Show a a o 0 0 0 0 IJ I I II II I i I I I GERMANS cE I HUNS IN I I I II I ON Wil ON ONi I I i r RAM German Minister of Finance Fi Fi- nance Declares ll Not t tOne One Inch of Territory Shall Be Given Up h V BERLIN I Tuesday March 25 1 I take a most solemn oath I that the government will not surf surrender sur- sur f render to the enemy one inch of I German territory either east cast or r ri i west said D Dr minister i of finance in the new cabinet in addressing a great crowd in front frontI I of lof the chancellors chancellor's palace on oh Sunday according to the Tag s si i P PARIS ARIS rII March The I I sian national assembly has voted 1 unanimously against the relinquishment re- re by Germany of any of the Rhine territory especially I the basin according to toI I dispatches The advises advices also tell of meetings of protest I multiplying in all parts of Germany Germany Ger- Ger many against what is 3 called an enslaving ing peace It is is' is said these manifestations are being organized by the government 1 I through Count von Brockdorff I Rantzau the foreign secretary P PARIS lues a March 25 Germany is' is determined jT 19 stick c to tha Wilson l i lin in ill making peace with with the allies Count von Bernstorf f former German Gennan ambassador to the United tl I States declared In an Interview gh I the Berlin correspondent of the the Tem Temps which that newspaper ne prints today 0 The Tho armistice et d No ber 1 11 I s said ld Count Counton von on Bernet B ff d sIgned wheat all powers n interested had accepted the 1 ot of pea proposed b by President Pl Int Nilson G man many is II determined to keep 1414 agreement which history will regard In a way as the conclusIon of a pre pre- peace She herself is III ream re to submit to the conditions front It and she expects all the Interested interI inter inter- I ested powers to do the same It If these theM essential conditions ot of the Wilson p gram should be violated or neglect Pi- Pi and especially It if conditions are I 1 posed which go beyond the tha pr program the German delegates would unfortunately natly find themselves In a position of ct say sa non f. 1 Count voi Bernstorff ac advocated plebiscite for tor- Lorraine Alsace Ala d German AustrIa REPARATION QUESTION attitude on indemnities continued the former ambassador is fixed by her acceptance by her note note ot of N November ember 6 5 1918 1318 whereby reparation is accorded for tor all damage done to the cIvil populations ot of Prance and ani Belgium by German aggression Thua note admits ot of the payment ot of no Indemnities N r Asked what the consequence would be ot of the failure to sIgn a peach Count Von Bernstorff replied I 1 am no prophet but Bolshevism would gain Immensely The liberal world which has haa seen for humanity In PresIdent Wilsons Wilson's principles prin- prin ciple would be terribly dIsappoInted it if peace were not made Even en the higher cIa classes be driven t to o de- de Is- Is Continued on pale page 2 t i I I I GERMANS GERMAN OUTLINE PEACE PROGRAM THEY THEY ANT WANT Continued on page 2 s Remember that since the middle ales aes no idea has aroused the worlds world's enthusiasm like a league of nations based on peace peace and justice and who will dare to cause the idea to miscarry at the first test I hope that a le league gue of all aU the nations of the world will make common cause against ag the spectre spec spec- tre fre of Bolshevism and triumph over i it WANTS RHINE BANK PARIS March The right bank banki of the Rhine must no belong to Prussia Prussia i sia said Henry Bouillon Franklin former minister of missions abroad in ina ina a speech delivered in the chamber of I deputies The right bank of the Rhine continued continued con con- the deputy must serve serva no nomore nomore more as a base for Prussian aggressions aggressions France We ask this indispEnsable medium and it l is our right to exact It The silence of the government and anci its other methods have culminated In Inthe inthe the maximum of unrest in the country I and the maximum of anarchy outside of It Germany begins to raise her I head It was with anguish that we learned that France had not exacted the disarmament of Germany and that it was Eng England and who was obliged to seek to disarm Germany for the the benefit benefit bene- bene fit of France COPENHAGEN March 1 ln In replying replying re- re plying to a question in the national assembly at Vel Weimar mar Minister 1 of Defense Defense De- De N oske said he was a ware aware that the Czech forces on the northwestern frontier of Bohemia had been reinforced reinforced rein rein- forced says a Berlin dispatch He said that necessary measures had been taken and that up to this time trustworthy trustworthy trust trust- worthy troops were available to meet any invasion A bill has been submitted to the assembly assembly as- as the dispatch adds establishing a provisional l German nav navy on a volunteer vol- vol basis for the protection or of the coasts the removal of mines and the policing and protection of fishing President Ador of Switzerland has replied cordially to a letter from President President Pres- Pres ident Ebert an and announcing his accession accession sion to fo the office of president of Germany Germany Ger- Ger many a Berlin dispatch says Switzerland Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land the dispatch adds is thus the first foreign state to formally acknowledge the German government |