Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many LocalitiesU. S. STILL AT WAR WITH HUNS All Other Great Nations Now at Peace With Germany. Paris, Jan. 10. —The outstanding comment tonight on the signing ot the peace treaty Is that It leaves the United States the only power which was actively at war with Germany not now on a peace basis. That was the note sounded by Baron Kurt von Lersner, head bf the German, peace delegation, in a statement to the Associated Press immediately after the ceremony. "I am naturally happy that peace has finally become effective,” Baron von Lersner said. ‘‘My great regret is that the United States is the only country with which Germany is still in a state of war. I hope, however, that this situation will soon be changed. “Execution of the treaty of Versailles Imposes on Germany the heaviest sacrifices ever borate by a nation in modern times. We lost in the west and in the east territories that belonged to Prussia for centuries. We have assumed enormous economic obligations. Nevertheless, 1 am glad that peace Is at last re-established, because It will give back to Germany.her beloved sons still prisoners abroad.” Asked as to the execution of the terms of the treaty,' Baron von Lersner declared that Germany was ready and determined to do her iu<most. He continued: “We have already, even without being obliged by the terms of the treaty, delivered a considerable quantity of products, including 2,500,000 toes of coal, to France, and I can say that Germany will go to the utmost limit in fulfilling all the obligations she has incurred. It will mean hard times for Germany, but with the recovery of our ardor for labor and production we hope to meet every emergency. “The recovery of our economic prosperity is as imuch to the interest of the entente as it is to us, on account of the great economic difficulties that threaten all Eiuirope. It Is obvious, speaking dhlefly of France, that her economic prosperity depends upon the economic recovery of Germany.”