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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

to erect. new nations larger than any
German state in 1916. They have to
resolve Austria Hungary into it's com
ponent parts, to settle the Balkan rival
ries, to dispose of the Turk in Asia as
we'll as in Europe. They have the Polish
problem on their hands, with all its COM
plexities. They have the German col
onies to bestow upon themselves or re-
turn to Germany.
And beyond these questions of terri
tory and nationality there are the stu
pendous tasks growing out of the Ger
man revolution and the Russian an
archy. Fortunately, in one respect, the
victorious nations are far better placed
than those of 1915. There are almost
no rivalries as among themselves.
France, Britain and the United States
have no conflicting purposes. Italian
aspirations are only possible sources of
trouble, where the Italians disagree with
the Slavs and the Greeks over Adriatic
and Egean territories.
For the Germans to repeat the
achievements of Talleyrand at Vienna
in dividing their conquerors there is lack
ing the material everywhere present at
the earlier gathering Differences can
only come out of principles rather than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

Russian victory over Turkey. Berlin
was the meeting place and Bismarck the
dominant figure, because Germany was
then at the full zenith of her greatness,
resulting from her triumph over Den
mark, Austria and France, which had
made her the greatest Of the great
powers Actually, the spectacle in Ber-
lin was the demonstration of the passing
from France to Germany of the leader
ship in Europe, and to the outbreak Of
the present war this German preemi-
hence in European councils prevailed.
Yet the briefest consideration of the
acts of the Congress Of Berlin discloses
the seeds of the great World War.
Russia had conquered Turkey, had
planned a greater Bulgaria, designed to
liberate the Slavs of the Balkan PENN
sula; her armies were within sight of
Constantinople and the expulsion of the
Turk from Europe was seemingly in
evitable
But the Congress of Berlin turned
most of Bulgaria back to the Turk, to
erect bulwark against the Russian
which would satisfy British anxeties as
to Constantinople. 1t gave to Austria
the Serb lands of Bosnia and Herzego-
vina, kindling the fire which spread
out into the World War. 1t took
Greek lands from the Greeks to restore
them to the Turk; it permitted Russia to
seize the Rumanian lands of Bessarabia
and forced Rumania into the Bulgarian
Dobrudja, sowing the seeds of hatred
which have led to such evil harvests in
recent years. Britain received Cyprus
and became the guarantor of the Turk
ish integrity, responsible thereby for the
Armenian massacres and Macedonian
crimes of the future. France obtained
Tunls and the generation~long resent
ment of Italy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
4 inns of the Conquerors
"A of Napoleon

In word, it was to the self-interas,
OF the conquerors of Napoleon to estab-
lish in France the idea that they made
war not upon France, but upon Napo-
leon, and to establish this idea thew left
France practically intact and imposed
no considerable indemnity. By contrast,
we must liberate the subject national;.
ties of Germany, the Poles, Danes and
the inhabitants Of Alsace-L Lorraine. and
we must compel the German people to
pay for what German soldiers have done
in Belgium and in France We do not
seek punitive indemnities, bot restora-
tive indemnities are colossal, and unless
we collect them France and Belgium
will have to bear the intolerable burdens
imposed by German crimes.
The absolute justice of purpose with
respect to Germany does not lessen our
difficulties in realizing them. Socialistic
Germany will resist, must resist, for its
own existence will be imperilled. it will
almost inevitably fall before the ex-
IRENE elements, if it accepts peace with
the burden of many billions of indemni-
ties. 1t cannot resist militarily, pre-
cisely as Russia could not resist the I'M
just conditions of Brest-Litovsk, but it
can refuse to sign
Nor is it easy to see how we can nego-
tate until Germany has achieved some
form of recognized government, that is,
until the revolution has been accepted
by the German people at general cleo
ton. What is done by the representa-
tives of the present regime may be re-
pudiated by the nation. Moreover, no
settlement is conceivable that leaves
Russia out of the reckoning, and how
are we to deal with Russia?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

