ERZBERGER'S PLEA FOR LENIENCY.
PARIS, February 17,
Erzberger tried hard to secure a day's prolongation before signing the renewal of the armistice, but Foch was adamant. Erzberger declared that Germany had now only 200,000 troops under arms. Prolongation of the armistice was creating distrust in Germany and paving the way for Bolshevism. Germany was prepaned to loyally participate in the League of Nations on the principle of political and economic equality. . He admitted ithat Germany committed a blunder in annexing Alsace-Lorraine without consulting the population, and hoped that France would not commit the same blunder.
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Taihape Daily Times, 20 February 1919, Page 5
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