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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 14, 1919.
ULTIMATUM OF
PEACE CONGRESS
: AROUSES HUNS
Demands Ordering Changes
In Constitution Draws Vit
. rolic Reply From Drafter
. of Document.
By The, Associated Press.
Berlin, Sept. 13. Dr. Hugo
Preuss, who drafted the new Ger
man constitution recently promul
gated at Weimar, in a statement to
day to The Associated Press, se
verely arraigned the demand made
by the peace conference that Ger
many must amend the constitution
ao as to prevent Austrian represen
tation in German parliamentary af
fairs.
. "I must emphasise first, he said,
"that this is not a question of law.
Legally, it is clear and simple. The
way in which our opponents brought
up the matter shows they are fol
lowing entirely different purposes
than the clearing up of doubtful
legal questions.
"In Article 178 of the new German
constitution is the clause: 'The
terms of the treaty of peace signed
at Versailles will not be affected by
this constitution.' This excludes any
practical collision between the peace
terms and the constitution, for if
there should be any provisions of
the constitution in contradiction of
the peace terms, the latter would' be
valid legally, without any chance for
the constitution to take precedence
over the treaty.
Doesn't Interfere With Pact
' "Article 61, paragraph 2 (provid
ing for the admission of Austrian
members of the reichstag) does not
stand as a formal contradiction of
the peace terms, this fact being rec
ognized by the signing of the terms
by the allied and associated gov
ernments. In the German counter
proposals to the original peace
terms the German government ex
plained in discussing this point,
that Germany did not desire to vio
late the Austrian frontier but that
if Austria wanted to bring about a
state of unity with Germany, the
latter could not obligate herself to
oppose the wishes of the 'German
brothers in Austria,' for in that case
the right of self determination of
peoples would count against Ger
many. 'The allied and associated
governments merely recognized in
their answer that Germany did not
want forcibly to violate the Aus
trian frontier. Thus the peace treaty
was signed. Article 61 does not
forcibly violate the Austrian fron
tier. Dislike Manner of Request.
-"Further, if the entente raised
serious objections to harmless para
graph two of article 61 there were
plenty of opportunities to reach a
quiet understanding with Germany.
Instead of that the entente chose
mAEt ciinnpn ann nrusaue mamici
toward us and offered terms for
which there was no trace of legality,
the purpose being to compel Ger
many to alter its constitution as to
immaterial points.
"I do not believe in the opinion
widely current among Germans,
that tba statesmen of the entente
and America are filled with anger
and hate and have allowed them
selves to be drawn into a planless
and purposeless policy. This policy,
however, can have but one thought
and plan to make it impossible to
consolidate a democratic republic
in Germany. The forcible preven
tion of a union of Austria and Ger
many is the blow in the face for
all the solemnly proclaimed "prin
doles of the entente.
"Materially the union of Austria
(o Germany would mean a severe
burden on Germany. Tremendous
sacrifices would be necessary and
therefore there are many people in
Germany who viewed the plan with
hesitation. It would, however, be
of great value and be of wonderful
importance to the young German
democracy as it would brine about
a unity which Bismarck's statecraft
and Prussian weapons failed to ac
complish.
Will Prevent Strong Germany.
"The policy of the entente, there
fore, can have no conceivable aim
other than forcibly to prevent this
moral strengthening of the repub
lic of Germany and to add to the
streneth of its opponents, since it
would make it much easier for them
to gain supporters for their claim
that German national unity cannot
be brought about in Germany ex
cept by a military reaction.
"This Dolicv negatives the obvious
interests of the allied and associated
powers which demand the strength
ening and the democratic develop
ment of Germany. It was attempted
at first to represent the German
democratic republic as a bare-faced
deception in order that actions such
as were adopted to defeat kaiserism
might be justified.
It is harder to maintain this fic
tion the longer the democratic re
gime lasts, inis regime now nas
concluded a constitution, the bases
of which are pure democracy and
unity. Under most tremendous dif
ficulties it has protected the western
world, as a dam, against bolshevism.
It was obvious to every statesman
that the German republic can not
be forever misrepresented by a dis
guised kaiserism. So new blows
must be delivered.
Adds to Revenge Spirit.
"urti trpatment increases the
protagonists of the old systems and
adds to the spirit of revenge in the
German people. A desired excuse
for mishandling Germany may thus
be given in future. The goal must
be the destruction of German de
mocracy or of Germany itself.
