The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-26
AFTER THE SURRENDER, WHAT?
By Allan Dawson in the New York Globe,

ASSUMING Germany must agree to unconditional sur
- render its equivalent assuming the armistice
ditions such as to deprive Germany OF power OF e
fective resistance; assuming these things-then whaT
Unconditional surrender is an end big enough to oc-
cupy immediate attention, but in true sense is not
end but merely The end is the right sort
OF settlement The disappearance OF the German armies
will remove blocking impedment but will not solve
the problem. America, il she would not be caught
prepared must do more than talk gencralities.
The first thing in the way of preparedness for peace
making is to get unalteraby in the mind the fact that
wild beast is abroad and that its Germany This
fixed the next vital thing TO lay firm hold Of the
truth that wild beast cannot be treated as If tame
II is TO talk OF negotiating with Germany the
theory that she equal and not to be treated in
exceptional way II there is to be durable peace Germany
must be bourd-mu not be able TO commit her ofiense
again and warning thus given other possible eyildoers
will heed
The peace therefore must be dictated 1t will
not the worlds purpose il it dictated and known
TO be dictated II must not be possible for Germany to say
that she compelled the world accept compromise She
must not be allowed to fater herself with the JUNCTION
that she yielded little as German newspaper said the
other day because OF her deep for righteousness
The appear to her and to others as complete
and disastrous failure Otherwise other nations likely
TO say that warmaking pays and the temple of peace
President Wilson Lloyd George and other ally statesmen
would erect would rest on foundations OF sand.
II there is he healing and deterrent power in the
lesson, Germany must not go scoiree This demand is
moi born Of malice OF spirit OF revenge Lion-heared
and clear minded George Clemenceau intrepid OF spirit
he is lucid of intellect spoke truth when he said the
French chamber recently: "Our victory does not spell
revenge Our victory and the victory OF the allies means
the liberation of civilization and liberty Of human con
science" No seriously wishes to destroy German
property to take the life Of q German civilian. Such
destruction would bring back into being single build
ing that German incendiaries have wantony burned
resurrec single civilian that Germany has murdered
But plainly justice and the interest Of durable peace
qure that those who robbed shall give up their booty The
regions Germany has devastated must in some way be
restored by German labor or at German expense.
Arms must be taken from a nation that h" demon
srated she cannot be tr Ied with them She must not
have fleet to threaten the freedom Of the She must
not have army TO threaten the freedom OF the land
Whether other nations should disarm is question
hat II Is 10 be hoped will be answered in the affirmative
'ons day But II has immediate relation the ques
ion Of diSarming Germany Germany is to be dsarmed
because she has conpicuousy shown safe TO allow
her liberty conceded to others The armaments Of Bel
gum and Switzerland of Great Britain and the United
than father and mother the armament OF Germany Ger
many has revealed spirit that is exceptional and thus
must b, treated exceptionally When she becomes like