing the completion the ceremony of signing. The signatures had not, however, as a matter of fact, then been completed, tor at that time the smaller nations Pi qwere still signing in alphabetical orcer. The proceedings were formally © closed at 3.49 o'clock. ‘ANNOUNCEMENT AS SENT TO WASHINGTON. a nad Ling WASHINGTON, June 28.—F.llowing is an official report trans- mitted from the Hall of Mirrors to the State Department : “President Wilsov ai ity the Peace Treaty at 3.24 o’sicck Paris time. It also was signed by Dr. | PeeHerman Mueller and Dr. Johannes Bell for the Germans at 3.13, The Sec American delegation signed in this order: Secretary Lansing, Henry the American delegation completed sign i] White, Col. House and General Biiss. ” Rein we The otiner delegations, headed by the British, signed after the Arveri- 2 can pienipotentiaries in the order set forth in the treaty. * " SGREAT CROWDS IN AUTOS fa _« FILL ROADS TO VERSAILLES; TRAINS CARRY MANY MORE _ Stream Begins Hours Before Time Set for Cere- mony of Signing the Peace Treaty ) ) Geiegates of the Allied and Associ- Fai “ - ic ail LA . Bc. Press) ~Germany's delegates and the ated Powers mect in Versailles to-~ day to sign the treaty formally end- ing the war between Germany and M@ Cwenty-veven other nations. ‘The credentials of the new Germaa @elegates were Peace Conference authorities during | forenoon and everything was vir- | Ceremony tially in readiness here at an oarly the ceremony set for 8 o'elock in the afternoon. ing had been shortly before midday tho clouds be- | fan to break and the indications were img of the treaty. |g tables were placed beside the one in Hall of Mirrors. . PS VERSAILLES, June 2% (Associated, within the hall of mirrors on which the Peace Treaty was laid. One of the now tables held the Rhine Con-| !* vention and the other the prot tations of the treaty. wmeuts had to be signed by sons to be engaged simultaneous! affixing their signatures. Hours before the time set for approved by the of automobiles began moving up oannon-lined hil! of the Cha | Blysees, past the Arc de Triomphe | for th emi-atate procession of Al- TRe-morn-| and out through the shady Hole de| {ed “vlewates to cho terrace from @ cloudy one, but | penivere which to witness the playing of the | Boulogne, carrying the plenipoten-| Versailles Fountains before return- tiaries, officials and guests to ceremony, The thoroughfare was iinash 5 afternoon of the momentous kept clear by pickets, dragoons d|Arechbishop of Guatemala eeremony would be bright and sunny. | mounted gendarmes: prisoned, Last minute changes were made in| In the meantime thousands of| SAN SALVADOR, June 28.—The the programme to expedite the sign-| Parisians were packing the regular|4'ehbishop of San Salvador ar ‘Two additional | and special trains upon the lines tead-|#HoPs of Banta Ana and Ban ing to Versailies and contending places’ in the the end of the ceremony, und secretaries had rei ure the Avenue De F Wy, |Dowlevard leading | Chateau's Court ris, the b direct to of Honor, Fr Way on both side | the court guard of 2 present honor arms as nipotentiaries passed ard comprising a company of presses v3 OF TWO containing changes in and interpre- All these doc- each plenipotentiary and the arrangement of the tables thus enabled three per- | And left an almost endless stream the residents of the town itself for park where the famed fountains of Versailles would mark | The automobiles bearing delegates rved for their soldiers being ranged along the high- At the end of bii¢an Guards in brilliant uniform, ‘The entrance for the delegates was granting suffrage Wo women, Se This is “The D to the stricken France, gates. @ WORLD, GATURDAY; J: TIES AT VERSA “Oboooosooooooroes ," but how differently the stage wab set. Versailles was the scene, as it was in 1871 when the arrogant Bismark dictated his terms To-day, the humbled German, shorn of his domi- nation and power, approached the dais and offered his signature to the treaty terms read some days ago by Clemenceau, Chief of the Allied dele- The photos show the situation then and now. Both picture the historic scenes when the terms of treaty were dictated by the victors in th. re- spective wars, To-day the tables were turned. France and her Allies meted enige: From painting by Wagner. to the German peace envoys. It is interesting to note that the famed Hail of Mirrors, where the German peace delegates signed the treaty is the sam January, 1871, King William of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of Germany. the by the marble stairway to the “Queen's Apartments” and