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v hen we receive, after two or three !
or four or five days, any observa- '
tions from the German delegation
on any point of the treaty, we shall
not wait until the end of the fifteen
days to give our answer. We shall
at once proceed in the way indicated
by this document."
Paul Dutasta, secretary general
Of the peace conference, then deliv?
ered a copy of the treaty to Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the
German delegation, who said, in
reply :
"?Gentlemen: We are deeply im-?
?reused with the sublime task which
has brought us hither to give a
durable peace to the world. We are
under no illusions as to the extent
of our defeat and the degree of our
want of power. We know that the
power of the German army is broken.
We know the power of the hatred
which we encounter here, and we
have heard the passionate demand
that the vanquishers may make us ]
pay as the vanquished, and shall
punish those who are worthy of be?
ing punished.
"It is demanded from us that we
shall confess ourselves to be the only
ones guilty of the war. Such a con?
fession in my mouth would be a lie.
We are far from declining any re?
sponsibility for this great war of
the world that has come to pass.
The attitude of the former German
government at The Hague peace
conference, its actions and omissions
in the tragic twelve days of July
[1914] have certainly contributed to
the disaster. But we energetically
deny that Germany and its people,
?who were convinced that they were
making a war of defence, were alone
guilty.
Germany Ready ^
To Confess Wrong
"Nobody will want to contend that
the disaster took its course only in
the disastrous moment when the suc?
cessor to the throne of Austria-Hun?
gary fell the victim of murderous
hands. In the last fifty years the
imperialism of all the European
states has chronically poisoned the
international situation. The policy
of retaliation and the policy of ex?
pansion and the disregard of the
rights of peoples to determine their
own destiny have contributed to the
illness of Europe, which saw its
crisis in the world war.
"Russian mobilization took from
the statesmen the possibility of heal?
ing, and gave the decision into the
hands of the military powers. Pub?
lic opinion in all the countries of
our adversaries is resounding with
the crimes which Germany is said
to have committed in the war. Here
also we are ready to confess wrong
that may have been done.
"We have not come here to be?
little the responsibility of the men
who have waged the war politically
and economically, or to dency any
crimes which may have been com?
mitted against the rights of peo?
ples. We repeat the declaration
which has been made Tn the Ger?
man Reichstag at the beginning of
the war, that is to say, 'wrong has
been done to Belgium.' And we are
willing to repair it.
Says Blockade Killed
Hundreds of Thousands
"But in the matter of making war
also Germany is not the only guilty
one. Every nation knows of deeds
and of people, which the best na?
tionals only remember with regret.
I do not want to answer by re?
proaches to reproaches, but I ask
them to remember, when reparation
is demanded, not to forget the armis?
tice. It took you six weeks until we
came to know your conditions of
peace.
"Crimes in war may not be ex?
cusable, but they are committed in
the struggle for victory, and in the
defence of national existence, and
passions are aroused which make
the conscience of peoples blunt.
"The hundreds of thousands of
non-combatants who have perished
since November 11 by reason of the
blockade were killed with cold de?
liberation after our adversaries had
conquered and victory had been as?
sured to them. Think of that when
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ment. ?
Wants iVeutrals to
Conduct Inquiry
"The measure of the guilt of all j
those who have taken part can only j
be stated by an impartial inquest i
before a neutral commission, before
which all the principal persons of
the tragedy are allowed to speak
and to which all the archives are ,
open. We have demanded such an i
inquest and we repeat this demand.
"In this conference also, where
we face our adversaries alone and
without any allies, we are not quite j
without protection. You yourselves !
have brought us an ally?namely, the
right which is guaranteed by the!
treaty and by the principles of ?
peace.
"The Allied and associated gov?
ernments have foresworn in the
time between the 5th of October
and the 5th of November, 1918, a
peace of violence and have written
a peace of justice on their banner.
On the 5th of October, 1918, the
German government proposed the
principles of the President of the I
United States of North America as
the basis of peace, and on the 5th of
November their Secretai'y of State,
Mr. Lansing, declared that the Al?
lied and associated powers agreed
to this basis, with two definite devia?
tions.
