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Show VOTEON TREATY Only One Chance of Peace Terms Being Accepted Ac-cepted by the People. BERLIN, Sunday, April 20 Appurtenances Appur-tenances for an election are all in readiness for an immediate plebiscite on the peace terms, according to infor mation obtained from sources close to the governmeni Preparations have been going on secretly for several 'days, It Is declared, and if the terms are published one morning the refer . ndum can be taken the next day and , the answer can go to the entente 48 hours later. It is asserted that the only probable tiance of an affirm. it n answer would be In case there is an agreement to negotiate details of thA terms This, if an indemnity Is fixed, Germany cannot hope to dispute the total but must be allowed to send experts ex-perts to discuss ways and means of j payment, it is said It is declared that the eahinet wished I to avoid the responsibility of cither refusing or accepting the terms. I Therefore, a plebiscite is almost certain. cer-tain. It is believed that the result will 'be a refusal to accept the peace terms because the people will overlook the i consequences of such an act thi maintenance of the blockade, the stoppage stop-page of food importations and the ar Icompanying evils which may be ex-pected ex-pected in view of their reluctance to : sanction harsh terms. It Is asserted that an agreement to negotiate the details de-tails of the treat) is absolutely the only basis upon which Germany in ber present mood will vote in the affirma-, affirma-, live. i t. |