Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-08
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Especial Gable Despatch.)
Berlin, Sept. THE Germans have
rot begun to comply with the pea ce
conditions and probably will continue
their policy OF inactive watchful wait
ing pending the senate's action on the
treaty. In The first place It is pointed
out here there is no compulsion for
Germany TO begin complying before
the treaty becomes operatively effect
i've, which is only after three powers
have ratified it. Secondly, it is argued,
it is actually impossible to begin COM
plying with the conditions until after
the treaty becomes effective, and fin
ally, the Germans see no reason WHY
hey should comply or begin to com.
ply with such conditions as could be
fulfilled before the treaty becomes eff
fective.
Would Prolong Delay.
In official quarters it is said that
Germany has not the slightest inter
est not even as an evidence of good
faith to do ANYTHING to keep the
peace terms before three of the prfn-
cipal powers have ratified the treaty.
In government circles it is said that
IL Germany were to begin to comply
with the peace conditions now, such
action would give France, Italy, Jap
an, and particularly the United States
States a license to procrastinate the
ratification indefinitely.
In these quarters it is argued that IL
the allies and America saw that Ger
many was willing and beginning to
comply with the conditions, they
would figure there would be no hurry
about ratifying, and the treaty might
never get ratified. An indefinite de-
lay, and particularly the possibility
that America my not ratify, is what
the present weak republican German
government most breads. The present
government is eager for the earliest
possible ratification, including that
by America.
Eager to Prove Terms Impossible.
The government, in fact, is eager TO
demonstrate that the peace conditions
are impossible OF fulfillment and
figures that the best way of proving
this is by attempting to comply with
the conditions and falling down on
the lob, Hence, it is eager for the
treaty to be ratified and to become
effective at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
On the other hand, every days ratt-
fication delay tends to weaken the
present republican government ana
Strengthens the radicals and reaction
aries. to whose vicious and subtle at-
tacks the government is Vulneraply
exnosed as a result of the ratification
DELAYS. For it's own selfish ends the
reactionaries are already holding out
"hopes'' OF q separate peace between
the American and the German people.
The republican government partle-
ularly fears the internal consequences
If America fails to ratify. 1t Is argued
in these quarters that no league Oh
nations is possible ~without America
in il and for the present government
any league of nations is better thal
none, since it is stalking its existence
on securing a treaty revision through
the league.
How Change Will Come.
While unwilling to begin comply
ing with the peace terms before III
treaty comes into force, the Germans
have the elaborate necessary machlh,
ery we'll organized for complying ana
this machinery can be started 70
function at any time. The preparatory
fer complying with the conditions 10
date include making the treaty an IN
tegral part of the new German con-
stitution; the passage of all the neces-
sary supplementary legislation by the
national assembly, so far as 1t could
he forseen, for carrying out the peace
treaty.
This recently organized and elabo-
-. x,aobiparv for German control