Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 164, 23 April 1919 — Page 9

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TEE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM WEDNESDAY, APR. 23, 1919.

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STEPS TOWARD PEACE PACT ARE REVIEWED BY SIMONDS

By FRANK H. 8IMONDS. PARIS, April 23. Recently I reviewed the circumstances of the greatest crisis of the Paris conference, and discussed the manner in which the British prime minister was compelled by public sentiment in his country to change front and support the legitimate claims of France. It remains now to indicate the successive steps by which we have reached what must be regarded.- on the whole, as a thoroughly satisfactory . accommodation of the differences of opinion which temporarily prevented progress toward peace. Basis of Real Peace. At all times, it was certain that the basis of real peace must be the security of France, and no one so eloquently proclaimed this necessity as the President himself In one of his earlier speeches in France. But In the progress of negotiations, the settlement of the Just claims of France was postponed, while English and American purposes were discussed and acted on. Thus the transfer of German colonies to Great Britain under a mandatory system and the formulation of the principles of the league of nations, which, under Mr. Wilson's guidance, comprehended American desires, had reached an almost permanent settlement, while France found herself without any adequate assurance of reparations for devastation in her territories, relief from the Immense burden of pensions placed on her finances by the German attack and what was of even more importance a guaranty against future attack by Germany. Until these things were settled satisfactorily to France, there could be no prospect of peace and no prospect of settlement. Mr. Wilson, with his attention fixed on the league of nations, was perhaps slow to understand that no French, nor for that matter, British government could endure which . placed on French and British taxpayers all the burden of paying for the German attack, save that part immediately comprehended in reparations for devastations. We had for a week a natural collision between Mr. Wilson's idealistic conception of a peaceful settlement under the league of nations, which

would be self-guaranteeing, the French demand for a settlement which should be guaranteed by the allies of France In the last war, and the English attitude, which lacked coherence, ;but seemed to Incline rather to Mt.' Wilson than to the French. ' . Opinion Causes Shift. i As I pointed out, the voice of the English people suddenly made itself heard, compelling the British prime .minister to take his stand with the French and restoring the situation in . which the rights of the French and the aspirations of the Americans could both find an equal place in the treaty of peace. It remains to sot forth the compromise from which la coming assurance of agreement . and invitation to the Germans to come to Versailles. Substantially. thi3 is what has been agreed on: Mr. Wilson's league of nations, with its amendments designed to meet American cri

ticism, has been accepted, by the Paris conference, but this league of nations ' settlement has been fortified by two guaranties, one precise, the other contingent. The British have agreed that if the Germans shall violate the terms of peace as they have been agreed on and rend troops across the Rhine, the British army will move forth to the continent to the support of France. Mr. Wilson has promised to appeal to the American senate to give a similar pledge for America. He has not gone outside his constitutional rights. He has made no promise which would subject him to criticism. He has done nothing but promise to place the situation before the senate and ask it to agree to underwrite the treaty to be signed by the Germans, as the British have already promised to underwrite it. ' Two Conditions of Peace. We have thus at last two conditions of peace, essential in many minds, brought into harmony. " We have the American idea, that is. President Wilson's conception, of the league of nations which would be a guaranty against war adopted in accordance with his desire by the Paris conference and bound to be included in the . treaty of peace. We have on the other hand, recognition of the French demand that there should bo assurance,

these changes, Germany will lose a small region Inhabited by Danes in Schleswig and most, but not all, of the territory .which Prussia stole from Poland in the successive partitions. In all of her wars Prussia has taken

Milton, Ind.

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Sarver of Hopewell, Mrs. Rachel Sarver and daughter, Jessie, of Dublin were guests of

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Copeland Sunday

in fact, against German aggression, that France as the . outpost ol civilization should have something more than another scrap of paper. We have the pledge of England to support France at the moment of any new attack growing out of Germany's bad faith in observing the terms of the treaty, and we have the American president pledged to use his great influence in his own coutnry to procure a similar guaranty. It will be said and has been said already in quarters hostile to the president, that he has sacrificed his principles and made compromises in contravention to his fourteen points, but viewed from Paris this Is hardly

a fair criticism. He has, in fact, seen

the necessity of Interpreting his fourteen points, which were in themselves

abstract, in the light of the realities

of the European situation. He has avoided destroying the chance of real peace by insisting on a too literal translation of his previous Iterances, a translation urged against him at least once by the British prime minister, whose hostility to the creation ol a real Poland has ben one of the most amazing circumstances of the whole conference. , At all times the president has consistently fought for his fourteen pionts. The treaty which will be formulated contains no essential break with those principles, but in the end, he has wisely and generously recognized the special claims of France and the Justice of the French demand for other assurance that that sujplied by the league of nations against German attack during the period in which the world would have to discover whether Germany is to follow new pathways or return to the old. Fate of Foe and Europe And so, after four months of debate, and five and a half months after the armistice, the Germans are to come to Versailles to learn their fate. Locked up with their fate is the fate of Europe for the future, for we have come to one more of the historic settlements of Europe, like those of Westphalia, Utrecht and Vienna. As Europe at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and again at the beginning of the nineteenth century reorganized itself after a successful repelling of a French attack, she has now reorganized herself after a German attack, which aimed at world domination, predicted by European hegemony. This -settlement carries with it five distinct phases. Germany is to be deprived of the territories seized by her in other wars of aggression and held against the

