Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-06-06
GERMANY CAN'T
FULFILL TERMS
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau
Declares It Is Beyond Coun-
try's Power.
SENDS NOTE TO The ALLIES
Declares "More Deeply We Penetrate
Spirit of Treaty the More Con-
WINGED We Become of Impossi-
biIity of Carrying 1t Out"

Washington, June 2.-Execution Of
the peace treaty as framed by the Yer
sailles conference is declared to be
more than the German people can
bear by Count Won Brockdorff-Rant-
Eau. head of the German peace delega-
ton, in a note to the associated gov
ernments outlining the German coun-
t-er-proposals.
Count Observation-Disclosures in his
note, the text of which was made pub
lie by the state department, further
asserts:
"The more deeply we pentrate into
the spirit of this treaty, the more con-
vinced we become of the impossibility
of carrying it out"
The text Of the German note, dated
May %, reads:
II have the honor to transmit to you
herewith the observations of the Ger
man delegation on the draft treaty Of
peace. We came to Versailles in the
expectation of receiving a peace pro-
posal based on the agreed principles.
We were firmly resolved to do every
thing in our power with a view of full
filling the grave obligations which we
had undertaken.
1--WE hoped for the peace of justice
which had been promised to us. We
were aghast when we read In dOcu-
ments the demands made upon us (?)
the victorious violence Of u enemies.
1.-THE more deeply we penetrate into
the spirit of this treaty the more con-
WINGED we become of the im~possibility
of carrying it out. The executions of
this treaty are more than the German
people can bear.
with a view to the re-estabish-
ment Of the Polish state we must re-
nounce indisputably German territory,
nearly the whole of the province Of
West Prussia, which is preponderantly
German Of Pomerania, Danzig. which
is German to the core. We must let
the ancient Hanse town be trans
formed into a free state under Polish
~suzerainty.
"We must agree that East Prussia
shall be amputated from the body of
the state, condemned to a lingering
death and robbed of its northern por-
ton, Including Memel, which is purely
German. We must renounce Upper
Silesia for the benefit Of Poland and
Czecho-Slovakia although it has been
in close political connection with Ger
many for more than $50 years, is in
stinct with German life, and forms the
very foundation of industrial life
throughout east Germany.
"PrepOnderantly Germans circles
(Kreise) must be coded to Belgium.
ALTHOUGH the exaction of the cost
of the war has been expressly re-
nounced, as yet Germany, thus cut in
pieces and weakened. must declare
herself ready in principle to bear all
the wal expenses of her enemies,
which would exceed many times over
the total amount of German state and.
private assets. The German people
would be condemned to perpetual
slave labor.
In spite of the exOrbitant demands,
the reconstruction of our economic life
is at the same time rendered impos-
sible. We must surrender our mer-
chant fleet. We are to renounce all
foreign securities. We are to hand
owe to our enemies u property in all
German enterprises abroad, even in
the countries Of our allies.
Even after the conclusion of peace
the enemy states are to have the right
of %confscating all German property.
No German trader in their countries
will be protected from these war cas-
ures. We must completely renounce
our colonies, and not even German
missionaries shall have the right tor
follow their calling therein. We must
renounce the realization Of all u
aims in the spheres Of politics, eco
nomics and IDEAS"