Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-12

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murder stalk through the streets Of
their great, cities. Political institu-
tons, Industrial enterprises and the
very structure Of society are lettering.
It is the price Of their WI evil do
ing, the just retribution Of their
crimes.
I'VE may be disposed to pity those
pityais almost dried UP whom We con-
slider what France and other nations
have had to suffer from the invading
armies. 1 made It my business to visit
the Nbattlefields Of the. Marne, Asne
and the Champagne. I saw the ruins
OF Chateau-Thierry and Ftsn1es; -
saw the stately and historic cathedral
lferocity Of the Germans: I saw the
SCARED and upturned fields OF Cham
payne and deserted places where
once had been thriving, happy VII.
lagos; l saw hamlets along the Marine.
whose crumbling walls bore witness
to the frightfulness of war. No man
could see what I saw without bear
ing a burning indignation against
those responsible for such ruins and
destruction. France has endured
speakable' woes with a fortitude and
determination which excite the ad.
miration and wonder Of the world.
1.-The splendid troops who struggled
month after month and year after
year without flinching and with high
courage. France and the world " q
debt Of gratitude which the eternal
memory Of mar only can repay.
Anew Problem.
"And. now that the great conflict
is. ended and the mighty war engine
problems to solve. new dangers to
overcome. East, Of the Rhine there
are famine and idleness. want and
misery. Political chaos and outlawry
have supplanted the highly organised
government Of imperial Germany. So
cial order Is breaking down under h
%dificulties of defeat and the hope.
iessness Of the future. Like the an
archy which for al made an In
Iferno Of Russia. the fires of terrorism
are ablaze II the, states OF Germany.
! It is. no time to allow sentiments Of
vengeance and hatred to stand in the
way Of checking this cenflagration
which will soon be at the German,
borders, and threatening other lands.
which social unrest feeds and strive
to restore Germany to a normal.
though it be a weakened social or
1.-TWO words tell the story-food
and peace. To make Germany cap
able OF resisting anarchy and the
h1deous despotism Of the red terror.
food andyto Earn that food industrial
conditions must be restored by .
treaty Of peace. It is not out OF pity
for the German people that this must
be done and done' without delay, but
because we, the victors in this war,
+, will be the chief sufferers 1t 1t u not
Much Have a Chance.
"You may demand reparation as
IGerman people are furnished mate
rails for their industries and COM
mercial opportunities to sell the prod
ucts Of labor in the foreign markets,
land unless the laborerS have food.
Germany can never pay. even In part.
for the evil she has done. Further.
more, IL the present state Of chao
lcontinues to grow weaker there will
lbe no Responsible German government
With which to make peace: there will
be no government strong enough to
carry out the conditions Of the treaty
Il say to you men OF France. and
men q America, and to you men Of
time to be lost II we arc to save the
world from the despotiEm OF anarchy.
even : we have saved It from the
fdDspotism Of autocrAcy. We ought to,
make. We must make peace without
delay, and ships laden With food must
enter ne hArbor. of Germany:
s'WegsshAvS reached o aofiais In the
Affairs Of the world. We must meet
tt without passion and without. per-
hitting our Judgment to be warped
by i natural and. unavoidable Sdssire
for ~ven6aaDce onrA nation which ha6
1.-THE Germans have cOmmitted.
There cannotSbe any doubt In the
lmindS oe thinking mAffsaS to the dan.
ger that faceA the Nations. We aso