Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-10
Commercial Censorship Over
Communication With Teu-.
tons Also to Be Raised,
Decision of Council of Five
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
VOTE WAS 2O8 TO 115l
Treaty Has Been Laid Before
British, French and Belgian
ParIiaments and Will Go Be-
fore u. S. Senate Today.

(By Associated Press.)-The resolu-
ton ratifying the peace treaty was
adopted by the German national as
sembly here today by vote Of 208
to lis.
Most of the ministers were pres
ent at the meeting of the national
assembly and there was full at
tendance of deputies. DR.. Hermann
Mueller, foreign minister, in intro
ducing the government bills ex-
planned that the fastening of the
ratification order would bring about
the lifting of the blockade.
I'VE are about to enter upon
40 years march through DESERT
he said. II can find no other term
for the path of suffering which full
Ffllment of the treaty prescribes for
u.s."
DR.. Peter SPAIN, leader OF tho
Catholic center party, said:
I'VE agreed to the. treaty under
hard compulsion, to save ourselves
from anarchy and to preserve the
fatherland from internal ruin"
Protest Injustice of Pact.
Herr Kreizig, socialist professors:
Sehuecking, democrat; DR.. Traub,
national party, and Herr Kapl, peo-
piles party. all violently protested
the injustice of the treaty, the inn
possibility of its fulfllment and de-
claring that the day of Germany's
liberation would come.
These speeches were greeted with
such turbulent applause and hand
clapping that the president of the
assembly called attention to the
fact that hand-clapping was against
the rules and threatened to have the
galleries cleared. The debate, how
ever. proceeded with similar
speeches by other members and
similar applause.
The national party INTRODUCED an
amendment in favor of ratifyin&
with the express reserve that the
sanction of International law ex-3
perts of repute should first be OBJ
tanned concerning articles 227 to
220, and that neutral court should
be created to investigate the res
spoHsiDIllty LOT lnc war.
g., Alsace-Lorraine Talk.
President Fehrenbach protested
| against Alsace-Lorraine being torn
from Germany. He said that the
treaty of 1871 simply made good
what had been taken from Germany
$50 years before. He hoped that
| the people of Alsace- Lorraine
would preserve their German
| character, customs and civilization
Ninety-nine deputies abstained
from voting on the resolution to-
ratify the peace treaty.
Articles 227 to 230 relate to pen4I
alties. Article III arraigns the for
mer German emperor for q SUI
preme offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treat
les" The other articles relate to
the bringing before military trib-
unals of persons accused of hav-
ing committed acts in violation Of
laws and customs OF war
Ratification OF the peace treaty by
the German national assembly re-
moves all doubt of the acceptance o.
the terms by Germany.
Will Raise Blockade.
The national assembly by ratifying
the treaty makes it possible for the
allied and associated powers to raise
the blockade. Official notification.
was sent Germany June 20 thst the
da ho
treaty was ratified. Placing this conr
dition on the raising of the blockade
was looked upon in peace conferences
circles as sure plan for securing
speedy ratification by Germany.
The council of FIVE on Monday de-
cided to lift the commercial censor
ship on communication with Ger
many simultaneously with the re-
moval of the blockade.
Three Ratifications Necessary.
When three of the principal AL
lied powers, in addition to Germanys
have ratified the treaty it becomes
effective for those who have rati-
fled it. After Germany and the
three allied powers have ratified ii,
thes treaty will come into force fors
each other power on the day when
it notifies the peace conference sec-
retariat Of its ratification.
The German national assembly il
the first elective body in any coun-
try whose representatives signed
the treaty to adopt ratifying reso-s
luton, The treaty has been laid
before the British, French and Bel
gian parliaments and will be placed
before the senate of the United
States tomorrow by President Wills
son.