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VOL. V. NO. 241
tlntc-red ns Second Clasi Matter at the rostnfflo. t Philadelphia, Pa
. Under the Art of March lsift
PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. JUNE 23, 15)19
Pub.ir.VU Pa h t xcept 8unda Subscription T rirr $. a "War to Mat'
fnpriRht IKI'i to PublJ- I pilRtr rnmpan
PRICE TWO CENTS
GERMANY AGREES TO SIGN PEACE PACT;
IN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TEUTONS
tffiltA'lW?!; ,; ffir"?? n, n PFinittZm
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BOW TO
THRFF RITIFS FRRM
CLEARING HOUSE N
AUTO ROBBERY WAR
Philadelphia, Washington ani
Baltimore Make Combine
, Against Motor Thieves
14 MACHINES FROM HERE
LOCATED IN MARYLAND
Prisoners and Stolen Cars Ex
changed Eleven Machines
Await Claimants
j
The detective bureaus in I'hiladel
phla, Baltimore and Washington hae !
organized a clearing house for the re I
turn of stolen automobiles recoered '
and the rapid requisition of automo
bile thieves to the scene of their crime.
As the result of the organisation
Ifourtoon automobiles stolen from Phila
delphia nere recovered in Ilaltlmnre
and returned to their original owners
last week and two were recoered in
Washington and returned to their Phil-
I'adclphla owners.
Two men arrested in Philadelphia fori
hn hifl- nf n Sanfin mneliine in Wash- I
.ington and the attempted theft of a P"t i'c Pentose following on the do
valuable automobile here were ordeied fcnslvo; tn answer the insistent slogan
sent ttf Washington bv Magistrate Me i"rown with (ontrnctor-controlled gov
cieary.in the Central Station today and ""m?"t,i,h I'WY"" "y "P,'ros is
two' men arrested in Washington for Mocking Philadelphia s progress for fam
ine theft of automobiles In Philadelphia
will bo brought here for trial.
" Lestrange In Chargo
lieutenant of Detectives .T.-seph
Lo-
'strange heads the local organization for
tracing down the automobile thefts and
bringing the perpetrators to justice. In
this work he is co-operating with Major
Fullmer, head of the force Washing
ton, and, Marshal Carter, leader of the
Jialtlmore detectives in charge ot DreaK
ing up the work of auto thine.
. Trumau Swain, one of the local de
tectives working under Lieutenant Le
strange, has been in Ilultlmorc and
Washington for scvcrul -weeks working
with the detective forces in th'at citj.
It was he who identified the fourteen
stolen automobiles recovered in Haiti-1
more and had them returned to their
owners" in Philadelphia.
He. also identified the two automobiles
recovered in Washington and had them
returned to this citj. One was the
property of Eugene Pelt, Til4S Walnut
street, stolen from in front of lOlfi
Erie avenue on Mtiy 10, and the other
was the property of Dr. John 11. Chap-j
I street below Walnut street ou the night
uiau, ui iiiruuu, oiunu num -iaiii
I of May '20.
Two men were nrrested and held in
Washington for the thefts. One gave
his name as Gus rroelich, who said he
was merely purchasing the machine
from Jean Armour, the other man ar
rested. Armour said he earnedto Phila
delphia on the night of May 10 and pur
chased the first car from a man named
George Joynes.
But Swain sas the men weie in towu
the night both cars were Btolen and that
they are members of aSndicate of an-,
tomobiies thieves who steal cars from
this city and supply the workmen of the '
navy yard there, where they arc em-
p'lojcd, with automobiles at a reduced
rate.
Arrested Last Week
The two men arraigned here today
gave their names as George Haker and
Elmer Rurrls. They crc arrested here
last week at Fifteenth and Walnut
treets. At the time the men had taken
nosscKslon of a valuable automobile, after
abandoning the one in which they drove
rip to the corner, a paironnan saw
them leave the one machine and try
to start the other and placed the two
men under arrest.
The machinp they had abandoned
proved to be the property of Tj. K.
