New Britain herald., 1919-05-10
President of German Republic Says Terms Offered are in Con- tradictiOn of Promise Given by Allies
WILL STRIVE FOR
 FREEDOM OF RACE
If Present Demands Are
 Carried Out, Fresh Hatred
 Will Arise and New Wars Will Come, He Predicts.

Berlin, May g, (via Copenhagen.)- Germany's reply to the terms of peace presented on Wednesday will be a proposal for peace of right on the basis of lasting peace of the nations according to proclamation to the German people issued here today by President Ebert.
 The proclamation says the treaty would deliver German labor to foreign capitalism for the indignity of wage slavery and permanently fetter the young German republic. It closes with an appeal to the German people ito stand together, knowing no par ties" and to preserve with the gov ernment mutual trust in the path Of duty in the belief of the triumph of reason and right"
 The text of the proclanatio fol- lows:
 Wanted Peace Sincerely.
 The first reply of the Allies to the sincere desire for peace on the part of our starving people was the laying down of the uncommonly hard armi- stice conditions. The German people having laid down it's arms honestly observed the obligations of the armi- stice, hard as they were. Notwith- standing this our opponents for six months have continued the war by maintaining the blockade. The Ger man people bore all these burdens, trusting in the promise given by the Allies in their note of November that the peace would be a peace right on the basis of President Will sons IA points.
 Terms Are Unbearablc.
 Instead of that the Allies have now given us peace terms which are in contradiction to the promise given It is unbearable for the German peo- pie and is impracticable, even if we put forth all our powers. Violence without measure would be done to the German people. From such an inn posed peace fresh hatred would be bound to arise between the nations and in the course of history there would be new wars. The world would be obliged to bury every hope of league of nations iberating and heal ing the nations and insuring peace.
 Will Propose Fair Terms.
 The dism em berment and mangling of the German people, the delivering of German labor to foreign capitalism for the indignity Of wage slavery and the permanent lettering of the young German republic by the Entente'S inn perialism is the aim of this peace of violence. The German peoples gov ernment will answer the peace pro- posal of violence with a proposal of a peace of right on the basis of a last Ing peace of the nations.
 Want Freedom Given Others.
 "The fact that all circles of the German people have been moved so deeply testifies that the German gov nrnment is giving expression to the united will of the German nation. The Herman government will put forth ev- prv effort to secure for the German people the same national unity and in dependence and the same freedom of abor in econ omical and cultural re- gnac+s which the Allies want to give to all the peoples of Europe save only Dur people.
 Nation Must Save Itself.
 "0ur nation must save itself. Tn ,.ievu of this danger of destruction the C,o,n,an nation and the government which if chose must stad by each other knowing no parties Let Ger poanv unite in single will to preserve Cso,roan nationality and liberties Ev- erv thought and the entire Will or the ,,ation ought now to be turned to la hoy for the preservation and recon
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