The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-13
GERMANS IN RAGE
STIR GREAT CITIES
Protests Against Signing Of
Treaty Made at Many Or
ganized Meetings.
STAND BY THE KAISER
Demand for Replacement Of
Stolen Cattle Arouses
Special Resentment.
STAND BY THE KAISER
BY the associated Press.


BERLIN, May IL (delayed) Big DEM
cnetrations against the signing Of tho
peace treaty by Germany were held to-
day in Berlin, Breslau. Danzig. Koenigs-
berg. Cassel, Bochum and other places
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT organized by
the National Peoples party.
'If this treaty comes to pass I will
bring up my children In hatred" said
Deputy Traub, speaking in Berlin
DR.. Gustav stresemann. one OF the
Peoples party leaders. spoke in protest
against the demand for the surrender OF
former Emperor William. If the Ger
man people complied with II they would
DO without shame or honor, he declared.
Although the independent Socialists at
the outset OF tho discussion Of the peace
treaty adopted the standpoint that peace
must be signed at all costs, the ire
mendous pressure of public expression,
violent in Its protest against the treaty's
terms. has led them to reconsider their
view, many of them joining the multi
tude that Is protesting against the sign
ing.
Appeal TO Proletariat.
In the name Of the Independent So
cialist party. Richard Weller told the
Workmen's Councils OF Greater Berlin
that such "a dictated peace of cruel
severity" as the Entente desires to i'm
pose upon Germany could not be q last
ing peace. Therefore, he demanded the
assembling Of q congress OF the coun-
cils to determine their attitude toward
the question and to appeal to the En-
tente proletariat to work against the
peace proposed by Entente world i'm
perialism as embodied In the treaty"
Herr Mueller. another Of the Inde-
pendent leaders. seizes the occasion
again to assail the old imperialistic
regime in Germany, which, he declares,
incurred blood-guilt by the invasion OF
France and Belgium and the destruction
OF mines and. industries
Arguing against the prevalent pro-
tests, Karl Kautsky, writing In the In
dependent organ DIE Freihett. says:
Shall we sign the peace II It Is not
to be modified. or have We not any other
chance? II It were q peace OF destruc-
ton, a death sentence, as It Is called,
agreement to 1t would be suicide. But
hard as the conditions are. they do not
lead to the downfall of the German PEG,
pie, even though they will make life
terribly difficult A genuine downfall, q
rapid PHYSICAL downfall, would come
however. II We declined to sign the peace
and reverted to a state Of war. After
few weeks OF fruitless opposition. cost
ing millions and lives, we should be
forced to capitulate."
-.
Frederick Stampfer. editor of ror.
pnerts, to-day complained bitterly of the
treatment the German newspaper CORE
spondents were receiving at Versailles
from which he had just arrived. Their
status was that OF prisoners OF war. he
said.
Therefore," continued the editor, my
colleagues and myself were speedily con.
ynced that we were not In an environ,
ment calculated to give us a peace II
keeping with the exalted ideas of your
President, who OF late has become Sc
strangely silent-his pose so sphynxlike.'
Herr Stampfer takes a gloomy view Of
The prospects at Versailles. I'VE might
as well become an English, an American
or French colony" he said IN speaking
- the peace terms demanded, and ht
added that he couldn't say whether his
I'VE have become somewhat suspicion,
81 late" he added. 1.-THE two vanquished
parties in this war are the German PEG.
pie and the American idea"
The stipulation in the peace terms
hat Germany has to surrender thou
sands OF mich cows. swine. beeves and
other domestic animals, to replace thost
lost by the Allies through the var. has
created the most bitter and violent pro.
test among rich and poor alike.
The Tdgebidtt describes the demand
as 'monstrous and impossible" and
calls attention to the frightful child
mortality because OF lack of milk. Il
declares that this is a deliberate effor
10 continue hunger among the German
people and is brutality not to be ex'
ceeded"
The paper asserts that the cattle Il
he delivered would total 100000 cwt.
IS compared with 100000 cwt. o.
American bacon promised.