The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-18

rebuilding II that civilization may
s'f@lv reduce i's own defenses. she
Is to be held liable for all the dam
usr assault upon law
and the rights OF nations and by
htr iunuman practices by land and
sou: II the full toll cannot be exact
ed from her, she must pay NJ least
to her capacity. She must proclaim
her guilt by delivering up TO justice
the leaders whose monstrous policies
she supported and by whose crimes
she hoped tn profit. And the terms
are to be fulfilled under the scrutiny
Of tribunals 10 which she may re-
main subject FOR generation.
Consider what these things mean
In actual application. In Europe
Germany II to restore Alsace- Lor-
roine TO France: parts OF upper
Silesia. Poson and West Prussia TO
Poland: n portion OF Schleswig to
Denmark and fragment OF Rhen-
iSh Prussia 20 Belgium. SheNis to
render to France the SaRr river
basin, with It's great coal mines, In
return for the French mines delib-
erately wrecked. the territory will
he under International control for Is
years and then will decide by vote
whether to Join France or Germany.
The German port OF Danzlg X inter
nationalizcd, and access TO It grant
cd ito Poland LuSemhurE is de-
tached from the German customs
union,
All German colonies and conces-
sions outside NJ Europe are to he
renowned. This means the $1,000
square miles lost In Europe. that
-. a.,
| 900 900 square miles in Africa.
Asia and the Pacific. with popula-
tions agEregRting lP 100000.
once tho foremost military power
ot the world. Germanyis is 10 reduce
her army within two months to a
maximum Of 100000 men, all volun-
tcers Her navy Is 10 be limited 20
six small hattleships. six light
cruisers and IL torpedo boats. OF
submarines and of dirigihle balloons.
which she made weapons OF ossassi-
nation rather than Of war, she may
have not one, and no aircraft Of any
kind after october l. All munitton
factories except such are licensed
by the allied council, must close
within three months. The defenscs
ot HelHblanh are 10 he demolished
the Klcl canal opened 20 all nations.
No German fortifications are 10 be
permitted within so kuomcters east
" the Rhine, and any military aC-
ton within that area will be con-
sidcre1 an act Of war
Acknowledging fun liability for all
the war losses and damages inflicted
upon her opponents, Germany IL to
pay u total TO be determined by an
inter-al,ied commission. An initial
payment Of 5000, 100000 is TO be
made within two years and subse-
Quent payments secured by approved
bond Issues German territory will he
occupied until there Is fun assurance
that the terms will be fulfilled.
Is For every ton OF shipping sunk
lawlessly by her submarines Ger
many TX 10 deliver a ton, All Ger
man ships above 1900 tons are TO
hc surrendered at once on this claim,
and German shipyards must build
and deliver 100000 tons OF shipping
a year until the transaction Is com
plete
This, then, is ''The Day" to which
imperial Germany and her deluded
people looked forward-not the day
of Prussianism' triumph and thu
suhjection OF free peoples to it's an O.
cratic will not the day OF swollen
empire and plunder OF con ntlnents
but tho day OF retrISution. The
time has come" said the voice Of
ClemenCoau. which was the Vsice OF
civilization "to settle our account q"
Grim Is the reckoning Gone Is the
majesty OF kaiserlsm, the might Of
It's marauding armies and the power
OF It's murderous weapons OF aggrcs-
sion; shattered Is the vision OF a Flu
rope reduced 10 trembling sub
serviency, OF an empire stretching
from Berlin 10 Bagdad, OF world
paying tribute to the 'supernation, y"
chosen OF God 70 rulc His earth.
There remain only tho drcEs OF de-
feat and humiliation tho prospegt
OF a future ot impotence and pain
tul rcparat!on
what the peace means TO civiliha
ton IL no less clear. Tn supreme
fact rs that Germany is made power
iess. The foul growth OF, d m!ll,ar.sio