El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-23
HUN SOLDIERS
FAIL TO HOLD
Unable to Keep Promise to
Emperor to Stem Tide
of the Allies.
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league as permanently neutral and
would enjoy the leagues protection.
Protect Against Outsiders
All available means would be used
against any federal state outside OF
the league which attacks a federal
safe outside OF the league Whlcn az
tacSs a federal state or takes up arms.
without having applied TO the -arbi-
tration court or awaited its judg-
ment
Members OF the league would
mutually undertake 20 cut down
and steadily reduce their land ma
val and military forces
They would further undertake not
TO use their forces for any other OBJ
jects than the maintenance OF internal
order, defence OF their territory
against attacks. and for joint eLecu-
ton Of the leagues mandates.
For the first decade after the foun-
dalton OF the league. each states sur
plus Of raw materials would be d.
vfded between the other federal states,
according to a standard TO be agreed
Recognize Freedom Of Sea.
Members Of the league viii recog-
nize freedom OF the seas Straits. ca
nails and connecting seas, both banks
Of which are not in possession OF the
same federal state would oe lhleril.t-
tionalized and their Notifications re-
tanned, guarded BY commanq, con-
sisting OF cOntingents from all the Ied-
Grated states, and commanded IN rola-
ton every three years by delegate
OF the states
high seas would be proclaimed and
the national prize law and blockade
Right OF Blockade.
Exercise OF the right Of blockade
would be reserved to the league and
- lea for AGAINST
any federal state which violates the
leagues constitution and against any
state not belonging TO the league
which takes up arms against the neu-
ltralized states. Overseas cables would
The controlled by a commission Of the
Beware of Berlin Reports.
London, Eng. Sept. 23--Although
/ reports Of a German political crisis,
arising from the supposed movement
for parliamentarization Of the gov
eminent. are printed at greater OF
less length in the papers here. the
whole thing IS mostly regarded as
merely an integral part OF the Ger
man peace offensive" The Tele-
graph. discussing the rumOrs. says
that this is the eighth political
crisis in the course Of the war and
adds:
IAN of them have left things
very much as they were before"
The newspapers generally ignore
reports editorially. but the view
widely taken is expressed by the
Graphic. which describes the discus
sion now filling German newspapers
as a "strategem TO lure the allies
into making peace by depicting Ger
many as a democracy"
Emperor in the Farce
The Graphic believes that the en-
peror Is following the example Of
some OF his Hohenzollern predeces-
sors and is gladly playing his part IN
the farce, which is about to be re-
staged with the centerist majority
and the socialists as joint managers"
The inwardness Of the move. it adds,
Is that Matthias Erzberger hopes. with
the help OF Philip Scheidemann, the
socialist leader, and his followers to
GUST imperial chancellor Won Hertling
and secure the center OF the stage as
peacemaller for Germany.
Thinks Allies Soon Forget.
ALLIED democracies are led to be-
/ lieve it will be quite safe to negotiate
with a German parliamentary gov
eminent" the Graphic says. The
whole movement is clearly preparing
the way for a resuscitation OF the
notorious reichstag resolution in re-
vised edition in the hope that the al
lies have forgotten how completely
that sham has been exposed"