The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-05
THE INCUBUS AT PARIS.

sension among the allies and also for the purpose of
lucky day when the Paris conference yielded the pres
for incorporation of the fantastic league of nations
The league dream; the treaty reality The league
deals with future conditions that may materalize
the treaty deals with the appalling present condition of
Europe. At moment when Europe needed all the
league project thrust into the council of nations From
that moment there has been steady growth of suspicion
distrus and secret bargaining. 1t has been with great
difficulty that the victorious nations have been able to
hold together The attitude toward the United States gov
eminent has changed from of unreserved confidence
to one of resentment and aversion.
The German plenpotentiares gain nothing by their
doubt it viii be command to sign the treaty by
tain date or take the consequences.
Notwithstanding the embarrassment caused by the
enant the strong sense of England France and
Italy will push through the terms that will bind Ger
many The existence Of the free nations depends upon the
dsarming of Germany and the exacton of reparaton
the extent of her ability to pay during the next quarter
of century Therefore, league league, Germany
will not escape Yet pity that the Huns have beer
facilitated in their obstructive tactics by having such
ready instrument of confusion the proposed league of
nations placed before them for consideration.
The peace proceedings, in fact false basis in
far they pretend to be exchange of views be
tween great adverares mutually desiring peace
allies determined to impose certain set of conditions
upon the PROSTATE enemy They right in fixing upon
these terms and in imposing them with relentless thor
oughness. They wrong, however, when they go
through the mockery of exchanging conversation with the
enemy in order to comply with ancient forms of treaty
gotiaton The enemy, when the way is thus opened has
ID right presume that negotiations in good faith have
been begun and from that moment it is an absurdty for
the allies suddenly to shut off discussion as soon as
enemy has outlined his views If the peace terms the
fixed will of the allies they ought to be- they should be
imposed worthwith given date, whether Germany
complains not If they not the fixed will of the
allies they certainly open discussion and revision in
which the enemy becomes equal negotiatol
and may properly discuss any provision and make counter
proposals.
The league of nations is responsible also for the pre-
posterous action of the Paris conference in suppressng
the text of the treaty The open diplomacy that to
suppan bargains has been badly worsted in its
first bout No international proceedings have ever been
shrouded with such secrecy propped by such misleading
immersed in many secret bargains
the Paris peace conference In many instances the league
Al
rights of the people to know what their agents doing
What price has been paid for the league of nations
enant? No permitted to know, The dealers in
tona rights do not tell what promises guarantees they
have made The public knows that the allied nations have
made the best bargain they could for the sake of fastening
effective peace upon Germany and that they have fail
ed thus far to accomplish the object for which the wa
was fought Germany is still arrogant, still talking of
peace on equal terms and with undeniable logic is de-
handing immediate membership in the league of nations
4 the allies should make the bunder of exchanging views
With the Germans the enemy will get the better of TIE
argument for peace peace not enmity and any world
eague of peace must necessarily include Germany.
The league cooked up in Paris is poorly constructed
iance against Germany long it conspicuously
ludes Germany unfit to be member. Germany is I'M
1t to associate with free nations, and therefore there
hOud be pretense that the league anything but
iance against her. 1t is the persistent misrepresenta
ion of the league that makes for trouble 1t is pictured
be what it is not 1t credited with powers that does
possess unless they usurped and is described as
preventative of when it really enemy of peace
The reassuring feature of the present situation is the
determination fthe European leaders to bind Ger
lany fast, in spite of the dangerous complications that
been caused by injecting the league of nations
cheme into the proceedings. With Germany bound tc q
omply with rigid peace terms, the world brush aside
lie rubbish of the unavoidable covenant" and MAR
uman liberty by the open voluntary associaouof free
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