territory. That they may come 10
parent when one recognizes. for eva,.s ~
the very vide difference of views bet,rpo@
Great Britain and President Wilson o.. s''
the question Of the freedom oe a.
seas" e"e
But far more fruitful source =.
difficulty must be seen in the s;tpat;o~
in Germany. France in 1915 when 81
Congress Of Vienna met. was in ~
hands Of king restored by allied bav,
nets. Owing his throne to the OH
and holding it only by their aid he w.
bound to accept their conditions TIL
return of Napoleon temporarily abol
ished the decisions of the Coneress -
Vienna and lad he won Waterloo woula
have reduced them to ashes. His defeat
and disappearance alone saved the wor.
OF the Congress of Vienna.
The situation with respect to Ger.
many is far different. The powe. :,
that nation has fallen into hands certo;,
to be as hostile to the conouerors a.
were the Hohenzollerns, if only becapso
the conquerors must now impose uno,
soclalistic Germany the costs of the dew.
astations wrought by monarchial Ger.
many In 1914, and again in 1915 tbe
conquerors of Napoleon deliberately 70.
signed claims against France that thew
might not so prejudice the position Of
the king they had placed on the French
throne as to insure his fall. once their
armies had been withdrawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
&eeking the Fruits
~ of the Revolution

Having disposed Of France, the repre-
sentatives of Russia, Britain, Austria
and Prussia undertook to restore the
world which had been swept away by the
revolution. The partition of Poland was
finally contaminated. Prussia, Russia
and Austria took their several shares.
Italy was again turned over to it's old
plunderers; Austria was reestablished in
Venice, the Bourbons in Naples; Bel
GUM was turned over to Holland; everv-
where the rights and the wishes of races
were disregarded. Napoleon, returning
from Elba, announced that the Congress
of Vienna was dissolved, but Waterloo.
following fast upon the adjournment of
this congress, enabled it's determination
to stand.
The consequences of this settlement
were even more evil than those of the
later Berlin gathering. The Bourbon
restoration lasted in France but fifteen
years. Belgium promptly broke away
from Holland; Italy, under the leader
ship Of Sardinia, began her half-century
of struggle for liberty and unity. Po-
land again and again revolted. All
Europe was swept in 1S48 by new rs-
ing to restore the lost liberties of the
revolution era. The rivalres of Austria
and of Prussia led to the war of 1866.
When they had written the agree
ments of Vienna the allied sovereigns
united in Holy Alliance directed
against liberal ideas and calculated to
restrain France, the natural home of
revolution. The consequences of this de-
hberate programme are seen with clarx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Tofre and Foch Our
~ Lafayettes of To-day

We owe France other debts than
those incurred in the eighteenth GEN.
fury. The Marine and Verdun were con-
tributions of the Revolution, and Foch
and Joffre have served America as great
ly as did Lafayette and Rochambeau,
but it is the older debt that to-day is
clearest in view and gives to our par
ticipation in the World War dramatic
and appealing character. To France,
who gave US our independence, we, in
our turn, are returning the "lost
provinces" which are the guarantee of
French integrity. Surely history has
few more remarkable condolences.
There are other memories, however,
which will be stirred by new as
sembling at Versailles. In side street
\ leading off the Avenue de Paris, by
which the delegates will come to the pal
ace, is that tennis court in which was
taken the famous oath from which came
the French Revolution. Through the
gates by which the delegates will en-
ter the palace the mob of Paris swarmed
to seize Louis XVI and drag him back
to Paris and, in the end, to the seaffold.
And in the same hall where the dele
gates will meet the grandfather of
William Hohenzollern was crowned Ger
man Emperor in the presence of all the
sovereigns of Germany, whose sue
cessors are now in exile, while the Ger
man guns hurled their daily message of
destruction into besieged and doomed
Paris. In Versailles Bismarck imposed
upon France the terms which included
the loss of Alsace- Lorraine, now re-
stored. Where more appropriately
could Germany be sentenced than at
Versailles?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
WE May Be In for a
w Long Debate

