Evening star., 1919-05-10
EBERT SEES WAR
DANGERS IN TERMS
Germany Wants "Peace OF
Right" Says Proclamation
to People.
HUNS GENERALLY DAZED
By the Associated Press.


BERLIN. Friday, May 9, via Copen-
hagen.-Germany's reply to the terms
of peace presented at Versailles on
Wednesday will be a proposal for
peace of right on the basis of a last
ing peace of the nations" according
to a proclamation to the German peo-
pie issued here today by President
Ebert.
The proclamation says the treaty
would deliver German labor to for
eign capitalism for the indignity OF
wage slavery and permanently fetter
the young German republic
The proclamation closes with an ap-
peal to the German people to stand
together, knowing no parties. and
to preserve with the government
mutual trust in the path Of duty in
the belief of the triumph of reason
and right"
Terms of the Proclamation.
The text of the proclamation fol-
lows:
THE first reply of the allies to the
sincere desire for peace on the part
of our starving people was the lay
ing down of the uncommonly hard
people, having laid down its arms.
honestly observed all the obligations
of the armistice, hard as they We're.
Notwithstanding this our opponents
for six months have continued the
war by maintaining the blockade. The
German people bore all these burdens
trusting in the promise given by the
allies in their note of November s
that the peace would be peace of
right on the basis of President VIII
sons fourteen points.
Sees Prospect of Wars.
Instead OF that the allies have
now given us peace terms which are
in contradiction to the promise given.
1t is unbearable for the German
people and is impracticable, even II
we put forth all our powers. Violence
without measure would be done to the
German people. From such an i'm
posed peace fresh hatred would be
bound to arise between the nations
and in the course of history there
would be new wars. The world would
league Of nations liberating and heal
ing the nations and insuring peace.
THE dismemberment and mangling
of the German people. the delivering
of German labor to foreign capitalism
for the indignity of wage slavery and
German republic by the entente's s
Imperialism is the aim Of this peace
of violence. The German peoples
government will answer the peace
proposal of violence with proposal
Of a peace OF right on the basis Of a
lasting peace Of the nations.
Represents Will of Nation.
.fGElte fact that all circles of M44
6oE4tan people have been moved 30
deeply testifies that the German gov
united will of the German nation.
The German government will put
forth every effort to secure for the
German people the same national
unity and independence and the same
freedom Of labor in economical and
cultural respects which the allies
want to give to all the peoples of
Europe, save only our people,
"Our nation must save itself by it's
own action. In view Of this danger
of destruction the German nation and
the government which 1t shows must
stand by each other, knowing no
parties. Let Germany unite in
tionality and liberties. Every thought
and the entire will of the nation
ought now to be turned to labor for
the preservation and reconstruction
of our fatherland. The government
appeals to all Germans in this hard
hour to preserve with it mutual trust
in the path of duty and in the belief
in the triumph of reason and Of
right.
The proclamation bears the sigma
ture of President Ebert.
Scheidemann to Explain.
Philip Scheidemann, the German
chancellor, will at the opening of the
sitting of the national assembly here
on Monday make long address, ex
planning in detail the governments
viewpoint as to the peace terms, ac-
cording to the Zeitung am Mittag.
Week of mourning"
The president of the imperial minis
try has sent the following telegram
to the governments of the free states:
In deep distress and weighed down
by cares the German people has wait
ed through the months of the armi-
stice for the peace conditions. Their
publication has brought the bitterest
disappointment and unspeakable grief
to the entire people. A public ex-
preston ought to be given these feel
ings by all Germans. The imperial
government requests that the free
states have public amusement sus-
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