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Ebert Stakes
Leniency Hope
On U. S. Opinion
German President Expect*
American Democracy to
Rejeet Peace Terms as
Framed by Conference
"To Fight to Bitter End"
Denies Government Will
Sign, Then Resign; Pleads
for 14 Points'Recognition
Otviug to almost unprecedented eon
ffi-stion of the transatlantic cables, thc
foilowing report of a statement made
by President Ebert of Germany on
Sunday to thc Berlin correspondent of
The Associated Press has just reached
titc United States.
BERLIX, May 11 (By The Associated
Press).?Declaring that the terrns of
peace presented by the Allied and as?
sociated governments to -Germany
"contemplate the physical, moral and
intelleetual paralysis of the German
people," that Germans were "hypno
tized" by statements made by Presi?
dent Wilson, 'and that he, himself, is
looking forward to the future "with
gravest apprehensions," President
Ebezt said to-day" that he still hoped
'.hat American democracy would not
accept the treaty framed at the peace
conference.
He rejected with disdain tho sug
^-estion that tho present German gov
(rnnunt would resign rather than
accept or rcject the terms. saying that
the government would "hold out to the
end."
Called Most Drastic Treaty
"When in the course of 2,000 years,"
lie asked, "was ever a peace offered a
defeated people which so completely
ccnteaiplated its physical, moral and
intelleetual paralysis as do the terms
ccunciated at Versailles?
"In his message to Congress Deccm
ber 14, 1917. President Wilson said:
'The frightl'ul injustlce committed in
the course of this war must not be
made good by wishing a similar injus
ticc on Germany and her allies. The
world would1 not tolerate the commis?
sion of a similar injustice as reprisal
and rcalignmer.t.'"
(In h;s message to Congres.j as referred
(.:> in the forepoing paraprraph, delivered
when hp nskod that a state of war be de
clpred to exist between the United States
and Austria-Hungary. President Wilson
said: "The wrongs, the very ileep wrongs,
c "iiniitted in this war must be ripchted.
Ti.at. of course. But they can not and
must not be ?.?isrhted by the commission of
similar wrongs asrainst Germany and her
allies. Tho world will not permit the
commission of similar wronps as a means
c' reparation and settlement.")
Says People Are Awakening
"The German people," President
Ebert continued. "Ls only beginning to
awake from the hyonpsis into which it
has been lulled because of its solid
fait'1 in the sincerity and truthfulness
of Mr. Wilson's programme and his
fourteen points. The awakening will
be terrifying, and we all look forward
to it with 'gravest apprehensions. In
the face of the cold, naked realities
we still consciousiy cling to the faith
which found its epitome in the names
of Wilson and the United States and
the concention of the democracy of the
league of nations.
"We cannot believe that this has
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ibUtote* Coit YOU Stue Prict
Germans File Seven Protests
HTUE German peace delegates since their arrival at Versailles
?* have sent seven letters of protest to tive peace conference. The
protests were:
1 That the peace treaty contained demands which coiild be borne
by no people, and many of which were incapable of accomp
lishment.
9 Against being asked to sign the Allied plan for a league of
nations,. and submitting the German plan for a league of
nations.
*J That the labor clatises of the treaty do not go far enough.
A Criticism of the clauses dealing with prisoners of war, asking
that the prisdhers be returned immediately after the signing
of preliminaries.
? That the economie clauses of the treaty mean the ruin of Ger?
many.
/^ Against the territorial clauses of the treaty, particularly re?
garding the Saar Valley arrangement, the transfer of cer?
tain districts to Belgium and the forced evacuaticn of part of
Schleswig.
H An assertion that while Germany will pay for damage to
France and Belgium, she will not pay on the principle that she
was responsible for the war.
all been an illusion and that the con?
fidence and hopes of a whole people
have been duped in a manner unknown
to history. Even now* optimists are
saying: 'Wilson will not permit it;
he dare not possibly permit it.'"
The President added that he and his
party could not blame the pan-Ger
mans forothe "immodest haste with
which they are now digging up their
former speeches and editorials, in
which the Social Democrats and other
liberals were ridiculed for their belief
in President Wilson's programme."