("alls Wilson's
Principles Binding
"The principles of President Wil?
son have thus become binding to
both parties to the war?for you as
well as for us, and also for our
former allies. The various principles
demand from us heavy national and
economic sacrifices,but the holy fun?
damental rights of all peoples are
protected by this treaty. The con- j
science of the world is behind it. I
There is no nation which might vio- j
late it without punishment.
"You will find us ready to ex- i
amine upon this basis the prelimin
ary peace which you have proposed ,
to us, with a firm intention of re- j
building in common work with you '
that which has been destroyed, and i
repairing any wrong that may have !
been committed, principally the '
wrong to Belgium, and to show to
mankind new aims of political and j
social progress.
"Considering the tremendous j
number of problems which arise, we !
ought as soon as possible to make ?
an examination of the principal j
tasks by special commissions of ex- !
perts, on the basis of the treaty
which you have proposed to us. In ;
this it will be our chief task to re- ?
establish the devastated vigor of
mankind, and of all the people who ;
have taken part by international !
protection of the life, health and !
liberty of the working classes.
Asks Financial
Aid of Victors
"As our next aim, I consider the
. reconstruction of the territories of :
Belgium and of Northern France
which have been occupied by us
| and which have been destroyed by
war.
"To do so wc have taken upon
ourselves the solemn obligation, and
we are resolved to execute it to the
extent which shall have been agreed
upon between us. This task we can
i not do without the cooperation of
our former adversaries. We can?
not accomplish the work without the
technical and financial participation
of the victorious peoples and you !
\ cannot execute it without us.
"Impoverished Europe must de-1
sire that the reconstruction shall be
! fulfilled with the greatest success
and with as little expense as in any
way possible. This desire can only
' be employed. It would be the worst
method to go on and have the work
; done by German prisoners of war.
; Certainly this work is cheap, but it
would cost the world dear if hatred
? and despair shall seize the German
', people when they consider that their
brothers, sons and fathers who are
prisoners are kept prisoners beyond
the preliminary peace in former
penal work.
"Without an immediate solution
I of this question, which has been
drawn out too long, we cannot come
to a durable peace. Experts of both
side? will have to examine how the
1 German people mav come up to their
| financial obligationc to repair, with
' out succumbing under their heavy
'burden. A crash would bereave
! those who have a right to repair
; of the advantages to which they
have a claim, and would draw after
i it irretrievable disorder of the whole
? European economical system.
' Seek? Membership
in World League
"The vanquisher?, as well as the
j vanquished, must guard against this
Damage by Munich Reds
Fixed at $62,500,000
MUNICH, May 7 (By The Assoc
ciated Press;.?It 13 announced
officially that the damage in Munich,
incident to the Communist r?gime
and its overthrow, amounts to 250,
000,000 marks (nominally, $62,500,
000).
Frau Eisner, widow of the late Pre?
mier, has been arrested by the gov?
ernment forces.
menacing danger, with its incalu
lable consequences. There is only
one means of banishing it?confes?
sion of the economic and social sol?
idarity of all the peoples in a free
and rising league of nations.
"Gentlemen: The sublime thought
to be derived from the most ter?
rible disaster in the history of man?
kind is the league of nations. The
greatest progress in the develop?
ment of mankind has been pro?
noun/red, and will make its way.
Only if the gates of the league of
nations are thrown open to all who
are of good will can the aim be at?
tained, avid only then the dead of
this war will not have died in vain.
"The German people in their
hearts are ready to take upon them?
selves their heavy lot,_if the .bases
of peace which have been estab?
lished are not any more shaken.
"The peace which may not be de?
fended in the name of right before
the world always calls forth new
resistance against it. Nobody will
be capable of subscribing to it with
good conscience, for it will not be
possible of fulfilment. Nobody could
be able to take upon himself the.
guarantee of its execution which
ought to lie in its signature.
"We shall examine the document.
handed to us with good will and in
the hope that the final result of our
interview may be subscribed to by
all of us."