In one sense a peace congress is SIM
pie. We have the power to write sucn
terms as we please, to write the terms
which express our just claims against
Germany territorially and OTHERWISE
but to enforce them with respect to IN
IDENTITIES is another matter. We can
occupy German territory as the Ger
mans occupied French territory IN 1871
and as the allies occupied French terri
tory after Waterloo, but if revolution
like the Russian upheaval is in progress
in Germany this will not aid US to gee
indemnities.
If what is now taking place in all Oh
Central Europe should turn out to De
but the prelude to revolution OF us
Russian type, then any peace negotiated
at Versailles might prove a dead le1'ei'
or at least would be suspended Tor
long period of time while Germany was
in the throes of revolt, and the very COLI
sequences of revolution might so destroy
the economic fabric of Germany as "
render payment impossible for many
many years.
I do not mean to be understood as DE-
lieving that we can or should forego ~
IDENTITIES; we have no right to ask 'he
French and the Belgians, who have oeeH
despoiIed by the Germans, to bear -
loss themselves. But | am trying ~
set forth the reasons why the debate AZ
Versailles may be long, as most sa'''
debates are, and why the agreemen''
when formulated, may be even longer y
execution. Germany has laid down M =,
arms: she can fight no more; sne WIZ
have to accept our terms, so far as iO'
NAL assent is concerned; but II German
follows the Russian example, elthel ~
fore or after the peace is signed al W
sailles, our problem will have been 0p,s
scratched, not settled, at the new GU
gress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Memories That Will Haunt the Com
ing Peace Conference and Warn
of Old Blunders
By FRANK III. SIMONDS
Author of '"The World War;" ''They Shall Not Pass"

\OR America there is peculiar fit
ness in the selection of Yer
Ia sailIes as the scene of the next
world settlement The liquida-
ton of the German war, we are told by
cable. is to be accomplished by negotia-
tions carried on in Paris and formally
adopted in a plenary session at Yer
sailles. Something like this was the
method employed to settle the War of
the Revolution, and while the document
which contained British recognition of
American independence was signed at
Paris. the treaty which restored peace
to the world was another Treaty of
Versailles, and Franklin, Adams and
Jay. who represented America in that
famous time, were frequently at Yer
sailles.
We are, then, in a very real sense, re-
turning to the place at which our ex-
istence obtained European recognition.
But how different are the circumstances!
In 1882 we were the ward of France.
French armies and French ships, with
French loans, had made liberty possible.
A year before the armies of Washing
ton and Rochambeau had taken York
town, the soldiers of France and of
America had shared in victory, the fruits
of which were mainly American. But
to-day our armies have just been vic
torious at Sedan, and, in Foch's happy
phrase, have earned the right to in
scribe the word "Meuse" upon their
banners as the soldiers of the French
monarchy had won the privilege to write
thirty-seven years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

Fontainebleau. France lost her conauests
and was restored to the frontiers of
1889, in the main, but the integrity of
the old France was maintained against
the Prussian effort to seize Alsace-Lor-
raine. 1t was not with any desire to
save France that her conquerors dealt
with her in moderate spirit; it was
merely to make possible the restoration
of Bourbon King and thus enlist
France in the general crusade against
liberal ideas-aganst the spirit of the
French Revolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

ity only now, when Prussia, Russia and
Austria have fallen into ruins The Haps-
burgs, the Romanolfs and the Hohen-
zo}erns, who framed the document Of
Vienna, are gone--in exile or dead Italy
is free, France republican, Europe is
unbound Yet this liberation has taken
full century; only now is Poland rising
from the servitude imposed more than
century ago; only now is Italy redeem
ing the last of her Latin brethren from
Austrian chains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
I liberty in the Palace
- of a Monarch

