Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1919 — GERMANS MAY VOTE ON PACT [ARTICLE]

GERMANS MAY VOTE ON PACT

Berlin Report Says Ebert Government Will Refer Treaty to Plebiscite. TO LET PEOPLE DECIDE FATE Advice* Received In American Tcaco 1 ('onformer Circle* In Tarts From Weimar Ind lento (icriiMuu WUI Nlgn Treaty. Purls, June 20.—Advice* received In American peace conference circle# lu Purl* from Weimar Indicate that there mny he n dmugt) In the personnel of the Qennan pence delegation and that a abort extension of the time limit for signing the pouce treaty mny bo requeated by the German#, but thut th* Germana will sign the treaty. Final Decision Saturday. Berlin, June 20.—The German national assembly will make lta final decialon on tbe peace treaty Saturday, according to private advices received here from Weimar. In all probability, It la said, the assembly will decide to order a plebiscite. If the German assembly orders a plebiscite on the pence treaty Saturday, the voting will have to be done so that the Germun answer can reach the allies In Tarts by 0:49 p. m. Monday. Tart* time, unless the allies grant a further extension of time. Late In April It was reported that the Oerman government had all appurtenances for an election In readiness to complete a plebiscite on tb® peace terms In 48 hours. All Important elections In Germany have beea held on Sunday. Unanimous Against Pact. The Oerman peace delegation Is one In backing up Count vou BrockdorffHnntsuu In his opposition to signing the treaty, according to the correspondents of Berlin newspapers at Weimar. Unless Count von BrockdorfMlanttnu succeeds In persuading the cabinet to his view, ho und tbe entire delegation will withdraw and ho will resign from the cubtnet ns foreign minister. A large number of the less Important members of the delegation which nccompnnled the foreign minister to Versailles have returned to Berlin and are conferring with the experts who have been In consultation with Count

rternstorfTs peace bureau during tne last few months. They have organized Into subcommittees and are making a thorough canvass of all the economic Issues involved in the altered terms. A comprehensive report will then bo submitted to the cabinet. Quit Rather Than Sign. The correspondent of the Lokal Anzieger declares that President Ebert and Premier Scheldemann would rather retire than affix their signatures to the treaty. The Neue Zeitung correspondent telegraphs that Professor Scheucklng, one of the principal German delegates, was Impatient at the mere suggestion that the question of signing Is still a debatable topic. A memorial drawn by the peace delegates on the way from Versailles goes Into nil details of the situation which would result from not signing and conies to the conclusion that these effects would not be as bad as those that would result from yielding. The memorial further says that invasion and occupation by the allied forces would be bound to have an Instantaneous effect in quickening the national spirit. Angry Over Attack. The delegation was grimly angry at the hostile attack made upon it at Versailles, in which a considerable number, instead of three as at first reported, were more or less seriously Injured. The Italian and French officers, who accompanied the German delegation as far as Cologne, were profuse in their apologies for the incident, and said the police at Versailles had been unreliable since # the strike, but the German delegates suspected the attack to have been deliberately planned.