The sun., 1919-06-17

mind that Una - mot tho result OF any
purpose 20 act un1ustly toward Germany
bot rsther of the fsct that an sppreci-
able amount Of German territory con
sisted Of districts unjustiy Appropriated
by her In tho past
The economic objections are answered
by tho statement tlsat 9errnsny's eco
aornic condition " intact and IN no wtse
crippled by a devastation like that
brou9ht upon the aliiod peoples. The
German cuntsution that peoples have
been bartsrsd about n einilarly un-
founded, es every territorial settlement
has been reached after most careful and
labored consideration OF all the racial.
religious and linguistic factors and the
legitimate hopes OF peoples long under
alien rule.
Her complaint that she has not been
| invited to join the league Of nations can
not md Justification In any Of Presideht
| wilson's declarations. for indeed he care
| fully laid down that such admission was
possible only after Germsny has proved
her character.
The allied and associated Powers re-
gsrding the League OF Nations as the
basis OF the treaty OF pcace and as
bringing into ne relations OF people an
confirm and develop. have nev~- had
the intention Of indefinitely excluding
Germany or any other Power from
membership. Every country whose
Gov eminent has proved its stability and
its desire to observe it's International
obligations. particularly those OF the
peace treaty, will be supported in its
! demand for admission. In Germsnys
case the events OF the past fve years
prove the need of a definite test, the
! length OF which will depend on the acts
! OF the German Government, especially
toward the treaty. No reason is seen,
however. provided these necessary con-
ditlons are assured, why Germany should
not become a member in the carly
future. .
Inclusion in the covenant OF the Ger
man proposals regarding economic oucs-
tons La considered unnecessary. The
allied and associated Powers will guar
aEtee protection. under the league. OF
German 1ninorities In coded territories
and intend to open negotiations imnedi
| etely for a general reduction OF arnna-
msuts. as provided IN the covenant, IN
the expectation that Germany carries
out her engagements in this regard.
European Political Clauses.
The territories OF Eupen and Malmedy,
separated from Belgian territories n
1914, without consideration of the peo-
pie, have continued in close relations
with Belgium despite a century OF Prus-
sianization. and at the same time have
been made a basis for German miiitar~
ism by construction OF the great canr
at Elsenborn and various strategic rail-
roa is directed against Belgium. The re-
union Of these territories with Belgium
seems justified. The German claim for
a neutraiized Moresnet IL wholly just.
ned. while the communal woods in Prus-
sian Moresnet are awarded to Belgium
in partial compensation for the destruc.
ton OF Belgian forests
The plebiscite in northern Schleswif
promised by Prussia by treaty after its
seizure In 1854. but never granted n
and the people concerned Territory a
far as the Elder and the Schlei Is to be
evacuated by the Germans and admin.
, istered BY residents on the spot with M
othar preoccupation but their own vel.
fare, ana at the end OF hftesn years viii
be free TO choose the sovereignty unde,
which they prefer TO continue.
, plebiscite for Alsace Lorraine On
not be admitted. because the whole M
pose OF the provisions IN regard to ~
provinces has been 30 Far as possible
, to repair the injustice committed h
1871. A. agreed to by Germany, and q
restore the situation then prevailing ri
far as II is possible altar fifty years o.
suffering. The will of the Inhabitants hai
.. been amply attested by the unanimou.
, protests against annexation voiced b,
. their representatives at Bordeaux II
|, 1871 and repeated many other time,
since, even at the cost OF their owl
tranquility and interests. There 10 ne
intention OF applying the general prin,
. ciple or the treaty that States takinl
over coded territory should bear par
: of the public debt OF the cedinE Stat.
/. and pay for the public property. as q
Is Intended France should recover thes'
, provinces without prejudice.
Two cardinal principles have been fol
!. lowed in determining the eastern from
tiers Of Germany. First Is the specia
: obligation to reestablish the Polish (omis
sion) by an international oommissio,
including Norway and Sweden, the linn
its of the territory having been altered
however. in consequence Of a request b.
Denmark.
The German observations in Luxem
I berg require no answer because of tv,
ince ntrovertible facts, Germany's viola
tton of her neutrality and Luxembourg
= denunciation Of the eastern union.
GermAnys declaration that she 'hs
e never had and viii never have the in
4 tentien OF changing By violence the ffSu
q tier between Germany and Austria" 4
n noted.
None OF the German observations I
> Russia requires change in the treaty.
( saar Decision stands.
a No alteration is permissible in tn
i Saar terms. The allied and associate
n Powers have sought to impose for tn
! destruction of the mines of norther
France form of reparation which by n
x.Nll
period be definite and visible symbo
At the same time they intend, by az
surfing themselves Of the immediate pos
4 session OF actual security. to escape N
1 risks to which the German memoir itsel
= has drawn attention. The interests &
q the Inhabitants have. however. been mos
a scrupulously safeguArded. They will liy
q for the first time since their forcible ar
y nexAtion to Prussia and Bavaria undo
q q government the Independence OF whic
n IL was unjustly deprived more than
q century ago. This was one OF the grea,
: est wrongs OF which history has recor,
n the memory and result OF which has IL
: long poisoned the political life OF larR
n part OF Europe, and which was one
e the essential steps by which the mil
q tary power OF Prussia was built up an
d the whole political life, FIRST OF Prussi
"a and then of Germany perverted. tn
Q second principle is that there shall be II
o cluded in the restored Poland those di,
tricts inhabited by an indisputably Polls
o population.
Il Posen and west Prussia, which wei
y predominantly Polish when the partitio
;. took place. might have been restored I