At the session Premier Clemen?
ceau sat at the centre of tho head
table with President Wilson and
the other American representatives
on his right and David Lloyd
George, the British Premier, and his
colleagues on the left. Mrs. Wilson
was an interested spectator of the
function. The text of the treaty is
in French and English on opposite
pages.
Elaborate Stage
For Presentation
Great Hall at Versailles
Rearranged to Seat the
Added Peace Envoys
VERSAILLES. May 7 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).- Elaborate preparations
were made for the historic occasion of
handing the peace terms to the Ger?
mans in the Trianon Hotel to-day, both
in and outside the building.
Outside there was a small army of
gendarmes, - who formed a barrier
against the approach of such persons ;
as were not entitle* to enter the room
where the momentous scene was to be
enacted. Inside everything was in
readiness for the meeting between the
Allied and associated delegates with
the German plenipotentiaries, although
the early morning hours had witnessed
a rearrangement of the groat hall, for
orders had been received to prepare
seats for eighty delegates, instead of i
for fifty-eight, who were expected yes?
terday to comprise the maximum dele?
gation. The French functionaries
busied themselves with the task of
stretching out tab-.?fs to accommodate
the extra guestr. and laying a new rug
to fit the altered dimensions. The in?
crease of the delegations was effected
at the cost of space which had been
assigned to the press.
Rug Recalls Monarchy
Aside from the great men gathered
in the hall, the most striking feature
was a large antique rug of bright, al?
most garish, colors, which was brought
from the Ch?teau Versailles to cover
the open space in the centre of the
hollow rectangle of the peace table.
Although dating from the time of
Louis XIV the rug is in a perfect state
of preservation. It is known as a
"Savonnerie," and it served to brighten
the entire room. Tfce rug was the
only link in the conference chamber
connecting to-day's ceremony with the
time when France was a monarchy.
The day, which was the anniversary
of the sinking of the Lusitania four
years ago, dawned bright and clear.
Those who measure history by the
I day called attention to the fact that
! 177 days had passed since the armis
! tice was signed and 109 days since
! the Allied and Associated Powers be?
gan their deliberations at Paris, the
j fruit of which was the peace treaty
1 presented to-day.
Germans Excited
The German delegation was early
afoot, and an air of marked excitement
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prevailed at its headquarters. The
German plenipotentiaries, whose im?
patience at the indefinite deferment of
the day of meeting led them, as re
vealed through German sources, to
threaten to return to Berlin unless an
early date was fixed for the ceremony
were making the last personal prepara?
tions.
Although only fourteen official Ger?
man representatives and five corre?
spondents attended the meeting in the
; Trianon Hotel, the remaining mem
i bers of the German delegation, now al?
most 250, were as excited as if they
i also had been assigned a r?le in the
? day's great ceremony.
Privileged guests were admitted in?
side the external barriers and lined
both sides of the avenue up to within
a short, distance of the entrance to the
Trianon Hotel.
Chasseurs Guard Door
Automobiles bringing the allied dele?
gations deposited them inside the
courtyard of the hotel. At the main
entrance door there was a platoon of
the 26th Battalion of Chasseurs.
Major Bienamie, commandant at the
hotel, received the delegation and ac?
corded such of them as wished to ac?
cept, military honors of inspecting the
guard. He then conducted them cere?
moniously through the long corridor of
the hotel to the conference room.
The French authorities established a
special postofflce at the Trianon for the
benefit of souvenir gatherers. Letters
and postcards will be stamped with a
special commemorative postmark, in?
scribed: "Versailles Congress, 7-5-19."
Envoy Asserts Germany
Can Pay No Indemnity
Berlin Delegate Says Treaty j
That Imperils Teuton Eco- j
nomic Life W ill Be Rejected j
BKRL1X, May 7 iBy The Associated
Press).?Dr. Theodor Melchior, of the
German peace delegation, in an inter?
view with the Versailles correspondent
of the "Tageblatt," said that Germany
can sign only such a peace as permits
opportunity for the reconstruction of
her economic life. The occupation by
the Allies of the important districts
producing raw materials, he said,
would b? equivalent to a "long, har?
rowing death." He continued:
"If our opponents cannot see this
necessity then it is better to return
empty handed. The German workmen
already are burdened with an annual
tax of 700,000,000 marks. An indemnity
is out of the question, and the country
would break to pieces if the sum men?
tioned in the French press is de?
manded."