the Hall of Peace, giving access thence to the Hall of Mirrors. The walls of thése apartments were hung with unique Gobelin tapestries. The route to the peace table for the plenipotentiaries was through a reserved for some four hundred privileged guests, who were in- structed to be in their seats well in advance of the entry of the delegates. It had been arranged that the delega- tions, instead of straggling in without order, as when tho original terms of} peace were communicated to the Ger- mans, should enter by groups, ning | one each being formally announced by ushers from the French Foreign Office, | This formality was not prescribed for the Germans, who were given a| separate route of entry, coming| through the park and gaining the marble stairway through the ground floor. There was thus avoidance of | occasion for the Guard of Honor to render them military honors, these being reserved for the Allied repre- sentatives. The dismounted guards- men on the marble staircase and in the Queen's apartments, however, were instructed to remain in their places for the entry of the Germans. Within tho Hall of Mirrors, where the historical furnishings and paint- ings gave a tone of impressive state which would otherwise have been rather lacking in the assemblage of soberly attired delegates, seventy- two chairs for the plenipotentiaries were drawn up around three sides of the table, which formed an open rec- tangle fully elghty feet in length on jonger side. A chair for M. Clemenceau, President of the Peace Conference, was placed in the centre of the jong table facing the windows, with those for President Wilson and renounced. col alized. Premier Lloyd George on the right hand, respectively, The German delegates were assigned ¥ 1D] seats at the side of the table nearest the entrance, which they could take the| after all the others had been seated. This arrangement was made to permit the Germans to leave after the| the signature of the treaty before mps| the Allted delegations, not waiting the | ing to Paris, rmed that Archbishop with |, tres of Guatemala was ment —_- Jewish Warriors Dae Fifty Jewish legionnalres who ‘ought road | in Palestine under Gen, Allenby are the | @xPected to-day from England on the steamship Orduna, ‘They Ameri- cans who joined the British Army. Women workers of the American lted Mogen David will meet thom at the ench pler. was a {he qapyrame Amendwent Ratifed tu | this Te: | The Leg: | ratified the | amendment Ke Federal —_ constitutjo edi iit TOT to France, ‘The Saar Valley and all the German colonies to the League Nations. Moresnet, Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium. Part of West Prussia, most of Posen and Siledia (the latter subject to a plebiscite) to Poland, Danzig internationalized and the south part of Hast Prussia to de- termine through a plebiseite whether it is to go to Poland. Luxemburg released from German customs union. Schleswig-Holstein evacuated and to vote on retusn to Denmark. Shantung ceded to Japan, and all concessions in China renounced, Influence and interests in Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, and influence in Morocco, Siam, Liberia, Egypt and Turkey abolished. organizations forbidden Munition plants closed and armament and munitions conformed to detailed schedules laid down by Allies. of poison gas, &c., prohibited. Forts within fifty kilometres of the Rhine to be demolished, Navy to be demobilized within three months and new force limited to 15,000 volunteers to man six small battleships, six small cruisers, twelve destroyers and twelve torpedo boats. Surrender, all warships in foreign ports, including those in Scapa Flow, and including forty-two modern destroyers, fifty modern torpedo boats, all the submarines and their auxiliary vessels, vessels were sunk by german officers in violation of the armistice agree- ‘The German Admiral is to be court-martialled.) War vessels under construction to be.broken up and none of per- mitted fleet to be replaced, except, battleships in twenty years and destroyers in fifteen. Baltic fortifications guarding belts to be demolished and no other coast fortifications to be increased in size or power. ‘All military and naval air material, except 100 unarmed seaplanes to search for mines, to be surrendered. character permitted, and no air fields or sheds within 150 kilometres of the Rhine or of any other frontier, LOSS OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE. Kaiser, the Crown Prince and others, to be indicted to Germany " | within one month, to be given up for trial for responsibility for war and crimes