The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-05-14

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acceptance" By the German govern
ment and parliament Of the allied
PREPARATIONS terms had been discount
ed in advance of the reichstag action.
A makeshift ministry. hastily collect
ed for the purpose. yielded because
1t was compelled to yield. There is
no grace in the yielding; accept
ance" Is hardly the term to apply to
the reichstag action. The vote shows
a decidedly large element which
would have resisted further; the ma
jority secured for acceptance of the
allied terms is not sufficiently large
to justify any assumption that many
Of the leaders In German public life
have been chastened or changed by
the war, either in character or their
conception of the proper relationship
of nations.
Ranged in opposition to any sur
render to the allied terms we're the
Pan-Germans and the representatives
of the Peoples party, which has two
wings. The new chancellor. DR..
Wirth, former minister Of finance,
sensed the situation in his appeal for
acceptance of the demands and an
end to a complication which, pur-
sued to its end, would have resulted
in still more distress for the German
nation.
The allied ultimatum required a
yes or mo" reply by May 1. The
total sum Germany is called on to
pay is $3.50, 900 900 pounds sterling
as %reparations; disarmament must be
carried out in accordance with the
Versailles peace treaty. and the trial
of wal criminals must be prosecuted
in good faith and with no ~subterfuge.
Numerous other important terms will
be enforced. Noncompliance with
the ultimatum would have subjected
Germany to the occupation OF the
Ruhr and whatever other measures
might have been deemed necessary.
Whether the wirth ministry. hav-
ing served the purpose for which 1t
was organized, will survive, remains
to be seen. 1t is largely unrepresen-
tative in character. but 1t was good
enough to meet the object OF the
government and accept the allied de-
mands. 1t has the undivided sup
port of only the majority Socialists
and Clerical parties. Members OF
other parties are not bound to fol-
low its fortunes to any length. Ad-
mittedly the wirth ministry could
never have obtained reichstag sane
ton had 1t not been necessary to
check the threatened entente mill
tary movements. Frances troops
were ready to strike; behind France
in her determined stand stood the
other allied nations.
1t will be recalled that Germany
baked at signing the peace treaty;
her representatives at Versailles
| swore that never, never would they
append their signatures; and they
found Germans behind them in their
fustian; but when the crucial mo-
ment came threats and boasts alike
gave way to compliance-and the
signatures went on the dotted line as
| per the allied demands. The more
sagacious German leaders, who have
| realized the folly Of further palaver-
ing and dickering and lodging the
issue. deserve the thanks Of Germans
who are not under the spell Of the ex-
tremists. who still hug the delusion
that Germany was not defeated In
war. but was the victim of circum-
stances, and who still sing "Deutsch-
land ueber Allies and forget the
kaiser in exile and Germany reduced
to helplessness. Time will vindicate
their wisdom. however unpalatable
the pill Just swallowed may be for
everybody co~ncerned-and that mean
practically everybody in Germany.
The allied terms having been ac-
cepted, 1t is to be assumed that there
will be no further scraps of paper
nonsense. Should any such trickery
develop-well, the force of compul-
sion has not been exhausted.-Salt