Dr. Melchior said it was better to
wait for the oxact text before discuss?
ing the question further. He added
j that in the conference with Herbert
? Hoover the Allied representative had
i given an answer that "sounded earnest
! and convincing" of what would happen
I if the peace terms were not signed,
? but, the German delegates said, this
: was not for publication.
Herr Leinert, another membor of the
German delegation, told the corre
; spondent that it w..s not unlikely the
\ Germans v/ould sign the treaty "if both
I sides were willing to make concessions."
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Clemenceau Heads Peace
Table; Germans at Foot
New York Tribunn
Special Cahle Service
(Copyright, 1019. New York Tribune Inr.l
PARIS, May ".? When the ceremony
' of presenting the peace terms to the
German delegates began this morning,
Premier Clemenceau sat at the head
of the main table in the dining hall of
the Trianon Palace. He was flanked on
| the right by President Wilson and the
| four American delegates, and on the
i left by Premier Lloyd George and the
[ four British delegates.
Down the sides of the table sat
four French delegates and Marshal
i Foch, five Italians, three Belgians, two
; Portuguese, three Serbians, two Cana
! dians, two Australians, two South Afri
! cans, one New Zealander, two Indians,
? five .Japanese, two Rumanians, two
| Czecho-Slovaks, and the representa?
tives of China, Siam, Hayti, Cuba,
? Panama, Liberia, Honduras, Nicaragua
'?? and Guatemala.
Six Germans occupied the foot of
the table, behind whom were their
j secretaries, and behind these again
I were forty-five newspaper correspond
i ents from all parts of the world, chosen
; by ballot. Lieutenant Mantoux and
? two Franco-German interpreters were
present, while the Germans also were
, allowed an interpreter.
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Leading Papers
Believe Treaty
<?/
Stern, but Just
"World Safeguarded" and
"Most Drastic Terms"
Used in Editorials in
"World" and "Times"
"Volkszeitung" is Angry
Will Please Socialists, and
Democrats in Germany,
"German Herold" Says
Following are extracts from the
; editorial comment in some of the
' leading newspapers of the United
\ States on the peace terms fianded to
1 the German delegates at Versailles
| yesterday:
NEW YORK
"New York Times"?"Against the
German peril the world is made safe;
that is, the all-important part of the
! instrument. The safeguards are ample;
the bonds which the treaty puts upon
Germany leave her without power to
harm her neighbors.
"Germany forfeits much territory?
the spoil of former wars and forays.
The atonement exacted by the treaty
is heavy to a degree that would have j
transcended all German powers of im?
agination five years ago.
"Germany's admission that the war ?
was a crime, and that she bears the j
responsibility for it is made complete ?
by her assent to the purpose of the
Allied powers to put William Hohen
zollern on trial. Moreover, Germany
must hand over for trial by military
tribunal 'persons accused of commit
ing acts in violation of the laws and
customs of war.'
"The punishment Germany must en?
dure for centuries will be one of the
greatest deterrents to the war spirit.
With that example confronting nations
that still may look upon war as the
path ti? national greatness and glory,
and with the league of nations estab-1
lished and organized for its work, the'
peace of the world will be well as?
sured."
"New York World"?"The sternest
and most, drastic terms of peace ever ;
imposed on a great nation were formal?
ly presented to the German plenipb
tentiaries at Versailles yesterday, j
German world power, in the only sense '
in which it was ever understood by
Junkertum, is obliterated.
"The terms imposed upon Germany ?
are light in comparison with the terms
that, the Germans would have imposed
had they triumphed. There would have |
been no future whatever for France.!
except as a fourth-rate country, and all
Kurone would have passed under the
moral yoke of German military su- j
premacy. Xo such fate is inflicted upon ;
the Germans. There still is a future ?
for a united Germany under the terms I
of this treaty, rigorous though they
are, provided the Germans set to work
honestly to repair the colossal wrongs
committed by their former imperial
government and take advantage of the '
opportunities that are open to them un?
der republican institutions. Thoy can
live and develop at peace with a world ?
that now is organized for peace and is j
devoting its best effort to the guaran?
tees of peace.
