Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-05-15
LEoNARDTovN Md THURSDAY MORNING MAY u.s. 1919.


ed by Premier Scheidemann in declaring that
the peace terms cannot be accepted. He de-
scnbes the German people as slaves In Jail,
working for foreign taskmasters, without any
voice whatever in the quantity or value of their
product; their richest territory taken from them,
their raw materials in the enemys hands, their
ships and foreign trade taken over, their very
laws Under the supervision OF the allies, and
Germany bound to treadmiI of labor which
must grind out payments to the allies for inde6-
mite years to come. When he announces that
the government will not accept the terms, his
audience rises and applauds with frantic enthu-
siasm.
But when Herr Scheidemann goes little
further, and meets the question of rejecting the
treaty, he is not so positive in his statements
The most important task before the German
delegates, he says, is to obtain an agreement to
open negotiations. All, yes! That would be an
excellent plan. If only the allies would agree to
it. But before the Germans can begin the
treachery, delay, and evasion would result from
negotiations they must first induce President
Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and the old
Tiger Of France to consent to the plan What
trio to be approac he'd with such transparent
and perhdious proposal
Herr Scheidemann is night. 1t is most i'm
portant task which the German delegates are
attempting to perform, and it can be said at the
outset that this task will be beyond their powers.
Let them paint the woes and miseriies of
Germany as wildly as they can. Let them
pile on the agony, and bring in the women and
children, the aged and the blind, the pitifuly
weak land the innocent Let them ring all the
changes that despair can suggest, to arouse the
imagination and horror Of all who listen. But
with all their skill and all their energy they can
not paint picture to compare with the agony
and horror which these same Germans inflicted
upon the Belgians, French. Serbians and Rou-
manians. The master picture of all, the only
authentic glimpse of the internal regions which
man has seen, is that furnished by the German
army and people in their attempt to ride down
the world to victory ovel the skulls and bones
of defenseless neighbors.
Eternal justice stands supreme. The ayeno-
ing sword hangs over the assassin nation. The
tree nations. acting as one, have duty to per-
form which they cannot evade. 1t is the most
solemn duty that can be imposed upon man.
that OF interpreting and executing the will of
God, as nearly as man can interpret and .ex-
ecute It,
Humanity aspires to heaven. 1t grows bet
ter with the ages. and will not willing y go low
er. Any evil, either from 6ends or from human
beings inspired by 6ends. which drives mankind
down to slavery and ignorance, under the whip
OF tyrants, must meet with the united opposition
Of all free souls. If triumphant over evil, man
must put it under his heel and crush it to death.
He cannot paney with it, reason with it, or give
it any opportunity to wnggle from his grasp. 1t
is evil in essence, and nothing but evil comes
from it. IL it lives, he dies. He must DESTROY
it OF be destroyed by it.
The Hun system must die, and the Huns
must pay for the damage they have done.
Their bodies must yield to the mandate that
flashes from the avengng sword They robbed,
despoiled and killed their neighbors, without
warning and without provocation. They must
accordingly pay this debt---Washington Post.