The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-31
VICTOR NATIONS WILL PREVAIL.

whenever the agents OF the VlctoTlOuS natIOnS can
bring themselves to the force at their disposal they
can have peace and order. So long the encourage
Prussansm and bpshevism by show of mixed ideasm,
dssenson greed and cowardice, they need not expect
the vicious elements to remain quiet.
The world is not at the mercy of either Prussianism
peace delegates at Paris either If Prussansm its
head again. it viii be punished Boahevism will not die
or be killed If the peace delegates at Paris do not do
their duty, they will be swept aside.
During the there succession of ministers that
moved swiftly that they seemed to be racing Whoever
failed to make good put aside automatically without
any discussion The nations destroyed the incompetent
necessary part of the of selfpreservaton
The stre of war the rapid changes of minis
teries but the process going all the time 1t is 60
ling on now Let the nations be confronted with real dan
GER and they will toppe their incompetents like
row of tenpins.
The peoples of the victorious nations not afraid Of
Prussansm or boshevism. They have shattered the
of mtarism and bolshevsm has physical moral ter
rors for peoples that strong and we'll But the vctor
Gus peoples getting into ugly mood because of the
unnecessary and costly strain that put upon them by
the failure of their agents harvest the fruits of victory
France and England and Italy hard pressed They
cannot return to production moment too Their
normal life is suspended while the peace delegates pro-
have equipment with which to keep her people at work.
England must have all doubt removed regarding re-
sumption of war; that her people may return to
work Italy is keeping large army under the threat
of by the mperast clique that controls Jugoslavia
Some of these Jugosavs lately allied with the
Only few weeks ago Jugosav, Gen. Boroevc, was
chief of the Hapsburg armies that tore at
Italys throat. He did not join the allies.
As for the United States it is undenabe that its peo
pie becoming resenfu of the intrusion of the Amer
delegates between the victorious European nations
and the vanqushed enemy If France is to recover Ger
many must pay. Why does America nterpose obstacles
the recovery of France? That is what many Americans
ask Why does America deny Italy that which belongs
Italy, that which is indispensable to the existence of
free and Independent Italy? Why does America threaten
to build tremendous navy, greater than Brtains at
time when cooperation and good will between the two
Engsh-speakng nations is highly desirable if not indis
pensable to the worlds welfare? The events Of the last
six months including the elections of November
that this American interference with France England and
Italy not an expression of the will of the people, but is
directly contrary to their will How long the agent
go contrary to his masters will before he will be called
to account?
lot of breath is wasted on the statement that the
difficulties of making peace great to be al
the worst difficulties have been manufactured They
not inherent in the European situation If the difficulties
that have been deliberately thrust into the negotiations
were brushed aside the enemy could be shackeed and
boshevsm could be extngushed in short order, What
is needed is not Hamlet, full of dreams, Ito be not to
be" but Foch, inspired by the genius of freedom.
The victory will not be frittered away The cost of
too great and the fruits of it too badly needed
by the free peoples of the world They will act if their
agents fail to act They will act through agents. men
of action and force In those hands the nations will
feebleness will be blown to atoms along with Prussansm
and boshevism. e~"
Who disturbed that he expects the free of the
world to surrender their freedom? Who is deluded
think that feebeness and futlity will control the ma
tons that have Just destroyed the enemy of liberty
Whether the takers and dreamers at Paris will it not
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