Ludendorff Says Terms Are Too Severe.
l'tec June li, 8.25 a.m. New York, May 25.
The World's Berlin correspondent interviewed Marshal Liulendorll', who'siiiil: "President Wilson w;is unable to maintain good faith in
his promises to Germany because he could not make his idealism ell'oc Uve at the Peace Conference. The terms of the Peace Treaty were so severe that they could not be carried out. The terms do not allow Germany a sufficient army to maintain internal order. We have not sufficient money with which to import foodstuffs. 'If Upper Silesia and the vSaar coal fields are cut off from Ger many it will also mean unemployment and a continual menace to Germany. It would, perhaps, lx> best for Germany iC the United States took economic control ol' the country in order to help us to regain our feet. I regard the proposal for surrender and trial of the ex-Kaiser and military leaders, including my self, as questions within the province o!i international law. I am
prepared to appear before the unprejudiced tribunal oC nations. I do not believe the Kaiser caii ; be held responsible for acts of war."
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVII, Issue 7173, 6 June 1919, Page 3
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