And back of all other memories at
Versailles is that of the first master of
all the magnificence which nearly bank
rupted France. The spirit of Louis XIV.
who said II am the state" this has
been reincarnated in William II. The
cid gospel of the absolute will, the di
vine right of kings, certainly never
found more complete expression than at
Versailles, and nowhere else in the
world could the ultimate repudiation of
this evil tradition be more impressive
than within the palace of the "Sun
King
Apart from local memories this new
Congress of Versailles must revive the
legends of at least four other great set
Elements, stretching back to the Peace of
Westphalia, in 1648, which is reckoned
by historians as the opening act in the
latest phase of European development.
the period of national evolution. And
these four settlements are: Westphalia
in 1648; Utrecht, in iii; Vienna, in
1915, and Berlin. in 1878. In the pro-
ceedings of these earlier gatherings men
will to-day explore for precedents, for
forms; in the progress of events at Yer
sailles we may see many interesting
repetitions of events which filled the
world stage in other centuries.
And of the four European conclaves
that of Berlin forty years ago will be
most easily called to mind, although it
was of infinitely smaller consequence
than either the present or the preceding
world gatherings. 1t will be most fire.
quently recalled because of the contrast
with the present assembly. Then Eu-
rope went to Berlin at the invitation of
Bismarck, thereby recognizing that Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

many had supplanted France as the ar
bitter of the Continent, and all the newly
acquired greatness of Germany, won on
the recent battletields of Sadowa and
Sedan, was revealed in the unquestioned
mastery of Bismarck. In many ways
this was the greatest moment in the
history of the short-lived German EN-
pire, although German domination in
Europe was hardly to be questioned un-
til the outbreak of the present conflict.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
he Congress of Versailles and the Destiny of the Wor{
Alliance. 1t estranged Italy and France,
and Italy entered the Triple Alliance. 1t

Alliance. 1t estranged Italy and France,
and Italy entered the Triple Alliance. 1t
did equal injustice to all the Balkan
states and made the later Balkan wars
inevitable 1t sacrificed Serbia to Aus
tria, Rumania to Russia, Bulgaria to
British concern about Constantinople. 1t
gave the Turk forty years more in which
to massacre and destroy 1t preserved
the Eastern question unsettled; it did
nothing justly, and the question Of the
rights of nations had no hearing in the
Berlin Congress. 1t was shameless
bargain counter, in which all the great
powers trafficked in the flesh of the small
peoples with two purposes in mind: To
avoid war among themselves and to &C
quire such profits as they could take
home with peace assured.
But it is to the Congress of Vienna
that we must turn at the present time to
find any real parallel for the new Yer
sailles gathering, for that was the last
effort of Europe to liquidate a general
war. At Vienna the conquerors of Ma
poleon gathered to abolish the peril
which the ideas of the French Revolu-
ton held for all sovereigns and all autoc-
racies. With respect to France, on the
military and territorial side, Napoleon's
conquerors made peace promptly in a
Treaty of Paris, signed little more than
month after the first abdication of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
nversights of a Century
" To Be Remedied

At Vienna nobody cared about the
Poles; nobody cared a brass farthing for
the Serbs or the Greeks at Berlin. In
the later gathering none of the as
sembled statesmen was troubled by the
haunting fear of revolution such as
had shaken Europe before the Vienna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
y ude Results From Beacons-
~ fields Peace With Honor

When it was all over this "peace with
honor" that Beaconsield acclaimed on
his return from Berlin accomplished
these things: 1t estranged' Russia and
Germany, since Bismarck supported
Vienna against Petrograd, and this es-
arrangement led to the Franco Russian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
herman Power
~ at Its Zenith

Europe met in Berlin in 1878 to en-
deavor to prevent a war between Aus
tria and Britain, on the one hand, and
Russia, on the other, growing out of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

T\OR America there is peculiar fit
II ness in the selection of Yer
IA sailles as the scene of the next
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
ARRIVED SAFELY AT CAMP
June 20, 1918

