South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-17

by striking at their women and chill
cren.
They commenced the submarine
campaign with its piratical chal-
lenge 90 international law and its
destruction of great numbers OF in
nocent passengers and sailors in
inid-ocean. far from succor. at the
! mercy OF the winds and the waves
and the yet moro ruthless submarine
crews. They drove thousands Of
women and children with brutal
savagery in slavery in foreign lands.
they allowed harbarities to be prac-
ticed AGAINST their prisoners Of war
from which the most uncivilized
\ PEOPLE would have reCoileG
Blame Germans 7 or All.
The conduct Of Germany is al
I most unexampled in human history.
l The terrible responsibility which lies
az her doors can be seen by the fact
that not less than seven million
, dead lis buried in Europe. while
/ more than 20 million others carry
upon them the evidence of wounds
and suffering, because Germany saw
fit 20 crafty her lust for tyranny
by resort TO war.
The allied and associated powers
believe that they will be false to
those who have given their all to
save the freedom of the world if
they consent TO treat war on any
other basis than as a crime against
humanity and risht
This attitude of the allied and
/ associated powers was made per-
fectly clear 20 Germany during the
I war by their principal statesmen.
II was defined by Pres't Wilson in
his speech OF April 6. 1918. and ex-
plicitly and categorically accepted
by the German people as a princi-
Ple covering the peace-Let every
thing that we say. my fellow coun-
! trymen. evervthinl that we hence
forth plan ana accomplish. ring true
20 this response, till the majesty and
might of those who flout and mis-
prize what we honor and mold dear.
Germany has once more said that
force. and force alone. shall decide
whether justice and peace shall
reign in the affairs of men. whether
/ right. as America conCeives il. or
dominion. as she conceivcs II, shall
determine the deStinies Of mankind.
/ There is. therefore. but one response
! possible from us.-force. force 10
/ the utmost. force without stint or
! limit the righteous and triumphant
I force which shall make the law or
the world and cast every selfish
dominion down In tho dust "
Quotes Allied Leaders.
/ NJ Clemenceau IN the letter also
I quotes from speeches delivered by
| Premier Lloyd George. OF Great
, Britain. himself as premier Of
I France. and Premier Orlando, of
1 Italy, i'm which il was specifically
declared that when victory was won
compromise as 10 peace terms was
! impossible and just punishment
should be melted out. and continue:
Justice, therefore, is the only
possible basis for settlement of the
accounts Of this terrible war. JUS.
! tice IS what the German delegation
4 asks for and says that Germany has
! been promised. But IL must be JUS
\ tice for all There must be JUS
/ tice for the dead and wounded, and
I for those who have been made or
/ phans and bereaved that Europe
might be free from Prussian des-
potism There must Oe justice for
| the peoples who now stagger under
war debts. which exceed 90 billion
/ that liberty might be saved. There
must be Justice for those millions
whose homes and lands. ships anu
/ property. Germany savagery has
\ spoilated and destroyed.
Insist on ReparatiOn.
That is why the allied and assoc
c!ated powers have insisted as a car
dinal feature Of the treaty that Ger
many must undertake TO make rep
aration 10 the very utterinost Of her
power. for reparation for wrongs in
hicted is the essence of justice"
That is why they insist that those
individuals who ire most clearly
responsible for German aggression
and for those acts OF barbarism and
inhumanity which have disgraced
the German conduct of the war must
be handed over 10 justice. which has
not been melted out 20 them at home.
That. too. is the reason why Ger
many must submit for a few years -
I certain special disabilities and ar
rangements. Germany has ruined
I the industries. the mines and the
machinery of neighboring countries.
not during battle, but with the de-
liberated and calculated purpose of
I enabling her own Industries 20 seize
their markets before their industries
could recover from the devastation
thus wantonly inflicted upon them.
Germany has despoiled her
I neighbors Of everything she could
make use OF or carry away Ger
many has destroyed the shipping of
all nations on the high seas. where
, there was no chance OF rescue for
their passengers and crews.
Restitution Is Justified.
1T is only justice that restitution
should be made and that these
wronged peoples should be safe
guarded for a time from the compe-
tition OF nation whose industries
were intact and have even been for
titled with machinery stolen from
occupied territories If these things
are hardships for Germany. they are
hardships which Germany has