The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-06
No Union Of German States!


This is work that the Allies should stop without with
out hesitation and without delay Is gratifying to hear
that France is alive to the danger Of union Of the Aus
tro-Gemans with Germany. France is intimately ac-
quainted with German schemes and may be depended
upon to join any move by the Allies to make the world
safe against the Huns Let it be remembered that the
Germans still the enemy, both nOminaly and in fact
This enemys attempt consolidate the German states
and the German portion of Austria is nothing but at
tempt to piece together another mechanism for attacking
Europe the opportunity offers The allied gov
enments win be betraying their peoples to Germany
if they do not checmate the German scheme.
Who is SO credulOus as to believe that the Germans
have changed their nature? One of the sefappOinted
champions Of President Wilson has stated in publication
widely circulated that was the Presidents purpose to re-
genrae the Germanso show them the error that lies
being predatory and reacherousand thus to lead them
to abhor their old habits much civilization abhors
them. Unfortunately President Wilson's vague general
statements encourage persons to believe that this
statement of his purpose accurate, when all know
that Mr. Wilson is too profound student and too keen
Judge of human to be mised by any hypocritca
tricks Of the Germans He knows that the leopard does
the President speaks Of setting up new international
psychology of the Germans to be transformed into some
thing civilized and humanehat is attributing to Pres
dent Wilson faulty that little short of insulting
Of course President Wilson and all other Americans,
like the peoples Of allied nations know that the Germans
Will a.
the form Of their government They are still base still
treacherous still predatory, still bent upon the destruction
of neighbors and peoples. is only question of oppor-
tuny In order to create the opportunity the Germans
will employ their guile the best Of their ability in try
ing to convince other nations that the German nations are
no longer warke They will speak the airgon Of cvili-
zatOn and will pirate Of league of nations disarmament
equality fraternity and liberty Under this pretense they
will persstently organize for murder and robbery if not
stopped by superior force.
The German states have no right to organize into
league They fortified that right of federation or union
when they used the strength that lies in union for the
purpose Of numbering weaker nations The German en-
pre nothing but huge system of unified consprators
and mnrderers organized into single mechanism 1t was
marvel of evil geniuslet the world never be deceived
by its like! This German murder machine would have
operated just efficiently against Belgium and France
and the other victims Of its war lord, Hohenzoern had
been called president constitutional king and if Ger.
many had been called federated republic instead of an
empire.
There hundreds of thousands of Germans in foreign
ands, not bound to join in the murderous plans of the
Hohenzoern regime and yet expatrated Germans fairly
outdid themselves in serving the devilsh ends of then
fatherand It in their nature They are not compelled
to plot the determination of their neighbors They apply
themselves to such tasks naturally and with keen pleas
ure.
The allies forthwith should notify the Germans to quit
the process of joining the German states in common IRE
public" federation" league empire The attempt to
form single great German state under any name should
be prevented by any method that proves epedien The
Allies cannot afford to have in the middle of Europe
mighty German nation acting man. Neither hber.
ty sefdeterminaton any other rule requires the
allies to stand idly by while the Germans organize another
mighty power All Germans should be at liberty to be.
ong to their own state governed they fit each TRIBE
by itself, in its boundaries. That is as far as the
Allies should premit them to co.
These suggestions may strike some persons as novel
because no has raised any objection to the formation
Of federation in Russia Jugoslavia or elsewhere But
there is vita difference between organizing federation
for peace and the Defense as the United States
did, and organizing body of small states into one mighty
military empire Bismarck did The nations have just
escaped destruction at the hands of this empire and
smashed The allies should impose the penalty Of death
upon the German states if they dare to unite again.
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