Somp LIZA, Az.
Harry Packard. who went into the
army service sometime ago, writes
his sister, Mrs Jay Bridenstine. the
following interesting letter:
Dear sister,
Well we arrived here safely at mid.
night on tho 18th and surely had an
awful lonesome trip. think 1 am
going to like it fine here Ger
tainly lot nicer climate than Pike,
nice and cool, most too cool last
night.
This is big camp, consists OF
three or four divisions and Pike and
Dodge only have one. We havn't
any men so far but expect them soon
Some say they are gong to have rock,
les and II we do that means several
months here at least. hope
though We get trained men 50 we
can be on our way across the big
pond, as I am raring to go Just now
get over there and have 1t done with
We had a big time on our way
down here, crossing Arkansaw, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl-
vania and New York. Crossed sever
al range of mountains, the PatomiC
river and several little corners of
Chesapeake Bay. Passed through
several tunels. some being more than
a mile in length.
l want to see New York, Pliladel-
phia and Atlanta City if can. We
are not over a couple of hours ride
from any of them. Washington. d. G
and Baltimore are two places I
would liked to have stopped for a
week.
The Red Cross ladies treated us
swell at every place We stopped.
They had all kinds of refreshments,
sandwiches, smokes and gave us
cards. sold us stamps and took all of
the cards We had to mail at Memphis.
We stopped for a while and went
down to the Y. M. C. A., and all had
good bath, for we were dirty and
tired. We Just got our hunks to-
day. Put IN two nights on the floor
so you know how much rest we had.
just got my bunk fixed up and as
soon as I get some letters written
am going to flop for several hours.
Well We get our mail sooner from
here than we did at Pike, as there is
much better railway service. Well
I must ring off with"love to ALL
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
EVANGELICAL CHURCH NOTES

The splendid Childrens Day pro-
gram on hast Sabbath morning was
much appreciated. The offering for
General Missions was $4,000. The
children did we'll and the address
and music was much appreciated.
Much credit Is due to the program
committee and helpers. We wish
also to not only say thank you for
the offering. but also for the beauti-
full and many flowers brought, among
which was beautiful patriotic
boquet of red, white and blue flowers
placed under the honor roll. and the
address Of the superintendent, in this
connection who has known all the
boys, was very impressive.
The service for next Sabbath as
follows: 1000 a. m, Sabbath school,
Mr.. John Butterton. Supt. 11:00a.
m. preaching. subject: "The per-
sonal Blessings Of Self Denial for
Christ" $500 p. m, sermon. sub
ject: The Big Eye" Has this
caught your vision. IL not, you have
been the loosen. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 500 p. m.
The thought that so many parents
hre realizing the importance of con-
secrating their children early to the
Lord Jesus Christ. Is certainly
praise worthy and II remembered
and obeyed. is sure to bring most
blessed influence for good upon both
parents and children. and this In
heritance to and for the young ID
worth, now and will be In the future
more than the wealth of the world
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
THE DnxooRA1Io CONVENTION

THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The nen0cratfc nounty e-avcntieu
was held In the city last Saturday.
At eleven o'clock county chairman,
]. A. Graham announced that the
convention would adjourn until
: o'clock. At that time Mr.. Graham
again presided and called Henry
jacobsen to act as secretary. The
attendance was not large. In fact
three OF the townships in the county
bad failed to select any delegates at
the primary, and as there was but lit
tie to do, only a scattering of the
delegates selected were present.
r. G. Spencer, ]. w. Mcclure and
VIM Northup was a committee ap-
pointed by the chair to select six
delegates to the state convention to
BIO held In Des Moines, July 18th.
The committee then selected a
double delegation as follows: J. A..
Graham, VIM. N. Northup, ]. w. Nc
CURE, Homer Beers, John I. Hen
sley. Hugh Farrell, r. C. Spencer.
Otto Borkowski, Nate Turner. e. H.
Jacobsen, Nels Johansen and John
Hooker.
The convention adjourned without
passing any resolutions or doing a
number Of other things usually done
ct county conventions. After ad-
journment, the township committee
men met and elected Walkup Crees.
Of Hamlin. AZ county chairman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
PROMINENT MEN TO
MI SPEAK HERE FRIDAY

Bishop e. s. johnson, missionary
bishop Of Africa; Dr. Charles J..
Stauffacher, Methodist physician in
charge of the Inhamban Hospital at
Gikuki. Africa, and the Rev. Thomas
Arch O'Farrell. for eight years in
charge of the work on Mutambara
Circuit. will speak On the World
Centenary Program Of the Methodist
church in Audubon on Friday even
ing of this week.
This will be q rare treat to those
who avail themselves Of the opportun-
ity of hearing these prominent men.
There are no stronger or better men
on the American platform, and it is
hoped that a crowded house will
greet the speakers. Thre is no ad-
charge whatsoever. Every
body is invited to come.