The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-22

European tsrritory win be taken from
ternIany to which her claim ts valid
Tor the profit r any Of the great pow
nis VINO have combined to Uunuuer her,
Aisaoe -ls0tTatne Is French again, but
tiie french moral claim to these prov
luVNs newer been disputed cave BY
GarllAnS. The SaaT coal district. half
ot which was once French, has beer
erected Into M independent territory
LuNemburg, sinpiy to prnvide zen.
ntutiOn 10 Franue for tho Destruction
81 hor own GOAL regions, and the Ne.
Turn al I = terrtturg 70 Germany after
no EehfH is ensured IL the inhabitants
80 uesire, Aside from these changes
Sornlshy will lose q TINY region ihhsb.
ithu ny dRnes ia SChleswig mad most
bht mt al, Of the territory which
tiussia stule from Poland In the sue
~sesSiNe partitions, In all of her wars
tfuasha has taken territory fnhabifnd
10y people WIN did not wiph to he PruB.
slAn. In thls new peace the enemiss
81 N~Farfnhny, although victorious. haVa
uSOtliieu 70 uilpw eVen German pFeue-
usute' Whatever else IL to he sStid of
territorial changes In Europe, SO far
Us thSN Atteot Germany II can nut bs
AtRueu that they are founded unon in.
RAN rights, N
In the matter of financial renaro-
lions Germany will have 10 nay as inugh
as she can of the costs Of the war,
hut tue maximum sum that has vet
pseh Aiafeu at is thirty billions of dol
lats, and hardly aNueeds the conserya-
i've estimate of what II would cost 10
featore the devastated areas Of FtpDoe
Is d unnseqn0nne of the Germnn ht-
LACK Frenoh and British tatzlayarR will
sun have burdens TO bear
fof many years TO come. No indemnity.
snuh as Germany e2Acted from F,g M
IN lSl, will be asked of the nation
whlOh deliberately and wantonly
brought all the destruction Of the pres
ent war and carried fire and sword
INTO Northern France and Belgium for
wv eNpieSs purpusn nj wracking the
industrial Ahe Of this region and thus
increasing that of Germany. on the
side of utsarmtng Germany, much has
been written into the treaty but ffttle
euecuNe has been dene, We have fixed
tho army of Germany at 100, 600, and
we have taSen away her shtps, but we
provided no machinery for com
Polling Germany To stny dtsRrmea II
she chooses to initiate the eXlmple az
kTusstn after TilsN, and there Is frank
~ttnoRnttion chat nil efforts - limit Ger
man armament oan have but a tempo
cary effect,
AS TO the military barrier az che
Rhine, the Paris conference has de
ctued that al fo~rttfinntions along the
river shall be RACED; that the allied
armies shall occupy tho left hank and
h~rldEcheads during a certain period Of
ume contingent upon GermRny's oh
serretions of hor obligations under The
treaty uf peace, but a guarantee for
the preservation Of this military bar
rier must be found IN the British
pledges 70 give MILITARY aid to France
y heneVer Germany shall send troops
AGAINST U, Eren this guarantee may
prove insufficient u the United States
tails 10 give = similar promise.
All Benefited.
II is an idle thing ana a dangerous
thing 70 attempt 10 Interpret the de-
riatofis OF b Paris conference In terms
q parsons or netional victory, Il is
,Ereat nations whe hive fought Ger
many, assembled In conference, have
naturally presented different and nj
points conflicting views. BUT In the
end eeInnrorutse has heen reached. AIR,
wilson has recognised the right Of
france To some other guarantee In ad-
dition 70 that II the league Of nations
which Mir. Wilsnn has advocated, Tile
6rHlsh while by the elimination OF the
GernAAn fleet securing an Insurance
against a new German menace have,
~ sapparting both American and
trench claims AZ various points. CON
Sibuted to preserving the more essen
tR e0nte1ta0ns If each,
u is not true, as has been asserted
ever 9ha over again. that Nir. Wilson
has taken Europe by the throat and
compelled II to hay aside the selfish and
chRVNintseAc aims and Accept Ameri-
can tdealiSEn, II Is not true tina Ea-
rppe has forced Mr.. Wilson TO cNm-
PROMISE erory principle or any essen
ttA nrtncfRte which he advocated IN
AWes8eS stHe caHes te Europe TO cham
eaen; N terms which Germany will
receive are net ArnerteSn terms or
French teri lS CT British terxux TAeS
de net represent personal triumph for
any oGe q the 'hAg four" INT they
contain substantial recognition " the
legitimate claims of each OF the four
on hehaM az hts own FIR
those whc believe In the league OF ma
Nops AS the NlttmAie solution Of inter
N&tfcnal re(attoas, the treaty OF peace
must represent a long forward step.
To those who believe that In the pres.
eace Of the Germans no scrap Of paper,
however sacred, can avail unless h has
q military guarantee. toe commitment
~ the British prtnAs u,lniStev and the
additional paeags 81 the American pres
dent viii carry corresponding FeaS.
Euraace.
The treaty which the Germans Wi; be
asked to s.gn on April Is Is not q trcaty
q violence Il ~TeStes No new AhRce-
Lorraine, Il recognizes the Just rights
CT several peoples hitherto enslave& by
the N&TaaRs, but II aeprlVeS Germany
81 10 German populations preu&nent-
", q Fe9uiFNs only partial payment
faF he material injuries Germasy has
aone aud Il leaves Germany free 10
her own lGs and hsr true path
way ~ greatness n she chooses
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