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Show LONG STORIES 1 IN BERLIN PRESS Correspondents From Weimar Recount Events and Threats That Are Made. FEELING RUNS HIGH Erzeberger Made Promises That Failed to Materialize Entente Failed to Yield. BERLIN, Tuesday, June 24. (By the Associated Press) Long account? written for the Berlin papers by cor- respondents at Weimar telling of i events preceding the decision of the ! German government to sign the treaty of peace show that there was a threat by generals and officers of the volunteer volun-teer troops to quit if the treaty was signed without reservations Gustave Noske minister of defense, proffered his resignation but later succeeded in appeasing the officers. He then with- , drew his resignation under pressure i from his party and cabinet ministers. Feeling anions military leaders is 'still running high, notwithstanding the i fact that they are admonishing the I troops to continue in the service. Ma-jjor Ma-jjor General Baron von Luettwltz, in a special call, reiterates his opposition n the nnnro tprms u-hilp Mm tor von Gilsa, Herr Noske's adjutant has announced an-nounced that Prussian war minister Reinhart "will endeavor to defend the menaced honor of the army and its l leaders by the adoption of special i measures." He will confer with Herr i Noske today. Correspondents at Weimar are unanimous una-nimous in the belief that the prestige of Mathias Erzberger has been damaged dam-aged because of his mysterious but emphatic assurances that the entente would be willing to yield on the honor issue, which failed to materialize. Herr Encberger's position is a subject of imuch speculation and it is believed : that as soon as the peace crisis is passed he faces a rather trving per-i iod |