Show German n Assembly Shudders As New Terms Are Known Erzberger Head of Armistice Delegation oi Recounts Alleged of l och in Ultimatum to Vanquished I W WEIMAR R EU Monday Feb cb 17 By By the thc Associated The Press TLe party part V Y s speeches in iii m thc the national assembly which wInch lund had been set down for this afternoon suffered a rude interruption b by b the outcome of the new armistice armistice armis armis- tice ot neg-ot Tile The general outlines of the new nc terms were known early to today ay and it was no surprise when President announced that tIe the speeches and arguments would be deferred so that thuat head of the German armistice delegation might give a n personal explanation of what happened between his departure for Troves Treves last week and his unI un- un I expectedly quick return toda today I Horr herr noticeably wrought up an and laboring un under cr a strain began with wIlh the announcement that the delegates dele gates ates were entitled to know lenow at the earliest moment the thc run Lull details of or the negotiations He lie then read the thc terms and the thc house listened In almost agonized agonized ago ago- silence The slightest stir or noise brou brought ht angry mgr hisses the thc assembly assembly assembly assem assem- bly never ne ha had been one ono tithe SI so stilL sUIL Experience I is IN Unhappy The Thc members of tho the house stirred uneasily as ho he finished and stopped for Cor or breath Before continuing his e ex cx- cx Herr Interjected It Is my 01 wish that you OU ma may never have ha ave the tho fateful hours I have havo had Wen We Va Weon on n the armistice commission have ha ha hato had hado to o bear untold responsibility Ho lie then referred to the tho unfortunate well nigh fatal delay dclay in the thc arrival of or ortho tho ho terms at Weimar and went Into details on Marshal arshal ultimatum which ho said he was assured was framed with the unqualified approval al of or f President Wilson Herr or told old of or his efforts to lo secure lions ion but said Marshal Foch Foeh ha had been boen stern sternly Insistent on tho the acceptance of or orthe the thc lie terms Ho lie touched touche only briefly but Jut clearly clearl oi oit Ola his successful protests against Polish Incorporation of or Silesia rind his unsuccessful efforts to save and other German Ger Gor- m man nan towns lie He emphasized that the thc I allies Lilies would tal take e over 01 the thc responsibility ity Hy ty of keeping the Poles Ioles In check and give give- ho guarantees guarantee for fOI thc the safety of ot theO the tho O Germans On n tho Polish side U Culled harsh To Herr protests Marshal Foch och replied that all were purely military null mill I tar tary ar measures nn and In accor accordance ance with President Wilsons Wilson's fourteen points Herr protested likewise lIke a 1 e t JJ lon i Q I tho he armistice l Foch I brusquely declined to make aJo I Lion and insisted upon Inclusion of or a clause lause which gives cs him power to promulgate pro pro- pro pro-j an any order ti C Co Germany at will Herr then demanded I whether the thc short indeterminate continuation con couz- of or the tho armistice might lead to an early peace to which Marshal Foch replied I think so I 1 assume ao so The minister ter said the difficulties had been greater because e tho the negotiations negotiation had become sharper an and more acuto acut recently and a long discussion demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- that nothing moro more would demon I bo ho changed Tho The minister assure assured the tho assembly I I o ha confidence lint hat Marshal Fochs Foch's given ghen word will willbe be kept vc- vc nr I Herr sai said he had achieved almost no no results m nu his efforts to have Gorman German prisoners released beyond a a. a promise b by France and England each to send back 2000 bad badly 1 wounded men I lie then read the tho German note which ho pr presented to Marshal Foch as the I armistice terms were signed Ho lie had I had a sad ead mission with few happy re re- re suits Tho world kno knows s 's ho lie concluded I that wo we do not miot want a new war and cannot conduct one The world will condemn the the entente for Cor its severity Pr President ehrenbach then announced that the ministers rs and delegates intended intend intend- c ed to withhold their declarations Until until until Un- Un un un- til e Wednesday nesda and suggested that lint the time house hoube adjourn immediately in view of or orthe the new situation The Tho house accepted a n. proposal to consider nothing tomorrow tomono but an In Interpellation Interpellation In- In J by Dr Heinz hems with reference ref ref- ref ref- C rence 10 LU the armistice terms Huns Feared Rene Reneal Of DI Allied Warfare Berlin Feb 18 lly iB By tho lie Associated Press The Press Tho German governments government's ls l's reasons reasons rea rca sons for Cor accepting the tho stringent terms for Cor or tho the renewal of oC the tho armistice as outlined in iii a Weimar Welmar dispatch to th lie J J is s sI I that lint a renewal o of military operations l i full following owing refusal to sign would lead I to o the tho complete completo moral collapse of or the he German people The Tho absolute I Lion Hon prevailed pre that refusal 1 to Ign 0 or dilatory treatment of time the proposals would bould meet with an nit Immediate advance nd of or f thc the allied armies beyond ond the tho Rhine i involving hl the occupation n of or the time most I Important and amid indispensable industrial districts of west Germany The representatives of or tho parties who ho l participated in tho the cabinet doI de deliberations do- do I de-I I liberations agreed unanimously unanimous that lint the people I as a n whole un-I un neither un unI understand un- un I nor approve e such stich nn an outcome I and tl Unit thit t therefore there was waR no al- al I aI-I 1 0 except lo to sign sigh un under er pro iIO I test Lest The Berlin papers gen generally general rall come to toI I the thc same conclusion except that the conservative atho organs such as tho the Kreuz and amul the lie AJl which declare that the tho government go should have havo refused to sign n the terms I thus forcing tho the allies to take tako time the re responsibility reo re- for a renewal of oC military operations i p era t I o as Militarists i Bitter BitterA At A L Armistice Terms London Feb reb IS By B By the time i Press Advices d received recel from n Berlin rUn by wa way of ot Basic to today n aro are to tho ef effect of- of I feet that list the thc German paui-German military I part party headed b by Field Marshal von on I JJ i bu r lIi tt rl resents the now new clauses in lii tho armistice especially I Continued on Paso Pago 2 2 NE NEW TERMS APPAl HUN Y MEMBERS Continued from Page ge I age 1 those limiting the German arm army army- to the I size silo of oC a simple police force the supervision surl su su- rl of oC control control- of ot ammunition factories and tho the demand that Gerl Germany Ger Ger- l many n pa pay the tho expenses of oC the thc allied armies of or occupation on the Rhine These con conditions It is 15 complained I will wUl throw out of or worst work thousands oC of German officers from rom general downward downward down down- ward wa-r wh while lo tho army of oC v volunteers volun olun- i tc rs reported b by tho the German press to tob b have havo e been organized must be bo dis dis- banded advices ad add that Indignation against lc Mathias r on the part of at tho the military authorities Is f ing I |