The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-03
GERMANY TAXES
HER SENTENCE AS
WORLD EXPECTED
Continued From First PaEe.l'

Continued From First Pace
veraeity. It's authors have dstied the
governments represented In Paris IN tns
last hope Of rousing the people OF
enemy countries against their own gov
eminent, The maneuver is exactly the
Of 1917, when the reiChstag
declared for peace without annexation,
while the government prepared Tor 2
spoliation Of Russia and operatlons
Litovsk. The German believes, as his
action indicates, that allied unity mas
ceased to exist, that allied need Of
peace viii compel allied statesmen "
abandon the just returns OF victory anu
place upon the shoulders OF their W
people the burdens of the German AZ
tack. There is not from one n 10 the
other OF the German document tns
slightest suggestion Of the existence OF
a new spirit in Germany.
Rather, we see the old spirit selzlng
frantieally upon the new words OF their
enemies and e~ndeavoring to turn 70
their own advantage the principle whlch
survives in this world today only pc,
cause Of the sacrifice Of the allied
armies. The German protest that theirs
Is a new government inspired by new
principles and led by new men, Is a
lie on the face of it. The German con-
tention that they surrendered their
I'll AAiA11t AliaN III AAAAhNs
the armistics because OF a willingness
to accept the IA points is a cheap false
hood, The German armies agreed 10
the armistice because they were on
the eve Of utter destruction. The IA
points we're kept from the German peo-
pie by the German government TO the
very end. In the first week of Novem-
Der, 1918, the single concern OF GER
man leaders was to escape the utter
destruction of their armies, which was
impending. They surrendered because
they had to, The IA points was an after
Within the next week the allies will
make their answer to Germany, Un-
less all signs fail, this answer viii CON
tain few notifications and none OF them
considerable. will be accompanied
by an ultimatum and time limit. on
or before June Is we should have peace,
or military operations in Germany
should have begun. If the allies con-
| sent to further negotiations now, the
| conference of Paris will unquestionabiy
be prolonged for many months. This
circumstance alone should and prob
| ably will influence the character or the
| answer.
In sum. Germany has taken her SEN
| tence as was to be expected. She has
avoided Arguments as to the applica'
bility of specific provisions, and pro-
| duced a monstrous work OF propaganda
| designed to awaken sympathy, confuse
| understanding, and encourage short.
sighted s~entimentality. me stll Q
to set the United States against france
and Great Britain. She Is still trying
to separate Great Britain from rance
Her answer is a maneuver, pure anc
simple. She is raising hands Still
bloody to appeal to precisely that seps'
Of justice which at all times n undel
all circumstances in the days Of he
prosperous criminality she despised ant
rejected. She has wronged every ma
ton about her frontiers by violence
She now insists upon a plebiscite be
fore parting with her stolen territory
She has devastated every region 81
for the war which she precipitated
She will not have lost the war unit
this last offensive Is repulsed ana sh
may win the war yet II her efforts t
divide her enemies succeed.