The sun., 1919-04-24
GERMANY WILL NOT
SIGN, SAYS HARDEN


the pretext, under foreign domination
for any period Of time. Any plan that,
after the Turkish pattern, depends
upon force and confiscatioD Is inca
pable Of execution. 1 dread the re-
suits If an attempt is made to make
Germans work for another country.
Justice demands that coal be dellv-
cred to the French in return for that
which has been taken or made impos-
sble of access The exploitation Of
the Saar Valley coal fields and the
deliverr Of coal from the mines there
can DO rigidly watched over by an or
ganization like the League Of Ma
tons, but that the Germans who have
long been inhabitants there should
have a foreign language and political
administration forced upon them is
both unjust and unwiee.
Says Debt Cannot he Paid.
Even If the highest justice coun-
tenanced Germany making reparation
for all damage due to the war.
our exhausted country cannot pay the
tribute. 1t might be possible in the
times Of the Romans, but when mod
ern people are required to pay the
fruits of their labors to strangers for
decades they will cease work and say
to themselves: We retain nothing
from it. Why torture ourselves for
othersT
This sentiment has become pain
fully noticeable here. l do not be-
lieve that the total damage sustained
by France and Belgium can exceed
SO, 900, 100000.
Rejection o. peace would be hard
but an undignified peace can only be
acceptable to those who either desire
a restoration Of the monarchy or who
see Bolshevism victorious all over Eu-
rope. To all followers of democracy
rejection of peace would seem like sui.
eide for us. We fear the rapidly grow
ing unemployment, as many large con-
Germs are now working at a loss and
must collapse.
"An experiment in communism then
can hardly be avoided. To place our
industrial and agricultural life in
healthy operation again will require
500, 900. oOO, 900, under the present rate
of exchange. during the next two
years. Otherwise there will be armies
of unemployed. These men have
learned cruelty and the use Of arms
in war and would endanger the very
life Of Europe.
Must Unite Against Insanity.
"All countries In which the spirit
Of democracy and the individual sys'
TEN Of enterprises exists must get to,
Gether without differences in a friend
ly spirit and commence mutual de.
fence against the insanity that Is rag.
ing. II President Wilson's plan for Il
League of Nations does not provide
for this possibility all national debts
must be secured so that industries can
breathe again. Employers and en-
ployees, in order to live, must keep
the standard of living at a height
worthy Of civilization.
How this is 10 be attained is a
problem. 1t may be by my proposal
of April, 1916, in my. IF Were Will
son article, in which I suggested that
new medium Of exchange, guaran
teed by League of Nations, he
founded for slow amortization.
The world can only convalesce IL
its inhabitants quickly decide to O. n.
slider wnr as deluge, in recognition
Of which even those who are enemies
to-day will have to unite to prevent
e downfall of all. Even those coun.
tries which would juhllate over the
extension OF their borders will other
wise be dedicated to ruin. Cordially
Horden."