The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-10-10
BLOCKADE FORCES
BALTIC ISSUE
No More Food for Germany Un-
til Won der GoItz Troops
EvaCuate.
MORE OF BERLIN TRlcKERY.
Teutons Say Invaders Are Beyond Her
Control-Must Return or Nation
viii Suffer - England and
France to Bear Burden.

Washington.-Th state department
made public the text of the drastic
ultimatum delivered to Germany by
| the Allies and the associated powers
| demanding that she forthwith with
| draw her troops now under command
of General Won der Goltz from the Bal
! tic provinces.
The ultimatum was sent by Mar
shall Foch. Since that time Germany
has answered evasively SO that it be-
came necessary to carry out the threat
of the ultimatum.
1t is evident from the statement that
| the United States is a party to the
plan to coercion against Germany, as
the United States is one of the asso-
| ciated powers. In brief, the terms of
, the ultimatm are that failing the
evacuation as demanded the Allies and
! associated powers will prevent any
| foodstuffs or raw materials from enter
| ing Germany and would refuse all
| financial facilities which the German
government is enjoying from the Allies
and associated powers.
AS to the actual blockade, navy Off
Gals said that inasmuch as the United
| States has very few ships in the area
| of blockade the burden of its physical
enforcement would fall on England and
France.
| The text of the note presented to the
German government follows:
According to the terms of article
| twelve of the armistice of November
II, 1918, Germany subscribed to the
| following engagement:
All German troops at present in any
| territory which before the war belong
| ed to Austria-Hungary, Rumania, or
| Turkey, shall withdraw within the
frontiers of Germany as they existed
| August !, 1914, and all German troops
at present in territories which before
| the war formed part of Russia must
| likewise return to within the frontiers
of Germany, above defined as soon as
| the Allies shall think the moment suit
able, having regard to the internal stu
| alton in these territories
Under the date of August 81, Mar
shall Foch, commander in chief of the
| allied and associated armies made
known the time had come for Germany
to evacuate the said territories and
summoned the government to proceed
| thereto Immediately
| BY its note of September 8. the Ger
man government endeavored to evade
the engagement above referred to by
alleging preteXts which the Allied and
| to
slider
The Allied and associated govern
ments refuse particularly to admit
| that the German government can, in
order to avoid responsibility incumbent
upon it, shield itself behind alleged in
ability to enforce obedience of its or
ders by troops in the Baltic regions
They therefore request the German
| government to proceed without delay
to the evacuation of all German troops,
staffs, and services included now in the
Baltic provinces. The German govern
ment will Immediately take necessary
steps to withdraw within aforesaid
| boundaries all German officers and sol
ders who have enlisted since demobi-
lization in Russian corps organized in
the said Baltic provinces and will with
hold authorization for and strictly for
bid enlistment in said corps.
Evacuation must be started imme-
diately and must continue without in
terruption.
The Allied and associated govern
ments hereby notify that unless they
are satisfied that their demands are
being effectively executed, they will not
entertain any of the applications put
forward by the German government
for supply of food stuffs and raw ma
terials They have consequently given
instructions not to proceed with the
examination of any of these applica-
| lions. Furthermore. the Allied and
associated governments will refuse all
financial facilities which the German
| government is enjoying at present