Sinclair, general npanager of the Po
tomac Electric Power Company, 3120
Seventeenth street northwest, Wash
ington, and had been stolen froni in
frpnt of his house. In it was found
a quantity of bandages, gags and chlor
elorm. The two men were emplojed in
a"drug store adjoining Sinclair's home
and had been suspected from the first.
They were sent back to Washington In
charge of Detective nennner, or, mar.
pity.
Closer Co-operation
Th detectives of Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington have always
worked together to a certain extent,
Lieutenant Lestrange said, but the
growing practice of automobile thieves
of stealing machines in one ot the,
eltes and then running them to oub
Vr another of the other two and sell
ing them ofter changing the numbers
(ftused the heads of the work to de
eide upon closer co-operation,
r Bach city has a special squid for
running down thenutomoblle thieves
and arrangements have been wade for
tho prompt interchange of any informa
tion obtained regarding stolen cars re
covered or thieves captured. Detec
Uv?s will be changed liberally between
three cjties,
TRANSIT AMBUSH LAID I
BY VARE ORATORY GUNS
SNARES PENROSE ARMY
Barrage of Denunciation
enemy in baius urn unsiaught vares unarter
Artillery Camouflaged for City Election
11 GEORGE
taff f orreMmnelenl of tli
Harrisburir. .Tunc 23. Throughout
the present session tho Vnro leaders
have been awaiting an oppnrtiinitv to
manufacture campaign mutctlal for the
approaching citj fight.
I Prom the h sinning they had been on
the defensive, dodging, evading, comba,t
j ing the skillfullv aimed blovys o their
adversaries. 'J he charter bill hampered
them: it clung to them in House and
Senate, and it wasn't until last week
that thev could rid themselves of it.
As the Legislature approached ita
close it locked, to a superficial observer,
n it there wercnt a hook left upon
(which thej could hang unj hope of to
taliation.
Hut it is becoming apparent, now that
the fight in Pliil.idelphi i has started.
I that all this time the Vare's guns were
'shotted and camouflaged so that the
i Penrose people failed to see the inu.
'zles. Counterattack Made
Their stratagem was, if possible;, to
"" purposes
JVn accomplish this the Vare leaden
oigani7cd it secret counterattack.
Their weapon was the Salus hill. It
permitted funds raised bj loans for u
specille purpose to bo dierttd to nn
Retail Dealers Quote Decline in
Steaks and Roasts Pork
Remains High
PROFITEERING INTIMATED
Meat prices tobk another drop today.
T'c decreases ranged from two to'eight
u'lll u KHltlil It'um.
Decreases were especiall noticed in
beef products. Pork is still high and
in some cases increases hate been made
in the prices of both pork and lamb.
According to it fiermantown denier
who operates fotn stores in that section,
a dealer can make 20 per cent, profit
ou his les while charging much less
for his meats than the prices prevailing
in the- majority of markets here. This,
butcher charges that the gtcat majority
of the meat dealers in Philadelphia arc
overcharging the public.
In his four mtukets sirloin, rump
and round steaks sold today for thirty
cents a pound. Some stores in tho same
section asked fort -the cents a pound
for similar cuts, while other Markets
there are getting lift -eight cents for
sirloin steak, fift-two cents for rump
and forty-eight cents for round.
Range of Prices
The following table shows a compari
son of the prevailing prices here:
I.aat week
t mi r.s
f0 ',2
.4851 r,o
, . . 20
... l 48
r,of no
4MS' 4S
Toilav
S 4MW.
fJ," ;,lek
S
Round Bteak
4M& 48
n'tr
Chuck rnast
leg of lurnli
lamb chops
Pork chop
.-.nn tn
48Si .VI
William Pierson is the Germantowu
dealer "who quoted these prices today:
Sirloin steak, J10 Wilts; rump steuk,
.10; round steak, B0; chuck roast, 18;
boneless pot toast, 18; veal shoulder,
12; veal chops, 2,"; mutton, lli'i ;
leg of lamb, .10 ; lumb .chops, ','' ;
shoulder of lamb, 20 ; pork chops, :. ;
roast loin ot potk, !I0; shoulder of
pork, 2S.N
20 Per Cent Profit
"By charging these prices I make u
profit that nverages 20 per cent," Mr.
