The daily banner., 1919-05-14

Peace Treaty is kurderous,
Scheidenann Says.
GERMANY CANNOT tGCEPT II
Berlin Assembly Roars Applause ana
All But Radica! Gec;aiists E7ck HIS
Stand.

Stand.
Berlin, May Ii Speaking in the
national assembly, Philip Sh'ed"n"nn,
the chancellor, Declared tie peace
terms "unacceptahle.
The declaration brought the mein-
hers of the assembly. the spectators
nud those in the press .:al'ery to Their
f.,r in i hurricane of cheers and ap-
pauSr.
.rh., chancellor reached the climax
nj his statement Il few minutes after
he began.
He paused in his address. and then
tlundered out the word which an
noumced the German government re-
lection Of the Versailles conditions.
With the exception of the lnlepend-
en-. Socialists, led by Hugo HaaSe. all
facIicnS in the assembly arose ana
cheered vociferously. The assembly is
sitting temporarily in the assembly
Hall of the University of Berlin on
Cntpr den Linden.
After The chanceMor's speech the
leaders of the various parties. with
the exception of the HAaSe group,
made speeches in which they declared
they backed up the government.
The chancellor criticised President
Wilson and said that the president by
his attitude had deceived the hopes
OF the German people.
The chancellor said this was the
turning point in the life of the Ger
man people.
The assembly was TO decide the at
tjt,ulp toward "what our adverSaries
call peace conditions" he declared.
..The representatives of the nation,'
he said. "meet here as the last band
of the faithful assemblies when the
Fathprland is in the greatest danger.
Gal! have appeared except the rep
respntatives of Alsace-Lnrraine who
have been deprived of the ri@ht-to be
represented here just as You are to be
deprived nr The right To exercise in a
free vote the right Of self determina-
ton.
LET me speak without tactical con-
siderariCnS. The thing which is at the
basis of our discussion is this thick
volume in which 100 sentences begins
Germany renounce$.' This dreadful
and murderons volume by which con-
fesSion of our own unworthineSS, our
consent 20 pitiless disruption, our
agreement TO helOtry and slavery, are
to be eXhorted-thiS book must not be-
come the future code of law.
The world has once again lost an
Illusion. The nations have in this
period. which is so poor in ideals,
again lost a belief. What name on
thousands of bloody bat,le.ields, in
thousands of trenches, in orphan fam
ilies and among the 'lespairing and
abandoned has been mentioned during
these four years with more devotion
and belief than the name of Wilson?
Germany has ceased to eXist abroad
bn- rs if that were not sufficient, her
cables have been taken from her and
herE wireless stations can send only
commercial kilograms and then only
under control of the allies
''This would separate us from the
outer world, for what business can he
done under the control of competitors
need not to be described.
"But this is far from enough. The
council determines treaties between
enemy countries to be null and void
except traties whose execution is in
the favor of government of the allied
powers.
what does President Wilson so
aptly say? That the first principle of
peace itself is equality. equal partici=
patton in common benefits"
Herr Scheidemaun then argued that
This principle had been abrogated in
re peace terms.