The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-23
ASSEMBLY,
To SIGN TREATY
BY BIC MAJORITY
National Body Votes 237 TO 1873
to Accept Terms
TWO RESERVATIONS MADE
Will Not Admit Responsibility for
War and viii Not Give up
Kaiser

Paris, June 23.-The German gov
ernment at Weimar has formally com
municated its willingness to sign the
peace terms Internationally, it was
announced by the French foreign Of
fee this afternoon. The day and
hour of the formal signing is uncer-
tain, but it may take place Tuesday.
Before this announcement was
made, there appeared to some indica-
tions that il Germany decided to ac-
cept Internationally the national as
sembly would adopt resolution that
the signing was under2complusion and
that the German people did not feel
morally responsible for the war and
were willing to submit the responsi-
bility question to an Allied-German
tribunal The fact that the Germans
were refused even As hours delay in
dicated the allies intention to push
matters to an immediate conclusion.
Weimar June 22.-It is officially an
nounced that Germany will sign the
Peace Treaty. In announcing this
decision before the national assembly
Premier Bauer said in part "At this
hour OF life and death under the
menace of invasion. for the last time
rise in free Germany to protest
against this treaty of violence and des-
truction. protest against this mock
cry of self-determination this en-
slavement of people, this new menace
to the peace of the world under the
mask OF peace treaty. No signing
can enfeeble this protest which we
raise and swear to. Protesting against
it is useless and it is at the risk of
new crisis within 4S hours. Our
power of resistance is broken and
there is no means of avoiding this
treaty
Berlin, June 22.--Germany will sign
the Peace Treaty Of the allied and as
sociated powers. The National AS
sembly this afternoon, by vote OF
237 to 1873, decided to sign the treaty
Twenty-Five members Of the Assemb
ly abstained from voting.
The Assembly also voted conf
dence in che new Government OF
Herr Bauer by 236 to SO. Sixty-eighr
members abstained from voting.
Before the vote of confidence was
taken. Herr Bauer, the new Premier
declared that the Government woulC
sign the treaty, but without acknowl
edging the responsibility of the Ger
man people for the war and withou
in Articles 227 to 230 in the treat!
relating to the trial Of the forme
Emperor and the extradition of othe
German personages.
Therefore, Germany would no
sign voluntarily but would onl.
yield to force. 1t would add tina
since the economic and financia
terms exceeded the limit of Gel
many's capacity to meet them. Gel
many would be unable to accept tn
responsibility for their execution.
Paris, June Accommodation
from the Germans to the Council O
Five, relating to the vote of the As
sembly at Weimar, reached Presiden
Wilson at 7.45 o'clock this evenin
and were Immediately considered b
the Council.
The Council received four note
from the Germans, which are SUI
posed to have been prepared in az
vance and held to await advices froi
Weimar on the result of the meetin
Of the Assembly. President Wilso
went at once to the residence {
Premier Lloyd George, where tn
Council took up consideration of tn
notes.
One Of these, from the new Ge
man Government, declared that Ge
many was ready to sign peace IL II
clauses making Germany responisb
for the war and calling for the tri
OF the former Emperor we're elir
mated.
The Council remained in sessiC
until O'clock In the evening, an
then adjourned for dinner. I'll
Council met again at o'clock al
after further brief consideration toe
its decision to reject the German I
quest.
Weimar, June 23-The Weimar dc
patch relating to the signing Of d
treaty was filed yesterday afternoo
II apparently related to the Germs
governments decision to sign wi
reservations. OF which IL gave noti
to the allies who rejected them. I
days Paris advices show that [
Germans made an appeal for additic
al time to make known their decisi
regarding signing without any res
vations. IL would thus appear tf
Germany hasn't yet officially Motif
the peace conference that she wol
accept all the treaty terms.
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