Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-16
Austrian Peace May
Not SOIUe Problem,


Continued From rage One
Of the principal associated powers will
bring the treaty into force between the
ratifying powers. enabling the immcdl
ate resumption Of trade.
A pcrcmptory answer 10 the German
note registering objections to the treaty
arrangements for the left bank OF the
Rhine and the Saar valley has been
drafted by tho special commission on
territorial affairs. presided over by
Andre Tardicu, il was reported this
morning.
The conviction is growing in allied
circles that most of the German pro-
tests against the peace treaty so tar
received were written before the read
ing Of the treaty and arc designed ns
propaganda. This conviction is strength =
cprd by the fact that the text OF the
treaty is not quoted and that the pro
tests have been published in Berlin be-
fore they were received in Paris.
The conference. however. is referring
all protests TO commissions. which Will
consider them on their merits.
Among those who arrived today from
EcrIiu 10 ioiu the German delegation
was Professor Weber. a financial OK
rcrt. During the war Professor Weber
gained wide notice by calling the at.
tcntion of Chancellor Won Bcthmann
IIollucg to the fact that tho figures
submitted by Admiral Won TirpltE on
the sinking of merchantmen by Ger
man submarines were false.
May Sign in Crescent City
If is quite probable that the Turkish
and Bulgarian peace treaties will be
negotiated auG signed in Constantinopl"
Salonica or some other convenient city
in the Near East. according To Reuters :
Paris Office.
Eduard Bernstein. the German Social
Democrat leader. in an article in the
Norwacrts. of Berlin. transmitted here.
saws that the peace terms show evidence
Of compromises on several points and
that a sense of moderation is evident.
He points out that many Of the demands
on Germany are only temporary in
character. but declares that amelioration
Of some of the terms ought to be oh b
tanned through oral discussion.
Herr Bernstein reaches the conclusion
that Germany must say mo" to the
actual conditions. but that this INT"
must leave the road open for the
Allies.
Germans Caused Blockade
Gcrmany's blockade troubles were
primarily brought upon her by herself
writes Macmillan Harueu. the German
free lance. in the latest number of his
periodical. Die Iukunft. Both Bismarck
aud Caprivi had predicted such meas
ure againt Germany if size went to war
tho writer pointed out. but he argued
that it would have been impossible 70,
the blockade to have been imposed il
Germany had not refused. at The Hague
in 1907. to accept the British PROPOSE
tion tending to the abolition of the right
of capture and that of prohibited zone
on the sea-
The men who at that time were di
rccting German foreign policy, Herr
Harden continues. were convinced tha
in case of the outbreak OF an Anglo
| German war the British people, m
/ longer devoted to agriculture, woult
suffer from famine much before Ger
many. country highly developed agri
culturally and adjoining Russia, Hol
land and Denmark.
In these circumstances. therefore. il
p Herr Hardcn's opinion. tho German
have no right to complain about th
blockade imposed upon them.
London. May 16.-tBy A. P.i-
Philip Scheidemann. the German pre-
mier. has sent through the Berlin CORE
spondcnt of the Daily Herald. the labo
newspaper. an appeal to the Britis
people to realize 'the appalling posi-
tion Germany is placed in by the pcac
conditions.
: Herr Scheidemann in his appea
makes various points similar to thos
in speeches of his that have already beel
reported, and in addition says:
1--WE cannot believe that fellow
human beings, however much under tn
influence of wicked war. can reall
intend to reduce kindred civilized peo
pie to slavery, for that is what thes
conditions mean.
I'VE Germans call upon you Engls
not to force us to sign away our birth
right and the peace of Europe in OIL
hour of weakness