Pierson said toda. "M.v prices have
been down for two weeks. Other dealers
in the city could charge the same prices
If thev would be satisfied with the snine
'profit I am getting. I consider thut
tbey are now overcharging for metits.
Sir Gilbert Parker
has never written a better story than
THE WORLD FOR SALE
This thrilling romance of the
Canadian Northwest
begins in this issue of the' Evening
Public LEPOEn on page 22.
Begin reading it today by shooting
the perilous rapids of Cdrlllon with
Fleda Druse, the heroine.
MEAT PRICES HERE
TAKE 8-CENT DROP
DEMANDS
Fired by Scott Traps
N'0 MrCMN
hvenhn: Public T.rdcer
other purpose, prowded the voters of
l inlatlclphia would approve such action
on a leferendum. ;
While the Salus bill was designed, n
the aio liaders persistenth nssert, to i
icliete the transit situation in Phila
delphia and transfer funds fiom uufin
ished transit tontracts to the i oinp'e
Hon of the 1'rankford I, behind it was
a pin pose of winni ( fighting gtouudi
for thtir niavnrnlt.v campaign I
The Vare lenders were plating safe
vhtitcver the outcome. If the Salus bill
passed there would be a refeiciidiini and
the Vrankford I. would ho tomi'etcd.
If the incisure met defeat .it the hands'
ol the Pentose Independents the Vare-
ites would he furnished villi the offin- i
sne weapon the eovetcel
Rliittiev Penrese
Then lould go before I ho public, as
Semtor Vare tleclnrcs the now will
do, proclaiming from, the housetops
that Penrose blocked rapid transit in
Philadelphia for purolv factlonnl ends. '
Moreoer, in defending the bill on thci
flooi of the hotist n capital opportunlt I
would be afforded their spokesmen to,
gie expicssion to their hatred for Sen
ator Penrose. The development of thej
scheme became n piotess of watchful I
waiting.
As the session dragged on the Vnre'
leaders became kcenl aware that this
Continued on Page Thirteen. oliinin Two
BY $5010 BLAZE
Two Firemen Injured in Rain of
Slate Roofing at 7th and
Norris Conflagration
$5000 ORGAN IS BURNED
Two firemen weie innirod and ninnv.
others narrow lj escaped death in n
shower of tons of slate roofing during
the oourse of a spectnculnr lire that vir
tuallj destro.ved the Seventh Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, southwest
comer of Seventh and Norris streets,
this morning.
Battalion Chief Williamson was badly
cut and bruised about the hands and
arms, but managed to cling to the
fiamework and avoid being carried to
the street, Ma Si lienzel, a hosemau,
437 East Flora street, received similar
injuries. Several pieces of fire ap
paratus were b.nll damaged by the
falling roof.
The fire had complete! wrecked the
inside of the stiucture when the flames
caused the slate roofing on the building
to shift. The luav.v material gathered
momentum and threatened all before it,
but the fact that the building is con
structed with numerous acute tingles
at the top enabled the firemen to se
cure places of safety and watch the
loof slide off to the ground.
The hre was discovered short! nfter 0
o'clock. David Gross, fifteen cars old.
1840 Xortli Seventh street, noticed the
bla", and notified the men at the lire
house on Seventh street north of Norris.
When the arrived ou the scene the
iianifs had such headwav that two
alarms were sent in imniediatel.v .
Tho fire evident! had been raging for
some time, for when the firemen broke
into the structure the entire iuterior was
a mass of tlames. A pipe organ, valued
nt ?!00l. had been destro.ved before the
fire-fighters arrived.
