Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1919 — SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE STARTING. [ARTICLE]

SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE STARTING.

Berlin, June 29.—Some of the Berlin newspapers, announcing the signing of the treaty, appear in black borders, with captions on their Versailles articles such as: “Germany’s Fate Sealed.” “Peace and annihilation.” The Tages Zeitung, in closing an editorial, says: “Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson and their accessories have sown dragon’s teeth of eternal enmity.” The whole German press writes in the strain of pessimism. The Taeglibche Rundschau says: “What we need is a despot to compel the nation to work. If we are unable to install him, our enemies will send him.” Dr. Dernberg, in the Tageblatt, says: “The cup is drained to the dregs. There is no sense in continuing the controversy. It is better. to endeavor quickly to find our feet. The concessions made to us are not without value, and open the way to certain alleviations.” The Freiheit, Lokal Anzetger and Vorwaerts, all protest against the idea of revenge. General Count Max Mojitgelas, writing in the Tageblatt, says: “There is no choice but to observe the ‘treaty to the extreme limit of what is possible. Absolute candor must form the lode star of (Germany’s foreign policy.”