The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-27
CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE PEACE.

dinariy promotes both peace and friendship Now a
settlement called peace is be made with Germany and
is to be resumed but there will be friend
ship, and the conditions of the so-caed peace such
that the resulting is more likely to prolong
enmity than to removeit.
The incentives that will energize commerce between
the allies and Germany economic advantage and the
desire for gain There is nothing indispensable in these
factors however the has pust shown In the midst
of nfamed hatred nation will orego economic arrange
ments which vital to its existence and will still
easily away from the profit of dealing with the
enemy There is now to be struggle between economic
and financial factors hand and national antpahies
the other with the antpathes constantly reused into
activity by the treachcry of Germany and the inability
refusal of the European nations to adjust themselves
to and unheard-of situation.
For the first time mighty nation, equipped for and
experienced in modern leadership to be under the
troll of other nations to it's finances material
quirements taxation shipping customs laws and natural
The reparaton commission about to take
troll of Germany will be a supergovernment, empower
ed to annul any legislation tending defeat the terms
and industry of Germany There is also supreme eco
nomic council of the allies which may may not
main in existence but if it should be dissolved it's powers
will still be exercised by the allied governments with
view to exercising strict surveillance Germanys
imports of ram materials and food.
The German people are thus face to face with appa-
ing conditions About Is 100000 Germans made live
hood before the in foreign commerce, shipping and
the manufacture of imported articles Not one of these
individuals operate without feeling the heavy
hand of foreign powers and all the subterrancan and
submarine schemes by which Germany Intervene com
merce with war preparations will now be made forthess
The total of German commerce, in and out, about
$5OOOOOO,O00 year, which was the greatet factor in
enabling the German people to import the onehird of
their food supply which their own land could not fur
nish Now this commerce, much of it returns, will
be under the crushing reparaton tax collected by for
egn commission which has no interest in German COM
merce except to extract from it every cent that
pay without succumbing.
Germany's arder is empty, as we'll as her cashbox
Her factories less in need of equipment and
mOdernzation. Her railroads in many places are even
than the rundown railroads of the United States
Millions upon millions of dollars are needed to cothe
and shoe the people and get them into harness of pro-
duction. One British expert recently declared that the
allies twill be compelled to put lot of money into Ger
many before they take any OUT but his statement
raised storm of protest. partly because it near
the truth The European allies in mood to give
the Germans any help if this help should be neces
sary to enable the Germans to pay their reparaon tax
There is said to be willingness on the part of some
Americans to help the Germans financially, but no Amer
lean has yet had the temerty to bring forth plan.
Evidently commerce will not be as free from govern
ment control as it before the The nations can
not leave to private hands when there great
captive among them, bound to the treadm and turning
out which into competition in the worlds
market. This captive is under government control and
alien at that He avoud enemy although in chains
and upon beginning his task he Dives notice that he will
oeray every confidence break every pledge and resort
% every straagem that hatred suggest. Therefore
lie will be watched, and when necessary the lash will de-
nent and retaliation which will result in the boycott of
lis goods sometimes, or his exclusion from certain
iets or other reprsals all of them marking the differ
'nce between the ordinary unreguated commerce of
peaceful friendship and the govemmentay
ID commerce of economic advantage tempered by ha
red
1t is idle to that all Germans will now take up
he burden of Germany, under these conditions Mill
ons of Germans will emigrate-they cannot avoid emf
rating They will go to Russia and will come to Amer.
ca unless barred out Excluded they must be- if Arneri
intends to be true to her allies The United States
must not open the door to Germans who are trying to
scape the payment of the debt. The Huns boosted
f their fatherland during the Now let them be
ence din and made to work until their fatherland has
'ade full reparaton.-W Washington Post.