The fire raged so liercel for n time
that man families in the neighborhood
began to move their furnishiugs nvviiy
for fear that the blaze would com
municate to near!) pioperties. The
home of William ICoenig, -1 il.'tS Xoith
Seventh street, adjoining the church,
was had! damaged b smoke ami
water.
The Seventh Street Methodist Epis
copal Church is an old landmark. The
present building was completed in ISM,
succeeding the oltl Cohoeksink Medio
dlst Episcopal Church. The congrega
tion would have celebrated the eight
fourth anniversary of the founding of
the latter church within a few weeks.
The Hev. Dr. Alviu Copper is pastor
'of the church. He fixes the fire damage
at at least $50,000. Crossed electric
light wires is given as the probable
reason for the fire by him.
The Rev. J. W. Richards, pastor
of the Evangelical Lutheian Church at
Seventh street and Montgomery avenue,
has extended the use of his church to
the pastor and congregation for services
next Sunday, ,
CHURCH
DAMAGED
S1K
PS LEFT
MI PORTS
Crews Wreck Twelve Fighting
Craft Besides Destroyers
Not Given to Allies
KIEL AND WILHELMSHAVEN
FLEETS SENT TO BOTTOM,
Teuton Admiral Liable to Death
for Scapa Flow Act, Is I
Assertion
15 (lie Assnriatrd Pi ess
Weimar, June 23. 'Hie Get man w u
ships not surrendered to the Allies md
which liutc been anehortl olT Kiel,
Welhelmshaven and other points have
been sunk b Gel mill sailors nuinnin ,
them, according to a teport received
hero fiom a reliable aiithorlt i
According to the tepoits tnerc wete
twelie German war vessels besides de-
strovers, which weie in Gcimnn waters,
not having been tinned over to the
Entente under the armistice provisions.
Iondon. June 23. fR,v A. P.) The
sinking of the German fleet nt Scapn
Plow is regarded In most editorial
writers lieio as a fresh example of Ger
man faithlessness. There are main '
indignant denunciations of the act of
the Germans. "A gloss oiitinge," "n .
deliberate violation of the uiinlsticc" '
and "ti earlier " ate some of the ex I
presslons used bv this morning's papeis.
It i contended that the earning out 1
of Admiral von Heater's order auto
matical! annuls the armistice and reu-1
dels the admiral liable to the death
penult and all coucerntd to long terms'
of penal servitude. Some newspapers
demand that the Allies evuet fullest pen
alties, including Immediate pnvnient of
70,000,000 gold, as the value of the
tleet. r
Several writers, however, express the
I opinion that notwithstanding "the out
jiagiotis" act, the Allies arc theub
relieved of an awkward question as to
the disposal of the Mirieuieleii el tint,
which, owing to a divergence of opinion
between America and Great I'.iitnin und
I the other European pnvveis, might leave
j developed into different it, ellflnult to
I compose. '
, Those who advocate this vlew, never
theless, regret that the ship, were sunk
'while the fleet was in Great Britain's
keepitig, as siev hail faveiieel the sinking
of the- ships in the faie uf continental
opinion.
i Although reports stated that si Ger
.though reports have stated that six Gei
mans were killed and ten wounileel when
the boats of the Geiniiin fleet in St.ip.il
Plow weie fired upon subsequent to the
scuttling of the German fleet, the Daily
Mall sas that otheis ma have been
drowned and that some may possibly
( ontlnued on Pate J.1b:u, ( nlumn One
TWO SAFES CRACKED
IN DAYLIGHT ROBBERY;
THIEVES GET $3000
Green Street Saloonkeeper
Learns of Theft When He Re
turns From Sunday Outing
Bobbers, working in da light, wrecked
two safes in the saloon of Law retire
"indole, 70! Green street, and escaped
with more than S3000 in gold, bank
notes. Elbert Bonds anil war savings
stumps.
In addition to takitig .?22-!ei finm
Puidok's safe and his wife's diamond
ring, the robbers stole ,?(s."0 from the
safe of Antbonv Andrews, n bartender
for Puidok. which was in a rear room
on the second floor.
