The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-18
Last Armistice Terms.

Paris, Feb. 1s.-The Poles
have been instructed not to at. :,
tack German territory, II was
reported today.
The armistioe terms which
were signed at Treves on Sunday
are to be the last Of their kind.
They bear no date Of expiration,
but can be denounced by the al
lies on three days notice.
The next document the German
representatives will be called
upon to sign contains the naval
and military terms. These will
establish the size Of Germany's
army and navy not only before
but after peace is declared. 1t
will be one of the bitterest pills
the German armistice parliament
taires have yet been called upon
to swallow. 49,.
Paris, Feb. 1S.-When the Germans
came to sign the terms of the new
armistice, says a Havas dlspatch
from Treves, Matthias Erzberger
HdUuGu W MAI oiictl foNh - s"~tA~
three page memorial in which it was
attempted to justify Germany's atti-
tude, it being maintained she had
done her best to meet her obligations.
He also gave to the marshal a memo
randum from Philip Scheidemann
the new German chancellor. com
planning of the increasingly hard
terms forced upon, Germany and pro-
testing against the Germans, being
forced 5 evacuate Poland, delivering
German fortresses to the Poles and
abandoning, the German people there
A demand was made that the allies
REQUIRE the Poles to cease their at
tacks against the Germans.
This last request has already been
compiled with, said telegram sent
to Warsaw from Paris last night.
25,000 to Maintain Order.
The supreme committee of the su-
preme council, charged with drafting
the terms OF definite armistice
which will hold good until the peace
preliminaries are signed, has almos;
completed it's task and 1t is possible
says a Havas report, that Marshal
Foch will be able to notify the Ger
mans on Thursday or Friday of the
military and naval terms, which will
be essentially those of the prelim-
mary peace treaty. 1t is understood
the terms will include clauses by
which Germany will be allowed ia
maintain only $4,000 men under arms
to keep order. All war material be-
yond what is necessary to equip these
troops would, according to the re-
port, be placed under control of ths
allies, who will also hold Germany s
munition factories.
Says Allies Failed.
London, Feb. 18.-One of the notes
presented by Matthias Erzberger, one
of the German armistice commission
ers. to Marshal Foch at Treves on
Friday complained of the failure OF
the entente allies to commence nego-
tiations at Spa for a financial treaty
with Germany, according to a Ger
man wireless dispatch picked UP
here. Erzberger pointed out, accord
ing to the message, that the arrange
ments made by the entente called for
beginning of the negotiations on
Feb. II and that the German dele
gates were at Spa to commence work
He said 1t would be necessary, in
connection with placing the German
commercial fleet at the disposal OF
the allies, to arrive at an agreement
regarding the amount and price OF
foodstuffs to be supplied Germany
and concerning the manner of pay
ment. according to the message. He
declared that, as these matters were
not settled, it was impossible to give
instructions to the commercial fleet
for however anxious the German
government is to fulfill its engage
ments. it is its solemn duty not to
place the merchant feet under for
eign control until the purpose for
which such significant and painful
measure was agreed upon has been
assured"
40 Per Cent. of Little Value.
Treves. Feb. 1S.-When Marshal
Foch presented the new armistice
terms to the German commission Fri
day, he was requested to permit
the Germans to communicate with
Weimar. Marshal Foch told the Ger
mans that, as the disorganization of
telegraph lines made it certain there
would be a delay, he would give them
until 6 o'clock Sunday evening to
take action. He told them he would
leave Treves at that time and, if the
convention was not then signed. the
armistice would expire at o'clock
Monday morning. The terms were
agreed to at $3.50 Sunday night.
Although the disarmament ques-
ton was not raised. Matthias Erzber-
ger, one of the German commission
ers. volunteered a statement that the
German army consisted of only 200.-
900 men, 40 per cent. Of whom were
of doubtful value. He said the Ger
man army had been demobilized too
quickly and 1t was inadequate to
maintain order in the country.
Apart from the conference Erzber-
ger made a number of declarations
saying particularly that "the political
future Of Germany was fixed by
President Wilson's fourteen points
He asserted Germany would hence
forth he a new country, adding that
il would be genuinely democratic and
| would loyalty participate in the
league Of nations on the principle NJ
political and economic quality. He
said Germany was ready to agree "a
disarmament on land and sea ana in
l the air.