The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-14
German Leader
Warns Allies Not
to Demand Kaiser

BERLIN, June 13.-"Don't de-
mand the surrender of the emperor"
is the warning given by Gustav
Stresemann, leader of the, National
Liberal party, in talk with the a
press correspondent. .Stresemann
declared that the peace treaty at
Versailles was "stupid concoction'
and we won't sign it."
"If you want to overthrow the re-
public, then indict the kaiser
Stresemann went on, "but remember
it will have the effect of firebrand
and will leave behind it a sting which
will keep hatred alive indefinitely
Out of 400 kilograms | have received
protesting against the peace terms,
more than $50 are concerned with
the kaiser issue. They came from all
classes, least % all monarchical.'
Says Kaiser Tried To Keep Peace
Stresemann asserted that he had
implicit faith that the former en-
peror's ambition had been to kee!
peace in Europe.
"He did hope in frequent hours OF
exaltation some day to ride into Par
| is, not as war lord" said Strese-
mann, "but rather pictured himself
addressing the French Academy on
some spiritual theme, into which he
would have plunged with the same
unbridled Enthusiasm that he exhib,
tied when witnessing the autumn ma.
neuvers in peace time"
Discussing the peace terms, Strese,
mann said:
"Peace based on these terms is
bound to be provisional. It is pre-
posterous to think that four men sit
ting around a table in Paris dare ar.
rogate to themselves the function OF
remarking the map of Europe and
reshaping the worlds political and
economic physiognomy.
"On the face of it this peace is a
stupid concoction. 1t is not ever
diabolical, for the deveil is unusual
ly cunning.
Won't Sign Peace, He Says.
"The terms do not betray even or
binary business acumen. How car
the entente seize our coal, dyestuff'
and mercl ant fleet and expect us also
to pay an indemnity? Surely we
can't also pay an indemnity. Surely
we can't again become productive
The reasons we, therefore, won't sigr
this peace are, first, because humane
ly and in every other sense, it is i'm
possible; secondly, we could not fal
fill it if we did sign.
at is hardly conceivable that mel
with ambition to go down in histor,
should, for instance, concede Polant
an easy realization of imperialisti
aspirations, which are in violent con
tradiction with historical ethnologica
and economic facts. Do these self
appointed remakers of history appre
ciate what they are now bestowin
on the Poles is only a temporary gift
Would Join Russians.
"They must remember that if tn
present terms are jammed throug
Germany has but one choice remain
ing, she must turn her face to tn
east. That means a German-Russia
bloc of 100000, 900 people who wi
forthwith proceed to take back tina
which was forcibly and wrongful
wrested fro mthem and given to tn
Poles. They would not only quick
ly put right such a wrong, but in tn
future become a deciding factor i
all continental and possibly Far Eas
issues"
Stresemann declared that his pal
ty is fully alive to the prospect
awaiting Germany if an independen
communistic government headed b
Haase assumes authority and sign
the peace now proposed.
eve realize" he said, chat
would mean a reign of political, ecc
nomic and physical terror with ran
ifcations, which it is difficult to pei
ceive at this time. We still hope tina
events will shape themselves so tina
we shall be spared the advent of a
ultra-red regime for the internal Der
eft of Geramny and also that the er
tente will be saved from becomin
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