Two little girls said they saw two
men wearing black beards enter tho rcui
of Puidok's saloon esterda.v afternoon
and leave after being there about on
hour. The police believe that the rob
ber.v was committed by some one fa
miliar with the Puidok establishment
The safe hrenking occurred between
3 o'clock csterdaj afternoon ami 7
o'clock last evening while Puidok ami
his famil were on a Sunday nfternoou
outing.
"I came home just about 7 o'clock
last evening." saiij Puidok toda.v . "and
found that- robbers had broken Into m.v
place. The ripped the door from a
safe on the hrst lloor and blew open
a safe on the second floor with an
explosive,
"They got $045 in gold coin, $2.M) in
Liberty Bonds, $4j in war savlngi
statnpa J bougnt tor the children and
nearly iflOOO in banknotes."
" When you thlnlt nt vrrltln.
11
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MADE
auer rats '
I
TE
EE
Agrees to Sign Treaty Only Be
cause Nation's Strength
Is Shattered
HOPEFUL FOR REVISION
UNDER PROMISE OF JUNE 16
promier Protests Stern Allied
Measure in Addressing Wei-
l mar Assembly
Coup for Dictatorship
Is Expected in Germany
Paris, June 23 - (Rv A. P.)
The movement for a militnr.v die ta
toiship in German is giining
ground, according to advices re
e eh eel In the America! militnr.v an
thonttes here, quoting the Krciii
Zritung. of Berlin.
Die Pieiheit. the Independent So
cialist paper, declares that the coun
tei -revolutionar element Is prepar
ing to strike a blow against the
g'i eminent.
R the Associated Press
Weimar, Sunda , June 22. It is
ofhcially announced that Germany will
sign the peace treaty.
In announcing the eleciston before the
National Asseinbl tndav. Premier 0u
tav Aelolph Bnuer said .
"At this hour of life anel cteith, tin
tier the nuuiace of invasion, for the last
time I raise in fiee Gcrmutiv a protest
against this tieat.v of violence and tie
struction. I protest against this mock
er.v of self-determination, this ensluve
ment of the German people, this new
mennee to the peace of the world uiidii
the nnsk of a treatv of peace. N'o
signing e-nn enfeeble this protect which
we rnise anel swear tn. This treatv
eloes not lose its annihilating charae tor
by alterations in detuil. Piotestiug
against it is useless anil is at the tisk
of it m w e i isis w ithin foi tv eight hours.
Hope for Revision
"Our power of resistence is broken
and there is no means of averting this
treatv. The-tieutt Itself, however, does
give us a handle which we enunot al
low to Ul' ie"irii ireiiu 11-; mtmci , t
tlm Tnlpeito's solemn oroinisn nt .Turin
II! that the treilv can bo reviseel from
time to time am! adapted fee new eou
ditions. That is one of the few words
in the tieat.v breathing the real spirit
of pence "
Piemtei Bauer in his speee h cvpiessed
his faith in the German people and
their final realisation of a better future,
lie sniel the weie faced with .venrs
of laboi foi the foreign nccoiiut, but
r imtlniifri on Paicn Four, Column Four
STOCKS UP ON PEACE NEWS
Calm Rise Occurs After Announce
ment Had Been Discounted
New York. June 23. News of Gei
man's initonditiKii.il acceptance of the
peace terms which came to Wall street
In w.iv of London around 1 30 p m ,
hardened the stock inirket immediate Iv ,
although with little show of tutivitv.
Some itupoitant stocks rose above the
high prices of the opening after having
had s everal reactions earl. The news
was no surprise- to the street, winch had
discounted it for some tiriie
The cheaper rails, motor metals and
tobaccos and food issues led the irregu
lnr r ill v Among high-priced specialties,
industrial Alcohol ami General Motors
wire the chief feature, the latter te
bounding 10 pointo.
Other minimis realized from to
". points.
