South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

. Of Germany is left after France.
Poland Denmark and Belgium gets
through helping themselves"
Might they would expire while
they was reading the first section
maybe" Abe suggested.
The first section amt got moth
ing 20 do with Germany" Norris
explained. The FIRST section con
Gists Of the constitution OF the
League Of Nations
us that the same constitution of
the League Of Nations which them
United States Senators raised such
round robin about" Abe asked
1T has been changed since .hen. %
Morris said. The amendments
consist of two commas contributed
by ex-President Taft and semi
colon from Charles Evans Hughes.
Elihu Root also suggested that they
insert the word as aforesaid i'm the
first paragraph and also the words
anything hereinbefore contained 90
the contrary Notwithstanding i'm the
last paragraph but couldn't get bv
With it, However, Abe, the Lea que
OF Nations is already such old stuff
that people reading it i'm Section ono
of the Peace Treaty will in all prob
ability skip il the way they did the
first time it come out. and anyhow
the real Treaty Of Peace. 50 far as
the plot and action is concerned
don't start till the second section
Gould YOU remember any Of the
second section" Abe asked
That's the section which tells
about how much territory Germany
gives up 10 Poland, France. Belgium
and Denmark. and after il goes into
effect, Abe. it is going 20 consider
ably alter the words if not the mu-
sic of Deutschland. Deutschland
Ueber Allies" Morris declared. 1T
also means. Abe. that the school
boys who used 10 was geography
sharks and could bound Germany
right off the reel. Abe. would now
got to learn them boundaries all
over again and then take half an
hour or so TO tell what they've
learned. You see. Abe the Danzig
area for instance consists Of a V
made a " by the addition of a SINH
lar V on the west, including the city
of Danzig and"
Excuse me-" Abe interrupted.
but this here sounds like a cloth
ing alteration TO me, which if Ger
many's boundary was made smaller.
why did they got to put a couple of
VS. into it,"
The VS. was put into Poland's
boundary, not Germanys," Morris
said.
And I bet that Poland breathes
a whole lot easier now that her
boundary has got a couple OF VS. in
it," Abe commented.
Them two VS. amt all Poland
gets" Norris continued "She also
gets the southeastern tip of Silesia
beyond and including Oppeln, most
of Posen and West Prussia and a
line is drawn from"
That's all right" Abe said, III
take your word for it. Mawruss. be
cause while that might be music to
some peoples ears, when it comes
TO geography, l couldn't tell one
note from another. So go ahead
and tell me what is in the next sec
ton"
The next section is also got in il
little complicated geography,
Abe" Morris said. 1T practically
repeats what was said in the last
section about how much territory
Germany gives up and then pro
ceeds TO rub il in. You know. Of
course. about the Sarre Basin"
Il say l do but don't let that stop
YOU" Abe replied Go ahead and
describe it to me just like as if
didn't"
Wei, 10 make a long story short
before 1 tell il. Abe" Morris said,
the Sarre Valley which in Germany
is like the Scranton and Wilkes
Barre section in Pennsylvania, is TO
be practically owned by France for
fifteen years. At the end of that
time, an election is going TO be held
and the people will vote as TO
whether they want 10 stay French
or so back to Germany"