"I and my colleagues," he said in
conclusion, "upon whom rests the ter
rific burden of the forthcorning deci
sions, hope and pray the German
people who staked all on President
Wilson and the United States "shall not
find themselves deceived. If, however,
the American democracy actually ac
cepts the present peace terms as its
own, it becomes an accomplice and an
abettor of political blackmailers: it
surrenders the traditional American
"principle of fair play and sportsman
ship and trails the ideals of true de?
mocracy in the dust. Notwithstanding
the night now covering it, I have abici
ing faith in the future of the German
people and in the unconquerability of
its soul.
Would Spread Its Kultur
"This people, which has given the
world so much in science, learning and
industry, must not go down to oblivion.
It still has a cultural mission to per?
form and ethical treasures to bes'tow."
President Ebert closed his statement
by declaring the present government
would "hold out to the last," and
scouted the idea that it would "make
room for others to accept or reject the
treaty."
It was in the foregoing statement
that President Ebert made his declar
ation that Germany had "unfurled a
new banner, on which are inscribed
President Wilson's fourteen points,
which the President apparently has de
serted." This doclaration, together
with a few other brief expressions by
the Gerinan President in condemaatior.
of the peace treaty, was contained in a
short summary of the statement re?
ceived in this country Monday.
"Treaty 'Unannehmbar9"
Stirs Gernian Assembly
Awlience Is Convinced Govern?
ment Will Reject the Peace
Treaty in Its Present Form
h'ew York Tribune
Special Cable Service
'Copyrtght, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
BERLIN. May 14,~"Unacceptable,"
was the dominant note of the National
Asembly when Chancellor Scheidemann
delivered his address there Monday. In
German the word?"unannehmbar"?
has a more forceible sound than in
English. It was first used by Scheide
I mann: "This treaty is unannehmbar."
This brought the first marked re
; sponse from the members. They
; shouted "Bravo!" and then a wave of
| handclapping swept through the house,
including the galleries, which gained in
j volume until the whole house rose to
| its feet and continued the demonstra
tion.
Scheidemann, although reading from
manuscript, spoke in sharp, cutting
tones, frequently stirring tne enthu
siasm of the members, and finally took
his seat amid approving shouts.
Herr Mueller, of Breslau, a Majority
Socialist, reechoed Scheidemann's
"Unannehmbar," with telling results
from the House. Later ln the course
of the sitting things grew dull under
the droning of uninteresting speakers
who were scarcely understajidable
from the galleries, owing| to the poor
acoustics of the building, which had
been converted from a library into tbe
public hall of the university.
It was here that in palmier days
American exchange professors were
wont to give their initial lectures in
the presence of the Kaiser and his
showy entourage. To-day's scene pre
j sented a gloomy contrast to these gath
I erings. The members assembled slowly
and sulkily and were less disposed to
gather in groups and hold cheery gos
I sip than is usual on such occasions.
Ministers occupying the "amen cor
' ner" looked distinctly despondent. The
j memorable sitting impressed the audi
I ence with the conviction that the gov
| ernment now was fully committed to
rejecting the treaty in its present
form.
) The Boerse resumed business to-day
; after it3 temporary closure since the
: publication of the treaty. This was
i the leading subject in brokers' conver
! satioriB. Prices of home securities
broke heavily, but the selling never
took a panicky character. There was
! so little demand, however, that even
i the shipping stocks lost from ten to
! thirty-five points, and tiie hertvy coalers
' and irons from eight to twelve. The
. war loans lost four. Foreign exchange
rose strongly, Amsterdam being ftfty
marks on a hundred florins and Scan
' dinavian and Swiss, twenty-five. Mon?
day they were ninetcen.
German Government
Crisis h Expected
Paris \ewspapers See Indica
lions I'nderlying the Reptfrt
of Meeting of the Assembly
PARIS, May 14.?Commenting upon
; the meeting of thc German NBti?r.?l
j AsskmWy in Berlin, the French news
papern point out that underlying an
apparent unanimity against the peace
terms wero characteristie indlcations of
a division between the government and
' the members of the Assembly. In view
j of thtB the newapapers express belief
; that a German government fcrisis may
j be imminent.