, ROOF CAVES. WOMAN KILLEDI
I
i . u ...,lf U.l mi... I
' Agea nou"i" ,iaeeamg Glomes
Out on Stable Top
Airs Elizabeth McCloskey, fifty,
seven years old, 71 1 South Eighth
street, wns much wm-n cue statue roof
on which she was standing collapsed
and dropped her lift feet to the grotiud
esterda.v afternoon.
The woman was hanging out some
clothes on the roof, which adjoins her
home, when the inof gave wa.v. Boys
plaing on the street heard the crash
I and saw Mrs. McCloskey fall. Tbey
summoned the police, but the woman
l was deal before she reached the Pcun-
sjlvanln Hospital.
ThUf Gets Watch and Money
A thief yesterday took n gold watch
and cash amounting to $22 from J. 0.
Edwards and E. K. Roberts, from their
room, 40S Jersey avenue, Gloucester.
Tho property of two other men who
live in the same room was untouched.
I EEUffi
Mil PEOPLE
BY THE ALLIES
GREEKS FLEEING FROM TURKS IN ASIA
PARIS. June 23 The situation In Asia Mimi' s c: .or,
nccoiding to official advices leceived by Reuleis Limited bureau
licit today. Tiic&e advices stated that the Tuikish foicfs oitt
mimbcr the Gietks four to one and thi eaten to tluve the Gireks
cutiiely out of Asia Minoi. Th Gicek forces are lepoitecl to be
leti eating before the Tuiks, who ale supplied with good aitilleiy
and plenty of ammunition.
RAND SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RAIDED
NEW YORK, June 23, State tioopeis acting foi the I.us i
jo.nt legislative committee piouing ncucai activities n this
state, laidcil the Sand School foi Social Scieuce tins aftein o.i at
me instance ot the state attorney general and opened a sate
bclicvt-J to contain "wiitteu and piiuted mattei of a levolutiou
aiy and seditious aatuic."
310 ENGINEERS QUIT ARCHANGEL TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, June 23. The last battalion of the 310th
enyineejs is to leave Aichangel Wednesday, nccoidinfr to a mes
sage leceived by the State Depaitinent today fiom the Amciicpu
consul theie. The dispatch told of the friendly fniewell given
to the Ameiicau tioops in all the villages through which they
passed.
NO SEARCH FOR LIQUOR IN PRIVATE HOMES
WASHINGTON, June 23. The provision of the prohibition
cnfoicement bill permitting search of piivatc hpmes for con
traband liquor when the wairant was sworn to "by at least two
ci-editibie jjeisons.,, was htricken nut today by tho House Judi
s;r.ij Ccm.uUtcc. The system of seaich as piovided in the
espionage act was substituted.
Allies Demand ' Yes 'or' No'
When Foes Qualify Assent
B the Associated Press
Paris., June 23. Replying last night to the answer of the
Germans agreeing to t;ign the treaty with two reservations, the
allied statement, says:
"The allied and associated powers have considered the note
of the German delegation of even date, and. in view of the
shortness of time remaining, feel it their duty to reply at once.
Of the time within which the German Government must make
its final decision as to the signature of the treaty, less than
twenty-four hour.-, remain. The allied and associated govern
ments have given fullest consideration to all representations
hitherto made ly the German Government with regard to the
treaty, and have replied with complete frankness. They have
made such concessions as they thought it were just to make."
"The present note of the German delegation presents no
arguments or considerations not already examined. The allied
and associated governments, therefore, feel constrained to say
that the time for discussion is past. They can accept or ac
knowledge no qualification or reservation and must require of
the German representatives an unequivocal decision as to their
purposes ta sign and accept as a whole or not to sign and
accept the treaty as finally formulated. After the signature
the allied and associated powers must hold Germany responsible
for the execution of every stipulation of the treaty."
GERMANS ASK RESERVATIONS
The German note, in which German
ngrccs to sign the treatv. with two les
ervations, was received bv the president
of the Peace Conference at ." o'cloe k last
evening.
