Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — WAVE OF SCORN TOWARDS ALLIES FOLLOWS TERMS. [ARTICLE]

WAVE OF SCORN TOWARDS ALLIES FOLLOWS TERMS.

BERLIN, May 12.—The protests that came from various quarters in ■‘Germany over the peace terms, which evidently were reported before the official terms became known, are nothing in comparison with the wave of remonstrance —angry, bitter, disappointed in tone —with that sweeping over Germany now since the treaty has been presented. States, municipalities, districts, organizations of various sorts, business men’s and women’s clubs and the political parties-through their spokesmen are vying with each other in finding words in which to express scorn and condemnation of the document. For perhaps the first time in history all the German parties are united in opinion, each of them assailing the terms Germany is asked to sign for the body of the independent socialist body does not appear to agree with its organ, Die Freieheit, that Germany should sign the peace on the terms. presented. newspapers are utterly swamped with protests, being able to print but a fraction of them.