Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-12-08


Says Protocol Does Not Bring Peace
The limit has long been reached.
Let the allies occupy the country II
they like. The peace now presented
TO us is not peace but a prolongation
of the war.
Were such treaty accepted, the Ger
man nation would rise up and avenge
itself upon the men who signed ii and
II would be right. Great Britain and
France are deliberately planning the
destruction of Germany. All the con-
fdence l ever had in the pledges Of
the allies is gone forever.
by deceit and trickery, the British
and French governments are working
up opinion in their countries to cripple
Germany still further beyond the
crushing effect OF the first treaty. We
have yielded too often, and now must
resist. Let the allies do what they
please"
Asked whether he would resign If
the remainder of the government de-
cided to accept the allied terms, Noske
replied that he could not say what he
would do a week hence, but that his
present position has been deliberately
adopted and was unalterable. The
correspondent says that, although
Noske carefully emphasized that he
was only defining his own position, his
words agreed with the intentions
ascribed to the other members of the
cabinet.
The straws which Noske represents
as having broken the back of the Ger
man endurance, says the correspond
ent are the demand for dock and har>
Dor material and the protocol empow-
ering the allies to enforce the execu-
ton OF the peace treaty.
The correspondent says that during
his talk with NoslSe he suggested that,
II the Germans had not sunk the war
ships in the Scapa Flow. the demand
Of the allies for tugs and docks would
not have been made. To this he says
Noske replied:
England Out To Cripple Germany"
"Oh yes they would. The British
would have invented some pretext
Great Britain is out to cripple Ger
many and demands our last dredges
and cranes so as to prevent the re-
gival OF our mercantile marine"
Noslse repudiated the German govern
ment's responsibility for the sinking
of the ships in Scapa Flow and ac-
cused the British government Of pub
fishing misleading and faxed" ex-
tracts OF the letter Of Rear Admira
Adolf Won Trotha, chief Of the German
admiralty written to Admiral voI
Reuter-, who sank the ships. Regarding
the protocol Noske said its signature
would be given Germany's assent IL
advance to unlimited future aggres.
sions by the allies.
What more do you want asked
Noske. You used to tell us if w'
chased away the Hohenzollerns, peac'
would be adopted. And now you arr
breaking every pledge you gave. Yol
have imposed upon us such a crush
ng peace that it could not have beer
worse sif the Hohenzollerns had re
NAMED.
THE French doubtless will marcl
into Germany. Let them come. TIN
allies know that Germany is withou
means of resistance. Allied officer
are all over the country. Spies ar
shuffling about everywhere. All tn
scare talk about German armament
a deliberate press campaign TO pre-
pare public opinion for aggression"
Raises Third Objection
Nosloe further hinted as third OBJ
lection Germany might raise to tn
signing of the protocol.
III the United States stays out" h
said, "the commissions established un
der the peace treaty will be taken owe
by the other allies. II that means NOR
F'renchmen, 1t would be most injuriou
to German interests and we should nc
agree"