Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-11-16
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A PEACE OF JUSTICE.

The terms of peace for Germany
were already known in general way
before the end of the war-bef0re the
armistice terms were announced and
accepted. There is now no need of go
ing into details of what the applica-
ton Of the peace terms will mean. Ii
it is Just to make Germany atone and
pay for her ruthless determination to
carry out her policy of rule or ruin
that form of justice will be hers. She
will pay to the limit but many doubt
her ability to atone for the wrongs she
has committed on land and sea and in
air. The one great payment, the in
visible. toll she must face, is con-
science. The determinations that will
go on within the borders of Germany
for long time will make war of
frightfulness within the minds of her
people that will hold the nation in a
state bordering on purgatory until gen.
uine repentance forces acknowledge
ment of the evil their rulers have COM
mitted. The people of Germany will
never know the meaning of peace
themselves until they have squared
accounts with the world for the phys
ical and moral crime they have COM
mitted in the name of patriotism.
AS for the destruction of Germany,
we all may want to see this done, but
it cannot be. Germany is only one of
a few beaten countries that have come
out of war unscathed so far as dam
age to her own territory is concerned
But this is the hand of Fate. All OF
the glory of German palaces and cas-.
ties on the Rhine will continue to ex.
list, but they shall be a mOckery to
their own souls. Living in sackcloth
and ashes, their greatest terror will
come from the shame of the former
greatness that surrounds their cities
sni landed estates. Where will come
German hopes? In her monuments
Yhey are as. of clay. In her palatial
homes of princes and her military
caste? They will become as houses OF
cards. In her glories of past achieve
ment? These will be forgotten by the
world. In her pride? There can be nc
pride hencefOrth for a German.
So let Germany go her own way
Her forlornness is assured. Her great
ness gave way to selfishness and
greed, and righteous world will shun
her. Henceforth she will feed on
husks. as do swine, and on wild 10
Gusts. as do the wild. Peace for Ger
many? Yes, the peace that comes tc
the murderer who has slain babes ano
helpless women Peace for Germany
Yes. the peace that must rack the
heart of the scoundrel who has butch
cred his own mother. Peace for Ger
many? Yes, the peace that will tor
ture her soul in ages to come when she
sits alone, apart, despised and forgot
ten of mankind. Let her cities stand
Let her great Krupp works remain
I Let her Notifications be unmolested
They will all torment her future
Then Germany will say, ''These We're
my children and my glories, and now
they mock me-" There isn't a pile OF
bronze to German hero that will
bring thought of pride or comfort
for those for whom statues have been
builded who held to the idols that have
brought Germany to disgrace. Defeat
is mere nothingness compared to the
enveloping shroud of black despair
which must now cover every inch of
her soil and darken her future: This
is the peace that will be Germanys
To burn or wreck her cities at this
time would be only mercy to Germany
A just God must and will mete out to
her the eternal punishment of burn
ing hell to her people while they live
to face the wrecks they made OF
France and Belgium, and her proud
and naughty cities will only be the
romping places of the furies that must
torment the German soul with chatter
ing grimace and .devilish, ghoulish
glee This must b& the peace of jus
tice to Germany and she made it for
herself. 1t is all hers Let her have it.