The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-09
Use OF RUSS
SOLDIERS IS
THREATENED
BY GERMAN
Peace With Bolsheviki Only
Solution Declares Hun Dele
gate = Attitude Toward
Treaty Still in Doubt.
DELEGATES ARE DIVIDED
tRy Associated Prassl

PARIS, May 9-The German dele
gates in their answer to the peace
terms, the newspapers say, will pro-
pose specifically to assure the burdens
of making reparation only for damages
caused in Northern France and Bel
gium. The papers say it is not un-
likely the allies will refuse the propo-
sition. The German delegates, it Is
added, also intend to give battle over
the question of the Saar valley, DAN
zig, the former German colony and mil
itary occupation.
Count Brockdorf-Rantz in long
wireless exchange with Berlin, the
newspapers declare, express desire to
confer with the German Austrian del
egates on their arrival at st. Ger
maine.
BERLIN, May 9-"There is only
one immediate solution-peace with
Russia and the use of Bolshevik
troops for Germany" Herr Geisterts.
one of the German delegates at Yer
sailles, Is quoted by the Neue Zeitung
as declaring with reference to the
peace terms just submitted.
PARIS, May 9.-The German dele
gates to the peace congress are con-
siderably divided among themselves
in their views OF the peace terms sub
mitted by the allied and associated
powers. it was intimated today by a
high British authority, Reuters
statement says.
The question whether Germany will
sign the treaty or not is the pressing
one of the hour. 1t is impossible as
yet to gain an indication of the atti-
tude of the German plenipotentiaries
here, but information coming from
German sources goes to show it Is
quite possible the Ebert-Scheidemann
government is considering its fate If
it should accomplish such a drastic
treaty 1t may choose to refuse to
sign the treaty an go down in blaze
of patriotic glory.
EtoIish Awards Are Shock.
According to this information, the
greatest shock to the Germans was
given by the formula establishing the
frontier of Poland, giving as it does a
great part of West Prussia and con-
siderable seacoast to Poland, in addi-
ton to large coal fields in upper ST.
lesia. When the German delegates
left home they expected to hear more
moderate proposals regarding the Pol
ish frontier and DanZig.
The delegates also question the pos
sibility of Germany paying reparation
to the extent laid down by the treaty,
and they doubt whether they should
sign clauses which are said ostensibly
to regard as impossible of fulfillment.
They object also to the surrender OF
their entire mercantile fleet, arguing
freight for every ton of raw material
ditional indemnity to England in
that this would force them to pay ad-
imported, manufactured and export
ed under the virtual British monopoly
of ocean tonnage which they assure
would soon follow the elimination of
the German mercantile fleet.
Premier Hirsch of Prussia. speaking
in the Prussian national assembly to-
day characterized the peace terms as
representing a purely mailed first"
peace, which would mean slavery for
the fatherland and fresh bloodshed for
Europe"
1.-The government appeals to you, !"
he continued, "to close your ranks.
preserve your calm and avoid indis-
cret:on in case of dissensions We
are faced by the question of to be or
not to be. The entire nation must
vert this projected peace of violence
into a peace of right. That is possible
only if the nation which is expected to
sign its own death warrant. firmly sup
ports the government. This the most
mournful day in our history, must find
us strong"
Peace Annihlation.
Condemnation of the peace terms is
expressed by all the newspapers here,
those of the extreme Right referring
to the conditions as .'unfulf1llable" and
to the treaty as "an instrument OF
robbery"
The Tages Zeitung says: "One thing
is certain; there can be nc question
of this being peace of justice. What
a peace of justice after the entente
pattern and in accordance with French
desires looks like is shown by the con
ditions which leave nothing Of Ger
many but torn and tatterd territory. =
The Freiheit says that compared
with the policy Germany pursued at
Brest- Litoysk, the entente peace
must be termed quite moderate" but
it is argued that the terms are IN
sharp contradiction with President
Wilson's fourteen points" and that il
peace is to be built on this compro
mise it assuredly can have no firm
and lasting foundation.
"a peace annihilation" is the cap
ton used by Worwaerts, which says
there is "a ruthless desire to lay Ger
many permanently low by force. II
we sign this peace it is because we
are bound by force, but in our hearts
we resolutely reject it. Such peace
is an attempt to exterminate ma
ton, not by force of arms, but by q
means more brutal, economic slay
cry"
The Frankfort Gazette says: we
are at the grave side Of right. The
only doubt is whether it also means
the grave side of the German nation
Never has been murder committed in
more courteous form or with more
synical equanimity. The German re
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