The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-11
EBERT PROCLA|MS
HUNS TO PROPOSE.
"PF4CE' Of RIGHT"
GERMAN PRESIDENT SAYS TREATY
WOULD DELIVER GERMAN LABOR
TO FOREIGN CAPITALISM.

Berlin May l0,-Germanys' reply to
the terms of peace presented at Yer.
sailles on Wednesday will be u proposal
FOR peace OF right ON the basis of u
lasting peace OF the nation" according
To proclamation to the German people
| issued here today by President Ebert.
The proclamation says the treaty
would deliver German labor to foreign
capitalism for the indignity of wage
slavery and permanently fetter the
young German republic" 1t closes with
an appeal to the German people to
stand together knowing no parties,
| and TO preserve with the government
mutual trust in the path of duty in the
| belief of the triumphs of reason and
right" The text of the proclamation
follows:
THE first reply of the allies to the
sincere desire for peace on the part
of our starving people was the laying
down of uncommonly hard armisticc
| terms. The German people having laid
down its arms, honestly observed all
the obligations of the armistice, hard
as they We're. twithstanding this our
opponents for six months have con
tinued the war by maintaining the block.
AIDE. The German people bore all these
burdens, trusting in the promise given
by the allies in their note of Nov. s,
that the peace would be peace of right
on the basis of President Wilson's
fourteen points"
Instead of that the allies have now
given us peace terms which are in con
tradition to the promise given 1t is
unbearable for the German people and
is impracticable even ii put forth all our
powers. Violence without measure
would be done to the German people
From such an imposed peace fresh
hatred is bound to arise between the
nations and in the course of history
there would be new wars. Th world
would be obliged to bury every hope of
league of nations liberatng and heal
ing the nations and insuring peace.
The dismemberment and mangling
of the German people, the delivering of
German labor to foreign capitalism for
the ndignity OF wage slavery and the
permanent lettering of the young Ger
man republic by the entertes imperial
ism is the aim of this peace violence.
The German peoples government will
meet the peace proposals of violent with
u propos al of II peace of right on the
basis of a lasting peace of the nations.
The fact that all circles of the Ger
man people have been moved so deeply
testifieS that the German government is |
giving expression to the United will of |
the German nation. The German gov
ernment will put forth every effort to
secure for the German people the same
national unity and Independence and !
the the same freedom of labor in
economical and cultural respect is which |
the allies want to give to all the peoples
of Europe, save only our people.
Our nation must save itself by its
own action. view of this danger of
destruction the German nation and the
government which it must stand by each |
other, knowing no parties. Let Ger
many unite in a single will to preserve
German nationality and liberties of the
German nationality and liberties.
EVcry thought and the entire will of
the nation ought now to be turned to
.abor for the preservation and recon
of our fatherland. The gov
ernment appeals to all Germans in this
hard hour 20 preserve with its mutual
trust in the paht of duty and in the be
lief in the triumph of reason and of
right"
The proclamation, which was issued
by the imperial president and the i'm
perial government, bears the signature
of President Ebert