The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-29
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Berlin. Tuesday. May 27.-The Ger
man counter proposals to the terms Of
the treaty of peace will in the opening
section argue for the existence of Ger
manys contractual right to a peace
based ON President Wilson's fourteen
points because the rntenre nntions
neither Mir. Wilson nor the representa-.
tives of any other allied government
have since demanded that peace be
established on any other basis.
The second section will deal with
the contradiction between the draft Of
the treaty and previous assurances
from entente statesmen and the general
ideals Of international right.
The counter proposals will declare
that the terms of peace completely ig-
more the fact that Germany has re-
placed an "imperialistic and irresponsi
ble government by strictly demo-
cratic one and that Germany in her
proposals for u league of nations has
adhered to the principle of limita
ton of armaments
1T would be difficult to see," one
sections reads. what different conditions
could have been imposed on an imper.
alistic government. The solemn as
surances of France. Great Britain and
President Wilson that the peace would
be peace of right and not of violence
have not been kept, especially regard
ing territorial questions
The reply complains that might be-
fore right" dominate the whole allied
treaty. Objection is expressed to the
demand that Germans be surrendered
for trial in enemy courts the reply con-
tending that an impartial authority
ought to be instituted to establish all
violations of international law by who
ever committed.
1t is declared by the Germans that
although the speech made by President
Wilson in October. 1916, recognized the
responsibility for the war rested on the
entire European system, the treaty re-
quires Germany to acknowledge that
she and her allies were responsible for
all damage suffered in opposing coun-
tries. 1t is asserted that it is incon-
testible that some of the allied and as
sociated powers, such as Italy and Ru-
mania, entered the war for the sake
oc territorial conquest. The German
counter proposals argra that there is
no basis of right for the obligation to
make compensation which is to be inn
posed on Germany. Complaint is made
that the amount of compensation is TO
be fixed by u hostile commission, whose
powers would be enable it to adminls-
ter Germany as "a bankrupt state This.
| it is declared, is incompatible with the
innate right of nations
The statutes of the league of nations,
it Is further asserted, contradict numer-
Gus declarations made by the govern
nents opposed to Germany and the
league is merely u continuation of the
enemy coalition. 1t is added that there
is no realization of Il real league of ma
tions and that in its present form, the
league re-establishes in effect the al.
! lance of 1915.
The reply maintains that the treaty
shows Germany as 4 nation which Is
simply to be destroyed, and adds:
Violates differentiation.
This is Il complete reputation of the
idea that every nation has a right to ex-
istence and violates the right of self.
determination"
The statement then details long OBJ
| jections to the proposed treatment Of
the Saar region, Eupen, Malmedy, Nor
osnet and Alsace and the eastern from
tiers and argues that the worst mani
festation of the disregard of the right
of self-determination is the separation
of Danzig from the German empire. 9th
er ahrogations of this right, as cited
| in the statement, include the refusal to
allow the millions of Germans in Ger
man Austria TO unite with Austria.
while other millions of Germans are
| forced to remain under the new Czecho-
Slovak state.
Section III of the counter proposals
reiterates the declaration that the draft
of the peace treaty is in sharpest con-
tradition to the basis of right for a last
/ ing peace. ''of right which was agreed
| upon" 1t says the treaty involves dc
struction of German life and subje
the German people to financial
cry, unparalleled in the history
world"
! If such n treaty came int" <
/ declared, it would mean
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