The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-05-14
EBERT IN BITTER
ATTACK ON WILSON,
SAYS HE'LL STICK
German President Rejects Idea
That His Government viii
Quit in This Crisis.

Owing to the almost unprecedented
congestion OF the transatlantic cables,
the following report Of a statement
made by President Dbert OF Germany
on Sunday to the Berlin corre-
spondent OF the Associated Press was
not received until to-day:
BERLIN. Sunday. May II (Asso-
ciated Press).-Declaring that tho
terms Of peace presented by the
Allied and Associated Governments
to Germany contemplate the physl-
cal. moral and intellectual paralysis
OF tho German peoples" that Germans
were "hypnotized" by statements
made by President Wilson, and that
he himself Is looking forward to the
future with gravest apDrehensions."
President Ebert said to-day that he
still hoped that American democracy
would not accept the treaty framed
at the Peace Conference.
He rejected with disdain the sug-
gestlon that the present German gov
ernment would resign rather than ac-
cept or reject the terms, saying that
the government would hold out to
tho end"
when in the course Of 1000 years."
he asked, was ever n peace offered
a defeated people which so completely
contemplated its physical. moral and
| fnfniioct,tof IN ~ i.-ata a 10 the torr,q
enunciated at Versailles7
"In his message TO Congress on
December 4. 1917, President Wilson
said: The frightful injustice commit
ted in the course OF this war must
not be made good by wishing a
similar injustice on Germany and her
Allies. The world would not tolerate
tho commission of a similar injustice
as reprisal and realignment."
lin his message 10 Congress re-
ferred to in the foregoing para
graph, delivered when he asked
that q state OF war be declared to
exist between the United States
and Austria Hungary President
Wilson said: "The wrongs, the
very deep wrongs committed in
this war must be righted. That
of course. But they can not and
must not be righted by tho COM
mission of similar wrongs against
Germany and her Allies. Tho
world will not permit the commits
sion of similar wrongs as n means
OF reparation and settlement.)
THE German people," President
Ebert continued, 'is only beginning
to awake from the hypnosis into
which it has been lulled because OF
its solid faith in the sincerity and
truthfulness OF Mr.. Wilson's program
and his Fourteen Points. The awaken
forward to 1t with gravest apprehen-
sions. In the face OF the cold, naked
realities, we still consciously cling to
the faith which found its epitome In
the names Of Wilson and the United
States and the conception OF the
democracy OF the League OF Nations
I'VE cannot believe that this has
all been an illusion and that the
confidence and hopes OF whole
people have been duped in a mannel
, unknown to history. Even now, op'
timists are saying: Wilson will no
. permit 1t. he dare not possibly permi
it"
The President added that he anC
5 his party could not blame the Pan
, Germans for the "lmmodest hast,
with which they are now digging vi
their former speeches and editorials
} in which the Social Democrats ant
4 other Liberals were ridiculed for thel
belief in President Wilson's pro
4 gramme."
IL and my colleagues" he said Il
conclusion, upon whom rests tn
terrific burden OF the forthcominI
decisions hope and pray the GermRl
people who staked all on Presiden
Wilson and the United States shal
not find themselves deceived. II tn
American democracy actually accept
the present peace terms as Its OWL
II becomes an accomplicc and a
abettor OF political blackmailers;
surrenders the traditional America
4 principle OF fair play and sports
manship and trails the ideals OF tru
democracy in the dust. Notwith
standing the night now covering /
have abiding faith in the futur
OF the German people and in the IN
conquerability of it's soil. This people
which has given the world so muc
in science, learning and industr,
d must not so down TO oblivion,
ie still has a cultural mission to pei
70 form and ethical treasures to bestow,
President Ebert closed his state
i ment by declaring the present gov
ID ernment would hold out to the last,
and secuted the idea that II woul
~, make room for others to accept {
"a reject tho treaty"