The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-05-28
GRRMANY WILL sIGN.

GERMANY WILL SIGN.
The individual who is skeptieal
about Germany signing the peace
treaty should read the below special
from Berlin. Germany's government
is no longer autocratic and it is en-
tirely responsive to the popular viii.
The will of the great mass of Ger
man people is for peace, and if
Eberts and Scheidemann and others
of her official heads refuse to sign
the German people will promptly
topple them over and substitute men
who will But here is the special,
which speaks for itself:
BERLIN, May 21.-(Via Berne
and Paris, May 23.)-The greatest
demonstration | have ever seen was
in Berlin this afternoon when hun
dreds of thousands of people paraded
the streets, demanding that the gov
eminent sign the peace terms at
once.
About 100000 people were packed
in the Lustgarten, in front of the
Kaiser's palace, where the indepen-
dent socialists held their principal
meeting. Under Den Linden and all
the streets running into the Lust
garten were packed with excited
people, whose one cry was "sign the
peace terms! Sign the peace termsn
Haase and many independent social
lists spoke, declaring that the only
hope for Germany was TO sign the
div
cheered The government tried to
hold a meeting in Wilhelmplatz
against signing peace, but great pa
rades of independent socialists
marched down Wilhelmstrasses
singing the International Revolution
airy Hymn, and swept the govern
ment crowd entirely away. The So
cialists remained in front of the Of
fetal residence of Noske and the Of
fees of the Ebert government, sing
ing and shouting, Sign the peace
Down with Ebert! Down with Noske
and Scheidemann! Let us have
peacel We want bread not bullets"
Signing is Expected.
The government seems to be en-
tirely overruled by popular senti-
ment in its announcement of a de-
cision not to sign the peace terms.
1t is the opinion in Berlin that the
government will execute quick
about-face and sign the peace terms.
The great popular demonstration
this afternoon makes it appear that
unless the government does this lit
will be swept away. The immense
crowds composed of men and wo-
men, were very orderly. but they
carried everything before them by
mere weight of numbers.
The government socialists in Will
helmplatZ, who had listened with
out much animation to the speech
of Scheidemann, suddenly confront
ed the great Independent Socialist
parade which simply swept down on
them with the restless force of
tidal wave, carried them out of the
Wilhelmplatz, and left them scat
tered everywhere. while the indie
pendents. waving hats and banners,
yelled themselves hoarse.
900, 900 Shout Sign"
There must have been over 500,-
000 people in the downtown streets,
all shouting to sign the peace terms.
NOihHiSH dHd SolulcIS pltuolhl~
mated in the crowd, but the bour-
geoisie and upper classes also were
marching and shouting in favor of
the peace terms
One banner read:
1--WE have had enough: Peace for
Gods sake!"
Another read:
"Internationalism is sweeping the
world! Let Germany join"
Still another banner said:
Sign anything thN brings us
peace!"
Tonight as darkness is falling. the
Independent Socialists with their
red flags and transpareneies are still
parading the streets by thousands,
shouting frantically for the peace
terms to be signed.