The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-10
HUNS PROPOSE
COUNTER PLANS
TO FIX TERMS
Germans Must Insist on
Peace Of Right" Declares
Ebert-Assembly to Meet.
CIV Associated Press,

BERLIN, May 10.-Germany's re-
ply to the terms of peace presented
at Versailles on Wednesday will be
proposal for peace of right on the
basis of a lasting peace of the league
of nations" according to proclama-
ton to the German people issued to-
day by President Ebert.
The proclamation says the treaty
would deliver German labor to for
eign capital for the indignity of wage
slavery and permanently fetter the
young German republic"
The proclamation closes with an ap-
peal to the German people to stand to-
gether, knowing no parties, and to
preserve with the government mu-
tual trust in the path of duty in the
belief OF the triumph of reason and
right"
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
THE first reply of the allies to the
sincere desire for peace on the part
of our starving people was the laying
down of the uncommonly hard armis-
tice conditions. The German people,
having laid down it's arms, honestly
observed all the obligations of the
armistice, hard as they were Not
withstanding this our opponents for
six months have continued the war
by maintaining the blockade. The
German people bore all these burdens,
trusting in the promise given by the
allies in their note of November s,
that the peace would be a peace of
right on the basis of President Will
sons fourteen points,
Terms in Contradiction.
Instead of that the allies have now
given US peace te1ens which are in
contradiction to the promise given. 1t
is unbearable for the German people
and is impracticable, even If we put
forth all our powers. Violence without
measure would be done to the Ger
man people. From such an imposed
peace, fresh hatred would be bound
to arise between the nations and in
the course of history there would be
new wars. The world would be oblig-
ed to bury every hope Of league of
nations liberating and healing the
nations and insuring peace"
"The dismemberment and mangling
of the German people, the delivering
of German labor to foreign capitalism
for the indignity Of wage slavery and
/ the permanent lettering of the young
1
perialism is the aim of this peace of
violence. The German peoples gov
/ ernment will answer the peace pro-
| posal Of violence with proposal Of q
peace of right on the basis Of last
! ing peace of the nations"
The fact that all circles OF the Ger
man people have been moved so deep
ly, testifies that the German govern.
mnt is giving expression to the united
! effort to secure for the German people
the same national unity and independ
ence and the same freedom of labor in
economic and cultural respect which
the allies want to give to al the peo
pie of Europe, save only our people.
Assembly to Meet.
Our nation must save itself by its
own action. In view of this danger
of destruction the German nation anG
the government, which it shows must
stand by each other, knowing no par
ties. Let Germany unite in a single
will to preserve German nationality
and liberties. Every thought and the
entire will Of the nation ought now to
be turned to labor for the preservation
and reconstruction of our fatherland
The government appeals to all Ger
mans in this hard hour to preserve
with it mutual trust in the path ol
duty and in the belief 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.
Philip Scheidemann, the German
chancellor, will at the opening of thu
sitting of the national assembly here
on Monday, make long address ex
planning in detail the government
viewpoint as to the peace terms, &C
cording to the Zeitung am Mittag.