Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-18
DECLARE LIABILITY
. ENDED BY PROFFER
TO PARLEY IN 1916
Erzberger Hurls Defiance to
Allies Fixing Indemnity
for Germany.
SAYS OBLIGATION DUE NO
NATION EXCEPT BELGIUM
Claims Teutons Cannot Be Held
for Losses After First
Peace Offer.
CONTROVERSY AT CONFERENCE
Wilson and British Premier Duel
Over Including League Plan
in Treaty.
SAYS OBLIGATION DUE NO
NATION EXCEPT BELGIUM
CONTROVERSY AT CONFERENCE
Wilson and British Premier Duel
Over Including League Plan
in Treaty.

fNRlS, March IL. If the allies
loaded the peace treaty with con-
ditions going beyond President Will
sons fourteen points. the German MAJ
tional Assembly would have to rcfusc
its assent to the treaty, Matthias Err
berger, head of the German armistice
commission. declared in an address ut
Berlin meeting in favoring the for-
nation of real league of nations,
according to "a dispatch from the c;cr-
man capital today. The matter then
would be left TO a referendum OF the
Herman nation, he said.
Herr Erzberger disclaimed any ob-
legation upon Germany to give com.
@pensatlon pen tor acts she committed after
her hrst peace offer in December. 1915.
SAYS ALLIES MUST QUIT ~
MAILED-FIST TACTICS
The speaker declared the only means
OF calling u halt on Bolshcvism was
inc abandonment OF the mailed INST
compensate our enemies, except Bel
GUM DR.. Erzberser declared.
peace 'as sonTsrnnan mTsansine; proceedings ofthe
sonal dSs between ate Preaidem asseme ~ Wisan isp
and an Premier Lloyd George over the lie
or nations in the treaty of peace With
Germany. - -
Their til, is certain to delay The
M
pact, authorities declare.
ALMOST UNLIMITED
CONFIDENCE IN WILSON
h.rhe me German people, said Herr Era
SSeser SSdrger had almost unlimited con-
hoped the league of nations covanane NE
as promulgated February IA would not
be De finally adopted, as he declared ii
President Wilson with the imneriaIt
'strG T aspirations Of some of the allies.
10 advocate the immediate admissiorS
OF Hser HGermsnS any, to the league.
man, rv,r ~ nrZoerser asserted that Ger
St ,, AIsace e-Lorraine as to its future, but
ne ne referred to the reported aspirations
and rrahGe ia &c respecting the Rhineland.
crimes" adding: s
WILL REFUSE TO FAY FOR ACTS
Committed AFTER DEC. 1915
-, what is German will remain Ger.
AS far as the demands for commence.
der1,r d,on were go CONCERNED, Herr Erzbergcr
mitted after December 1915 trhnn uImi,
TTSSrmany made her first peace OFFER.
GeTmany eTrG was Ee,, no >, moral obligation upon
from rom the case of Belgium. the speaker
argued. In that case Germany Wor,Ia
act honestly, he said.
,Ihe supreme council TODAY onn,;,,
u an, commission on aeronautics. The
miral maT'fan anrr1, members will be Rear. Ad-
General &c Mason NJ. PatrcE. % Thes' Thsaaasn eomp.
fsr RraIii named ed, Belgium, Greece. Portugals
aZ,,' rnsen' Cuba and Roumana to rem.
esenL 4 draftj,E ,hG small all, nations. 4
final is renoris committee to prepare thsf
sponsioiiity for the war was anno;nT-
to py the commission at its msetinr
urnnsa i Ihe report, after being an
conference ~ '"e pedcs
me members of the drafting COM
Mss niiSsi9n are representatives of the Sei-
gran British and Italian delegations
PRESIDENT ATTENDS SUPREME
ECONOMIC COUNCIL, MOEDAy
. President Wilson attended the noon
aay session of the supreme economic
ttpSuhcti today. IT was announced later
imporssnt Ts he weuid sesssdn be present at the
council this afternoon.
.ai;.; the economic council session in
auoitlon TO the President, there wers
cormiek ceeSeht Bernard ennn NJ Baruch: Vance Me-
mirai Benson, Herbert c. Hoover and
olher American specialists.
AT today's session of the commission
on International labor legislatioo OF
tne peace conference, the commission.
saysad says me Official communique, dis.
application of labor conventions nf
certain states with federal constitu-
ions and decided 10 remit the cues
tion TO a small subcommittee, which
would report with the least possible
90. THE committee" the statement adds.
then proceeded TO examine seriatin
me laoor clauses presented for IN ;
ciusion In the treaty of peace"
Samuel Gompers presided over the