will of their inhabitants. She is to ! be disarmed on land and sea, and sub- ! Jected to regulations designed to pre1 vent new aggression. She is to be com- ! pelled to repay the costs of war in de

struction of property and, in part, to life. In addition she is to lose her colonies outside of Europe, colonies

! in which she has expressed the same

spirit of savagery and brutality which marked her European conquests in the recent war. To these terms which affect Germany alone there are to be added the

provisions which create the league of nations, which is designed to be the vehicle for internation?.! intercourse

! in the future and the future and the

tribunal in which international disputes will be settled without war. Behind the league of nations covenant will stand the allied strength of Great Britain, France, and presumably, Itaiy and if congress shall assent of the United States, so that if Germany reiuses to regard the moral force of the league of nations, she will be confronted by the military force of th-3 liberal nations. Peace Founded on Justice Like every peace that has ever been made, the peace of Versailles will represent compromises, but more than any peace that has ever been made in the past, it will also represent the earnest desire of the nations making it to found their decisions on Justice, and fortify "them by proper recognition of the rights of the various races. No European territory will be taken from Germany to which her claim is valid for the profit of any of the great powers who have combined to conquer her. Alsace-Lorraine is French again, but the French moral claim to these provinces has never been disputed save by Germany. The Saar coal district, half of which was once French,

has been erected into an independent

territory like Luxemburg, simply to provide reparation to France for the destruction of her own coal regions

and the return of the territory to Germany after fifteen years is assured, if the inhabitants so desire. Aside from

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terruory unaonea ny people wno am arternoon. Thl8 wag the first outing not wish to be Prussian. In this new if. haa vaon nhiA tn

?,?aVh! emle8 f rm,anyA enjoy since last September Mrs. though victorious, have declined to jand Bon of Cambridge City were follow even German precedents .What- J t f Mr and M Will ever else is to be said of territorial NolL,..Mrs. j. c. Beck spent-the changes in Europe, no far as they af-' fc d fth her motQer and sIster ln 5 f&JLSS t,f,,:!Ue'ilndianapolis..,.S. Ellis and children.

that they are founded on injustice or a refusal to recognize German rights. In the matter of financial reparations Germany will have to pay as much as

Thelma and John, were at Brookville

Friday to attend the funeral of Mr.

Bills' father.... Mrs. Martha Baker is

uenuany wiu nave 10 pay as mucn s , m atahe nome of ner nephew, she can of the costs of the war. but ; W and Mr9.PJohn

me .maximum sum mat nas Deen aim

ed at Is $30,000,000,000. and hardly exceeds the conservative estimate of what it would cost to restore the devastated areas of France. As a consequence of the German attack, French and British taxpayers will have enormous burdens to bear for many year3 to come. No indemnity, such as Germany exacted from France in 1871, will be asked of the nation which deliberately and wantonly brought all the destruction of the present war and carried fire and sword into northern France and Belgium for the express purpose of wrecking the industrial life of this region and thus increasing that of Germany. Other Treaty Provisions On the Bide of disarming Germany, much has been written into the treaty but little effective has been done. We have fixed the army of Germany at 100,000 and we have taken away her

Brown and son and Mrs. Hattle Heist

were at Reid hospital, Richmond Sun

day afternoon to see Mrs. Luke Gentle ....Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kerlln had as

dinner guests Sunday, Mrs. Omer Rerun and Mr. and Mrs. Linville Fergu son. Mr. and Mrs.' Ross Cramer Join ed the party in the afternoon. .. .Mrs

William Anderson received a letter from her mother saying they are all

well again. . .There will be choir prac-if

tice Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Christian church to prepare the music for baccalaureate service. All the singers in the town are asked to attend Mrs. Alice Grlsh entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurst, Elijah Hurst and Miss Nellie Jones Oscar Kerlln was at Richmond Monday evening for the Victory Loan workers Harry Peek of Detroit who enlisted and served with Ralph Moore and who helped

Coyne and Miss Helen Coyne spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Moore.... Prayer meeting at the ' Christian church will be held at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening Instead of Thursday

evening.... Homer Williams ien eat-

urday evening on a business trip to

Seattle, wash. . . .Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening at the Christian church. .. .Miss Ila Hall

was dinner guest with Miss Dorotny McMahn Sunday.... Kenneth Ellis la very sick Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hlghams and Miss Gussle Miller spent Sunday with Miss Mary Caldwell.... Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wallace had as dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Walter McConaha and Mr. and Mrs.

