The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-11
WORK FoR THE We COUNCIL.

rest that has from Paris since President
ons arrival there 1t an assurance that the great al
les do not propose to lose their grip the situation
hat they are aware Of the increasing necessity for decis
We military Operatons and that they viii now assert their
authority over their respective armies and put stop to
,he folly Of headlong rehabilitation.
rehabilitation was permitted to go to far in Europe as
well the United States Mr. Lloyd George is now con-
foned with serious discomfort among the British troops
because they had been permitted to believe that the war
was and the armies entitled to return to civil life
The prime minister soemnly warns England that demob
zaton must wait upon the necessities of the empire.
He tells his people fatty that although the fighting is
stopped the it not over statement quite contrary
to the by President Wilson that the war
has to end" Mr.. Lloyd George adds this whole
some warning:
The German armies are not yet demobilized. They
are still very powerful No once can tell what the
Germans win do, nor whether they will agree to the
terms Of peace, especially as regardes reparation
1t is imperative that maintain a strong army on
the Rhine Impotence now might lose in a few weeks
all that ii has taken years Of heroism and sacrifice
to gain.
mo tell what the Germans will do" There in
nutshell is the why the allies dare not disband
their armies at this time There is the blazing warning
against the folly Of dismanting the great allied
chine in the midst of war.
Although it is impossible to eli what the Germans will
do it possible to tell what they have done and are do
ing They haze plunged Russia in to madness that
threatens the world with war. They have treacherousy
broken the terms Of the armce that enabled them to
wiggle away from Foch's deadly grasp. They have
outed the fourteen points which they profess support
They have encouraged their allies beray the armstice
and murder civilians The Bugars and Turks are at this
moment making at the instgaton and with the help
of the Germans.
The Germans playing double game with the boil
shevih as with everybody else. In Russia they encour-
age the boshevk and in Berlin they are trying to kill
them Marshal Foch has served notice upon the German
armstice commissioners that the delivery Of German
weapons to the Russian boshevi must STOP and that
Germany will be held accountable for the damage done to
the Poles and others through the treacherous arng OF
the bolshev If that state of affairs had not attracted
the attention Of the supreme war council the allies would
indeed have been drunk with the poisoned wine of false
peace.
Many welmeaning and patriotic Americans are say
ing Let us withdraw from Europe, now that Germany
is beaten. Let Russia and Germany stew in their own
juice" That might be good counsel If Germany were
beaten and if Germany and Russia could stem only in
their juc But it is the essence of fooishness as
matters actually stand.
It is most unwse for the United States to demobizA
too rapidly. The withdrawal Of the American armies
either the withdrawal of the British armies also
such uproar in England might result in revou-
iaon The British soldier boys seeing the Americans 60
think is instant peace and disqualification When their
own release is delayed they become mutinous
The withdrawal Of the allied armies from Germany
would mean either anarchy or immediate recovery BY
Germany In either there would be denial of all
claims by the allies for damages punishment reparation
and estuton The murderer would not only go Free but
he would keep the loot he robbed from his victims Thus
Germany, if boshevized would stew more in the lilies
Juice than in her France if denied the restorative
forces that raus from Germany will not recover
in the lifetime of any now living. Unless the Ger.
mans made to restore the materials and wealth they
took from France, then Europe and her allies must 60
into Germany and take them Otherwise Europe NAV
witness greater and stronger Germany recovered from
its boshevst debauch and morbund France unable tc
beat off the Germans
Truly ther is work for the supreme council of the
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