The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-02-21
GERMANS AGAIN
BOW TO VICTOR
Huns Accept New Armistice; For
eign Minister Resigns.
TIME LIMIT DRAWS NEAR
New Frontier for Poland and Germany
Is Established-Confe Re-
wives Old Prussian SWash-
buckIing.

Paris, Feb. 1S.-"Marshai Foch,"
says the official communique of the SUI
preme war council, Informed the min
ksters of the allied and associated
nsans of the conditions for the renewal
Of the armistice." BY the terms Of the
new agreement, which constitutes the
third renewal of the armistice, the
Germans must promptly and strictly
fulfill all the clauses Of the contracts
Of November II. December IL and
January Is.
Paris, Feb. 1S.-Germany has again
bowed to FOch. The armistice renew
al was signed at Treves, after the Ger
man commission, headed by Matthias
EIZberger, had tried to the last to bar
gain, bubble, protest and even threat
en-.
"Sign on the dotted line" was the
answer of Foch to all these attempts.
and finally, as the time Of grace was
almost up, the Germans, still protest
ing, signed. ">
The agreement prolongs the arms
tice indefinitely, but gives the allies
the right to break off the truce at
three days notice IL Germany does not
FeligiOusly live up both to the spirit
and the letter of the terms as laid
down by Foch.
Dispatches from Germany show the
Treves conference was the occasion
Tor a considerable revival of the old
Prussian swashbuckling spirit. Im-
potent as they are, the militarists had
begun again to talk of the shining
sword" and the wrath of the German
people, once they are stirred"
Indeed. there are rumors Of cabi-
net crisis due to the. signing Of the new
agreement.
Hlndenburu curbed.
Count Won Breokdorff- Ramtzau, the
foreign minister, q man of proved lib
eral and anti-junket tendencies, but
pledged to a program of "peace with
out humiliation" saw that program en-
dangered by yielding to the allied de-
mands on the armistice renewal, and
is said to have threatened his resig-
nation.
One report, unconfirmed, has It he
carried out his threat as soon as he
heard that the German signatures
were affixed to the document.
Hindenburg, still the commanding
6gure In the ''fatherland" from the mil
starry standpoint, is curbed by the new
agreement, for IL stipulates that the
offensive against the Poles must be dis
continued forthwith 1t is also under
stood to contain demands for Ger.
man evacuation OF territories claimed
BY the Poles.
German Version Of Signing.
The following. dispatch from Wei
mar gives the German account Of the
signing Of the armistice renewal:
"The government instructed Herr
Erzberger TO sign the armistice. but
before doing SO to hand to Marshal
Foch written statement declaring
chat the German government was
aware OF the serious consequences In
vOlved In either signing or rejecting
the agreement.
'Instructing its delegates to sign. 1t
does so with the conviction that the
allied and associated governments are
endeavoring to restore peace to the
world. '~
"The German government Is obliged
40 define It's standpoint toward three
articles:
al. The agreement entirely ignores
the German government, which has
arisen Ia an orderly manner from the
will of the people. It imposes In the
form of curt orders provisions for the
evacuation in favor OF the insurgent
Poles number Of important places,
including Birnbaum and Bentschen.
although we are ready to cease all
military aggressive action in POsen
and other regions, we must expect the
Poles TO respect the line Of demarca-
lion: otherwise we must be authorized
70 defend ourselves by force.
20. Germany promises to carry out
those armistice terms which she hith-
erto had not succeeded I'm doing. but
she ventures to assume that her Obli-
gait ons will not be interpreted in a
manner incompatible with President
wilson's principles. We must wait and
see whether we are In position fully
to follow the contemplated instruc-
lions of the allied supreme command.
s3. Objection is raised to the point
in the agreement giving only three
DAVIS notice for Its denunciation."