The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04

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explosives great factories and machin
cry are destroyed. Without these Bel
GUM and France are economically
lost. -a.. 3
Germany found land rich in coal
and iron mines. AS she retreats sne
is flooding and destroying these mines,
| 1t will require two years and the ex.
penditure of much money to get them
in normal condition. ....
Meanwhile, not q factory, not a
mine, not town in Germany has
been destroyed. . -... 81. .....
Germany's Situation
Save in the question of raw mater
rial Germany is better prepared to re.
sumo normal conditions than any of
the fighting nations of Europe.
Belgium and France must be re-
built, restored-and Germany ought to
do it! A part of the German propa-
ganda throughout the world right now
is the statement that she is bankrupt,
that she cannot pay. That statement
is a lie. Her coal wealth alone is
valued at nearly two hundred billion
dollars. That would more than pay
the war debts of all the nations. She
should be made to pay. Her potash
is valued at twenty billions. Then
there are her colonies-rich in natur-
al resources.
Yet, in all probabilities, by hook or
crook, Germany will escape the pay
ment of the cost of the war. A few
millions to Belgium, and some con.
cessions to France, perhaps will be
all. And in the meantime she will
be demanding the raw material Of
the nations she has tried to destroy.
And the allies can at the least see to
it that she does not get by CONNER
cial arrangement what she failed to
get by. force. ...r .f
Allies Come First !
The trade doors of commercialism
must not swing open for Germany un-
til every need of the allies is sup
piled. Peace will be declared and
future trade relations arranged be-
fore our fighting men return home.
II provisions are made whereby Ger
many shall have a pound of our wool
or any other commodity, before the
full needs of Belgium, France and
England are supplied, then woe be-
tide those responsible when our boys
enter the voting booths alone with
their conscience and their memories
of the price they paid!
A league of nations? Yes. With
equal privileges to the burglar, the
dynamiter, the poisoner? Never!
These boys of ours who have given
up their careers at home; who have
given their time and strength, their
health, their limbs, their lives, will
not be present around the peace
table. Having brought the foe to bay,
having made him lay down his arms,
having made peace possible, and while
vet clad in muddy khaki and heavy
tobnails, their representatives will
arrange the details Of the harvest
they have garnered. And there must
not be a grain of that harvest lost!
How Our Fighting Boys Feel
am not stating my own opinion
only. l am speaking for Americas
fighting men. And have some author
ity to speak for them. Ii that be
doubted, then take my statements for
mere reports Of their views and opin-
ions. l know their views better than
you folk at home know them, and
know there will be some sort of a
revolution when our boys come home
if the full fruits Of their sacrifice, to
the uttermost, are not saved.
Germany has destroyed the indus
tries of Belgium and France. And
now she demands IAN open door for
trade" for her share of raw material.
Having destroyed the industries Of
the allies, she asks that her own fac
tories, still intact, be fed by the re.
sources of the world. Never, at least
not until the, allied nations she has
crippled are in position to compete
with her on equal terms.
NJ "Made in Germany" Again .
Feed her factories, their capacity
strengthened instead of weakenedbby
the war. with the worlds raw materi-
ais, and soon again will the markets
of the world be flooded with goods
"made in Germany"
Coming across to Francela year ago
I stood on the deck of the French lin-
er, the Rochambeau. a pocket knife
l had bought in Des MOines in my
hand. | noticed some letters cut in
the heel of the blade, adjusted my
glasses and yead, Made in Germany"
l threw the damned thing into the sea.
No nation ever had such opportun-
ity to fare fat in a world she has tried
to destroy as Germany will have, the
war ended, provided she has the "op.
en- door" II she is given place in a
league of nations, with equal oppor-
tunities with other nations. then she
will profit by her own infamy,- wax
fat by reason of her brutalities. Fright
fulness will become an asset, beastial.
ity blessing. :,
Italy Short Of Stoves
There is world wide shortage of
raw material caused by the exigen-
cies of war. Within the past week
I have tried to buy heating stoves in
four cities in Italy-and not stove
to be had. For four years factories
have been making guns instead of
stoves. Shoes and clothing are so
scarce in all nations as to make
their price prohibitive to millions. The
farmers OF Europe have their beasts
with strings and rope in
stead of leather. Here in Italy there
are no iron or coal mines. The ton
mage of the allied natisns will be de-
manded to bring these necessities to
Italy, and to move the surplus raw
of one nation to sister ma.