The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-17
we WON'T SICN,'
SAYS GERMANY
Universal Declaration Lead
ers Regarding New
Allied Terms.
DR.. HAASE CoNClLIAToRY
Says Socialists Are Trusting
to Proletariat to Nullify
Provisions of Treaty.
DIR. HAASE coNClLIAToRY
(By Alfred G. Andersen,)


(By Alfred G. Andersen.)
Copyright, 1919, by the international
News Service.)
Berlin, June five won't sign!'
Stripped of all verbiage. these three
words constitute, almost without ex.
ception, today the reply of Germany's
leaders to the allied peace terms
While they have not yet been able
to study the treaty after its fina
notifications, party leaders ano
those of the national assembly were
emphatic that the treaty will be re-
jected unless the allied answer meets
the German counter proposals. II u
among the national assembly, whicf
will unquestionably determine Ger.
many's final answer, that the loud
est protests were being made today
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau
head of the German delegates tt
Paris. reached Weimar this afternoon
with the entente answer.
The course which the government
will take in it's consideration was moi
announced officially. but 1t is an
nounced that II will be turned over as
quickly as possible to the national as
sembly, which will sit as a body in
its consideration.
Leaders interviewed today were
members of the pssce committee o.
the national assembly, before whom
the treaty probably Shall first come
Their statements reflected the senti.
ment of their respective parties.
All leaders declared fatty that they
would not sign. with the exception OF
DIR. Hugo Haase, independent social
list leader, who said:
1.-THE independent socialists are
trusting to the international prole-
tariat to nullify the provisions of the
treaty"
Herman Mueller, president of the
majority socialists. declared:
UNLESS the draft of the treaty has
been subjected to sweeping modifica-
lions it is not likely that 1t can bt
carried out. Hence it is unsignable
However, it is to be hoped that th'
entente answer corresponds suffi'
GENTLY to our counter proposals t.
allow signing"
A note of pessimism was dominant
in the views of practically all the
leaders.
signing is possible only If the en-
tente answer is within the frame o.
the German counter proposals." saic
! DR.. Gustave Stresemann, president o
the German peoples party.
The size Of the indemnity and th'
territorial concessions that German,
will be called upon TO make were tht
principal causes of bitterness of DR.
Stresemann's party.
st is noteworthy" he continued
that the German government die
not dare submit to the peace com;
1nittee of the national assembly
draft of the counter terms. Had i
been known that they contained al
indemnity provision calling for 1oO.'
900, 100000 marks gold. it would have
probably been rejected before. Tha
part Of it is the work of the German
government and not of the German
parliament, nor any parliamentary
committee
Germany can only accept a peact
which will take the counter terms al
the maximum indemnity payable
under any consideration; that will
ooncede an Immediate and unin'
fiuenced plehiscite in the eastern dis
tricts and in the Saar region.
"Alsace and Lorraine must be al
lowed to determine themselves
whether they will belong to any ma
ton or become autonomous.
Germany can sign no peace which
will take away her merchant ma
rine"