THE OREGON &AILY JOURNAL PORTLAND,, TUESDAY, MAY 20, '1819.
Peace Terms Intended to Turn Germans Into Race of Helots; Says Johann Giesbeiris
PARRO
'GERMANY WONT
SIGN.' DECLARES
PEACE DELEGATE
Will Not Resist Allies Who Can
..... X
Invade Germany and Do as
They Please With the People.
PREDICTS RUSSIAN ALLIANCE
Allies Driving Germany into Arms
of Bolshevik?, He Says; Pas
sive Attitude Is Favored.
By Ben Hecht
naeial Cabla to Tha Journal end The CUeaso
Dailj Nawa,
CopyriM. JSIt. a Chicaso Daflj N.wm Co.
Berlin, Geotany, ' May 15. (De
layed) Johann Giesberts, one of
the six German peace delegates who
.returned from Versailles to Berlin,
aid today: "We will not sign the
peace terms as they stand. They
are impossible. We have no Inten
tion of signing such A peace for
Germany as the entente offers now.
If the entente refuses to change the
terms we will end the negotiations
and return to Berlin."
"And then?" I asked.
- The future Is Immaterial," answered
Oteeberts. "If the entente desires It
can march into Germany, ir the Frencn
desire they can Ttill 10,000.000 of us.
If England wishes It can starve what
remains of us. out of existence. Such
eventualities are more to be desired
than the fate of Germany undf r the
peace, offered by the allies."
WOULD ENSLAVE GEBMAWS
"What do you most object to in the
terras?"
"The terms themselves," said Gies
berts, :,''the whole peace treaty has been
made with such a refinement of diabolic
malignity that fit would reduce the Ger
mans to slaves of the world and helots
for all time if ft was signed. The treaty
proposes to make Germany unable to
feed more than half Its population by
depriving it of its resources. With its
resources It ran Its factories. With
the money made from the factories Ger
many bought food for some 80,000,000
people from the outside world. The
terms taking away our resources and
demanding on top of that Indemnities
hlch we could only pay if we utilized
every inch of our resources are a venem.
ous absurdity. Germany was prepared
to pay but the rapaciousness of the
entente and the merciless determination
of the French to exterminate Germany's
future have ruined anv noaalhilltv at
real peace and real payment."
WILL JTOT TIGHT
- "Will Germany offer the entente
armies armed resistance if they march
In?"
"No." said Herr Giesberts. "militar
ism Is dead. We will not fight. The
entente wlli find that It cannot repeat
what It calls the "Crime of Belgium"
and be hailed as Knights of Democracy
at the same time." ' n
I asked several questions, endeavoring
to find out what the German plans were.
'Herr Giesberts parried most of these
questions but finally said :
Alio wiiwuifn iwjuoo Aiormaiiy w
forward to an alliance with the only
nation not in a conspiracy to extermi
' nate it Russia. An alliance with Rus
sia Is one of the immediate possibilities
If the entente does not humanise, or at
least make practical Its peace terms.
Speaking of humanity, tell me how does
America reconcile its humanitarian and
pfoww'
DER TAG AS IT WORKED OUT , ;
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T 1 S PEST
RAISER
TO WOOL
OE NEW ZEALAND
Kea Kills Sheep in Largs Num
ber and Is Wicked Factor in
Lessening State's Wool Supply
BIRD NOT EASILY SCARED
It Has Strong Claws That Sink
Into Animal's Fleh Like It
Were Butter, Declares Expert.
From tha Chicago Pally Kewi.
democratic ideals with this obvious ef
fort to enslave 70,000,000 people in such
a manner as a people were never en
slaved before since Home conquered
Carthage V
I replied that I did not know. Gies
berts then spoke of his visit In Ver
sailles. "On the whole." he said, "the
French were more curious than bitter
toward us. One woman in the street
threw a nut at me and cried, 'Here, you
Boche, I bet you are hungry. The of
ficials without exception were cool, re
served, and correct."
I asked Herr Giesberts if he knew that
officers were taking a poll of the sol
diers In the new government troops, in
quiring how many of them were- ready
to return to the west 'front. He replied
that he had heard nothing of It and that
any move by the military clique for the
resumption of the war was bound to
fail. Herr Giesberts is one of the lead
ers of the strong center party. He re
turns to Versailles in a day.
PEOPLE ABE PABAVnrO
On the way from his office I collided
with a second huge anti-peace terms
demonstration on Koenig Platz. I
watched 6000 school children carrying
flags and singing ; the "Watch on the
Rhine" and "Deutschland Uber Alles"
march by. Following them came about
60,000 men and women singing and
cheering. At intervals the procession
bore placards protesting against- the
enslaving peace", and calling upon the
government not to sign it.
AUGUST GAUVAIS
FEARS TOO MUCH
SECRECY EXISTS
Not Scrap of Paper Which' Reg
isters Expression of Opinions
of Any Delegate to Conference.
British Annihilate ,
v4 Bolshevik Warship
" London, May 20. An Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Helslngfors Monday
reported that three British cruisers en
gaged five Bolshevik warships off the
harbor of Puumala in the Gulf of Fin
land, sinking one,- most of the crew
being lost. The British warships are
reported to have encountered the Rus
sians after the latter had bombarded
the ports of Puumala, Krahna and
Jagorka.
