THE PEACE TREATY.
SCHEIDEMANN'S BITTER ATTACK 1 .- ■ ' Borlin.'May 13. Sclieidemanu,states that Germany is unable to accept thV:peae,c"terms. .. Speaking,'in. tne National-Assembly, Scheideniaun'made a violent onslaught on ,the Peace 'frcatyyfleseribiiig it as a murderous proposal. ..He said: "The Allies are driving tiro knife into the living body, of the German: people. "• President Wilson,' hitherto pictured as a briiigcr-of peace, is now becoming a gaoler. "The proposed, peace means the miserable enslavement of. our children and our. children's children." GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS - "END OF GERMANY AS A GREAT POWER." Berlin, May 13. German Government circles assert that the Government will reject uiiy peace terms that do not coinside with President Wilson's Fourteen Points, especially as relating to Bantzig "and the Staar Vallev.
" Vorwaerts" says the terms ar proof of Imperialism drunk with.-.fie
...The:'/ I 'Berliner Tageblait'", says the. terms mean, the end of Germany as a great Power. The Treaty has been inspired by intoxicated brutality. The military terms are impossible, and the indemnity terms only raise a grim laugh.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 16 May 1919, Page 3
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