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The Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
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German government appoints Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and Philipp Scheidemann to head delegation to peace conference. Delegation to oppose allied demands beyond Wilson's program, seek end to economic measures, disarm, demand colony return, self-determination for Alsace-Lorraine, and support League of Nations.
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FOR ALSACE-LORRAINE
Basle, Jan. 20. — The German government, according to a dispatch from Berlin, has appointed Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the foreign minister, and Philipp Scheidemann as the heads of the German delegation to the peace conference.
The government has drawn up lines of policy which the German delegation "must follow."
The German delegation, the dispatch says, will oppose the demands of the allies which go beyond the program outlined by President Wilson. The delegation will seek the immediate suspension of all economic measures against Germany.
The German government, according to the dispatch, will declare through its delegates its readiness in common with other states to disarm on land and sea and in the air. Germany, it declared, already has realized the greater part of her disarmament under the terms of the armistice, and it is claimed that this fact renders unjustifiable the retention of her men as prisoners by the allies.
The Berlin dispatch further says that Germany will demand the return of her colonies. Germany, it adds, will recognize the principle of the right of self-determination which should be applied to Germany as it was before the war, especially as regards Alsace-Lorraine. The German delegates will support the creation of a league of nations in accordance with the proposals of President Wilson.
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Berlin
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Jan. 20
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demand return of colonies; apply self-determination to alsace-lorraine; support league of nations; oppose allied demands beyond wilson program; seek suspension of economic measures; declare readiness to disarm; claim unjustifiable retention of prisoners.
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German government appoints Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and Philipp Scheidemann as heads of delegation to peace conference, with policy to oppose allied demands beyond Wilson's program, seek end to economic measures, declare disarmament readiness, demand colony return and self-determination for Alsace-Lorraine, and support League of Nations.