The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-31
BAR THE GERMANS OUT.


allies and Of Germany gives the world glimpse Of what
to come There to be nothing resembling the treaties
of peace that have ended former There is pre-
tense on either side that bygones to be bygones On
the contrary there is acknowledgment of an enmlty
that will be always active shaping the course of the two
great groups that are now forming. The vctors an
nounce that they propose watch the enemy narrowly,
keeping grip upon his throat and forcbly taking from
him all that he pay for the next quarter of century
The vanqushed virtually notice that they will dis
rupt the treaty arrangements signed unsigned when
ever they have the power.
The German note on economic conditions states that
millions of Germans would emgrate if they could, but
that many important countries will oppose German i'm
migration The allies reply that this matter of spec
ulation Nevertheless, information from Germany bears
out the statement of the German spokesman Germans
who have lived outside the borders of their country
are not apt to be contented hereafter in Germany under
heavy burden of taxation imposed upon them by the
reparaton commission and horn of all hope of exploiting
neighborng peoples These Germans will try to get into
allied countries as individuals. Hundreds OF thousands
of them are counting upon entering the United States
according to reports from American army officers in Ger
many
Let us hope that the German delegates are right in
their presumption that important countries will oppose
German immigration" Congress should lose no time in
expressly prohibiting subjects and citizens OF Germany
from entering the United States or Territories under us
Jurisdiction This will be lively question in short
time as soon as the Germans resident in the United
States awake to the fact that their relatives are likely to
be barred out and that they themselves will be compelled
to register and obtain Identification cards if they WISH
to reenter the country Tightening of the lines OF
citizenship will be one effect of the antiHun immigration
law The Germans now here will be practically under
notice to become citizens get out.
There is joker in the projected League OF nauohs
which if in effect would prevent the United States from
exerting its authority over this matter Any member OF
the league or Germany itself could raise the point that
it is matter requiring the attention of the council sit
ting at Geneva and thereupon the council could direct
the United States to forbear from enactng immigration
legislation of discriminatory character, tending to
provoke international complications. Germany although
not member of the league, could press the dispute
hereupon would be the duty of the council to invite
Germany to accept the obligations of membership in the
league for the purpose of such dispute" If Germany
should accept the council would proceed to settle the dis
pute either directly by arbitration by reference to
the entire membership of the league of nations. If the
award should 90 against the United States this nation
would be bound to accept it fight the eagued nations
and Germany. If Germany should refuse the invitation
to accept the obligations of league membership and yet
should refrain from war, the council at Geneva would
nevertheless "take such and make such recon-
mendations as will prevent hostes and will result in the
settlement of the dispute"
Thus, in any event. the United States can be forced
to refer the matter of German immigration to the league
of nations such league should be created and to &C
cent the decision of the league council in settling the
dispute with Germany. As eight of the nine members
of the council would not be Americans, or interested in
American affairs, the natural outcome would be com
promise decision, in which Germany would partly OF
wholly break dwon the American bars and force this
country to admit Germans
fine arrangement to promote international peace!-
Washington Post.