El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-06-24
OPINIONS OF MY OWN
" see BY Claudio Cap6.
By Claudio Cap6.
Peace should be signed
now at any time; to-day, to-
morrow or day after. Ger
many, which after long and
careful nranacatiOn started
WORLD POWER OR
..oDOWNFALL

out five years ago to conquer Europe as the preliminary
stepn the conquestof the world is now poweress hum-
lated like many ambitious empires nave Oeen Oelore
during the course OF History
In Europe she loses territories whose aggregate extent
equals less nine times the size Of Porto Rico She
loses Alsace-Lorrane about $500 mes) that goes to
France; part of Silesa most of Posen and all OF West
Prussia (nearly $4,000 mies formerly stolen from Po-
lahd she will relnquish Belgium some territory adoi
ing her. in Rhenish Prussia Besides there are other
territorial claims of France Denmark Poland etc. Which
will beseted later on by of pebisctes Germanys
territorial losses in Europe will be hard to bear indeed
not exactly the material although $4,000 miles in the
heart|of Europe great dea-but the moral oloW
suffered by the German national spirit.
All that however, is only part OF Germanys loss All
her colonies gone her army navy merchant marlne
commerce, cables etc. etc. and on top OF all she Will nave
to pay in cash at least twenty-five times much as she
stole from France in 1871 1t is pity indeed that Bis
marck Co. not living, to see what their splendid
Job amounted to in the end
The experience of Germany the experience many
a proud nation has gone through History is full OF
examples of ambitious empires which, pretending to dom
natethe world only went down In shame and rum AND
yet Germany will not be the last power to suffer the deus
sion the next will claim superiority IN some other
direction since religious political principles have been
already tried without results but the ultimate purpose
will be the same: worlds domination; and the ultimate
result will be the same: downfall
Many years ago happened to become quite friendly
with man who judging by what we had occasion TO see
of him repeatedly, in almost daily intercourse, was
one of the most kndhearted persons ever knew That
man. however according to his own story up to the age
of thirty years so acted like ver1tabe end toward
everybody and everything else; he would have been
pable of doing the most dpraved actions without any
feeling of remorse nothing like conscience inside that
fellow.
But one day he taken suddenly ILL., and very stiff
fight followed between his life and Death When he was
up again. he felt good and sound both inside and outside
he explained to how thinking and reading some good
books during the long days when he laid down in bed
produced that radical change In fine suffering the fear
of immediate danger and proper reflection had done the
miracle to make him realize many things Of which he
Germany too may have found some time for reflection
during her agony and Disgrace the entire world should
also have found plenty Of time to do serious think
ing iIf the law that is good for individuals could apply
as we'll to nations this Earth of ours would have been
redeemed long ago. But must remember that the
brief time spent by down here cannot compare with
the infinite number Of which this young and unex-
perienced thing called mankind has yet to live and deve
fop Had the word PARDON been suggested, together
with JUSTICE at the peace table by any OF the diplomats
he would have been thought Of fitted for the l
natc asylum for the proper word to with the latter is
PUNISHMENT no matter what our Christian ideas may
be- in reference to the subject.
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