"There are bitter dregs of humilia?
tion at the bottom of the cup of defeat
that the Germans must drink, but they
for the formation of a veterans' asso
cannot well say that the treaty was
framed in a fury of blind, relentless
revenge.
"Taking the treaty in connection
with the League of Nations, the great ?
outstanding fact is that the imperial?
istic system which has cost the world
so much blood and treasure is ended
for all time. It has gone the way of
the feudal system. The Germans* can
share with the rest of mankind in this '
emancipation, which is the supreme
victory of the war."
"New York Sun" "Harsh as were
the terms exacted of P'rance by Bis?
marck after the Franco-Prussian war
the terms handed yesterday by the
Allies to the representatives of their '
conquered adversaries are a hundred
fold harsher. It is right that they
should be very much harsher. There ,
is probably at present in this country
as in many other parts of the civilized
world a widespread sentiment that no
punishment can be too severe, no
measures of repression too drastic, for
the nation responsible for the immeas?
urable evils that have come upon the
earth since the summer of 1914.
Without going to that* extremity, but
admitting that no punishment can
be overpunishment for the criminals
guilty of the greatest crime in the
world's experience, and that the inno?
cent in Germany must inevitably suf?
fer just as the innocent elsewhere have
suffered through Germany's general ac?
quiescence in the crime of the war's
authors, it may at least be inquired
whether the penalty should extend to
generations yet unborn. It is easy,
enough to say offhand that the sins of,
the fathers shall be visited upon their
children and their children's children,
but this doctrine of hereditary misfor?
tune scarcely has found a place in in
ternatione.1 jurisprudence.
"The Germany of the present has a!
heavy burden of crime to expiate. The!
Germany of the future has a tremen-,
dous burden of atonement to bear.'
Wise statesmanship looks ahead."
"New York .Journal of Commerce."?
"And now, to complete the terrible
awakening iof Germany) come the dic?
tated terms of peace?far less drastic
than those which would have been pre?
scribed by a victorious Germany to j
the vanquished nations, but sufficiently
severe to cripple the German people
, for decades, if not generations, to
j come. For the German people rnili
j tarism has become an impossible
; luxury, and their most pressing ne?
cessity is how to recover the conscience
i and the will that centuries of mechani?
cal obedience have atrophied."
New York German "Herold"?"We
know exactly what quotation the con
1 servative press in Germany?including
newspapers still unreconciled to the
new order of things?will use as a cap
? tion for its ?ditorials on the peace
j treaty. It is the Latin saying. 'Exo
' riare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor.'
' in English, 'Out of my bones shall my
' avenger arise.' This verse was quoted
, by the Great Elector when he, just 240
1 years ago, signed the peace of St. Ger?
main -whereafter he smashed the pen.
used for affixing his name, on the table
'. with full force.
"While, as aforesaid, the conserva
| tive newspapers will indulge in similar
i historical reminiscences, the Demo
; cratic and Social Democratic journals
I will declare that the peace treaty as
, sumes just the shape they had good
'? reason to anticipate. Besides, they
will point to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
i and to that with Rumania, and they
; will also quote the braggadocio of the
rabid Pan-Germans who, while Ger
'? maiiy's military successes accumu
: lated, desired to annex everything in
general and who forced the govern?
ment into a course whose results now
may be clearly seen.
"There will'be plenty of opportune
in the days immediately ahead to ox
amine the several clauses of the treaty
i Presently it may be said that it rep
i resents the result of a compromise be
! tween the Allies, as there was in thei)
| midst a faction which wished to im
i pose upon Germany terms incompara?
bly harder. All of us may recall tha?
