Arizona republican., 1919-07-04
ENGLISH RIDICULE EFFORTS TO FORM LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ries which ought not to belong to Ger many"
 The British delegation, the premier said, has taken a staLd absolutely op- posing any attempt to put a predomi- nantly German population under Po- fish rule as it would be foolish to have another Alsaee-Lorraine in Europe.
 Peace Terms not Exorbitant
 T do not think anyone can claim the terms exacttd of Germany exorbitant, unless they believe justice in theawar was on the side of Germany. Having regard to the uses Germany made of her army there is no injustice in scat tering and disarming it. If the allies had restored the colonies to Germany after the evidence of ill-treatment ot the natives, and the part the natives have taken in their own liberation, it would have been a base betrayal.
 Then take the trial of those respon- sible for the war. If wars of this kind are to be prevented, those personally responsible for them, who have taken part in plotting and planning them, should be held personally responsible. Therefore, the entente decided that the man who undoubtedly had the primary responsibility, in the judgment, at any rate, of the allies, should be tried for the offenses he committed in breaking treaties he was bound to honor and by that means bringing on the war.
 Tt was an exceptional course, and it's pity it was, because if it had been done before there would have been fewer wars. The allied countries unanimously decided that a tribunal an inter -allied one-should sit at Lon don for the trial of the person chiefly responsible for the war"
 For those guilty of submarine out rages ought to be punished, for the off cers should have known they would 1 have been held personally responsible | for offenses against the laws of war
 Not Vengeance-Only Precaution l Premier Lloyd George argued it was not vengeance ito take every possible precaution against a recurrence of the war and to make such an example of 1 Germany as will discourage ambitious rulers and peoples from ever again l attempting to repeat this infamy. The German people approved the war and l therefore it was essential in the terms to show, if nations enter into unpro- voked wars of aggression against theiI neighbors, what lies in store for them.
 The premier's references to the 1 United States and England agreeing to aid France if she should be attacked 1 were loudly cheered After referring to guarantees in the treaty, such as disarmament, which he declared should not be "a scrap of paper" the premier spoke on the bill dealing with the American and British guarantee ir the event of an unprovoked attack or France, saying he did not suppose any
 
 that.
 It is entered into with the approva of the league of nations" the premiel asserted. Within living memory France has twice been invaded by Ger many. With her population of fort. million facing a hostile population o sixty or seventy million, France hat legitimate reason for feeling nervous apprehension when the British ant American armies left. I do not agre that the treaties showed lack of faitl in the league of nations.
 Strong Nations Necessary
 ''After all the league would have n, value unless it had behind it stronl nations prepared at a moments notic to stop aggression
 France was quite prepared, said tn premier, to reconsider at the prope time the question of occupation of tb Rhine. There was an understandin with France. But the moment Ger many carried out her undertaking re garding disarmament, the cost of tn army of occupation should not excee 20 1000 000 marks a year
 , Lastly there was 8 guarantee of tn league of nations, great and hopeft experiment, only rendered possible b l other conditions. Without disarma (Continued on Page Two'