committed during war, COST OF THE WORLD WAR HE GERMAN EMPIRE Loss in Men—Official Figures and Estimates— * Killed, 1,616,000; Missing, 3,733,100; Wounded, 6,131,769. CASH REPARATIONS. | "| ew, wun BILLION has already been assessed against Ger- Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest treaties denounced. Fourgeen ocean cables or parts of cables given up. Heligoland forts demolished, Kiel Canal opened, and parts of Rhine, Elbe, Moselle, Vitave, Oder, Nieman Iso to be so devoted, Conscription military schools or other niet se \ hae out the conditionssto humbled Germany. One of the photos shows Chancellor Bismarck making his demands of France in 1871, France being represented in Jules Favre and Theirs.-- The other photo shows Premier Clemenceau reading the Allied terms many, which she must pay within six years in cash and bonds The final sum and the ecale of payment will be assessed by the Reparations Commission as soon as possible, presumably within four months and at the latest by May 1, 1921. Damages to civiliqns and civilian property by acts of war, including air bombardments and through acts of cruelty, including exposure at sea, maltreatment of prisoners, pension and separation allowances, forced labor, penalties and fines, and the loans of the Allies to Belgium are direct charges against Germgny's resources. LOSS IN TERRITORY AND PROPERTY. A LSACE LORRAINS, the Rhine bridges and the Saar-coal mines and Danube Rivers internation- Merchant ships transferred ton for ton to replace torpedoed Allied vessels, new construction in German yards Economic resources to be devoted to rebuilding devastated regions, LOSS OF MILITARY POWER. A RMY reduced to 200,000, ultimately to 100,000, General Staff military Importation or manufacture (Most of these No military aircraft of any |service four where on HOW NEWS OF PEAGE WAS FLASHED UNDER OCEAN TO WASHINGTON Special Arrangements Made for Direct Connection Between Ver- sailles and National Capital. WASHINGTON, June 28.—The State Department issued the follow- ing statement on the special ar- rangements made for sending the} news of the signing of the Peace} ‘Treaty to Washington: “The first news of the signing of the greatest of all peace pacts was flashed to the United States to-day over @ special Government circuit be- tween Versailles and Washington, Over this wire of approximately 3,000 miles of ocean cable and land tel graph, set up for almost instantane- ous transmission, came to the De- partment the first outline of the pro+ ceedings of the day, with London, Newfoundland apd New York the only points on the long stretch of line. “This special service direct to the Department from the chateau at Versailles was arranged at the in- stance of the American Mission to-the Peace Conference and carried out under the direction of the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Frank L. Polk, who has just been confirmed as the Under-Secretary of State, the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Wil- liam Phillips, as Acting Secretary of tate to-day in the absence of Mr, Polk, personally watched the opening of the circult and the*transmission of the first messages,” . TREATY HAS LITTLE. EFFECT ONGOVERNMENT CONTROL Supervision of Most Private Activi- ties Relaxed After Signing of Armistice. WASHINGTON, June 28,—Govern- ment control or supervision over va- rious private activities has been so relaxed since the eigning@ot the armistice last November that the signing of the Peace Treaty has prac- tically Little effect on most of them. In cases where Government super- vision has continued, the laws author. izing it stipulated that such control should continue for different periods after the coming of peace. Drafted men may be kept in the months; certain enlist- ments specify six months. Control of railroads and wires was by law: to continue for various periods, but measures now pending in Congress for their return may alter that situ- ation. In some cases there are differences of opinion ay to whether Government control ends with the signing “of peace, with the ratifigation the treaty or, with the proclamation of peace by the President. War-time prohibition is involved among theve, > ‘i » ILLES---18 [ria ton ti Ma a a Ae 71. AND. 1919 » Samant NEWS OF PEACE. RECEIVED QUIETLY ~ IN BOTH HOUSES Republican Senators Refuse to Talk—Wilson’s Address Read in Senate and House. WASHINGTON, June 28.