Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1919 — CLOUD GROWS EVER BLACKER [ARTICLE]

CLOUD GROWS EVER BLACKER

FOE STALLING ON THE PEACE QUESTION AS FOCH PREPARES TO STRIKE? Berlin, June 25.—Herman Mueller, the new foreign minister, the Tageblatt says, is inclined to go to Versailles to sign the peace treaty. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, it is added, has resigned the chief command of the army. Major von Gilsa, Noske’s adjutant, denies German army officers have been resigning as a protest against acceptance of the peace terms. Nevertheless, it is said, regular army officers will oppose vigorously the surrender of their former leaders. The situation created by their attitude has become acute and those in. touch with the situation fear it may result in serious complications, both for the cabinet and for the nation. Plot to Kill Ex-Premier, , A number of soldiers have been arrested in Weimar, according to a dispatch, on charges of having planned to arrest and murder Philip Sdheidemann, former premier. Feeling among military leaders is still running high, notwithstanding they are admonishing the troops to con ti nue in” the service. - Maj.-Gen. Baron von Luettwitz, in a special call, iterates his opposition to the peace terms, while Maj. von Gilsa has announced Prussian War Minister Heinhart “will endeavor to defend the menaced honor of the army and its leaders by the adoption of special measures.” Erzberger Loses Prestige. Correspondents at Weimar are unanimous in the belief that the prestige of Mathias Erzberger has been damaged by his mysterious but emphatic assurances that the entente would be willing to yield on the honor issue, which failed to materialize. , ' Herr Erzberger’s position is a subject of much speculation and it is believed that as soon as the peace crisis is passed he faces a rather trying period. . Germany is faced with a national railroad strike for higher wages. At the Gorlitz station, Berlin, service has been stopped in both, directions. The Breslau service has been badly interrupted. , The government is negotiating m an endeavor to halt the strikes, which are largely the outcome of communistic propaganda. Riot Against Eating Cats. Copenhagen, June 25.—Serious rioting occurred at Hamburg Monday and Tuesday, when mobs attacked food preserving factories, it having been alleged the bodies of dogs and cats had been found in them. The managers were dragged to the * streets and roughly handled. The war provision department also was attacked and its offices were wrecked. The mob tried to disarm trodps marching through the streets and the latter opened fire and a number of persons were killed and several wounded,