Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-04-04

German state property in territories
to be ceded by the peace treaty and
the order in which the obligations of
Germany shall be imposed. AS for
the reparation to be demanded of the
Huns, the economic experts have
found the amount of damage inflicted
by the Germans was between $780,
000,00O,000 and $45,000,O0OO0O, but as
this is beyond the ability of Germany
to pay, the sum is being scaled down
and probably will be less than $780,
0O0,00OOOO.
If the treaty with Germany is such
as it is supposed to be, Germany will
refuse to sign it. Anyhow, that is
what the press and many of the lead
ers say. Doctor Dernburg of unsav-
ory memory, declares the German peo-
pie will not accept a treaty of peace
that is not inspired by impartiality,
justice and spirit of reconciliation
and that does not contain a league of
nations into which Germany is admit
ted with full rights. Doctor Schiller,
minister of finance, says he has taken
a solemn oath that the government
will not surrender one inch of German
territory. The Prussian national assem-
bly, has voted against the relinquish-
ment of any of the Rhine territory, es-
pecially the Saar basin. All over the
country meetings are being held, or
ganized by Foreign Secretary Brock
dorff- -Rantzau, to protest against an
"enslaving peace" This movement.
in which all factions are joining, is
being used to reawaken the national
spirit, and the threat of spreading
bolshevism if the demands of the Ger
man people are not met is being used
by the leaders to intimidate the inter
allied peace delegates. The latter,
however, do not seem especially wor-
ried evidently taking it for granted
that Germany will have to accept any
treaty they formulate. If the Ger
mans tdo submit to bolshevism, it will
be of their own free will, and mainly
in spite and not because they pre-
fer that form of government"
With Hungary the case is different,
and it may well be that that cOun-
try's new soviet government will re-
fuse to sign any treaty with the al
| lies, if it survives. At the end of the
week there were evidences that the
allies were about to take decided ac
ton against the Hungarians. The
French were urging that an army be
sent to occupy territory between Rus.
sia and Hungary, and General Mangin
was recalled from Mayence in this
connection. Italian troops were re
ported to have occupied Pressburg
Hungary, only 35 miles from Vienna
Allied gunboats were hurriedly sent
up the Danube for the purpose of pro
tecting the French and British mis-
sions in Budapest. The members Of
those missions are believed to have
escaped safely.
Bella Kun, as foreign minister, is
bossing the bolshevist job in Buda
pest, and he and his associates arr
Matchmaking everything and ordering
the severest of penalties for any form
of resistance. Count Karolyi is vari
ously reported to be executed and il
prison. The outbreak of the revolu
ton in Hungary at this time is as
cribed to the action of the Frencl
military mission in establishing neu
trail zone between Roumania and Hun
gary in way that led the Hungarian
to believe their country was about t
be dismembered. The Czecho- -Slovaks
it was understood. went into actiol
against the Hungarian holshevists q
once, some of their troops having CAP
tured Raab, on the Danube, interrupt
ing communication between Budapes
and Vienna Large Hungarian canno
factories are situated in Raab. TIL
premier of Czecho-Slovakia DIR, Kal
Kramarsz. now in Paris. declares hi
country is too strong to yield TO ho
; shevik temptations, though he admit
: it is in dangerous proximity. If bo
shevism is victorious in Russia.
predicts that country Will inevitabl
fall under German influence.
f Here is a peculiar contradiction {
5 opinions. For many months we hav
, been assured that the one sure thin
that would check the spread of ii
bolshevik poison, in Russia and els
: where, was food: and consequent
= Mr. Hoover has been making strenl
| Gus efforts to feed central Europ
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