—Officlal Washington took the signing of the Peace Treaty calmly and quietly “in marked contrast to the riotous dem- onstrationa which greeted the an-| nouncement of the signing of the armistice. Congress was wholly without dem- onstration, In the Senate President Wilson's message to the American people was read by Senator Hitch-| cock, senior Democrat of the Foreign Relations Committee, but it passed without comment, The House was not in session at the moment, not as- sembling “until noon. The Marine Band serenading Congress on the Capitol plaza was the only sign of celebration. Diplomats keeping in close touch| with the State Department learned of | the news as it ticked off the ‘special | wire to Versailles, Throughout the city there were no demonstrations whatever by the man. in the street, Although there was considerable gomment on the President's address in private talks among Senators. few made any expression for publication. Senator Knox declined to talk. Senator Hitchcock declared the ad- dress “a great announcement, an elo- quent appeal and an inspiring prophecy for the future.” ‘The House received the President's address with more of a show of cel- ebration than did the Senate; Pre- sented by Democratic floor leader Clark, the address was read from the Speaker's desk, while the House stood and punctuated it with ap- plause and cheers, Loud yells from the Democratic side greetéd the an- nouncement of the signature “Wood- row Wilson.” : Acting Secretary Polk informed the Senate Forelgn Relations Committee to-day that the final oficial draft of the League of Nations covenant showed some changes ip wording from the version printed in this country ‘The information was sent in sponse to a request from Chairmi Lodge who said, in requesting a re- print with corrections, that the dif- ferences apparently Were due to in- accurate cable transmission. “The changes aro all verbal as far as I can see,” said Senator Lodge. —— MRS, SKEELS RECOVERS. LAWRENCE, Mass., June 28.—Ap- parently recovered from the fainting attack which caused her collapse yes- terday Mrs, Bessie M. Skeels) Lund- gren to-day returned to the couft where her trial for the murder of Miss Flor- ence W. Gay was resumed. Her coun- sel decided not to have her take the witness stand again immediately, Dr. ibald C. Foreman of Bayonne, N. J, told of the illness and death of Aibert J. Wilkins of Bayonne, a bro- ther of Mra, Lundgren, for whose mur- Ger by poisoning she is also under in- | dictment in New Jersey. Wilkins, ac- | cording to the physician, suffered from gastristis he introduced a copy of the records of the Bayonne City Hos- pital to show his condition while th SPECIAL NOTICES. uy ““HORLICK'S THE ORI GINAT, MALTED MILK wea’ ead & Aveld Imita: ALLIED STIPULATION MAY HASTEN APPROVAL OF TREATY IN. GERMANY Release of German Prisoners De- pends Upon Time of Ratification by Assembly, PARIS, June, 28.—In the comptetsd Peace Treaty signed to~lay at Ver- failles, the news: ‘8 say, were cer- tain stipulations“ which, it was hoped, Would ‘Wasten*HiMitication of the treaty by the German National Assembly. The Journal says that the Allies, fol- lowing the German example of 1871, Stipulated that the lUboration of German Prisoners would be dependent upon rati- fication of the treaty by the German Assembly and that if the Germans ap- Proved the treaty at once, the prisoners would be released without delay. The. text of the Peace Treaty will be presented to the Chamber of Deputies on July 1 by Premier Clemenceau, the Echo de Paris says. Former Premier Viviani ls said to have been entrusted with the drawing up of the general report on the treaty, Premier Lloyd George, the paper adds, Will address the British House df Com- mons on July 1 on the peace negotia- flons. MRS, L. A. WATERS? WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE Gen. Wingate Upholds Document Leaving Greater Part of $10,000 to Girl Friend. Gen, George W. Wingate, Surrogate for Kings County, admitted to probate to-day the will of Mrs. L, Adelaide Waters, leaving the bulk of her $10,000 Property to her twenty-year-old friend, Miss Lydia R. Shaw, of No. 203 Greene Avenue, $500 to soldiers disabled in battle in Europe and $500 to her brother Frank Wheeler, with the provision that his share should go to the disabled sol- diers if his whereabouts could not be found. Edward Hennessy, special guardian for the undetermined heirs, will, alleging trix and doubt as to th the signature contested the of the testa- genuineness of ncompete Gurared OL, When parchasing wines for medicl und secial purposes, why not the ? De ' deceived jee ty why Ninproves are not properly aged and cared for in wood they in best chumpagne cbtulnable as the We Recommend 9. 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