Tlio Gnrm.'in note follows, elated or
sallies, June 22, and addressed to M,
Clemenceau :
The imperial minister of foieign nf
fnlrv tins Instructed iv to lommiltii
cnte the following to vour ccellenc.v :
The government of the German re
public has, from the moment when the
peace conditions nf the allied and as
sociated governments were made
known to it, let no doubt exist us to
the fact that the government, in har
mon.v with the whole German people,
must regard these conditions as being
in sharp contradiction to the principle
which was accepted by the allied and
associated powers, on the one hand,
and German . on the other, as being
binding in accordance with the laws
of nations for the peace before the
conclusion o.f the armistice.
Relying upon this principle of
justice which was agreed upon be
tween the parties tn the negotiation,
and assisted by a clear exposition of
conditions iti Germany, the govern
ment has left no stone unturned in
order to arrive at direct verbal ex
change of opiuions, and thus obtain
some mitigation of the1 unbenriiblv
harsh conditions which might render
it possible foi the government of the
German lepubllc to sign the treat
of peacp without lesei vntions, and to
guarantee its execution.
These endeavors of the government
of the German lepubllo, which were
undertaken in the interest of the pence
of the worlel and the leeonclllntinn
of peoples, have failed owing to
rigorous insistence on the conditions
of peace.
Par reaching coiinter-proposalH of
the German delegation have onl in
certain poiuts received any accept
ance. The concessions made only
reduced the severit of the conditions
in a smnll degree.
The allied and associated govern
ments have in an ultimatum, which
expires on June 23, confronted the
government of the German republic
with the decision either to sign the
treat of peace presented by them or
refuse to sign. In the latter case,
n completely defenseless people hits
been threatened with the forcible im
position of the conditions of peace
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NOTE II PARIS
Actual Peace Waits on Signa
tures to Treaty Tuesday
or Wednesday
"PEACE OF VIOLENCE,"
FOE SAYS, ACCEPTING
Germans Communicate Word of
Submission After New Plea
for Delay Fails
ENTENTE REMAINED FIRM
Italian Delegates Now in France
Authorized to Attach
Names
R the Associated Press
Paris, June 23. The
German Government at
Weimar has formally com
municated its willingness
to sign the peace terms un
conditionally, it was an
nounced by the French
Foreign Cfflice this after
noon. The German answer rc
garding the treaty was re
ceived by the Peace Con
ference this afternoon.
The German note of ac
ceptance, it is said, is
couched in such language
that it maintains the Ger
man position that the
peace conditions are "a
peace of violence."
The day and hour for
the formal signing of the
treaty are uncertain. The
signing possibly may take
place Tuesday, but more
likely Wednesday.
The Italian delegates at
present in Paris have been
authorized to sign Jhe
treaty on behalf of Italy.
This announcement re
moved one question which
it was feared might delay
the signing.
R.v (lie Associated Press
Paris. June 23 Geimnnv totlay re
quested an additional foitv eight hoitri
within which to make known its de
cision ultimo to signing the peace
tieutv without the leservations refused
bv the Entente
Tins appeal was made prior to
the formal acceptance cif the tieat.v.
Tlio Council of Three (lath refused
the request after a discussion lasting
less than an hour
The icquest pleaeleel that the change
in the gov eminent and the generally
distill bed conditions made it difficult
to complete tho arnngements.
The communnation fiom the Ger
mans was leceived ut 3 o'clock this
morning At 0 o'clteck President 'ttil
j son and Premier Clemenceau met with
Premier I.lnvd George at tho latter's
I house for consideration of the note.
The character of this communication
I was not disclosed, however, until some
I time later in the lnortiing, when an
' nouncement was made that the German
I request had been rejected.
I Appeal for Ilelaj
' The Germun note asking delay read
as follows:
"To His Excellency, the President of
I the Peace Conference, M. Clemen
ceau :
"Mr President The minister for
foreign affairs instructs me to beg the
allied and associated governments' to
prolong for fort eight hours the time
limit for answering your excellency's
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