The Washington times., 1918-11-30
NORTH SCHLESWIC
REPORTED CEDED
TODENMARK
AMSTERDAM, Nov. s0-A re-
port from Berlin today declared
that Germany had ceded North
SchIesWig to Denmark.

SchIesWig to Denmark.
opinion of the greatest jYrists of the
British kingdom. decla5 ed Premier
Lloyd George i'm an address last night
at Newcastle.
Earlier in the day, in an address at
Newcastle, the premier urged that
those responsible for the war and for
its atrocities be dealt with in such a
way as to serve as an example for
any autocrats who in the future
might be tempted to try to conquer
the world.
Price of Victory.
1--WE are now approaching the
peace conference" the premier said
THE price of victory is not VEN
geance nor retribution- 1t is pre-
Vention.
First OF all, what about those
people whom we have received with
out questions for years to our shores.
to whom we gave equal rights with
our own sons and daughters and
who abused that hospitality to be-
tray the land, to plot against secur-
ity, to spy upon it and to gain such
information as enabled the Prussian
war lords to iflict not punishment.
but damage and injury upon the land
that had received them as guests?
Never againi"
Mr.. Lloyd George said the inter-
ests OF security and fair play de-
manded that it should be made per-
fectly clear that the people who act
ed in this way merited punishment
for the damage they had inflicted.
Germany Must Pay Costs.
The second question was the ques-
ton OF indemnities, the premier
added. In every court of justice
throughout the world the party
which lost has had to bear the cost
OF the litigation. When Germany de-
feated France. she established the
principle was the right one. Ger
many must pay the cost OF the war
up to the limit of her capacity.
But / must use one word of warn
ing" said Mr.. Lloyd George. 1--WE have
to consider the question of Germany's
capacity. Whatever happens, Ger
many is not to be allowed to pay her
indemnity by dumping cheap goods
upon US. That is the only limit in
principle we are laying down She
must not be allowed to pay for her
wanton damage and devastation by
dumping cheap good and wrecking
our industries.
Some One Must Suffer.
There is a third and last point.
Is no one to be made responsible for
the war? Somebody has been respon-
sible for a war that has taken the
lives OF millions of the, best young
men of Europe. Is not any one to
be made responsible for that? II not,
all can say is that, If that is the
case, there is one justice for the poor
wretched criminal and another for
kings and emperors."
Mr.. Lloyd George declared that
there were two offenses against the
law OF nations that had been commit
ted
"one." he said. ais the crime against
humanity in the deliberate plotting
of the great war. The other is the |
outrage upon international law. It
is crime, a brutal crime, to devas-
tate the lands of another. Whoever
did that ought to be responsible for
it
The submarine warfare did not,
mean only sinking of ships, but it |
was a crime against humanity in that
1t sank thousands Of harmless mer-
chantmen- In the whole history of |
between nations that had
never been sanctioned. It is rank
piracy, and the pirates must receive
the punishment
81 mean to see that the men who
did not treat our prisoners with hu-
are to be made responsible.
want this country to go to court |
with q clean conscience, and she will
do so. There is not a stain on her
We will not be afraid to ap-
pear before any tribunal.
Now these are the things which
we have to investigate. We mean
that the investigation shall be an
impartial one, a perfectly fair one.
We also mean that il shall be a stern
one, and that II shall go on to the
nnal reckoning.
Object Lesson for the World.
1--WE have got SO to act now that
men in the future who feel tempted
to follow the example of the rulers
who plunged the world into this war
will know what is awaiting them at
the end OF IL. We shall have to see
that this terrible war, which has in
fiicted SO much destruction on the |
which has arrested the course |
Of civilization and in many ways put !
Il back; which has left marks on the |
minds, upon the physique and the |
hearts of myriads in many lands that
this generation will not see obliter-
ated-we must see by the action we |
take now, Just, fearless and relentless, !
that II Is a crime that shall never
again be repeated in the history of