I in the beginning there was talk oi
setting up separately from Germanj
a Rhine Republic, and also of complete?
ly independent South German states;
of ceding Helgoland to England, oi
retaining all prisoners of war unti
? the reconstruction of the devastater
| districts in Belgium and France bar
been completed; of adventurously high
indemnities, and other ice things, all
of which, very much to the anguish
of jingoes in Allied countries, failed
of realization."
New York "Volkszeitung" ? "The
peace treaty, just published in an
abridged form, which the representa?
tives of the German Republic will sign
in a couple of weeks, causes little sur?
prise. It fulfils all expectations with
which it has been awaited. Had the
Central Powers been victorious they
would have imposed upon the Allies
just as severe terms as are now being
imposed by the Entente powers on
Germany. On May 7, 1919, January 18,
1871, has been avenged: also that, other
day of the year 1918 when imperialistic
Germany hurled its iron fist into the
face of the young workers' and peas?
ants' republic of Russia at Brest
Litovsk. To the victor belongs the
booty?this was the contents of the Ger?
man-French peace treaty of Versailles;
it was the contents of that ignominious
peace of violence at Brest-Litovsk, anci
the same is the significance?unchangec
and unattenuated?of the peace ol
force which is imposed upon defeatec
Germany by the imperialistic great
powers of our day.
"However, we would sin by omissior
should we fail again to point to-day U
the breach of confidence perpetrated b\
this treaty. The militarists of Ger
many and Austria-Hungary had at leas
the one advantage of brutal frankness
and reckless brutality. General von Hoff
man at Brest-Litovsk, von Moltke am
Bismarck at Versailles, did not exer
themselves to chisel beautiful phrase:
and to make ornamented speeche:
about, freedom, justice and democracy
about the right of self-determinatioi
of nations. They were brigands, am
they admitted it before, the whol?
world.
"But the armistice has been signe?
only after President Wilson, in hi
own name and that of the Allie?
pledged himself to the 'fourteei
points' as the foundation of the peac
treaty. One glance at the extracts jus
published will convince anybody as t
the manner in which these celebrate:
'points' evaporated in thin air."
"Buffalo Express"--"These peac
terms represen?, a frightful fall. Th
proud nation which eought to domin?t
the universe is reduced to a countr
without army or navy, with an enorir
ous burden of debt, and without infit
ence or prestige in international pol
tics. The ambitious empire whit
represented particularly the principl
of conquest is surrendering all th
conquests of the last two centuries. !
was to be world empire or perish. Froi
the viewpoint of military and imperia
istic pride Germany perishes, and it i
well."
MASSACHUSETTS
"Boston Globe"?Forever the peace
makers had before them the problei
of demanding the full limit and c
stopping before adding the straw th?'
would break the back of the Germa
people. To determine that fine line ht
been the chief mission of the 'thoi
sand experts.' And on that point d(
pends the verdict on this history-mal
ing document. The strength of t?
peace treaty is not discovered in a da,
Its virtue is measured by its length t
life."
PENNSYLVANIA
"Philadelphia Public Ledger"?"Ce
tainly no man can read the treaty ar
be in any doubt as to who lost the wa
Yet there is no brutal and pure
punitive spoliation. Germany is ni
dismembered. It is really amazing ho
little territory she will lose at tl
hands of her completely victorioi
enemies when we recall how wanton
she challenged them, how savagely si
devastated their towns and countr
sides, how atrociously she maltreat?
their people and what enormous sact
fices in men and money she impose
upon them. She is left with no rai
kling wound, no just cause to resun
the war. If the Germans of the Sa.
Valley really want to go back to h
they can go in fifteen years, not havii
been under the French rule for a di
in the mean time. The sardonic shai
of Bismarck must marvel at such r
straint."
"Pittsburgh Post"?"Germanv to-di
stands before the world disarme
branded and penalized, because she h
no alternative but to accept the terr
that were dictated to her. She accep
the status of a criminal on parol
Every word of warning uttered by th
country to Germany has been mai
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"Pittsburgh Gazette Times"?"As to
the Germans, they can take it or let it
alone. It is not too much to say that
the treaty is none too sever with the
enemy. It is severe in all conscience, j
but not brutally so. Her offences con?
sidered, Germany gets off lightly, in?
deed. She is thoroughly disarmed."