Polish-Ukrainian Armistice Idea Fails
artsMay 20. Attempts to conclude
an armistice between the Poles and
Ukrainians have proved unsuccessful,
and Premier Paderewskt of Poland will
return to Paris this week.
By Fast Scott Mowrer
Special Cabla to Tha Jtairaal and Tha Chicago
Dally Nawa.
(Copyright, 1919. by Chicaerf Daily Newa Co.)
Paris. May 20. That the present con
ference Is not only the most secret but
probably the most august peace as
sembly ever held is the affirmation of
Augusts Gauvais in the Journal des
Dexbats. This veteran Journalist and
student of diplomatic procedure writes:
"It is an unheard of thing which
posterity will hardly be able to believe
that the peace conference has kept no
record of Its meetings except in the
public sessions where nothing has been
discussed. Since January 18, the date
of the solemn opening, not one of its
members . has been able to have hi
opinions registered which it was his
mission to express. At the congress of
Vienna, the congress of Berlin and the
conferences at The Hague as well as all
other known conferences protocols have
been drawn, sometimes even voluminous,
in which could be found the substance
of the opinions, suggestions, propositions
and counter propositions of the various
states. It waa not a stenographic record
as in a parliament but everything es
sential was written down, each member
of the assembly having the right more
over to correct or modify the text of
his declarations. This traditional pro
ceedure was consecrated by long ex
perience. It enabled each government
to explain its viewpoint, make its ob
jections, support or oppose - various
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propositions and oblige its opponents to
Justify their pretentions by serious
arguments. The protocols of the Vienna
and Berlin congresses are extremely
valuable collections.
"It is Impossible to understand why
these precedents -have not been followed.
The present crisis and also the prodigi
ous loss of time would have been
avoided. The ten, then the five and
then the four have preferred not only to
discuss in secret but to leave no trace
of their deliberations. They have not
had any secretaries to record them.
They have talked Interminably. They
have broached and agitated all questions
without putting anything on paper. They
resume on one day what they had set
tled the day before. They protest against
language attributed to them on the out
side. As nothing is written they can
deny everything and begin everything
over again.
"After four months of negotiations
one can count on the fingers of one
hand the written declarations which
have emanated from them. They have
been afraid to let their opinions and
arguments be known. One would say
that they were conspiring. We fore
saw the results of this method when
the four Installed themselves on Sinai.
They thought they would be able to
extricate themselves from difficulties by
surrounding themselves with clouds. On
the contrary this was Just the time to
emerge Into daylight. Having noted
the conflicting views between themselves
they should have confined themselves
to formulating and Justifying their
opinions In writing. The mass of un
tenable arguments would thus have been
swept aside. Even though no agree
ments were reached material for arbitra
tion would have been prepared.
"The four months which have .gone
by have served only to. confuse ques
tions instead of clarifying them. The
representatives of the allied and the
associated powers had from November
11 to January It to study the confer
ence program and prepare their con
versations. On January IS each delega
tion should have placed Its memorandum
and supplementary documents on the
conference table. The questions could
then have been examined one after an
other, a careful record of each meeting
being kept. The delegates would have
had intervals between the sessions for
the indispensable confidential conversa
tions. But once in meeting they should
have assumed responsibility for their
words and formulated declarations
destined to be recorded In the protocol.
Oppositions would thuewhave been re
vealed, It Is true, but they were Inevit
able. They have not been attenuated
by dlsslmilating them! . f On the con
trary public outbreaks have been pro
voked. -
Tn the present state of things neither
parliaments nor 'peoples have authentic
documents at their disposition. They
have to content themselves with the
verbal declarations of their government
ministers. There Is not even material
for a yellow book. This creates an at
mosphere charged with electricity whence
a storm may burst at any moment."
TJkranians Protest ,
Against Invasion of
Their Land by Poles
By Bassets Dlglfy:
Special Cabla to The Jonmal. and Tha Chieace
r.fly Nwa ;.
(CopyrVM, 1919. by Chicago Daily News Co.)
Stockholm, : Sweden. May : 2a I learn
that the chief .of the Ukranian diplo
matic mission, here has delivered to Herr
Hellner, the - Swedish foreign minister,
the following protest against the Polish
Invasion of the non-Bolshevist region of
the Ukraine : - . "
"In my note of May j- 7 1 had the
honor of drawing your esteemed govern
ment's attention to the menace, of the
Polish attack on the Ukraine during
the latter a campaign against Bolshe
vism because this attack Is a voluntary
act on Poland's part against which the
entente powers have not protested sim
ply because they are In ignorance of it
But now I have received information
from the Ukrainian minister in Berlin
that at an audience with -the Inter-allied
mission there, headed oy General Uu
pont, the latter declared that the en
tente powers had not forbidden General
Heller of the Polish army to throw his
troops against the Ukraine Instead of
against the Bolshevik!. As this con
flicts with President Wilson's telegram
about the cessation of hostilities be
tween the Poles' and Ukrainians I con
sider It my duty again to approach: your
excellency with the request that the at
tention of the entente be called to the
situation -and that the! Poles be asked
not to march against i.Ukralnia. J Our
country is not In a position to fight on
two -fronts "against tha Bolshevik! and
the Poles simultaneously, especially as
the latter receive the entente support.
