New-York tribune., 1919-02-15
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violence and testing against the
"eNaggeratsd' conditions OF thc arms-
llce IS tending 20 ruin Germany.
he resolution also protests against
the denla Of sell determination to
Alsace- LORRAINE. 1t is regarded mere
as an echo OF Scheidemanns speech.
Ia am interview with the "Zeitung
am Nittag,' OF Berlin. the Chancellor
said that there was a limit as to peace
terms beyond which the Entente could
not go. The heavier the conditions I'M
posed upo. Germany, lie said the
quicker Bolshevism would spread.
World chaos, however, he asserted, was
preferable t. slo1 death by torture
President Ebert, speaking to news
paper corresp spondcnts at Weimar. de-
clared that Germany intended, for the
present al least, to maintain peoples S
army on the basis of general CON
scription. lie said assurances that the
borders of the country would be pro
tected were absolutely essential
though he would welcome universal
disarmament, which would make such
protection unnecessary.
Two Versions of Speech
Two versions Of Chancellor Scheide-
mann's speech have reached London.
~ AANili ~ CA4'Aoi uiicNI anu llIc OlneC
from Basel, Switzerland
According to the Basle version the
Chancellor declared that the first es-
sentlal for Germany was the mainte-
nance of unity in the nation by means
OF strong central authority.
Inc immediate restoration Of peace
came next, which should be secured by
adherence to the programme of Presi-
dent Wilson and the rejection of a
peace of violence. The new govern
ment's programme. he said, called for
the restoration OF the German colonies
and the admission of Germany to the
league of nations, with equal rights.
Alter reference to other points in
the programme as it related to foreign
affairs the Chancellor outlined the
domestic and economic IDEAS Of the
government. There would be con-
siderable reduction of the period Of
service IN the new army to be Great
ed, and the troops now in barracks. in
Guiding the 1899 class, would be de-
mobilizeo.
Many reforms were planned, the
Chancellor explained, including better
sanitation and housing, protective
measures for the young, the regula-
tlon of supply and demand in labor
and the development of agriculture
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carry out these reforms, while the tax
on incomes OF more than certain
amount would be doubled and a tax on
large fortunes would be levieo for the
purpose of scaling down the national
debt
"The era Of world domination is
over" said the Chancellor at one point
IN his speech, "and no power can, with
out let or hindrance, risk the violation
OF the equal political rights of all ="
Urging the maintenance of the Wilson
programme, the Chancellor said that if
that programme were followed Ger
many would be the Fatherland of all
who desired to be Germans, and that
they would be free Germans. Germany
trampled under foot. however, would
be as dangerous to all the peoples of the
world as the Pan-Germans had been.
Admits Bismarck's Failure
In his interview with the "Zetung
am Nlittag" Chancellor Scheioemann
said that Prince Bismarck's conception
OF foreign affairs was failure almost
everywhere, adding:
We had to pay for its mistakes in
North Schleswig and in Alsace and
Lorraine"
"The policy of new Germany" he
continues, must be based not, as Bis
maj |n pidHheu' OH opposition TO, but
IN harmony with, Austria; not on the
slender pillar of egotistical might Of
single federal government but on
the broad democratic basis of the
united will of all the German tribes.
"Thc league of nations has warmest
supporters in Germany We hope
America will succeed in convincing
other countries that it is to the in
terest Of the entire world that, instead
of heap of ruins in the centre of
Europe, there should be a newly con-
structed social democracy. Not in
Russia, but in Germany, will the So
cialist solution of the labor question
be found. The heavier the conditions
imposed upon Germany, the quicker
will Bolshevism spread. World chaos
is preferable to slow death by torture
THE Entente may conclude a peace
corresponding to its interest, but for