The sun., 1919-06-30
GERMANS HERE SEE
WARNING IN TREATY
paners Blame Allies for All
Peace Evils, but Indulge
in Digs at Wilson.
cLEMENCEAU ATTACKED
Prediction Made "Unholy AL
lance of Paris Pact Will
Be Shipwrecked.

.-1-be Peace Of Versailles is n peace
=, reservations. The signatures have
brought the war TO an end, but the
warning handwriting on the wall re-
mains"
These editorial remarks OF the Neto
Yorker StaGts-Zeituno yesterday morn
ing frankly sum UP German-American
op,nion as It has been expressed In Its
cs,man language organs for months
The German language press OF New
York, and of America generally. re1oices
but re1oices with reservations
study of its editorial trend during the
last few weeks and at this Gil. ~
the great world tragedy. reveals the
public resurrection of the old spirit OF
intense love and sympathy for the
fatherland.
There Is, to be sure. a sort OF criti-
cism by implication. No doubt Is left
by the German language press that II
views the peace signed Saturday much
in the same light as the Germans them
solves view ia peace of violence
and America being a party to 1t, log
cially comes within the range Of the
editorial drumhre directed against the
peacemakers.
But the impression one inevitably
gathers Is that the German-American
press blames the Allies for all the evils
Il sees in the peace treaty as II stands
and carefully avoids all references to
Americas part in It
; In yesterdays editorial on the sigma
ture OF peace. the StGdfs-ZettunD re-
fers to China's refusal to sign and to
Gen. Smuts's protests. inferentially in
GLIDING these two factors In the "warn-
ing systems'' on the wall. History, the
a1itortal xutll I'M hos
ing signals for the history OF the
world Is the judgment of the world"
But" concludes the article, history
will also pass final judgment on the
question whether the Germans have done
everything, to the full limit of their
capacity, to rebuild Germany under the
terms of the treaty. For the warning
on the wall is addressed to the Germans,
too"
Not n Peace OF Cancellation.
The German Herold is more outspoken
saying:
Germany has exerted every ounce
Of resistance against the peace condi.
tons as they stand. and she has finally
agreed to sign 1t only under the com.
pulsion of force which was displayed
toward here.
whatever one may think of the va.
rious clauses, II Is not o peace Of con-
Citation that Is thus given to the world
And It was a peace of Cancellation tina,
the world yearned for"
In another column, the Rerotd dis
cusses "all sorts Of doubts" and Ger
tain nervousness which 1t says is in the
| air at Washington and elsewhere witt
regard to the future relations between
the United States and the Allies. L
questions whether the Allies can really
force Germany to live up to the treaty
Ls af he ~
luton of the German proletariat.
"As far as America is concerned with
regard to future common action witt
the Allies or under the League OF Ma
TONS" says the article. sit Is not quite
certain that a disposition will be mani
tested here toward furnishing furthe
American means Of aid and force fo
the fulfilnlent OF French or other wa
Il claims
1T is not concealed in Washington
that our relations with the French
Il British and some other nations hav
somewhat suffered Of late. Public opin
ion is no longer so enthusiastic abou
American Intervention in European af
n fairs.
The obstinacy with which the Frencl
n forced through their war conditions Il
M Paris and the attempt to obtain Amer
II lean aid In bearing Frances fnancia
burdens have weakened the intimacy.
AS for Great Britain. the view ha
been voiced in some quarters In Amerc'
that. after all, Britain Is the chic
gamer from the war.
Nor must the Irish question be un
& derestimated as a disturbing clemen
IN the good relations between the tw
&. countries also, there is the ambition o
I'd the United States to become a first clas
Il shipping nation, which does not exactl
q further friendship.
"Italys feelings for America, once 8
Il erthusia site, have cooled since Presiden
Wilson refused to give her Fiumt
N Italys zeal could be revived only II W
let her have large shipments Of Goa
81 and raw materials.
n There remains Japan, which continue
20 chafe under the refusal OF the Peac
Conference to grant her the racial equal
H ity clause"
sly Digs at President Wilson.
The German language press has re
III framed scrupulously from attacking G
c-itlcisjng the American Government
n THIS does not mean. however. that theI
IA has not been an occasional sly dig a
"a President Wilson. Thus the Studtt
2eituuG in its AbendbIdtt last Frida.
n apropos the burning OF French war flag
b. German soldiers in Berlin, had a
editorial headed "A Quotation
A Il" it said, has often enough been r,
- fsrred TO during the world war; flnall.
y Il became the moral basis OF the grea
conhic: for right, and the excuse &c
the peace OF violence.
I'VE wish to quote the opinion Of a
authority about that war:
THE GERMAN EMPIRE: The fnishin
impulse was given TO the new process
of union by the Franco Prussian war
iS10-l57l. Prussia's brilliant succes
IN that contest, won. as II seemed, In III
- interest OF German patriotism again!
- French insolence, broke the GOODNESS {
the middle States toward their gres
northern neighbor; they Joined the rel
OF Germany; and the German Enpii
was formed
We have taken this impulse whic
speaks of French insolsnce' and {
Prussa's brilliant successes from
boo" which Is generally esteemed an
which has been introduced az a text boo
IN our Universities and thereby recol
MED as authoritative.
The book is called The State
Tile author Is Woodrow Wilson"
The scuttling OF the German fe
save rise to unconcealed satisfaction
# The German language press. though tn
feeling was reflected IN the prominel
display Of the news and headlines rath,