Evening star., 1919-05-04


Versailles. The German oficia! dele
gates representing the socialist. but neverthe-
less tunher-controlled. government of Hunland,
are there ready to barter. sign Sr not sign, the
eXactng penalties that to he imposed The
allies through stipula tions which have been
drafted will, for the moment. parayze the mill
tary arm of the enemy they will demand pay
ments in the way of reparations which will irk
the German people for century If
they continue dependent upon their
sources: they have erected barriers considered
sufficiently strong to cage Teutonic arrogance
in international threats for all time to in
the western section Of Europe.
The allies have done all of this and more.
but after all their deliberations they have left
a wide-open door to Germany whereby that
nation. though her delegates sign the
pact drafted in Paris, expand that her
military power, through Indirect channels. can
If Germany chooseS-become potentially
great it was; Germany can so recoup
her economic and financial losses. if sem
blance of order is maintained within her own
frontiers, that the indemnitieS to be
acted by the allies can be met within a reason
able period of years, and in such fashion that
the peoples of Germany may escape CALLING
financial exactons.
The allies with all their carefully laid plans.
have not barred the road to German expansion.
extension of power. influence and money, for
they have neglected Russia.
n DUSSIA today is the hope of Germany. Ger
IN mans recognize it and the allied delegates
in Paris admit, though somewhat Faithfully,
that the efficacy of agreements effected in
Paris designed to curb the Hun depend in large
measure upon events to the east
The situation Russia is not minmized
in the least. 1t cannot be. There are we'll es-
tablishei plans, which have been emphasized
by public utterance of kuhlmann. Won
Bernstorff and other present-day leaders in
Germany. which look to the Germanization of
Russia in such measure that Germany may be
rehabilltated.
Many forces already have been set into mo-
ton toward the desired goal. And the German
opportunity in Russia today has been largely
made by the apathetic way in which the allies
have proceeded in handling the complex issues
arising out of bolshevist control of Russia
These have made up a cookie burr which the
allied statesmen have been disinclined to grab
Allied governments may make peace Win
Germany tomorrow yet this peace will find
Germany ready to set out upon highways lead
ing to national prosperity and extended lnfu-
ence If the allies do not move speedily and
effectively, this may lead to the Germanlzat1on
of greater sections of European Russia and
territories reaching eastward to the Pacific
The German delegates in Versailles could
sign the allied peace terms Immediately ana
still leave for Wemar, Berlin, or any other
tentative German capital, and feel that, after
all, Germany had a future; that though Ger
uany had lost much, much was yet to be
gained.
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WON HINDENBURG and Won Bernstorn' one
V the military adviser of the alleged demo-
cratic government of Germany. the other the
political counsel, have been working hand-ln-
hand to bring Germany out of the apparent