Aa to the apeeeh of Philipp Scheide
? mann, the eoneensua of oplnfon among
j the comraantatora ls that hiB attitude
re?emblea that of a convicted individ
' ual whoea punishment becomes immi
I nejlt' Jha newapapera declare that
; neither hia iatar??t?d appeala to plty
i "?? W? dlagulted threats will impress
; the Entente. which, united in poace as
; in war, will require tha atrict fulfll
! ment or the peace treaty.
Germans File
Three Protests
To Peace Pact
Continued from page 1
by the council of four to special com
mittees.
The report of the committee on the
German note regarding changes in the
labor convention has been approved
and sent to the Germans. Close scru
tiny of the treaty revealed several
omissions. The council corrected one
of these by deciding to insert a clause
providing for the withdrawal of repre
sentation on the reparations commis?
sion on a twelve months' notice.
The answers of the council of four
to the German notes on prisoners of
war and labor subjects were delivered
this afternoon.
The German note on the question of
prisoners says:
"The German peace delegation
notes with satisfaction that the
project recognizes the principle of
the return of prisoners of war and
civilians with the least possible de
lay. The delegation deems that all
the details of the execution of this
measure ought to be submitted to a
special commission.
"Direct oral discus-sions between
the commission and nearly all the
belligerents' concerning prisoners of
w*ar havo been considered, even dur?
ing hostilities, as the surest means
of solyjng the difficulties. It ought
to-day to be all the easier to recon
cile the different viewpoints and
clear up certain obscurities still ex
isting on certain details of tho
problem."
"For instance, as a result of the
diversity of the viewpoint of the law j
in the different countries interested, j
the German delegation considers it in- i
dispensable that prisoners of war and
the civilians undergoing penalties for
other infractions than those of disci- !
pline should be in a group that ought
to be repatriated unconditionally. ?
Germany has recognized this principle
regarding prisoners of war and civi- '
lians of the Allied and associated pow?
ers in its custody.
"The German delegation deems it
necessary for reasons of equity to ac
cord certain improvements in the
treatment of prisoners, military and
civilian, pending the time when they
may return to their own country."
The ncte presented by Count von
Brockdorf-Rantzau, head of the Get
man delegation, last night is the one
which it had been forecast he would
send relative to Austria, according to
the "Echo de Paris." It asks permis
sion for the Gerrnan delegation to send
three of its members to greefthe Aus?
trian plenipotentiaries upon their ar
rival at?St. Germaln.
The Council of Four of the peace
conference appointed this afternoon a
sub-committee comprising one member
from each of the five great powers
(Great Britain, France, Italy, the
United States and Japan) to deal with
objections and proposals from the
German peace plenipotentiaries.
The Council of Four held a meeting
this morning, considering problems
relative to ports and waterways and
some details of the Austrian treaty.
The German peace delegation is
busy preparing voluminous counter
proposals for submission to the Allied
and associated powers as substitutes
for terms of the peace treaty. Several
economic sub-commlttees of the delega?
tion met to-day, including the one on
coal supply.
Commercial High Court
Urged for Old Austria
American Represgntative in
Vienna Favors tlnited Con
trol for Small Natiohs
VIENNA, May 14 (By The Associated
Press).?The peace conference, during
the stay of the Austrian delegation at
St. Germain, should provide lor a eoni
mercial high court to have charge of
commercial affairs in the republics
formed from the old empire and the
court should have authorit.y for a long
period of years, Captain Thomas Greg
ory, of California. the representative
hera of the Interallied Food Commis?
sion, said in a statement to-day.
"Otherwise," he added, "the political
differences of the various nationalities
will cause a continuance of the prespnt
commercial chaos, with the result that
the superior German trade organiza?
tion will come in and eventuaily will
dominate the country politically as it
di dformerly. Also there is likely to
be new wars under present conditions.
"Such a high court should have final
authority in regulating trade and it is
also important that there be a con?
troller in charge of the railroads and
waterways. ?
"In some measure thia is what is
being attempted now by the Americans
here. For the good of all concerned
we are atruggling daily with problems
mvolving exchange, money rates and
trade exchanges. We can do what tho
countries with their conflieting fron
tiera and interests never will be able
to do alone."
