The Allied Peace terms were, of course, received with a
chorus of indignation by the German Press and the German politicians. The German Premier, Herr Scheidemann, de- nounced the draft Treaty as " marderous " in a -speech to the National Assembly on Monday. The German President, Herr Ebert, in a statement to the Associated Press, declared that President Wilson had deserted his "Fourteen Points." He hoped that "the German people, who staked all on Wilson and the United States, will not find themselves deceived." He "feared an outbreak of psychic furor Teukmiaue within a few days, and that the wrath of the German people, when it reached boiling-point, would know no bounds." The American people, who have a keen sense of humour, will be amused rather than edified by Herr Ebert's threats. German politicians, we imagine, are thinking less of the Peace than of the temporary political discredit that will attach to the party Government which signs the Peace Treaty. The Monarchists naturally want the Socialists to bear the odium, and Herren Ebert and Scheidemann are angry because they see no way of evading the responsibility.
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