The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-22
DANGEROUS DELAY IN MAKING PEACE.


full in many ways 1t works to the disadvantage and peril
of the allies and to the advantage of the Every
recognizes the fact that farreachng and complicated
problems confront the peace conference and there
disposition to be patient while the conference is carefully
considering these problems with view of settling them
properly and once for ALL The populations of allied ma
tons are becoming restve nevertheless because they
convinced that peace with Germany is not being
made as speedily as it might be- The peoples believe that
this delay which to be unnecessarily prolonged,
is working hardship and loss to individuals, perplexty to
communities and irritation to armies and nations.
In the single matter of rehabilitation the delay in
making peace is png up trouble for each of the allied
governments The soldier boys loyal to the CORE and
long there is fighting to be done there will be no
grumbling But when they held in camp week after
week while the Paris conference abors with questions
which not strictly part of the program OF setting
this present war; the boys become impatient and their re-
atives are likely to become troublesome.
Not an American soldier should be brought back from
France while this nation is at against Germany and
while he peace terms undecided for there is danger
of disputes and Hun treachery which would surely lead
to hoses the Huns discovered that the allies had I'M
duly weakened their forces The strong hand of brute
force must be held the sulking Huns until peace
terms have been imposed upon them When Germany has
been brought to terms the American soldiers must be
brought home every one of them If an American army
should be kept in Europe pending the debate on the
league of nations after it clearly that peace can
and should be made with Germany, situation will be
created which nigh we'll alarm the government for its
position would not be supported by the American people
Already there rapid drift of sentiment toward bring
ing the boys home without further waiting for peace
adjustments.
The twilight in which Americans are now living is
most unwholesome They know it is state of technical
and practical peace Technically rules to the excu-
sion of in many matters. There is clamp
upon free speech which does not harmonic with peace
and yet there traitors and enemies who msusnP
free speech to make the flag This is dangerous
condition. tending split Americans apart when they are
at heart ardeny DESTROYS of the thing namely true
liberty Some honest Americans have been made indig
lant by the suppression of Speech while other have
made furious by enemy propagandiss masqueradng
IS martyrs to free speech
In the business world the nopeace-no-war conditions
ire bad The government has relaxed its grip in some
quarters and holds it in Others War prices perva with
out war activity Peace demands cannot be met because
peace conditions have not been established All indus
tries and all communities or less firmly linked
together No industry go alone" however opti-
mstic it may be or however habdy its products be
needed The only relif that the home government can
rive the creation of medium for aiding industry and
labor to ascertain what prices should prevail That will
10 some good; but while the home government is doing
hs the Paris peace conference is delaying in this
and every country and thereby adversely affecting indus
try and throughout the world So far as this
situation is unavoidable all Americans are willing and
able to accept the delays but it is difficult to convince
Them that it unavoidable when the only matter actually
agreed upon by the peace conference the preliminary
text of the proposed league of nations to
that has not yet been made and regarding which there
must be considerable doubt if the making of it so te-
lous and so dffcut.-Washington Post.