Rumania Calls Terms Less
Seyere Than Imposed by Foe
BERNE, May 13.?Rumania consid
ers the peace terms given Germany ne
vere, but just, and less severe than
Germany imposed upon Rumania a
year ago, the Rumanian Press Bureau
here announces. It is recalled that the
German plenipotentlariea made this re
mark to the Rumaniani:
"The condition* imposed upon you
are mild compared to those we Intend
to impoae on tha Alliea." -
British Urge Pool
Of All Siezed Ships;
TJ. S. in Opposition
Efforts to Allocate Tonnage
Captured According' to
Allied Losses Renewed;
Poland Asks Ship Share
PARIS, May 14 (By The Associated
Press).?Renewed efforts are being!
made by the British delegation to se-1
cure an agreement calling for the pool- j
ing of former German merchant ves?
sels and their distribution on a basis |
of tonnage loss during the war in- j
stead of the plan of the United States '
retaining those ships interned in Amer- i
ica prior to that country entering the j
war.
Poland is laying claim to some of
the warships surrendered by Germany.
She presented her claims to the Coun?
cil of Foreign Ministers to-day.
WASHINGTON, May 14.?Officials
here do not believe that renewed
efforts by the British government to
secure an agreement calling for the
pooling of former German merchant
vessels will be successful. Opposition
by the United States, when the pro
posal first was advanced, defeated the
British plan in the supreme economic
council, the decisions of which must
be unanimous to be binding, and it
was said here to-day that there was no
reason to believe President Wilson
had changed his mind on the subject.
The United States has 054,000 tons
of German shipping, including some
of the finest and largest of the former
German liners. Approximately 3f>0,000
tons of American shipping were lost in
the submarine warfare and the dif
ference probably will be retained by
the United States and paid for in the
final scttlemcnt 9f this country's
claims against Germany.
French Requisitioning
Ended, Says Minister
PARIS, May 14.?Speaking to-day at
a banquet of the Republican Committee
on Commerce, Agriculture and Industry,
Louis Nail, Minister of Justice. said
requisitioning had ended in France.
Dealing with the peaco treaty the
Minister added:
"Our enemies, who are protesting
violently against clauses of the treaty,
forget that they deliberately started
the war, ruined ten French depart?
ments and killed a million and a half
Frenchmen. When they thought them?
selves victorious it was their purpose
to bleed France white. They are the
greatest culprits in history and must
expiate their crimes and repair the
damage done. No punishment would be
severe enough if the justice due the
Allies was demanded to the limit. The
Versailles treaty, however, is not writ?
ten in the spirit of conquest and
hatred."
M. Nail praised the league of nations,
which he said could be improved and
made more stringent and efficacious.
Ile spoke also of the proposed defen
sive alliance between France and Great
Britain and the United States, and de?
clared that he hoped other members
of the Entente would join the alliance.
He pointed out the necessity for the
civilized world to aid France defend
her frontier, "which is one of civiliza
tion," until the day when the league
of nations would be able to provide for
this defence.
Coblenz Germans Fear
Refusal to Sign Treaty
COBLENZ, May 12 (By Tho Asso?
ciated Press).?The American military
authorities are permitting a certain
amount of comment on the peace terms
by the newspapers in the area of occu
pation. The "Volks Zeitung' of Co?
blenz, after dweliing upon the severity
of the terms, says:
"And yet the dangers of rejecting
thc terms 'ish^ould not be underesti
mated. Our course must be determined
for us by the proper authorities. Ou4
situation is no more desperate than
was that of Carthage at the end oi
the Second Punic War. The inhab
itants of Carthage were stripped of
everything which, so far as could be
foreseen, woukl be of the slightest
value to them in recovering their
strength. NevertKelcss, the city found
means to rebuild its power."
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Okwawa's Skull Demand
Is to Please Africans
Intention Is to Restore It to
His People as Bit of
Diplomacy
New York Tribune
European BureaH
(Copyrlsht. 1919. New York Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, May 14.?It is generally
conceded that the demand in the peace
treaty that Germany restore within six
months the skull of the Sultan Okwawa
to the British is a piece of diplomacy
which is intended to cause the natives
of the former German East African
province to feel kindly toward the Lon?
don government.
Sultan Okwawa, paramount chief of
the Wehehe tribe in German East
Africa, was an uncompromising enemy
of the Germans, whom he fought seven
years. He committed suicide in 1898,
and the Germans sent his head to
Berlin for exhibition.
