Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-21
TEUTONS REPORTED
| SEEKING OFFICERS
Who CAN SIGN PACT
Berlin Reports Indicate
Ebert Will Retain Office
for Time.
81
SITUATION IS CONFUSED
AND CONDITIONS VAGUE
Opinion Prevails That Document
Will Eventually Be Signed
by Germans.
SOCIALISTS WOULD ACCEPT
However Their Leader Scheidemann
Is Said to Oppose Move to
Last Hour -H-
SITUATION IS CONFUSED
AND CONDITIONS VAGUE
SOCIALISTS WOULD ACCEPT
However Their Leader Scheidemann
Is Said to Oppose Move to
Last Hour.


received over the military wire from
Weimar indicate that at Q o'clock Fri.
day night Germany is still in the
throes of reconstruction of the ad.
ministration in an endeavor TO get a
government that Is capable of signing
the peace treaty.
Latest advices from Berlin are to this
effect that the Germany Cabinet has
resigned, but that temporarily Presi-
dent Ebert is to retain office
Friday passed with various conflict
Ing reports As to tho situation in
Germany surrounding the Intentions
of those in high offices to sign or to
leave unsigned the peace treaty of the
allied and associated governments. The
preponderating opinion as expressed
in the numerous dispatches. however,
indicated thar. notwithstandns the
fact that there was much opposi to
them, the terms of the allies finally
or the treaty necessitated the resigna-
tion or even removal OF those at pres
ent in the high councils. ,7'.s.
Situation Much Confused.
:. So Sss.. confused ..l,s is the situation that n
fair Idea of conditions in Germany
as they really exist, but there seems
basis for the belief that it Is the in
quiesce in the allied demands
Dispatches from Berlin say that 1T
Is stated on good authority today that
or fall with Chancellor Scheidemann.
because he felt he must resign rather
than sn,mdGn sign ~ the 2ea; peace treaty
fense. and DR.. Mueller. Under Secretary
of the War Food Bureau. the race for
the premiership seems to be strong
one, although Mueller seems to have
ADVANTAGE. nf To
greater adaptahility in meeting the
desires of the independents
that it was matter of indifference TO
the Independents who was chosen, az
neither man & was liked. but that Noske
tagon!zc hundreds of thousands OF
persons who regard him as u blood
hound and oppressor."
The Democrats, still lighting against
signing. today expelled Baron Won
Rtchthofen from the peace committee
because he favored signing the treaty.
scheidemnnn Against Signing.
Scheidemann. the chancellor. is the
and its acknowledged leader. He is
up to this UNCONVENTIONAL
against Inst. signing; Nothing has happened
brethren have turned against him.
Herren Landsberg and Giesbertz two
other influential majority Socialist
hers who have expressed their un-
shakab!c opposition to acceptance.
In this crisis nothing is certain. and
things may happen and arguments may
be produced 10 swing even the most
c ebstnate opponents OR acceptance
around TO signing. but as matters
stand the only government that would
unanimously decide for signing would
seem TO be one composed exclusively
of Independents. The latter continue
with the after thought that the terms
are not to be fulfilled. They want
the gates opened so as TO pour into
the entente countries their agents and
literature in the service of world
revolution.
May Crcnte New Omce.
There is talk OF creating u new Of
hce. TO be known as that OF minister
OF reconstruction and fulilment Of the
treaty" Erzberger's name is heard in
connection with it. In some quarters,
II Is taken. however, as rusc TO inn
fact that signature means responsi-
bility-a responsibility, the fear oe
which is the prime motive OF those
who refuse to have anything TO do with
Beside Noske. Herman Mueller. ma
1ority Socialist. is mentioned for the
chancellorship.
1t is a reasonably safe presumption.
however: that the majority Socialist
party will back Scheidemann in what
one OF the critical points of the whole
Say Cabinet Is Out.
The Politiken's correspondent at
Weimar telephoned at > o'clock Sat
urday morning by long distance that
the Scheidemann government has re-
signed. but Will continue in office un-
Ill new Cabinet has been formed.
The correspondent added that the
majority Socialists voted 75 for and
81. including all women deputies.
against acceptance.
The final vote by the national as
sembly Will be taken Saturday
lie says IL is likely that 30 per cent
OF me majority Socialists. 80 per cent
Democrats will vote for signing
Theodor Wolff says In his paper, tho
Berliner Tageblatt:
Complete rejection of tho treaty
now seems hardly possible"
The Democratic I.okal Anzeiger.
which opposes acceptance, says; The
balance now seems more on the aldo