Arizona republican., 1919-05-14
Calls It 'Murderous Scheme Says No Honest Man Will Accept Conditions Protests Against Hatred Being Perpetrated For ever" Would Preserve Dignity

BERLIN, May 12.-Monday.-(B the Associated Press) The declara- tion headed by Chancellor Scheide, mann in the national assembly today that the peace terms were "unaccept- able" brought the members of the as sembly, the spectators and those in the press galleries to their feet in a hur- ricane of cheers and applause.
 The chancellor reached the climax Of his statement ten minutes after he began.
 The chancellor paused in his address and then thundered out the word which announced the German governments rejection of the Versailles conditions.
 This treaty" he said. lis in the
 view of the imperial government.
 unacceptable: so unacceptable
 am unable to believe that this
 earth could bear such document
 without a cry issuing from mil
 lions and millions of throats in all
 lands, without distinction Of party.
 Away with this murdercus
 scheme"
 With the exception of the indepen- dent socialists. all factions in the a. sembly arose and cheered The assem- bly, is sitting temporarily in the a, sembly hall of the University of Berlin.
 Picture Dire Results
 He continued:
 That is the jail picture in its eN- ternal aspects: without ships becaus the mercantile fleet passes into entente hands; without cables: without colo nies; without foreign settlements without reciprocity and legal protec- | tion; yes, and even without the righ- i to Cooperate in fixing of the prices oi the goods and articles which we har to deliver as tribute.
 { I ask you what honest man will sse that Germany can accept such cond tions. At the same time, we shall haEe to bestir ourselves to perform forcei l labor for the benefit of the entirc world: our foreign trade. the sole source of our welfare is destroyed, and our home trade is rendered impossible. Lorraine iron ore. upper Silesian coal Alsation potash, the Sarre valley minss and the cheap foodstuffs from Posen and West Prussia are to lie outsiG E. our frontiers. We are to impose no higher tariff or protection than existed I on August | 1914 while our enemies
 may do as much as they like at every
 point in strangling us at home. Al
 German revenues must be held at the
 disposal of our enemies for payments. : not for war invalids and widows-ail ' is forced labor for products. the prices of which will be fixed by our , customers.
 What is a people to do which is con fronted by the command that it is responsible for all losses and damage that-its enemies suffered in the war. What is a people to do which is to have no voice in fixing it's obligations. 9 Woke on Our Necks" ; Because. perhaps. this humiliation Q and robbery is even yet insufficient, s and in order to utilize every. future Q possibility Of destruction the yoke must finally be placed on.our neck and $ a miserable enslaNement established l for our children and onr, children !, children. Germany undertakes to put r into force and to publish all acts oi
 legislation, all prescriptions and all = regulations which might be necessary : to insure the complete carrying out oi V the terms.
 O Enough More than enough. Thess
 are some examples of the treaty ssipu-
 lations in establishing which, as Herr
 Clemenceau yesterday informed oug
 delegation, the entente will be guided
 completely by the principles, accordipg ] to which the armistice and peace negc-
 tiations were proposed.
 , we have made counter proposals
 and shall make still more. With youl
 consent, we regard it as our sacred tasl , to come to negotiations.
 Here and there insight and tn,
 common obligations of humanity ar,
 beginning to make themselves felt 1
 neutral countries; in Italy. and il ! Pr.i- -ei atn a11 l1ss s- |. s comfort for 1is in this last fearful fam n ing up of the policy of the mailed fist l. and in France, socialistic forces are be r ing heard which will one day messur e ahe state of humanity
 d Haiis Austrian Sympathy h Herr Scheidemann thanked those Il 'e whom the indignant heart of consci h ence had found expression and added. le T am especially thankful for and re
 echo the VOW of imperishable devotioi and faithfulness, ringing across to u l. from Vienna. Stand by us in pavini ,- the way to negotiations; leave no or SC in the world in doubt regarding tn 1t fact that you are one with us. g. We protest against hatred bein -s perpetuated forever, a curse being es T. tablished for all eternity. Members c le the national assembly. the dignity c le humanity is placed in your hands. Pre- CT serve it.
 V Dispatch Fifth Note ot PARIS, May 12.-(By the Associate IT. Press 1.-The German delegation an sh nounces the displatch Of a fifth not, he which will probably reach the Frenc De foreign office tonight. and will be de ,o livered to the council of four tomor row morning.
 Receive Chapcelior's Speech
 PARIS. May 3.-(Havas) s)-German
 is willing to make integral reparatiol
 but the conditions in the peace treat take from her all means of so doinl ne Chancellor Scheidemann told the ma !, tioiial assembly yesterday, according H. the version of his speech received frol . Berlin. The chancellor said that 5. Germany accepts and signs the treat Ut she will cease to exist.
 The German government, Hel or Scheidemann added, considers that Il we peace conditions of the allied and assC S. ciated powers are not acceptable. TT tal chancellor criticised vehemently Il
 actions of President Wilson and sal
 that his attitude deceived the hopes ,
 the German people.
 The chancellor announced that Il ed German peace delegation had pr' IT. sented counter proposals and wou Is- present others. He said the most in IT. portant task of the delegation at pre-. to ent was to open negotiations with Il ect allied and associates states. in Discuss Turkish Terms jet PARIS, May 1S.-(By the Associate he Press)-The council of four discusst a this afternoon the Turkish and As ie- Minor questions and certain detai of of the Austrian treaty. American e, Ia perts were called in for consultatic on the subject of Austria