Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-31

Hew Germany will pay will have to be settled at the peace conference. The determination of restitution will be comparatively easy. Franco has AL sace and Lorraine now, Italy has her sItaiia lrredenta'' and the German Austrian troops have been removed from Russia, SeFyia and Roumania. The question of just how far Germany is to be weakened is yet to be deter mined. It Is likely that there will be a new nation. Poland with an outlet Cn the Baltic sea. Servia will be en- larged and Russia must De freed and 2 stable government set up,
 The question of renaratian is not So easy. How shall Belgium, northern France. SeFVia, Russia, Great Brit ain, America and the other eoUntrits
 which were in the waE-he restored f. nancially to their status Qu0 ante
 There is a limit 10 the amount which may be raised by the split of this
 country
 A very large indemnity may mean anarchy in Germany. Indications seem to indicate that the people of the central powers do not wish for any stable government with whom peace negotiations can be made, Belgium should be restored for never has 9 more innocent country suffered more gFieYously, The powers of Eu- rope were bound by the most solemn agreements to protect her neutrality and yet when the time came when Germany no longer chose t6 respect i this agreement she called 1t a scrap of paper and tore it I'D. France may be willing to take some of the Rhine l provinces instead Of an indemnity. If she does this she may make the same mistake that Germany made in 1870 when she annexed Aisace and Lor- i raine. Modern nations no longer de- , sire to take into themselves unwilling l ciptives. Italy and Servia also may l be satisfied with territorial aggran- 1 dizement instead of money indemni- l ties.
 1 > If we force an enormous indemnity ] uron Germany then we must throw i open our ports to her and give her l trade opportunities so that she may 1 secure the money EhereWith to pay 1 us. In the tremendous trade war which is bound to come in the next l four or five years we should not be 1 giving any advantages to Germany. l but we will have to do this if we force l Der to pay us a huge sum.
 Above all we must have gua1antees 1 Of future peace and I believe that is why the president had gone to Eu- rope. I do not think the world is ready yet for a league of nations, II i would mean the abolition of the Mon roe Doctrine and it means that there 1 will be an International army and
 EaYy. This means that cN" boys will 1 have to fight in Europe, ill Asia, ir South America and in Rfrica in quar- | res which do not concern them. Ii
 elo means that Chinese and Japan | ese will have to be admitted into the same eitizerraip rights here as the
 citizens of other nations. There should be some sort of a concert of powers | with the United States supreme 1T North and South America and Grea1
 Britain. supreme in Northern Europe Africa and India. Definite spheres o.
 influence would have to be assigned
 to France and Italy. especially in the
 Mediterranean.
 Instead of a league of nations hay,
 q trade alliance which would makI
 9 commercial outlaw of any nations
 which broke the worlds peace. Ma,
 tons should be forced to wait fur
 year after the act giving them eaus, 1 for war was Committed before the!
 fired a shot. When these things com l about then the government of the peo
 pie by the people and for the peopl , will be established forever.
 , The meeting was in charge of Presi
 dent John Mckinley Prof. William ' Banfeld entertained with magic : stunts. Arthur Campbell was hear, ] in two solos. An orchestra consisting 1 Of Miss Hazel Banfield piano, Herbcr Smith and Alvin. Kent, violin, Adolp1 IIeinrichs, clarinet, George F. Hem . tolt, cello. and Harry Ward trom hone, rendered selections, opening tn , meeting with America and closip
 with The Star Spangled Banner.