Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-24
EBERT GOVERNMENT
PLACED IN JEOP PARDY.
BY TREATY PLEDGES
Never" Sign Promise
Proves Life and Death
Gamble for Chiefs.
SOVIETS AWAITING CHANCE
TO GAIN CONTROL OF NATION
Many Signs Of Cabinet Crisis,
Although Any Dissension
Is Denied.
IHNDENBuRG GIVES WARNING
Sage Of Masuryan Lakes Says 1t
Would BE Suicide To Start
New War.
SOVIETS AWAITING CHANCE
TO GAIN CONTROL OF NATION
1nNDENBURG GIVES WARNING
Sage Of Masuryan Lakes Says 1t
Would BE Suicide To Start
New War.

P.AEIS. May 25.-Thc Ebcr, govern
'nent. IN na;ly announcing u would
never sign the peace treaty as IL
stands. plunged into lie or death
gamble, and Ebert. If nc did no, real
,sc ii at the time, certainly knows it
NOW. Having burned all bridges pc
hind them, he and his ministers arc
nov trying desperately 10 stincn the
backbone of the pcuplc--and perhaps
thor own-by hamincrinS away, by
word and pen. on the ono great watch
word: we cannot sign our own death
geutoicc."
'rhc independent Socialists, which is
bit An antiauatcd term fe= out and
out adhcreuts OF tho Soviet sytcnl, are
sltndinC bycooily. waiting FOR and hop
,pssi ,rs for ,hS great monen; when IN
ripe" for tho last straw-substiiution
OF Soviet so"ernmcnt Tor the Ebert
ministry. The independents have no;
wayercd once IN their advocacy of i'm
oicdiatr. unconditional signing OF the
psase treaty IN the same fashion and
with the same reservations, with whicn
1rotzky ana Leninc signed the pact
o. Ercs, Lltovsk.
SIsns OF Cabinet Crisis.
Already there are cminous signs OF
clcs. All reports OF disscnsion in The
ministerial ranks are denied
To. the official rendezvous a, Spa in
chief hsures that have hccn pulling
the peace string. s.om behind the
Refi s:heidemann. ,he Ehaneeior conn5
Johann Heinrich Won Eernstorfr. chief
engineer OF the whole German peace
machine and pr Bernard pernbure,
Who WAS unostcntatiousiy slipped into
the post OF Finance Minister recently.
These three leaders arc 10 meet
Foreign Minister and head OF the Ger
man pcace delegation. Tor what must
b. the last personal confab prior to
the hnal decision OF TO sign o. noi 10
sign
Tbiuk lie Mus, stand
.>nong the opinions OF all OF Ebe.,a
chic! ministers but onc have been made
pretty wei clear and that exception
is Count i;antzau, Some believe that
despite his ;rucuicnt speech At Yer
saillcs hc nov wants 10 sign fearing
Rolshcvlsm. while others think Ho cal,
no more back down than can his coll
lea Eucs at Berlin
thatl a. ns,orn and Dcrnburg, the two
nlcnt originally slated 10 be peace deic-
Eaiea; but rejected 10y .lmericas mis-
In the United states have ventured
out ~ the opcn as pilots OF the Ger
man peace ship.
Dcrnburg. tcforc leaving for Spa
took occasion to remove all doubts as
TO his position, He sail:
mcnt is unanimous. If the allies do
not modify the terms. let them run
Germany"
Word From HindcnburE.
Meanwhile, Herr Noskc. Minister of
Defense, who more than any other man
s credited With having put down the
Spartacan rebellion when il threatened
to plunge the country into anarchy,
also broke his silence regarding the
ATTY, saying:
we have been hit below the belt.
Germany cannot and will not sign
The European nations. must join hands
tt.tt.. i.,tN
Into this tumult Of ministerial
threats and sword rafting came today
calm ,,,yo voice n Of va warnng nj H. from Or none
dcnburg dccafcd that it would be
FOLLY and suicide TO start new war
Celebrate Anniversary.
on the occasion Of the anniversary
of the entrance Of italy into the war;
senaiH today ths aaEngd
fraternity of the two nations and dc
clarins they N,,l would en remain M, united in
ncnt associated itself With the rcso-
luton.
Naastrich;, Holland, have. resulted IN
.aror Of the candidates who ran on a
platform proposing tho annexation of
he district to Belgium. The district
which Maastricht is situated has been
|, claimed by Belgium in the negotiations
low in progress to modify the treaty
IF 1922
To Recognize Kolchak.
The allies and America, Lc Petit
earns from trustworthy source. are
,bout to recognize tho Omsk govern
nent of Admiral Kolchak. The after
nav be invited TO send representatives
10 Paris to sign the peace treaty with
Gcrmany, the paper says
The German peace plenipotcntiarics.
mis- morning handed III two new notes
20 tho secretartat OF tho peace con-
ference. They had to do with the sub
ects OF internal legislation regarding
abor and German properties in allied
countries.
The council of foreign ministers
! look UP the protest Of Belgium against
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