Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-17
REGRET IS LACKING
AMONG THE GERMANS
coSrlsuEp rnoa rAoE oNr

'thr nmsliotntlon of injuries brought
about by germany %
Subsequently tho spread ~ the
food shortage In the world endhn-
ser,d IN. supply of even IN. allied
governments themselves, nnd again
there was allied actlon In itH Holu-
tlon. Th" Who'll. situation of the al
lI.d world has now passed but ~"
armlrtloe finds ~. confronted with
the enormous food problems Of geo
000 Oo0 peopl. now dominated by
Germany ana ntain the solid point
~ action by the associated govern
menin becomes necessary In the work
OF mercy va stability OF govern
ment
IDilgnat tion Arous-d.
~ have recently revisited tho
devastated regions ~ northern
France ana Hrlglum. s There IL no
man. even without personal espe-
Hence of two and one half years or
German rule. who could pay mere
rarunl visit to northern France and
belgium without experiencing re
ncwed fire OF indignation ~ the men
and forces which brought about this
appalling situation.
II In now four years and three
months since 1 first came into con
tact with the people ~ the invaded
regions A. that time my American
and Hslgiun colleagues had cHtah-
llshed the relief of belgium, but there
came on every wind stories ~ the
piiiablc situation of the french pop
uiat under German contrul The
Germans In defiance ~ every canon
~ international law ana morality.
even human deconcy. had taken
from the French population their
harvest and cattle. ana tho French
women and children wero comblns
over the awful heaps In the oernan
camps. The work ~ myself snd my
American colleagues was supported
by public charity and We qul lckly
spread that charity 10 tho people OF
the north OF France.
with the backing ~ the Ameri-
can government, agreements were
perfected with the German govern
mont at Ilerlin and the German gen
eral staff at Charleville by which II
was Undertaken that there should he
no interference with the distribution
OF foodstuffs. that there should
protection of the produce OF the pol =
uiations agreements which read
well Ia the world agreements which
were often carried out In the letter,
but never except under pressure. car
ried out In the spirit which In
volved years ~ constant complaint,
bick erins, prrssure and Intervention
by neutral governments.
Despite the depth ~ feeling ]
have In these matters, I am not pre-
pared 10 say that tho German race
In beyond redemption. that II IL not
our duty to ondeavor to build up
that people Go the dccenoy Of mem
bernhip In the league Of nations.
There 10 perhaps one step outstsnd'
Ing today In their progress In the
direction more lacking than any
other, and that 10 total abstinence
from any expression OF regret
'If the 100000 Of Germans
were 10 shed the tears OF Niobe for
the next thousand years they could
not wash away the human misery
for which they have been respond
ble In Belgium and northern Franos
alone.
(,ernaans Prcscwt.
"Ous % the features Of tho rcla-
| tiouship Of our Americans with the
Germans was that they had to an
durs avery hour of every IA,
whether awake or asleep tho per.
sonais dsfinite attachment Of q Dor
man officer. one of tho worst f.a
lures - this association vas tina,
there could he no conversation he.
tween the Americans and the civi
/ populatiou except I'm the presence oi