Britain's intention jindoubtedly is
to restore the late Sultan's skull to his
people, who are expected tq, be duly
grateful.
Senator King's League
Draft Arrived too Late
But Colonel House Says Com?
mission Agreed With Him
in Many Changes Made
WASHINGTON, May 14.?A substi
tute draft for the original covenant of
the league of nations, prepared by
Senator King, of Utah, Democrat,
reached Paris too late for considera
tion, the Senator was advised to-day by
Colonel E. M. House, of the American
peace delegation.
Colonel House said he was sure that
the amended draft as adopted by the
| peace conference would be regarded by
i Senator King as a "better document"
than the original.
"It must have been a source of sat
| isfaction to you," wrote Colonel House,
i "to find the commission agreeing with
your views as to the advisability of
j providing for unanimity, the right of
j withdra'wal, the Monroe Doctrine and
the non-interference by the league in
| purely internal affairs. Then, too, the
covenant has been changed as regards
I logical arrangement and phraseology,
I and I am sure that it will strike you
' as a better document."
Allies to Move Slowly
In Advance on Budapest
VIENNA, May 14 (By The Associatea
Press).? The Allied troops marching on
Budapest will not make any nurried
advance on the city, according to in?
formation reaching the "Acht Uhr
blatt," because the Allied powers feel
convinced either that the Soviet gov?
ernment will be overthrown by tne
Hungarian counter-revolution or el'se
the city will capitulate without tight
ing or bloodshed worth mentioning.
If the Allied powers advance slowly,
as they are doing now, the position
of the Soviet government, it is argued,
would become more and more periious,
as the counter-revolutionists are sure
to find assistance in Budapest, and as
the increasing lack of food would have
an effect as adverse as the loss of a
battle.
Professor Philip C. Brown, of the
American Embassy here, has gone to
Paris to report to the American peace
delegation on the situation in Hun
gary. He returned yesterday from a
vir.it to Budapest.
The Hungariao Communist army
claims, according to Budapest dis
patches received here, to have gained
some successes against the Czecho-Slo
vaks at Fulck, sixty miles north of
Budapest.
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Start Back When
Treaty Is Signed
If Germans Refuse to Yield
Plans Will Be Materially
Changed; All Our Men
Ready to Return Soon
COBLENZ, May 14 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?If the Germans sign
the peace terms all the American
troops, except the 3d Corps and three
divisions and a few headquarters units,
will be out of the occupied district of
Germany by June 1, or soon after that
date, according to reports in circula?
tion in Coblenz.
It is understood that the lst, 2d and
3d Regular divisions will be those to
remain for the duties in connection
with turning over the area to French
control. If the Germans accept the
peace conditions, it is understood,
preparations will begin immediately
for the remaining three divisions to
withdraw to France preparatory to
embarking for home.
General Pershing, when asked by the
correspondent on Monday what would
be the part of the American army in
the event the Germans do not sign the
treaty, said it may be depended upon
that America will do her part, wbat
ever that may be.
In connection with the report that
all the Americans except the 3d Corps
and the three divisions will be out of
Germany by June lvprovided the Ger?
mans accept the peace conditions, it
!u un4Je?8tood that the headquartera of
the Third Army will remain in Co
blenz with Lieutenant General Hunter
Liggett in command. The task of pay
ing bills and checking up property pre
paratory to turning the area over to '
the French will require a great mass :
of detail work, but plans for the trans-!
fer of the Americans from German soil !
have advanced to such an extent in the j
last few days that latest estimates
are that possibly by August the duties '
of the great mass of itie Americans I
in connection with occupation will be j
virtually at an end and the last dough-1
boy will have said good-by to the
Rhine.
The 4th, 6th, 6th and 7th Regular
army divisions will be turned over u
the Service of Supply. Various other
units in tho area of occupation alao
will be ordered to France.
Plans have been prepared that whe?
the Germans sign the treaty the troopa
will begin to move immediately. ft j
hoped to move eight trains loaded nrtm
troops* daily. The equipment of^fi
soldiers will be shipped out later.
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Memoi?aI for Rooseveb
RIO JANEIRO, May 14.-A memorUl"
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