MISSOURI
"St. Louis Globe-Democrat"--"The
treaty is too vast n thing to discuss in
detail?we can only touch at this time
upon its general impression. Wo have
heretofore expressed the belief that
many of its provisions will not be sat?
isfactory-some objecting because they;
are too strong and some because thoy
are not strong enough. Rut the most
cursory examination should impress
or?- with the extent of Germany's dis?
aster. Yet. severe as the terms are,
few can say that they are not essen?
tially just in view of the colossal ca?
lamity which Germany brought upon
the world."
MARYLAND
"Baltimore American" "Looking back
over the path of the years which led
up to the framing of this treaty. th?o
years that, the locusts of famine have
eaten, the years that the desolating
flames of war have scorched and
blasted, one can see in the grim retro?
spect the arising of that new und vital
force of civilization whose demands
are framed in the treaty now pub?
lished. Never in the highest flights
of imagination of those who pictured
the world under a league of nations
could there have been set forth such
a marvellous unity of specific peace
aims with provisions for the perma?
nent peace of the world. Those who
would attempt to lay violent hands
upon the covenant of the nations might
as well raise their feeble fists to shat?
ter the tables of stono whereon were
written the Ten Commandements."
VIRGINIA
"Richmond Times-Despatch" ?-"Under
the treaty of peace Germany is stripped
to its criminal hide. It is not ruined
or swept off the map. It is left, suffi?
cient resources to work out its own
salvation and pay its debts, but for
generations to come it will bear a
crushing burden as a reminder of those
bloody years it forced on the world.
It. is a harsh treaty, it could not be
otherwise and be just, but it is not so
harsh as the merciless one Germany
was prepared to impose on its enemies
had not its sword been sheathed in
defeat, dishonor and disgrace, and Ger?
many wil sign. It will whine and plead,
but sign it must."
INDIANA
"Indianapolis Star" "The terms
presented to Germany seem to leave
little room for anxiety on the part of
those who feared there might be a
'soft peace.' Germany will be broken
as a military nation. It must make
good the damage it did on L nd and
sea and must accept a condition that
will prevent it from' again becoming a
menace to the world, and will stop it
from taking economic advantage of the
distress inflicted on its neighbors. The
conditions imposed by the Allies are
severe but well within the bounds of
justice."
Austrian? Name Envoys
To Peace Conference
Professor Heinrich Lammasch,
Former Premier, Is One of
Five Men ?Named
COPENHAGEN. May 7.?The Aus?
trian peace delegation has been named,
according to dispatches from Vienna.
It is composed of Dr. Franz Klein, pres?
ident; Professor Heinrich Lammasch,
former Austrian Premier; Professor
von Laun. who was Austrian delegate
to the conference of the league of na?
tions societies at Berne; Under Secre?
tary Pfluegel and Deputies Ludgeman
and Stegliger.
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Queen Mary"s Brother
Mav Govern Canada
Ear!, of Athlone Expected To Be
Appointed Successor to
Duke of Devonshire
LONDON, May 7. It is und rstood
that the Duke of Devonshire will soon
retire as Governor General of Canada,
, and "The Maii" says that the office
will be offered the Earl of V
brother of Queen Mary, who would
have succeeded the Duke of Connaught
as Governor General of Canada
not been for his duties w I
ish Aim v.
The Duke of Devonshire was ap?
pointed Governor General of Canada
on June 27, 1916. and was installed in
office on November 11, 1916.
The Earl of Athlone was born April
14, 1874, and is the son of the Puke
of Teek. He was educated at. Eton and
later became a general staff officer with
the rank of brigadier genera!. II"
served in Matabeleland in 189(5 and
with the Seventh Hussars in South
Africa in 1900, being mentioned in dis?
patches during his service there. H?
was appointed Governor General ?r.
Canada in 1914, but, did not take office.
He was created Earl of Athlone on
July 17, 1917. He was married on
February 10, 1904, to Princess Alice,
Countess of Athlone, daughter of the
late first Duke of Albany.
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