The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-21

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the devastation, thus wantonly . in
ifiicted upon them.
Germany has despoiled her neigh
bors of everything she could make use
stroyed the shipping Of all nations on
| the high seas where there was no
chance Of rescue for their passengers
and crews
''It is only justice that restitution
should be made and that these wrong
ed peoples should be safeguarded for
a time from the competition of ma
ttion whose industries are intact and
have even been fortified by machinery
stolen from occupied territory. II
these things are hardships for Ger
many they are hardships which Ger
many has brought upon herself. Some
body must suffer for the consequence
of the war. Is it to be Germany or
the peoples she has wronged?
Not to do justice to all concerned
would only leave the world open to
fresh calamities. If the German peo-
pie themselves, or any other nation
footsteps Of Prussia; if mankind is 20
be lifted out of the belief that war for
selfish ends is legitimate to any state:
if the old era is TO be left behind, and
nations, as well as individuals are to
| be brought beneath the reign of law;
even if there is to be early reconcilia-
ton and appeasement. it will be be-
cause those responsible for conclud-
! ing the. war have had the courage to
see that justice is not DETECTED for
the sake Of a convenient peace.
:It is said that the German revo-
luton ought to make a difference and
that the German people are not re-
sponsible for the policy Of the rulers
whom they have thrown from power.
The allied and associated powers rec
6gnize and welcome the change. It
represents great hope for peace and
a new European order in the future.
"But it can not affect the settle
ment of the war itself. The German
revolution was stayed until the Ger
| man armies had been defeated in the
| field and all hope Of profiting by8 s.
| war Of conquest had vanisheds
| Throughout the war, as before the
war. the German people and their
representatives supported the war.
voted the credits. subscribed to the
war loans. obeyed every order, how
ever savage, of their government, for
at any moment. had they willed it,
1hey could have reversed it. Had
that policy succeeded, they would
have acclaimed it with the same en-
thusiasm with which they welcomed
the outbreak Of the war. They can
not now pretend having changed their
rulers.after the war was lost, that it
is justice that they should escape the
consequences Of their deeds.
''The allied and associated powers
therefore believe that the peace they
have proposed is fundamentally a
peace Of justice. They are no less
certain that it is peace Of right on
the terms agreed. There can be no
doubt as to the intentions Of the al
lied and associated powers to base
the settlement Of Europe on the prin-
ciples of freeing oppressed peoples
and redrawing national boundaries
the will Of the peoples concerned,
while giving to each the facilities to
live an independent national and eco
ncmic lie.
These Intentions were made clear
not only in President Wilson's address
to congress of January 8, 1918, but in
the principles of settlement enunciat-
was the agreed basis Of the peace. A
memorandum on this point is attach
ed to this letter.
Accordingly. the allied and asso
eiateG powers have provided for the
reconstruction of Poland as an inde
pendent state with free and secure
access to the sea- All territories in /
habited by indubitably Polish popula
tons have been accorded to Poland. |
All territories Inhabited by German
majorities. save for few Isolated |
towns and for colonies established on
land recently forcibly appropriated |
and situated in the midst of indubi-
tably Polish territory have been left !
to Germany Wherever the will of |
the people is in doubt, q plebiscite has
been provided for
"Danzig has been constituted as
free city, SO that the inhabitants will
be autonomous and do not come un-
der Polish rule or form any part of
the Polish state Poland has been Civ
en- certain economic rights in DanZig
and the city itself has been severed
from Germany. because in no other
way was it possible TO provide for that
free and secure access to the sea
which Germany has promised to
copcede."
(Section missing).
Clause VI of the treaty says the al
ned and associated powers have given
careful consideration to the request of
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