Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-13
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CURRENT EVENTS
Ebert, Opening German National
Assembly, Protests Against
Hasness of Allies.
DELEGATES SHOUT APPROVAL
Huns Adopt Unique Attitude for a
Conquered Peopie-Peace Confer
enee Makes Progress With the
League Of Nations-America
May Be Asked to Gov
ern constantinople.
sy EDWARD w. PIcKARp.

BY EDWARD w. PIcKARp.
Chancellor Ebert. In his speech at
the opening of the German national
assembly at Weimar, gave expression
to the growing resentment Of the Ger
mans which has already been neted
and commented on. Seemingly not
recognizing that Germany is con-
! Quered nation, he protested bitterly
against the "unheard of and ruthless"
terms Of the armistice, and went SO
far as, to warn the allies not to push
the Huns too far. His hearers ap-
|plauded his utterances, and shouted
their indignation when he alluded to
the 100000 prisoners of war still held
by thesalffed nations.
The reply Of the allies was swift
and decisive The supreme council
at Paris at once took up the discus
sion Of the armistice terms with the
apparent intention Of putting on the
clamps tighter and Of compelling Ger
many to carry out certain Of the terms
that she has not been complied with
yet.
History does not record another ex-
ample of a thoroughly whipped people
assuming toward their conquerors an
attitude comparable with that the
Huns are taking. Because their op-
ponentsr announced they were fighting
to wipe out German autocracy and mil
itarism and because the German rev.
olution, 10 called says it has done
away with these evils, the boches
seem. to think the issues OF the war
have been settled and that they are
entitled to sit in with the yictOrs on
an equality In arranging the peace
of Justice Of which they now prate.
Prof. Hans Delbrneck predicts that the
Germans will again plunge the world
into war II their country is made the
wage slave" Of its enemiex.
Though the peace conferences com
mission on the league of nations Is
making very considerable progress
with its task, the drafting of the plans
for the organization is not without
serious difficulties. These last week
centefed In the. diversity between the
desires: OF the great powers and the
I..eiaims of the smaller nations as to
representation in the league. Before
1..the.icloSe of the week it was an
nOunced the commission had agreed
| Professionally on the preamble and
! lwo-thirds of the articles, hut what
I these are was not revealed.
Two general plans were laid be-
fore the commission. The first, which
! was favored by the small nations, pro-
| vided for legislative branch on
/, which the large and small nations
would be equally represented, each as
| Il unit; an executive branch consist
ling Of two members from each of the
| five great powers and nine members
1 chosen from the small powers; and
| arbitration of international disputes
by three arbitrators. In the second
! plan the legislative branch was left
unchanged, but the executive branch
.Was made to consist chiefly of the
great powers, and instead Of arbitra-
ton. there was substituted an execu-
4 tive council of the great powers as a
tribunal for Judging international is
| sues.
In word, the great powers fear
that il all. nations are given equal
representation in the league. they will
find themselves in the minority
though their interests might be much
greater, and the small powers fear
that, If not equally represented. they
will be swamped. But the "big .five'
shows signs of yielding enough to sat
isfy them.
/ COncurrently with the work on the
league. the conflicting territorial