Berlin, March 8.
President Chert and Herr Fehrenbach, the Chancellor, have issued a proclamation, in which they protest against "the unpre cedented and unfulfillable demands which our opponents in the world-war have sought to impose on ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. Honour and self-respect forbid the signing of a contract which the work of generations will not suffice to execute.""
The protest declares that the occupation of further German territory is a breach of the Treaty of Versailles, and proceeds: "We are defenceless, and unable to oppose force with' force, but we can cry out, so that all who still recognize the voice of righteousness may hear that right is being downtrodden by It exhorts the German people to meet foreign violence with a dignified, calm and lofty front, and not to be provoked into thoughtless acts, but to endure and trust the Government, "which will not rest till foreign might yields to right."—Reuter.
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