The evening world., 1919-09-04

the United states and 1t has become
tncrea singly necessary apparently,
/ that l should report to you. After all
me various ANGLES at which you have
heard the treaty held up perhaps
you would like to know what Is in the
treaty
Il find IL very difficult in reading
come OF the speeches that I have
read 10 form any conception OF that
great document
1T Is a document unique In the
history OF the world for many reasons
and think cannot do you n better
service or the peace OF the world a
better servicu than by pointing out TO
you just what this treaty contains
and what II socks TO do.
"In the first place, my fellow eoun-
trymen, IL socks 10 punish one OF the
greatest wrongs ever done In history.
the wrong which Germany sought to
do TO the world aud to civilization
and there ought TO DO no weak pur-
nose with regard TO tho application
OF the punishment She attempted
an intolcrablc thing and she must
/. DE made to pay for tho attempt
, TERMS OF TREATY SEVERE BUT
NOT UNJUST.
the terms OF the Treaty are Sa-
we're. but they are not unjust
Il can testify that tho men 1sso-
uiated with mo at the Peace Confer
ence IN Paris had Il In their hearts
, 10 do Justice and not wrong, but 'hey
knew perhaps with more vivid
sense OF what had happened than We
could ossibly know on this side ct
the water the many solemn cove
. nants which Germany had disregardo1,
p the long preparation she had made
80 ovcrWhelm her neighbors, the
. utter disregard which she had shown
for human rights, for tho rights of
women and children and those who
we're helpless.
They had seen their lands de1as-
tated by an enemy that devoted i,sslf
not only TO the effort of victory but
70 the effort OF terror, seeking TO tet-
rity the people whom they fought,
and wish to testify that they cIer-
cised restraint in the terms OF jhis
Treaty.
They did not wish to overwhelm
any great nation and they had no
purpose in overwhelming the German
people. but they did think that It
ought to be burned into the CON
soiousness Of men forever that no
people ought TO permit It's Govorn-
mont 10 do what the German Govern
ment did.
IN the last analysis. my fellow
countrymen. as we in America would
be the first to ciaim people are re-
sponsBble for the acts Of their Gov
ernment, ~ their Government pur-
poses things that arc wrong, they
ought to take measures and see to Il
that that purpose Is not executed.
GERMANY AWAKENING TO HER
OWN lNlouiTY.
Germany was self-goveren. Her
rulers had not concealed the pur-
poses that they had In mind. but they
had deceived their people as to char
acter OF the methods they were going
to use. and believe from what 4
learn that there Is an awakened con-
seriousness in Germany itself OF the
deep tniquity OF the thing that was
attempted.
When the Austrian delegates came
before the Peace Conference they, In
- many words, spoke Of the origina-
tion OF the war as a crime and ad-
mitted In our presence that II was
thing intolerable to contemplate.
They knew In their hearts that Il had
done them the deepest conceivable
wrong. that It had put their people
and the people OF Germany at the
judgment seat OF mankind, and
throughout this treaty every term
that was applied 10 Germany was
meant not to humiliate Germany but
90 rectify the wrong that she had
done.
And II you will look oven into the
severe terms OF reparation. for there
was no indemnity OF any sort claimed
:-merely reparation. merely paying
for the destruction done, merely max
ing good tho losses, 50 far as the
losses could be made good, which she
had unjustly inflicted, not upon the
Eovernments-for the reparatlon is not