The advance of the Bolsheviki Into the
Ukraine, which is the only land where
Bolshevism does not : have' some 'roots
among the people, threatens Europe in
general and Poland in particular. ' ,
"On this account 1 have the honor to
ask your excellency to bring to the
knowledge of your esteemed government
the argent request , of the Ukrainian
people's republic that the Poles may be
forbidden to march against the Ukrain
ians, this applyif.g especially to General
Halter's divisions. I have the honor to
bring to your knowledge that we shall
not consider ourselves responsible for
the deplorable consequences to the world
which may ensue unless the attacks on
us cease." '
By Alice X. Archer
Fpacial Ditpatcb to Tha Joanul sad Tha Chirsto
Dally K m
London, May 20.- "Tha event of the
week," . according to an article in the
current number of The Times Trade
Supplement, is the resumption of the
London wool sales. But the cheering
announcement.' with Its Implied promise
of a more - abundant supply of warm
clothing. Is somewhat neutralised by the
statement that the 80,000 bales offered
for sale were quite Inadequate to sat
isfy the present demand. This 'position
has been aggravated by the recent stop
page In the east of ships on voyage car
rying wool to Great Britain from Aus
tralasia. The desire of Great Britain for more
wool Is reflected across the channel. In
the Times of April I one reads that M.
Exbrayat, director of raw materials fn
the ministry of Industrial reconstruction.
accompanied. by ' industrial and trade
wool experts, left Paris for London to
day to diseuss the question of the
amount of raw wool to be delivered to
France during the current year. As
England holds the dominion and Aus
tralian stocks, the rapid distribution of
this quota. Is eagerly desired by the in
dustrialists of the north (France) to
set works going again."
FABMEBS FIGHT PEST
Another and more sinister factor in
connection with the wool shortage is to
be found in the country of which wool Is
the suitable product, namely. New Zea
land. From the Times again one learns
that a recent conference of sheep farmer
ers In the district of Canterbury (New
Zealand) was held to demand that vig
orous measures be taken for the destruc
tion of the carnivorous, mountain4 par
rota whoee "ravages are becoming In
creasingly serious." - ,
The mystery of the sheep killing par
rots Is 'further elucidated by Godfrey
Turner, who writes from the New Zea
land convalescent camp at Hornchurcrw
Essex. He says that the kea. Is the
Dim under indictment for sheep killing.
"In else." writes - Mr. Turner, 1t is
smaller than an English rook, '.with-the
brilliant semi-metalHc : sheen of some
other colonial birda Beneath the wings
are brave flame colored patches The
body Is compact and very muscular, the
thighs are strong and sturdy, all the
power of the body seemingly centered In
the neck, curved cutting beak and strong
tearing talons. The claws will dig into
flesh as though it were as soft as but
ter in summer time, and one sweep of
the beak of a bird I thought dead has
cut clear across a pair of heavy cord
breeches.
IS TERRIBLE KILLER
"The kea Is not a sporting bird In
any sense. Treated as vermin, it is shot
as Is easiest. It is not always easily
frightened , away. I - have beard often,
and I believe, that a kea when on the
ground will let you get right up to U
and will play with a button on a string
or with the. corner of a handkerchief,
They have no sense and will stand when
their mates are killed.
"We are used to the Imported pest. sn4
to the fading out of our native birds.
The kea is home reared and more ter
rible than any emigrant. It is spreading
swiftly.. Thirty-five years ago the par
rot was only in the high country . ot
Otago. and the mountain shepherds of
the Hswkden had a legend of a bird
which killed a sheep. Twenty-five years
ago it was seen on St. James and St.
Helens, but was unknown on the plains
or on hill station 40 miles away. Today
It has been seen in Blenheim ; It ventures
to the plains and flies shrieking over
Henmer springs. At one point by the
publte road, botween Culverden and Hen
mer. It slew 70 sheep in a night. Where
I wss working In 1917. It killed seven
big Corriedalo ramathe stronest sheep
In the ' world between the dusk and
dawn , within 100 yards of the homestead
windows. We believe that It kills more
sheep-than the snow that It has caused
the losses we have put down to the
weather in past years.
LITTLE KNOWN OF ORIGIN
"Today we do not know male kea
from female. We do not know whether
they are birds of the night or day. They
kill at any time. I have heard them I n
heavy bush and seen, them among rock
peaks and above Ice. No neats has eve
been found. We do not know when or
how they breed, as we have not seen
any young birds that we know of. so
things stood 18 months ago."
Mr. Turner goes on to say that "high
taxes, high prloe of stores and material,
high wages and uncertain labor market
kea may well prove the deciding factor.'
To preserve the existing friendly rela
tlons with .America, the all-Hussian gov
ernment as Omsk has requested the
American commander not to send
American troops farther into the Interim
or of Siberia than they are at present.
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