Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-09
GERMANY AGREES
UNDER PROTEST TO
TERMS OF ALLIES
Army Must be Reduced 90 $50, 600
Men by October ], Final
Decision.
OCCUPATION THREATENED
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Spa. Belgium. July . Germany dele-
gates today signed under pfOtost an
engagement accepting the terms n The
allied note relative % disarmament.
The allied note demanded that thc
Germans accept the terms prosrnted ~
noon today OF al allied forces would of
cupy more Of Germany.
The Germans protested 10 signing the
engagement that the treaty ~ Fer-
sailles did not obliRe them ~ acquirsce n
further territorial occupations exocpf ~
failure To fulfill the treaty terms rcgard-
ing rcparations.
The decision of the German dciegafrr
10 obey the allied demand was reached
early today after action ~ the ke'cf
Inc fnal decision of tho tllies ~
forth:
disarrn certain Of its forces, including 'he
security police
Socond Publish proclamation s'i
ing for the immediate surtendcr ~ III
weapons and firearms in the hands y 'h~
civilian population.
Third Abolish Immediately compu
sorry military service.
Fourth Surrender to the Alliev eH
arms. gins and cannon wtich n poqrev-e
above The limit fixed by tle Ireatytof
Versailles.
OCTOBER ! rs TINY ir1rT
The allied decision concerning de-
armament reads.
uIf On October I the Clcrrnsn army
10 not reduced ~ 10000 nlen The Alhes
! will proceed n occupy German terr
/ tory in the Ruhr or any rther part q.
/ German territory and will nof Zoo
I ate Il until an the conditions a the pre-
I emf agreement have been fulflled
Chancellor Fehrrnback Dr ~imona
/ the foreign minister, and Herr 6ross-
I Ter. minister of defence. left tho .oN-
4 ference IN m agItated wafe ne7
1 looked grim when they arrived a. 'er-
man headquarters IN a little hotel % ne
nine woods The chanrpllOr rnmr-
diatelv called a meeting q The ,'errnan
cabinet the members a which have
been arriving a. Spa ono ~ ono uni
only two now remain in Berlin fter'
Koch and Herr Raumer
Those who sat IN the cabinet oounri
besides Fehrenbaeh, SInona and tiess.sr
were Vice-C Chancellor Hrinzs mIn1ster Ct
Justice Herr Wirth, finance; tlermes
food. and schoiz, ecDnonicr trr r. yor
Seerht. chief of staff. with snrne ~ hi
under secretaries, took part in the ron
ference.
Telephone communication was oTenff
with Berlin and the substance ~ th'
allied decisiOn communicated % the For
eign Office. with instructions % hav,
Ministers Koch and Raumer call ~
gether some 0f the leadIna personalitC
in German public life and CONSIDER ~
Allies demands and later inform the Ger
man cabinet here on their point ~ view
The prevailing view among the Ger
mans was that the allies hRd Carried
their demands, particularly the menaol
Of occupying further German territory
much beyond any provision Of the Yer
sailles Treaty, and also that the Allie'
are taking up an aggressive position no'
contemplated by any clause 81 the treaty
The allied disarmament note was com
nunicated to Berlin yesterday a. chan
cellor Fehrenbach's s request, with tns
request that l5 be submitted 90 re,
Reichstag and TO the leaders IT az th,
parties, whether supporters % rhe GOV
ernment or the Opposition. Herr feh
renbach asked for the view uf the Reich~
tag and the party leaders, but sad ma
the decision would rest with the cablnc'
now st spa.