The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-23


Jutod into autonomous states with due
recognition Of historic continuity and
/ the wishes Of tine different populations.
The dissolution vi Prussia is as i'm.
/ portaut as the exile Of the dcepot dy.
na-tic-
Eighty millions of rapidly multiply
ing unregcnerato Germans i'm social.
istc state foo the center of Europe is in
/ itself a menace to the peace Of the
| world Eodcmpt:ye measures work
/ slowly An alliance between "a united
-ocialistic Germany and bolshevist Rus.
/ eia is possibility TO be forestalod
at all hazards We believe. therefore.
/ ~ That Baden Wurtemburg. Bavaria
and the German provinces of Austria
should be united i'm "a south German re.
public with Munich in a small detached
federal district the capital; W That all
/ the remaining states east of the Rhine
be formed into a North German re.
public with Leipzig in small detached
federal district the capital
VILLA
The fundamental differences between
North and South offer advantageous If
not imperative bases for two distinct
nationalities We cannot ignore the
probability that all Germans united in
a mass centering at Berlin, dominated
either by Prussiau traditions or social.
istic dogmas, would create another vol.
c1no menacing a worlI-disastrous erup-
ton i'm spite of all preventive measures.
Throughout their history Of the consol-
idation of large numbers Of Germans
has meant either expansion or at
tempts at expansion at the expense of
their noighbors. such consolidation
now must be prevented at all hazards
VIII.b.
with one great highway from Lon.
douParis through Stuttgart Munich,
Vienna. Coustantinople TO BagdadBom.
bay, and another from London.Paris
through Leipzig. Berlin, Warsaw, Mos.
COW. TO Peliin Toxic, developing cultu-
raj ties West and East, the Germans
would hc brought into currents that
would transform them so that they
could enter into the comfy of nations
with a fellowship that would make war
i'm Europe as unlikely as 1t is among
The American commonwcalths
IN
For centuries Poland Italy and
France have been exposed To the Ger.
man peril; Poland and Italy from the
early Middle Ages; France particularly
In recent times. They must he rid of
this peril forever We therefore want
Poland, Bohemia and Italy to have the
frontiers they deem necessary for their
security. To protect France and Bel
gium as well as ourselves, we demand
that an the German territory west Of
the Rhine, outside hat belonging to
France, be formed INFO an Independent
republic, with its Rhine frontier, how
ever, garrisoned or otherwise defended
for an indefinite period by the allied
powers.
We took up arms 20 crush the German
Beast and thus destroy perennial
cause of war, We know that this
"Beasr is the age.od system of gov.
ernment with the MASSES held in its
grip by the despot families for their
selfish purposes. We demand there.
fore that no recognition be given the
New German state or states unless their
constitutions require OD that the will
Of the majority shall uuquestionably
4. Il &c "a d. ,I
mcnt; O2l That human right and not
class interest shall bc the motor power
in both law and government; CD That
an important officials, legislative or ad.
ministrauve, in community, district
state and nation. shall he elected by
tors under a franchise at least as lib.
eral as that of the existing Rcichstag
election law.
Nf.
If the central powers faithfully carry
out these rcdemptivc measures aimed
at both their political and spiritual lib
Grafton the allied powers can acord
to remit larger and larger amounts from
the annual mstallments of the indem.
nifty levied; we want the original as
sessment made with this in view. If
these measures should be rejected or
afterwards disregarded we must act
upon the fact that the central powers
have forfeited the right to determine
their futures as all other murderers, and
proceed to impose such measures as we
! deem imperative for our safety.
MI.
Acting always in our sovereign ca
pacity as a republic. we favor an UNI
derstanding with our allies to protect
the smaller allied nationalties, together
! with tho stntos horn or reborn ont of