The Washington herald., 1919-06-18
REGIME
MUST FALL IF
TREATY STANDS
Unequivocal Declarations
Made IN Past Commit Gov
ernment to Reject Pact.
FOUR POINTS CONTROL
Chief Diplomatic Reasons
For Refusing to Sign Given
Sentimental Support.

Weimar. June l7.-On the face
Of what it has so often and so une-
quivocally declared. the Ebert gov
eminent cannot sign the revised
peace treaty.
If the National Assembly votes
acceptance-the vote will probably
be taken Friday-it means repudia-
ton of the Ebert regime, and sub
: stitution therefore by an independ-
dent (radicaD Socialist govern
ment is inevitable in that case.
Signing Scrap of Paper"
The Independents, according to
all present indications, would sign
without hesitation, but would con-
slider the treaty scrap of paper"
to be torn up as soon as their
dream of world revolution" "
comes true.
There is no sign, however, of
the government having lost its
majority backing in the Assembly.
The prediction is advanced. there
fore, that Germany's answer on
Saturday will be "No."
That, in short, is the situation,
based upon the minutest canvass
Of official opinion here.
-Four Main Reasons.
There are four main reasons why
the Ebert government and its peace
delegation, especially Count Won
Broekdorff- -Rantzau. cannot sign the
revised document unless they turn a
complete somersauIt. These are that
their four main counter demands on
which. by the positiveness OF their
previous declarations. they burned All
bridges behind them. are repected in
the new pact. namely:
They said Germany must be a
member of the league ow nations
from the minute of signature.
The reply says this is impossible
and gives only a conditional promise
of admittance in the early future" :"
They said surrender OF the Saar
district. even If temporary. was
impossible.
Original Clause stands.
The reply says the original clause
on this matter stands
peace without knowing first the
definite amount of reparations. .
They fixed it themselves at SIS.
O00.O00,Ooo
The reply SAYS no definite total can
be fixed at this time
They refused in the most posi-
tive terms to make Danzig a free
city and to cede any rights what
ever in that city to Poland, offer
ing instead to make it a free port.
The reply says Danzig is to be
free city and Poland is to have spe-
cial economic rights therein.
Two Sentimental Reasons.
Apart from these four reasons there
are two sentimental factors which the
government already began today to
exploit, and which it seems determin-
ed to use as its chief Instruments in
whipping national feeling into a pos
ture of indignant defiance. These are:
1-CIemeneeau's covering" let
ter.
THE stoninE of the German
peace delegates by n French mob
ss they left Versailles last night.
German officialdom is stung in
its pride and vanity by the mer-
=
premier. The sting persists be-
cause there is no chance for an
answer.
must be Yes or No." the Tiger
tells them. in effect.
Too Late to Pick Flaws.
There is many a flaw which
Ebert and his conferees would
like to pick in CIemenceau's let
ter. But it is too late for all that.
and no one realizes II better than
Ebert himself. So the last round
in his back-to-the-waIl fight has
begun
Deep resentment and depression
are the chief notes in Official and
national sentiment Experts are
now working on the revised treaty
to submit reports to the govern
ment prior to its submission to the
assembly. probably tomorrow.
The debate will end Friday. when
acceptance or rejection will be de-
cided by a vote.
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Storm; Damage $4,000