Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-17


Dc hHnued over I'D Justice. which has
not Deem mstad out 10 them az home.
That tro, is why Germany must
snalEIt fur d few years u ,.s-r-rnr,
special disabilities ana a--anreYnputs
t1erronny ms ruined the Industries.
Lhe mines and the machinery OF
neiEhDoring countries not during the
Saffies. sut with me deiibe-n1n and
caiculAfsu purpose of gcabI.n- her.
own industries tx seize their rnur-
ketE eefnre their Industries cru3r
recover from the Devastation thus
want0nly chic-sd upon them.
Germany has despoilar her neigh
bars Of everything she could make
use q or carry away Germany has
destroyed The shipping IF az nations
On The high seas where there was
no chance Of rescue for their pas
ssrgErs and crewst
II Is only Justice that restitution
should De made and thai these
w-onsed peoples should he sReaguard-
aC TOR time from the competition
II nalDr whose Industries are IN
Iacr and have even beer fortified bg
machinery stolen from occupied ter
r!Iory. II these things are ha-GsnipF
-0r German, they are harGsnips
which Germany las brought upon
herse.f. Somebody must suffer tar
me corseq uences Of the war. Is i %
De Germany or The peoples she has
w~ongea9
Not e do JUSTICE 70 al concern
&c woEIc only leave the world open
ID fresh cala-uiues. II the Ee-maa
people themselves or arv other ma
llon are u DE- deIs-red f-urn follrw-
IrlE the footsteps IF PrusslH, = man
kind Is 70 Dc l3f-ad OUT Of he be-
LET that X tor sel9shness is leg.r-
innate - any state; = rhe cid err is
To De EFF behind. and nations. as well
as lnC1Ei cuals, are To be brought be-
meath the reig- IF Inv even 4 there
Is 10 be early reconciliation ana ap-
Deasemsr-, = would ne because hose
responsible for concluding he war
have had re courage ID SEE tina :
justice Il not GeiectsG for the saa
o. d convenient pence
II IS HaiG mat the German -pvo-
lu-cn ought - make a difference and
5pnna,ble fnr rae policy Of the -,,i-
ers whom rharv have rh-uwn from
power The allied and assocla lad
powers Recognize and welcome the
change. Il represents a g-eat hope
4or pence aac L new European order
4 The future
But = cannot a.acr the settle
nent Of the VIZ itself. The Ger
-,Al revolution was stayed until the
German G--1ies had been defended n
the 4sic ana Il hope at profcr,og
b. a war ot cucruast had vanished
Throughput rae war, as oefore the
wa, rhs German people and their
representa- ves supported the wa
voted -aa credits. subscribed To The
war inEns. ooeysc every order. hcw-
ever savage ot their government
-hsy shared the responsibility c0r
tbs pui.cy oc -ns government for Al
any moment had they wtied r. they
cDui5 have reverssd -. End that
pCl3cy succeeoed, they would have
acclaimed II with the sane eEtnusi-
as-n with which they welcomed the
5u-arenx uf rss VIZ. they cannot
prstand, having changed their rulers
Aarsr the war was lost, that Il u
JUSTICE taa- they shUQid escape the
consequences u their deeds.
The allied and associated powers
tnarefnrs osiieve roa1 the pence they
have proposed Is fundamentally u
peace of Justice. They are No lass
certain that II Is peace Of right
on the tsrns agreed. There can be
no doubt as Il -:ls iutsnLinns Of ths
ailiaG and associated powers &c Sase
me settlement Of Europe On Las pr1n-
cIpies Of tceelng oppressed peoples
and re-6rawinE national boundaries
as ear rs possible, in accordance With
me VIII Of the peoples concerned,
wnile giving I'd eacn the facilities 70
1--we II independent na.1cnAl and eco
uomIc Life.
These inteuLnos --sre mace 9ear
not only n President WlsC0s Ad-
dress 10 Congress of January q, 1913.
but n the principals Of ser-isnsn.
snu1cIa1eG Il lis SUBSEQUENT a0-
tress winch was the agreed 0asis
Of peace. The memorandum On THE
point Is attached 10 -nis ler1er
Accordingly the allied and assoca-
ated powers have provided Tor the re-
reconstruction Of Poland a. an IN
dependent state, with 'trse anc Sc
cure access 70 the sea- al 'terr1-nr'es
inhahitec by individuality Polish pop
ularions have been ACCORDED 70
Poland. All Territories -nhaot1eo by
German majur.1es. save .nr Kew
isolated GOWNS and ea- colonies es-
Lahllsne6 on Land recently 1arclDis
appropriated and situated N The
midst Of individuality Polish tsrrflory
have been lett 10 Germany. Woen-
ever the VIII Of the people s IN
boubt, a plsbiscite has been prOVaaso
fur
"Danzig has been CONSTITUTED rs q
trse city Sc that the inhabitants VIII
be Autonomous. and o not come on-
dsr Polish rule or form any parI OF
the Polish state. Poland has ooen
gwen certain economic rights IN
DauziE and the city Itself has oesn
severed trum Germany. because m nc
other way was II possible 10 pruv1oe
for tina. free and secure acceas u
tho sea which Germany has pfo"-
i.ec to 0Bncede-
&ncouAgamanr and enlargement OIL
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