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Show fHUNSTO HATIFY j PACT NEXT IEK ; National Assembly to Ap-: Ap-: prove Treaty and Ebert to Enforce It. "Big Five" So Notified; .:, Germans Urge Early V Lifting of Blockade. i -: BRUSSELS, July 2 (By the Associated Press.) The Belgian I foreign minister introduced bills in j the chamber today ratifying the I :; treaty with Germany and the J agreements connected with the treaty. r. (By Universal Service, Special Cable ;-. Dispatch.) PARIS. July 2. The German national assembly will ratify the peace treaty Z early next week and President Ebert will enforce the terms immediately upon ratification. The big five were notified to this ef- feet by a communication from the Bauer - government today in reply to the allied , note that the blockade must remain in 7 effect until the treaty is ratified by the Germans. The Germans in their reply express the ' hope that, simultaneously with the lift-. lift-. ing of the blockade, the repatriation of the German prisoners will begin. It is generally conceded the request will .'' be granted. ; Much optimism was caused in official - circles by the German reply, though It v"1 was somewhat counteracted by Berlin reports received by the French foreign :; office that the German communists are openly boasting they will start a revolution revo-lution in a few days, backed by money . from Bela Kun. the Hungarian soviet |