"President Wilson once said that
the peace that ended the world war
must be approximate that made at
the congress of Vienna. The Vien
na congress believed it could by
measures of force make firmer the
so-called legitimacy of the mon
archical principle. That was a bad
mistake, but how light as a feather
it weighs against the madness of the
Vesailles peace, on which through
just means those means democracy
and international justice were to be
attained!
"From the madness of Vienna
America has at least kept itself
free, but in Versailles!"
Chicago Washerwomen
Demand Four Dollars a Day
' Chicago, Sept. 13. Washerwom
en along the north shore suburbs
have joined in a demand for higher
wages and better workwt condi
tions. They want $4 a oay and a
noon meal. They have been re
ceiving $3 and car fare.
SPLIT IN RANKS
OF BOLSHEVIKI,
BRITISH LEARN
Downing Street's Agents Re
port Move That Threatens
to Overthrow Trotzky
Lenine Combine.
By FORBES FAIRBAIRN.
I'alTeroal Serrtc Staff Correspondent.
Bpoclal Cab! Dlipateb.
London, Sept. 13. Through con
fidential and official sources the
British foreign office has learned
the first news of a definite rupture
among the Russian bolsheviki.
Advices received trom British
agents reveal in detail an open re
bellion against the central soviet
government which threatens to over
throw the Lenine-I rotsky combine.
Threaten to Overthrow Rule.
Certain members of the Russian
soviet who' have no sympathy with
the extreme radical views of the
present leaders of the Moscow gov
ernment, have declared themselves
against Lenine and threaten to set
up a new form of communist power.
According to the British toreign
office, this is the most important
announcement from Russia in
months and may have the greatest
influence on the future course of
events there.
"We have reason to believe in the
absolute veracity of this report,"
said an official at Downing street.
"The information comes from a re
liable man who was able to obtain
in the past the truth of the Russian
situation.
"If it is true, it will have a most
important bearing on the turn of
events in Russia.
May Influence British Plan.
Asked whether it would influence
the British withdrawal from Rus
sia, the official said the matter has
not been discussed, but that it
might influence British plans.
Russia is the biggest matter now
demanding the attention of the Brit-
sh foreicrn office, he said. We are
devoting practically all our time to
it. There is no question that it is
most serious, and I cannot empha
size too much the importance of the
rupture within the bolshevik ranks."
Confirmatory to some extent of
this information is what the Russian
correspondent of The Nieuew Rot
terdamsche Courant has to say. He
has just arrived at Berlin after two
months in Russia. He declares the
Lenine-Trotzky-Tchitcherin trium
virate is no longer all-powerful,
Tchitcherin being too friendly to the
entente to please his colleagues.
The correspondent asserts Dser
sinski, head of the Russian secret
police, which has spies and agents,
everywhere, is now the most pow
erful man in the country, overshad
owing Trotzky who controls the
3rmy. "Neither Lenine nor Tch
itcherin holds any power," he said.
"Lenine is closely guarded in the
Kremlin and Trotzky hasn't been in
Moscow for many months "
An Australian inventor claims to :
have perfected an aluminum alloy ;
that is as hard as steel, non-corro-j
sive and capable of being brazed j
and soldered. i
REVEAL PLOT TO
PUT HAPSBURGS
BACK ON THRONE
First Complete Details of Mon-
archistic Scheme In Austria
Uncovered.
By PATRICK DEVITTE.
(Exclusive fable to I'nlvfrsjU Service ud
The London ItaUy Exprtto.)
Geneva, Sept. 13. The first com
plete details of a monarchists plot
to restore the Hapsburgs on the
Austrian throne have just been un
covered. ter Neue Tag publishes
an account which involved some of
the most prominent military and
civil figures.
Colonel Vodale, formerly aide de
camp to the Hapsburg princes,
heads the Austrian old clique. Max
Wellner, director of a film corpora
tion at Budapest, led the Hungarian
faction.
Wellner was arrested and a
search of his house by the police un
earthed papers showing correspond
ence between Vodale and the prince
of Windisch-Graetz. whose divorce
from the granddaughter of Franz
Joseph recently created a sensation
in Vienna.
The police also discovered the key
to cipher telegrams between the
prince and Wellner and Vodale
which had been puzzling the author
ities. Vodale. it appears, had sug-
? ;ested to Graetz that he should
orm special battalions in Austria
which were to overthrow the exist
ing government.
