Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-09-06

"cIc waking 10 tho true issue as the
facts about the Versailles negotiations
leaked out.
Little by little" he continued, d
they arc bringing Il diyulgcncc of
the facts connected with the treaty
and they may now hope finally to
see the whole of the great gaunt
tragedy into which those whom they
Hnd charged with protecting tlcm
were about to bctray them.
"What is it about these things
that the people cannot know? What
is there TO hide from them? Must we
take this thing, as the German poo
pie must take it insight and unseen?
Are we TO be no more advantagcd
than our fallen enemies "
QUIT WAR AS WE ENTERED.
Quoting President Wilson's dcclara
tions in 1917 that the purpose of the
United States i'll the war WAS to over
throw German autocratic power and
leave the German people free to
choose their own way Of life" the
Senator said that with the signing
of the armiSticc I'VE had achieved
the full PURPOSE for which we enter
ed the war aud should have quit
tao var as we entered it, stillfree
and independent, masters of our own
destiny"
Senator Knox paid Il tribute to
the service rendered the nation by
citizens of German ancestry, who
fought gladly, he said in the, hope
that their kinsmcn in Germany
would benefit in the end. Instead, he
SAID peace conditions had been i'm
posed which the German people ney
or could fulfill.
Calling attention that Russia was
not included in tho peace settle
he continued;
Think you, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ing
ana staggering under the terms of
inns treaty will supincIy rest content
" TN me dolc Of grace and Suffcrancc
We are VouchSafing hcr-thc crumbs
from her victors' table? That people
VIII no more cease to plot and plan
10 recover Rcir former high estate
IMAM ana Satan plunged into the ably
S'nal depths of hell. Whether they arc
IN inc league, if formed or out of it
HerhlahES agents secretly or openly
WI nc at work with her former al
l'es' ana with injured Russia and
WIN Janan. AS Russia goes, so will
20 inc whole Slavic and affiliated pco
pic. ANA II Germany succeed i'm This
western Europe at least must perish.
DECLARES ~ ElVEpOWEk
ALLIANCE.
Stripped Of its idealistic phrases.
MT. Knox SAID the treaty really WAX
but an alliance among five great DOW
e,S against whom Germany would
II! TO bring stronger alliance. The
real interest OF France he said was
| III gaining the friendship and not the
ehmlty OF the German people.
! lhe instrument before u.s." he
sald' IS not the treaty, but the truce
OF Versailles
III takes Germany's territory, Eu-
ropean and foreign without compen
salion 1t takes from her practically
all OIL her ocean shipping and large
portion OF her inland vessels: il do
Drives her or all special benefits Of
lreatics and conventions; it takes her
'"n'cS; II compcls her to supply large
HuahlltleS OF raw material; it inter.
f"tionllZcS her great river systems
ana thro" them open to traffic of oil
'allo'S on national basis, as il
lneS were the high seas; it opens her
coaSlwlse shipping to oil nations; it
''hpcls her to grant ~ ccptional i'm
part and export privileges and to &C
cept important restrictions; it clos
eS out German Interests in PRACTICALLY
the whole civilized W;.r'd; it closes
Ont tue interests OF that same world
III Germany.
Having done all this it assesses
AGAINST her professionally with stipu
latlon permitting an increase, q debt
or l20,0OO,OO0,000 gold marks which
Is IN addit ion to the property restor
Ell III KIND and to the value Of thc
boals, gold and securities delivered:
1t makes her responsible for these
damages inflicted not only by her
self but by her allies and even by the
aimed and associated powers them
serves with list of items Which in
Guides some admittedly contrary to
the rules Of international law hith
c'io existing; finally and in addit-
ION shc is compelled for the value of
the property taken by the allied and
associated powers.
The United States Is bound I'D in
every one OF the obligations and
duties incident to the enforcement
OF these terms with tho great re.
SfohslDilltles attached hitherto.