Show GERMAN IRE AROUSED BY NOTE Dr Hugo Preuss Scores Score ScoreD D Demand mand of Allies Alies Made by I Peace Conference on Austrian Representation B BERLIN ERLIN Thursday Thursday Sept U.- U. By By y the tha Associated Press Press Dr Preuss who IIo drafted the new German German recently Promulgated at WOlmar at In Associated Via YF a statement today to The he Press severely arraigned the tho demand that made mado by th the peace c conference n enca tle Germany German must amend amend the const const- so as to Prevent AUstrian representation rep rep- In German parliamentary I must emphasize first he said that this Is 3 not a of oC law L n u Legally it la Is clear dear and simple Tho The way In which our opponents brought up the 1 matter shows h that th they arc Ihan Than following COlO 1 entirely V different purposes Purpose han the tho clearing caring up of or doubtful Je legal lesal al questions 1 Ue 5 t i 5 Teat Collision In an article artcle of tho the new German constitution is the clause The terms of the treaty of peace signed at Ver Ver- sailles will wU not be affected by this Seal Constitution This excludes any practical practical P collision between the peace terms ad and the constitution for If there should be any provisions of the constitution In contradiction of or the peace terms the tho latter would be bo valid vald legally without chance chanco any iny for tho the constitution to take tako precedence over O the treaty t Article 61 61 paragraph 2 a providing for the admission of Austrian members of or tho the does not stand as a formal contradiction of the peace terms this fact act being recognized by the thc signing of tho the terms hv by th thA th 1 and associated governments government's governments in In the German counterproposals to the origInal inal peace terms the tho Gorman German government government government govern govern- ment explained cd in discussing this point that Germany Germay did not desire to violate the Austrian frontier but that If It tat 1 Austria Austri wanted to bring about a a state of ot unity with Germany the tho latter later could not obligate herself hersel to oppose the wishes of ot the tho German brothers in Austria Austria for In that case CaO the right of ot self-determination self of peoples would count against Geran The Te allied and aUed associated governments merely recognized recognized In their that Germany did not want forcibly to violate the Austrian frontier Thus the tho peace treaty was signed Article Artcle 61 does not forcibly violate the Austrian frontier Further if the te entente raised acm i ous objections to harm harmless loss paragraph two of oC article 61 there were plenty of ot opportunities to reach a a quiet understanding understanding understanding under under- standing with wih Germany Instead of that the tho entente chose a most sudden BUdden and and brusque manner toward us and offered terms for tor which there was as no trace of or legality the purpose being to compel Germany German to alter her constitution as to immaterial points points I do not bol believe eve In the opinion widely current Germans that tho the statesmen of the tho and America are filled Cled with wih anger and hate and have allowed themselves to tobe tobe tobe be drawn into a an and anU purposeless purposeless purposeless purpose purpose- less policy This policy however can have hare but one ono thought and plan plan to to tomake make it Impossible to consolidate a a a. democratic em republic in Ger Germany any Tho The prevention o or a union or Austria AUStria Aus AUS- tria na and Germany German Is tho lie blow bOlow In the tho Lace face for all al the solemnly proclaimed principles of tho the entente Materially tho tim union of Austria to Germany woud mean a severe burden cm on Germany Tremendous s Sf entices would 1 bo be e necessary and therefore there are many people In Germany who viewed the plan with hesitation It would however be bo of ot great v lue and would woul be of wonderful Import Importance anco to the young youn German democracy democracy as it would 1 bring about a unity which BI Bismarck's Bis Bi- marck's marcks statecraft and Prussian weapons ons ens ns fale failed to accomplish The policy of ot tho the entente therefore can cnn have havo no conceivable aim other than forcibly to prevent this moral strengthening strengthening strength strength- ening of ot the of Germany and to add to the tho strength of ot its opponents opponents opponents since It would make it much muchea ea easier ler for them hera to gain supporters for their claim that German national unit unity cannot be bo bro brought ht about in Germany German reaction except by a military Negatives Negative AI Allied tJ Interest This policy negatives the obvious interests o of the allied and associated Jow lowers rs which demand tho the strengthening strengthen strengthen- ing and tho democratic development of of Germany derman- It I was attempted at first to tu represent the tho German democratic republic as a barefaced deception In such were erG adopt adopt- order that list fictions actions a as ed to defeat might be Juste Jus Jus- te It I Is harder to maintain this hll fiction the tho longer the democratic regime lasts This regime now ha has concluded a constitution the bases of ot which are purely pure democracy and unity unit Under most difficulties It has protected the tho western world 3 as a a. against Bolshevism It was OD- OD dam rl I Ious to every statesman that tho the German Gorman Ocr Ger man rep republic cannot be forever misrepresented misrepresented misrepresented mis mis- represented b by a disguised e S So new blows blowS must be bo delivered Such treatment increases the tte pro protagonists fO pio and adds to tolie of ot the Che ro old the lie spirit of revenge in the tho German Germa people A desired excuse for tor mishandling Gorman Germany mn may thus be given In future futuro The goal must be bo tho the destruction destruction tion lon of German democracy or of or German Germany Ger Ocr herself man maul many hersel President Wilson Wison once said that the peace that ended the world war must approximate that made mado at the con- con press gross of oC Vienna The Tho Vienna Ienna cn congress ress believed It could by b measures of t force maker make trimmer firmer the called so-called so-caled so legitimacy of or the monarchical principle That was wasa hut but how light as a i a ft 0 bad mistake a aI feather i it H weichs hs a against the tho madness I of tho tw peace on which through h Just tho those o means democracy and International law were to bo be at attained at at- From the madness of Vienna lenna Amer Arner- America nH rIcA r- r tea ica IcA has at least kept Itself free but butIn butLa buti In La l i |