Disaster Presaged by
Huge Vulture High on
Spars of Sunken Ship
Miami, Fla., Sept. 13. Many
hours before the storm which sunk
the Ward liner Corydon in the
Bahama channel Tuesday morn
ing, with a loss of 27 lives, a vul
ture followed the ship and perched
on its spars, while a panic stricken
crew believing in the superstitions
of the sea were convinced that they
were doomed.
Such is the story brought here
by eight of the crew, who were S3
hours adrift on an upturned boat,
battered and bruised and without
food or water.
All day Sunday as the ship pur
sued its way in calm seas and light
winds, the great bird hovered over
head. Sunday night and Monday the
Corydon staggered through the
smashing seas. Monday night every
member of the crew was engaged
in a desperate battle for life. There
was no food, as the galley and pro
vision rooms were flooded. Tues
day mosVng they lost control of
the ship, the wireless apparatus was
short-circuited and no "S. O. S."
calls could be sent out.
When the vessel went under the
Americans in the crew kept their
heads and saved the lives of some
others of the 36.
COUNSEL URGES
REJECTION OF
RAILROAD PLAN
Witness Tells Committee It Is
a Perversion of Principle of
Socialism Denies It Is
Efficient.
Washington, Sept. 13. The
Plumb plan for tripartite of the rail
roads under government ownership
must be "buried beyond all hope,"
if it is not to be made "a rallying
point" for the nationalization of all
industry, Edgar J. Rich, transporta
tion counsel for the Associated In
dustries of Massachusetts, declared
today before the house interstate
commerce committee considering
legislation for final disposition of
the railroads.
Mr. Rich, who also snoke for the
manufacturers' associations of '22
states and the Massachusetts Cham
ber of Commerce, said the Plumb
plan, like bolshevism, was a "per
version" of the principle of social
ism, In that it would benefit only
one class and deny the socialistic
theory of the "general public good."
The railroads under the plan, he
said, would be operated "for the
benefit of the workers" while the
public would assume all risk of loss.
The greatest defect of the plan,
he declared, is that the two-thirds
representation given the workers
and railroad officials on the pro
posed wage nxing Doara would en
able the workers to "dominate" the
board and fix their own wages re
gardless of revenues, with the public
to stand any resultant losses.
"The author of the plan," said
Mr. Rich, "claims there would be
an incentive for efficient operation
because every worker would be en
titled to a share in the surplus. But
after the employes had helped them
selves to what wages they wanted,
does anyone believe there would be
any surplus? Why should the em
ployes care to accumulate a surplus,
one-half of which they can have,
wKen they can get the whole and
more by adjusting their own
wages?"
FELLOW WORKERS
GREET PERSHING
IN WASHINGTON
General Reestablishes Head
quarters and Takes Half-Holiday
With Rest of the Staff.
Washington, Sept. 13. With his
headquarters as chief of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces re-estab
lished in Washington, after more
than two years in France, General
Pershing promptly joined in the Sat
urday half holiday and went to a
track meet and a base ball game. He
and his immediate staff spent hours
in the open air under perfect
weather conditions, in sharp con
trast to the rush and bustle of their
hours in New York and Philadel
phia. Tonight the general completed the
celebration of this dual event for
him, his return and his 59th birth
day, at a quiet family dinner at the
home of his father-in-law, Senator
Warren of Wyoming.
The only official events of Gen
eral Pershing's first full day back in
the city which probably is to be
hereafter virtually his permanent
home as ranking officer ot the army,
were his brief conference with Sec
retary Baker and his inspection of
the offices set apart for him where
the affairs of the American expe
ditionary forces are to-be wound
up. He was eagerly hailed through
out the day. whenever he was recog
nized on the streets or elsewhere,
but the most tumultupus greeting
given him was at the War depart
ment, where clerks fairly mobbed
him, clinging to his sleeves and
thrusting eager hands to greet him.
The general fought his way through
manfully, but smilingly, and seemed
to enjoy the battle and the warmth
of the " reception by these fellow
workers.
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Family Visit With Ex-Kaiser
Amerongen, Holland, Sept. 13.
(By The Associated Press.) The
former crown princess of Germany,
with her two sons, arrived here to
day and was received by the former
emperor and empress.
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