The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-16
di1 iH + BIG BILL ART--Chet Conkln s and Sin

After the ended United States had great
army and powerful navy the American government made
mand Great Britain for eparation The British govern
en agreed to the demand and suggested arbitration
mine the amount BY treaty made at Washington 1871
commission of five provided to investigate and determine
the amount of the claims The countries
name commissioner EACH and the other three to be
named by the President of Switzerland the King Of Italy and the
Emperor of Brazil The commission held it's sngs Geneva
and has into history the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal
sometimes called the Alabama Claims Commission
The United States claimed punitive damages termed at that
consequential damages which should include
the loss of trade and of the depedaon
committed by the Confederate prvaeers That claim Great
Britain resisted claiming that PREPARATION for ships and
actually destroyed all that should be granted The
commission accepted the contention of the British government
and awarded the lump Of $55O0OO0OO repaaton for
actual damage.
So the Geneva tribunal established precedent by which
both the United States and Great Britain bound
quena damages Only damages reparaton for actual deuc
tion
But all the what would Germany have done had she
this war? What did she in 1871 when France laid
tae at her feet? Germany tore from France two Of her ares
provinces levied unhead Of indemnity and occupied France
with her until the indemnity paid did
not take her armies from France until Russia which
formidable military threatened to take the
OF France and began mobng the German frontier
And at that time did Germany whether the of France
starved not Nor did the people of France plead and whine
for modification Of the And the Germans nation and
as a people approved Of the severe terms imposed
In this the German people approved of all their
ment did until that whipped and the brutal
autocats at the of the outraged nations they had
oud They approved of the sinking of the Lusitana They
approved of the entire submarine warfare of destruction They
approved Of the destruction by submarines many
vessels which the grain available would go long way
toward feeding the German people who whining that
they will stae They approved of the of French and
and young girls They approved of the f1ightfu
muaon Of children and the fragrant abuse Of prisoners
All those infaies, and met the approval of the German
people, until that the policy of terrorism has failed they
want vade responsibility and be the consideration they
granted to defeated foe.
Nor should be forgotten that had Germany wosted France
Italy and Great Britain her next great excursion would have been
American SOIL How much mercy would they have shown
people? The witnessed France Belgium would
have been repeated in America And the German people would
have approved of them ALL
Now that they whipped out and pleading for mercy
ing at the time to evade responsibility and reparaon the
United States and the Allies should and will insist full and
complete reparaon Without doubt France and Belgium will
feel that there should be something but the United States
and Great Britain bound by their precedent.
BY all feed Germany and Austria There those
who will they ought be made to ave But that will not
do However when the danger of starvation has passed. then
set them to work paying their colossal debt to civilization