The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-07
re DANGER oF ALLIED pELAY.


if the allies attempt to impose peace Of violence de-
structiOn and subsection" He practically gives notice
that Germany win dictate to the allies the kind Of peace
that she will accept One Of the most influential papers
of Berlin commenting upon this statement adds that mo
peace must be signed which differs BY the breadth Of
hair from the principles of President Wilson's fourteen
points, which Germany has accepted and the entente viii
ingly or unwilngy, has signed"
This is a thoroughly misleading comment Germany
has not accepted President Wilson's fourteen points she
has only said she accepted them Between Wilson's four
teen Germanys word and Gernanys deed abyss Of
infamy At this moment the Germans are violating the
spirit of President Wilson'S fourteen points by fighting
stolen from them by Germany The Germans are not
evacuatng Russia as required by the fourteen points
They are failing comply with the terms Of the arms
dce, which was granted to them upon their statement
that they accepted the fourteen points They hold
ing and conceang the loot taken from Belgium, France
Serbia Italy, Roumania and Russia. They cooperat-
ing with the boshevild whose devilish mutilatons of
Americans are reported in today's newspapers
The announcement that Germany will not accept a
peace Of subsection ought to serve warning to the
allies The delay in framing the peace terms and impos-
ing them upon Germany is working to the advantage Of
the enemy The Germans are delighted with the delay.
1t reveals to them that the allies are either afraid to go
allies are beginning to dispute anOthers clasm.
Hence is hoped that there will be delay thereby
tending to increase the friction any exists to such
point to make it impossible for the allies to agree
upon the terms to be imposed upon Germany No agree
ment dictated peace and thus Germany might hope
to escape.
The allies in an extremely critical position. The
fighting in Russia Poland and Prussia and the threat of
between Italy and Serbia matters that call for
immediate attention. The Germans grow more confident
every day. They are having their own way in parts Of
Russia and in other places they enjoyng the sight
Of Americans cut down and savagey utated by bosh-
Wiki supported by Germany The Germans do not fail to
that the allies are not aiding Poland Therefore the
enemy forces rallyng at Posen Danzig and other
points and preparing to make war against the Poles.
Every days delay in compelling Germany to- execute
the allies peace TERMS whatever they may be- enables
the reacherOus enemy to make away with the property
Of the victim nations 1t also encourages the Germans
to reorganse their forces openly and secretly in such
manner to make it difficult to impose the will OF
civilization upon them 1t also stimulates the activities
of the boshevk by giving them reason to believe that the
allies afraid unable to asst the Russian people
More than ALL il acts as disintegrating force among the
allies themselves driving them apart and causing them
forget the crimes Of Germany
Mr. Taft says that if the allies do not now In the wax,
Of their horrible experiences take steps to organize
league to abolish war, they never WILL The Post will
20 further and that if the allies do not ut once
aside everything else and frame peace terms and impose
them upon Germany, the victory won at so much cos
will be thrown away. There viii not only be failure :,
deal out justice to Germany but there will be deadl,
danger of immediate new wars
The attempt to mix too much dealsm with the urgen
Necessity that confrons France for examples is apt to b
disastrous The allies must shake themselves out Of tn
trance into which they have permitted themselves to drift
They must face terrible realities Their armies are in
tact-that is godsend. They must be kept So The al
les must agre without delay upon peace retribution
and they must lay it upon Germanysstpe by stripe Will
the allied arms triumphant, while Germany is pow
eress, and while the bolshevi still conquerabe
Never there time less favorable to the discussion
abstract peace theories Never was the world in great
er danger of dsntegraon. Never have the allies bee
under greater obligation to find unity Of thought and
ton. They found unity Of military action only whe
France and Great Britain the brink Of destruc
ton viii they wait until the world on the brink of de
structOn before they unite in political action?
Iington Post
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