The sun., 1919-07-18
SHUTS URGES HELP
FOR GERMAN CABINET
Ad0ocdtes Conciii0tory Atti-
tude on Britain's Part.

LONDON, July 17.---Lieut. Gen. Jan
Christian SHUTS of the Union of South
Africa and member Of the British peace
delegation. in q farewell message ad-
vocates appeasement and reconciliation
with Germany and encouragement OF the
present moderate republican adminis-
tration IN Germany. which IL success
fully nshting the European battle
against snatchy."
Gen. Smuts strongly urges leaving
Russia to settle her own affairs, on the
ground that "a sobered Soviet system
may be better than parbarism. to which
the present policy seems Inevitably to be
tendips,",. and declares that British
statesmen should apply the same medi-
cine to Ireland that they applied to b.
hernia
An appeal is made by Gen. SHUTS for
an abiding faith In high ideals. despite
what he terms the disillusions produced
by the Peace Treaty. He says the fun
damentai significance Of the war has
ben a victory, spiritual and moral, over
the material factors a victory Of the
finer elements OF human nature over the
baser, snd hence, there should be no bit
terness left In the minds OF the peoples
He pleads for appeasement and recon-
| Citation az the only means for the regen-
Grafton OF exhausted Europe. which, ne
says, Is the most awful spectacle in his
tory.
"A brutal fact" Gen. SHUTS continues,
rs that Britain Ii very small island
on the face OF a continent in which
100000 Germans represent q most
important and formidable national fac
tor. You cannot have a stable Europe
without stable and settled Germany ;
you cannot have stable and settled
Britain while Europe 10 weltering in con-
fusion. Therefore, the appeasement OF
Germany becomes Of first Importance.
Gen. SHUTS, in urging encouragement
of the republican administration In
Germany, says the issue probably will be
| decided in Germany and that President
Ebert deserves our backing and en-
couraeement."
do not let US deal with Ebert as we
have dealt with Kerensky and Karolyi-
| former Premier and President respec-
| lively Of Russia and Hungary-with re-
suits beyond recall to-day" the state.
ment Of Gen. SHUTS concludes.
Dealing with questions concerning thu
Empire and the Dominions, Gen Smuti
says the most pressing of all is the
Irish question.
| 1T has become chronic wound the
septic effects of which are spreading tc
our whole system, and through its in
fiuence on America is beginning e
poison our most vital foreign relations, :
says Gen. SHUTS. Unless It is settled
| on the great principles which form the
basisco this Empire this Empire mus
cease to exist
| "Our statesmen In Paris dealt with
racial problems resembling those o.
| Ireland and in every way as difficult
as the Irish problem. and they may no
| shrink from applying to Ireland thu
same medicine they applied to Bohemis
and many another part Of Europe"
Gen. SHUTS regards whole chapters
Of the Peace Treaty as nothing compared
with the supreme importance of having
a stable democratic republican Germany
| represented on the League Of Nations
He expresses doubt of the wisdom o.
the policy which seems to be pursued
toward Russia and declares that Rus
STA can only be saved internally by the
| Russians themselves working on Rus
[ sian methods and ideas. He says
] "Our military forces, tanks and wal
\ materials may temporarily bolster w
| one side, but tho real magnitude of the
| problem is quite beyond such expe
! dents"
| He urges the Allies to leave Russls
alone, remove the blockade and adop
a policy OF friendly neutrality and i'm
Partially to all factions.
ut may well be-" he continues. "tha
the only ultimate hope for Russia II
a sooered. purified Soviet system. and
that may be far better than barbarism
to which our present policy seems in
evitably tending. Be patient with sici
Russia, give her time and sympsth!
and await the results Of her GONZALES
cence."