Arizona republican., 1919-06-02
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 WASHINGTON, June 1.-Germany, although realizing that she must make sacrifices to obtain peace, is convinced that the execution of the peace treaty as drawn is more than the German people can bear.''
 Count yon Brockdorff- -Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation, thus sums up the attitude of the German nation toward the proposed treaty of peace, in a note to the allied and asso- ciated powers, outlining various Ger man counter proposals. The German note, delivered to Premier Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, last Thursday, was made public tonight by the state department.
 The German delegation nowhere in it's note asserts that it will refuse to sign the present treaty, but declares on behalf of the German nation that even in her need, justice for her is too sacred a thing to allow her to stoop to achieve conditions which she can not undertake to carry out"
 Exclusion of Germany from the 1 league of nations, the note asserts, means that in signing the peace treaty. l Germany would be executing a "de- 1 cree for it's own prescription, nay, it's ] own death sentence"
 Germany "Aghast"
 The German people, the note says, have been disappointed in their hope l for a peace of justice, which had been l promised and stand 'aghast" at the | demands made upon them by the vic torious violence of our enemies
 The German delegation agrees to a reduction of Germany's army and navy, on condition that Germany be admitted immediately to the league of nations: to renounce Germany's sovereign rights in Alsace-Lorraine and Posen, but as to all other territories, which Ger many is called upon to give up, the principle of self determination, sap- plicable at once is asked; to subject all German colonies to administration by the league of nations, but under German mandatory, and to make the indemnity payments as required, but in amounts that will burden the Ger man taxpayer no more heavily than the taxpayer of the most heavily burdened among those represented on the repar- ationS commission.
 The note declares Germany is will ing to pool her entire merchant marine with that of the associated powers Neutral participation in the inquiry as to responsibility for the war, is asked
 The text of the German note, dated May 2S, and addressed to Premier Clemenceau. president of the peace conference, was made public by the state department as follows:
 Text of German Note
 MT. President:
 T have the honor to transmit to you ; herewith the observations of the Ger man delegation on the drafted treaty of peace. We came to Versailles in the expectation of receiving a peace pro- poSal based on the armistice principles We were firmly resolved to do every thing in our power, wit a view of full filling the grave obligations which we had undertaken. We hoped for the peace of justice which had been prim- ised to us. We were aghast when we read in the documents the demands made upon us. the victorious violence of our enemies. The more deeply we penetrate into the spirit of this treaty the more convinced we become of the impossibility of carrying it out. The eSactions of this treaty are more thar the German people can bear
 . With view to the re-establish- , ment of the Polish state, we must re- nounce indisputably German territory ; nearly the whole of the province ot East Prussia, which is preponderantll . German, of Pomerania; Danzig, whicl is German to the core; we must let tn, ancient HanSetown be transformed into free state, under Polish suzer ainity. We must agree that East PruS. Sia shall be amputated from the body of the state, condemned to a lingerins death, and robbed of it's northern DOT ton, including Memel which is purely German. We must renounce Uppel Silesia for the benefit of Poland anc Czecho- Slokavia, although it has beer in close political connection with Ger . many for more than T50 years, is in stinct with German life and forms tn, ! very foundation of industrial lift throughout East Germany.
 Cites Certain Injustices h
 "Preponderantly German circle (kreise) must be ceded to Belgium without sufficient guarantees that tn, , plebiscite, which is only to take plac, 9 afterwards. will be independent Tn, : purely German district of the Saa r must be detached from our empire anC f the way must be paved for it's sub s sequent annexation to France. althougl [ we owe her debts in coal only. not il ] men.
 
 f tory must be occupied, and after thos T fifteen years, the allies have the powe 9 to refuse the restoration of the coun 2 try; in the interval the allies can talk r every measure to sever the economi : and moral links with them other coun n try and finally to misrepresent tn n wishes of the indigenous population. : Although the exaction of the cos of the war has been expressly re Q nounced, as yet Germany, thus cut il pieces and weakened, must declare her 5 self ready in principle to bear all tn T war expense of her enemies. whci T would exceed many times over, tn e total amount of German state and pri Vate assets.
 : Meanwhile, her enemies demand i 7; excess of the agreed conditions, repaT Il ation for damage suffered by their civ S population. and Germany must also g 5. bail for her allies.
 The sum to be paid is to be ike by our enemies, unilaterally, and to ad e init of subsequent notifications an V increase. No limit is fixed save tn , capacity of the German people fo is payment, demanded not by their stan
 dard of life, but solely by their ca
 pacity to meet the demands of the
 enemies by their labor. The Germa