Clem McConaha and daughter. . .Joan and Mrs. Retta Star of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grigsby and son,

Rollin of Centerville.

English women who fill shells in an

ammunition- factory ln England -are

obliged to wear a species of gas mask.

8AIL8 FROM ALASKA.

(By Aoclated Pra1 SEATTLE. Wash.; April 23. Cap

tain Joe Bernard, of Nome, Alaska. Arctic trader and navigator is still

sailing west to east through the northwest passage and should reach the Atlantic ocean by next October, Captain

Alexander Allen, veteran northern trader reported on his arrival here today from Fort McPherson on the Arctic Capt. Allen in his way out

"mushed" about BOO miles from Mc

pherson to Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Crowds of women Red Cross nurses marched In the Fourth of July procession In Paris.. -

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ships, but we have provided no ma- r n TS ie se TMoore over the chinery for compelling Germany to' m . n . Mr ft. Mra Wr

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stay disarmed if she chooses to imitate

the example of Prussia after Tilsit, and there is frank recognition that all efforts to limit German armament can have only a temporary effect. As to the military barrier of the Rhine, the Paris conference has decided that all fortifications along the river shall be razed, that the allied armies shall occupy the left bank and bridgeheads during a certain period of time contingent on Germany's observation of her obligation under the treaty of peace, but a guaranty for the preservation of this military barrier must be found in the British pledges to give military aid to France whenever Germany shall send troops against it. Even this guaranty may prove insufficient if the United States fails to give a similar promise. It is an idle thing and a dangerous thing to attempt to interpret the decisions of the Paris conference in terms of personal or national victory. It is also an inaccurate thing. The three great nations who have fought Germany, assembled in-- conference, have naturally presented different and at points conflicting views. But in the end compromise has.been reached. Mr. Wilson has recognized the right of France to some other guaranty in addition to that of the league of nations, which Mr. Wilson has advocated. The

British, while, by the elimination of the German fleet obtaining an insurance against a new German menace, have, by supporting both American and French claims at various points, contributed to preserving the more essential contentions of each. Why Pact Will Satisfy It is not true as has been asserted

over and over again, that Mr. Wilson has taken Europe by the throat and compelled it to lay aside its selfish, its chauvinistic aims and accept American idealism. It is not true that Europe has forced Mr. Wilson to compromise every principle or any essential principle which he advocated in America and came to Europe to champion. The terms which Germany will receive are not American terms or French

terms or British terms. They do not

reDresent personal triumph for any : g

one of the Big Four, but they contain g substantial recognition of the legiu-. M mate claims of each of the four on be- j g half of his own country. For those j who believe in the league of nations i jf as the ultimate solution of interna- g tional relations, the treaty of peace j must represent a long forward step. g To those who believe that in the pres-, m ence of the German no scrap of paper, ' g however sacred can avail unless it has g a military guaranty, the commitment g of the British prime minister and the , g conditional pledge of American presi- g dent will carry corresponding reassur-1 g ances. The treaty which the German? j a will be asked to sign is not a treaty n of violence, it creates no new Alsace- g Lorraine. It recognized the Just rights g of several peoples hitherto enslaved g by the Germans, but it deprives Germany of no German population per- g manently. It requires only part pay- m ment for the material Injuries Ger- g many has done and it leaves Germany j free to resume her own life and her g

true patnway oi greatness u mir, chooses. g The true measure of the Justice and moderation of the peace terms is a contrast with peace imposed on Rus- j m sia at Brest-Litovsk and on Roumania g

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year ago

week-end Mr. and Mrs. Elmer

Bertsch of Indianapolis, Miss Blanche

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POLLS READY TO TARE GERMAN PEACE VOTE

(By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 23. Appurtenances for an election such as voting booths, lists and clerks are all ln readiness for an immediate plebiscite on the peace terms which can be completed all over Germany in 48 hours, according to information obtained from sources close to the government. Preparations have been going on secretly for several days, it is declared, and if the terms are published one morning the referendum can be taken the next day and the answer can go to the entente 48 hours later. It is asserted that the only probable change of an affirmative answer would be in case there is an agreement to negotiate details of the terms. Thus, if an indemnity is fixed, Germany cannot hope to dispute the total but must be allowed to send experts to discuss ways and means for payment, it is said. It is declared that the cabinet wishes to avoid the responsibility of either refusing or accepting the terms. Therefore, a plebiscite is almost certain. It is believed that the result will be a refusal to accept the peace terms because the people will overlook the consequences of such an act the maintenance of the blockad, the stoppage of food Importations and the accompanying evils which may be expected In view of their reluctance to sanction harsh terms. It ie asserted that an agrement to negotiate the detoils of the treaty is absolutely the only basis upon which Germany ln her present mood will vote in the affirmative.'

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