Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-17
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'sn6ore whereby they might, when the
xreateP cemainty and ease. " They Kept Kept
~ europe In ferment by threats OF vio-
lencc.. apd when they found that their
neiShbors were resolved 10 resist their
arrogant Will. they determined TO as
5 Force.
Z sSss>s'As soon as their preparations were
.9omplete they encouraged subser-
Went ally TO declare war on Serbia on
sEorty-eiGht hours notice. war involv
Ing the control or the Balkans. which
they knew could not be localized and
Which was bound TO unchain general
war.
-. <, In order 10 make doubiy sure. they
refused every attempt at concilat ton
land conference. until it was too late
and the world war was inevitable
:. Tor which they had plotted and for
y which, alone among the nations they
- were adequately equipped and pre-
pared
Responsible for Inhnmanit!.
"Germany's responsibility. however
is not confined to having planned and
started ME war. She is no less re-
- sponsihle for the savage and inhuman
!, manner in which it was conducted
Though Germany was herself a
Suarantor OF Belgium, Germany
promise to respee; the neutrality Of
81 this unoffendinS people.
''Not content with this, they de-
liberately carried out series o,
prOmiSCuOuS SnOotlnSs ana DuFtllES
with the sole object or terrifying the
! .'lnhabitaats into submission rs the very
., frightfulness OF their action. They
Were tire first to use poisonous sas,
! s knowing the appalling suffering ii
entailed Tney began the bombing
- and nE-distance Smelling OF towns,
for no military object. but solely FOR
the purpose or reducing the morale
of their opponents by striking at their
women and children.
Begun PIrntIcaI Operations.
y, They commenced the submarine
campaign. with its piratical challenge
to International law and its dcstruc-
hion of great numbers OF innocent
passengers and sailors III midocean.
far from succcr at the mercy or the
IFinds and the waves and the yet more
ruthless submarine crews. Ihey drove
thousands of women and children with
Brutal savaEery into slavery into for
e.sn lands: they allowed barbariiies TO
= pc practiced AGAINST their prisoners
y Of war from which the most uncivil-
z4zed people would have recoiled.
The conduct OF Germany is ALMOST
: fsrrible responsibility which lies at
her doors. can be seen by the fact
TfIat not less than 100000 dead
lie buried in Europe, while more than
the evidence of wounds and suffering,
because Germany saw fit TO crafty
her lust for tyranny by re.ort to war.
"The allied and associated powers
believe that they will be false TO those
who have given theS all to save the
freedom OF the world II they consent
to treat war on any other basis than
as crime against humanity and
right.
Attitude Defended by Wilson.
This attitude of the allied and as
sociated powers was made perfectly
their principal statesmen. 1t was de-
fned by President Wilson in his speech
! OF April :. 1918, and explicitly and
!! people as a principle covering the
!, peace-'Let everything that We say. my
! fellow countrymen. everything that we
2 henceforth plan and accomplish. ring
:, Jesty and might Of our concerted
: power shall I'll the thought and ut
: terly defeat the force of those who
= fi6ut and mispriac what we honor and
!. hold dear. Germany has once more said
:, that fierce. and force alone, shall de;
- c!ded whether justice and peace shall
=. reign In the affairs of men. whether
=. right. as America conceives it. or do
=. mlnion, as she conceives It. shall de-
=. terInine the destinics OF mankind
=, There is, therefore. hut one response
g! possible from us: Force. force to the
! utmost, force without stint or limit
=. which shall make the law of the world
i md cast every selfish dominion down
In the dust"
Quotes Lloyd George Also.
81. clemenceau, in the letter, also
Premier Lloyd George. OF Great
Britain. himself as Premier ~ Franc,
and Premier Orlando. of italy, in
which il was specifically declared that
when victory was won, compromise as
to the peace terms was impossible, and
Just punishment should be meted out
and continues:
Justice therefore. is the only pos
sible basis for the settlement of the
accounts of this terrible war. JUS
tice Is what the German delegation
asks for. and that Gcrmany has
been promised. But ii must be jus
tice for all There must be Justice
lho34 who have been made orua rns and
bereaved that Europe might be free
from Prussian despotism. There must
be justice for the peoples who now
stagger under war debts. which ex-
coed $4,000. o00, 900 that liberty might
be saved. There must be justice FOR
those millions wffAse ho'nes, lands.
ships and properly German savagery
has spo'iated and DESTROYED.
Reason for Demnnda.
That is why the allied and asso-
ciated powers have insisted Is car
d!nai feature Of the treaty that Ger
ration TO the very utteI!nozt Of her
power. for repara,ion for wrongs in
nicted is Of the essence of juai!ce."
Must suffer Penalty.
Thai ~ why they Insist that those
individGais VINO are most clearly re-
sponsible for German aggression and
LOT those aCts o! baroarlsEl and in
humanity which have dsgraccd the
German conduct OF the war must be
handed over TO justice. which has not
been meted out TO them at home.
Ihat, too. !s "hy Germany must
submit Tor few years to certain
special disabilities ana Announcements
germany has ruined the Industries
the mines and the machinery Of neigh
ing countries. not during battle Nut
with the deliberate and calculated
purpose OF enabling her own Industries
10 seize their markets before their in
Nastation thus wantoniy innictei
upon them.
Germany has despoiled her ncich-
Dors OF everything she could make
use OF or carry away. Germany has
destroyeG the shipping OF ali nations
on the nigh seas, where there Was no
enahce 10 rescue their passengers
IT Is only justice tina: restitution
shou!d be made aud that these wrong
eo peoples should be safcguardcd for
time from the competition af n ma
ton whose Industries are iutaci and