The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-02
GEN. SHUTS AMAZING AvoWAL.


Germany This is Boer and at the peace confer
ence he represented South Africa although in several
matters he acted also for Great Britain He prom
nent throughout the war, and had worked up reputa
ton a shrcwd politician. His sympathy with the Huns
if he had any, not revealed, but he always
sdered of moderate and judicial mind One of his
vices his visit Budapest after the Reds took
over the Magyar government His effort to make dea
with the tolsheviki was failure. 1t the general
tment in Paris that he had done more harm than good
by his attempted Intervention at Budapest
The of Gen. Shuts protest made at the time he
signed the treaty delegate from South Africa, has not
been published, but press summary states that his pro
test included declaration that the territorial settlements
would need revision and that certain guarantees exacted
would be found out of harmony with "the
peaceful temper and unarmed state of the central pow
ers" He also protested against certain punishments
which he thought might better be sponged out The in
IDENTITIES exacted from Germany also aroused his pro
test the ground that they could not be accepted with
out grave injury to the commercial revival of Europe
He declared that it would be to the interest of the allied
powers to render the spuatons toerabe and mod
crate.
This protest throws some light, possibly, upon the
ouscourse adopted by Premier Lloyd George during the
negotiations, when he seemed to be attempting to find
favor with the pacifst element in England by softenng
the peace terms. The vote of the British labor confer
ence solid except for dissenting vote, in favor
of relaxation of the and the immediate admission
of Germany into the league of nations. This powerful
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who in turn was acknowledged to be of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges closest advisers
1t is noticeable that all of Gen Shuts suggestions of
enency to the Huns at the expense of France Pc
land other victim of Germany. Gen. SHUTS does
express the condition of France in
he indemntes are not paid in full; yet France is in
much shape than Germany. The willingness of this
Boer politician to realease Germany from certain guar
nees because of the "now peaceful temper and unarme(
state of the central powers is amazing for he cannot
We ignorant of the real temper of Germany of the
that considerable German army is in existence, AS t.
ounishments Gen Shuts protest is only to be construed
rs a plea for the abandonment of proceedings against
the Hohenzollens Hindenburg, Ludendor, Triptz and
he other murderers If Gen. SHUTS has held these
views all along if he has been really pro-Geman why
lid he sho whis coors when it would have taker
courage to do so? 1t would have been fair to the
British government to whic his comparatively recent
formed allegiance due, to advise it that he no
n sympathy with it's declared determination to punisl
he persons guilty of bringing this and conducting
with erocity that defed the laws of God and man
If Gen SHUTS had declared during the London air raid
hat he opposed the prosecution of the guilty
them, he would have won more renown as courageous
man.
The covenant of the league of nations does not gain
strength through this eleventhhour revelation of Gen
SHUTS sympathy for Germany and his desire to excu'
pate the German criminals 1t Gen SHUTS who draft
ed the covenant of the league, after the American draft
had been rejected Paris. The text of the American
draft has not yet the light but presumably the Sen
te will be favored with copy, in order that comparison
may show wherein it is inferior to the SHUTS draft Pos
sby the amended covenant based upon the SHUTS draft
may not contain any loopholes favorable to the Ger
MANS but Gen Shuts amazing declarations at the mo
ment of signing the treaty will surely cause senators or
both sides of the question scrunize the document with
special care.-Washington Post.