The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-26
PASSING UNDER The YOKE.


many by its confession the assailant of liberty
and by its own written the free nations will take
control of Germanys millions and lay burdens upon them
and their children until their crimes have been explated
The peace that is begin is not the peace that
the world deserves but it is the best that be had or
of the German nation have been demonstrated Who
dares trust Germany? Even if the world were made OF
pure forgiveness, if its heart contained nothing but
Christian love- it would not be safe against German per-
fdy 1t could not make perfect peace merely by shaking
the boodstaned hand admitting the assassin to the
home.
Peace with Germany is nothing but suspended and
the compulson of ready force Germany signs with the
settled purpose of teachey to her confession and
ses She will comply with the treaty only when afraid
of punishment and will every stratagem to induce
the allies to relax their vigilance and rigor Utterly
without shame sefrespect the Huns who were most
guilty of atrocities during the will be the first to de-
nounce the crime of their countrymen in order to curry
favor with the allies and draw them into concealed traps
Germans whose hate of the United States lately
shown by the most atrocous plotting for the murder of
lnnocents, will try to to America and profit
from the very persons whose lives they sought to take
More than anything else, the Germans will convince
themselves that it is their duty to deceive the allies and
to defeat the treaty terms in every possible manner
There is no peace in that situation. There is, how
ever, something that substitute for peace
there is power that binds the woud-be murderer of
nations, illustrates his cunning perdy and compes him
to obey Force is efectual in dealing with the enemy
and it is the only thing that is efecual since German
honor and good faith have become mythical.
The allies will soon appoint reparation commission
to take the German empire under its control The Ger
may be expected to make representations at
against this commission and all its work. but the terms
of the treaty clear in this matter that German
protests will be unavaing against the prompt execution
of the process to be set up
This commission will determine the amount of German
taxation whenever necessary, and in event will the
taxes be lighter than in the most heavily taxed allied
country The resources of Germany the industries and
the business may be accepted by the commission in lieu
of money ndemntes to the extent agreed upon. Mines
steamship lines and other assets may be turned by
Germany part payment Certain quotas of live stocl
must be yielded up Immediately to Belgium and France
Stolen machinery must be returned whenever practca
ble The industry of Germany will be under surveillance
both to ascertain the proper rate of taxation and to pre-
vent the manufacture of war material
Within few days the allies will hand to Germany 9
list of persons who must be surrendered for trial
rious criminal charges mostly violations of the laws Of
uho LpnI ~
many instances The assassins of Edith Cave and Capt
Fryatt are marked men. The commanders who ordered
and participated in aerial murder expeditions will be
hunted down. Submarine commanders and their SUI
periors the list The Hindenburgs, Ludendorfs
Trpitzes and their lk all atrocious criminals, and
scuttling about looking for asylum the imperial
ard Hohenzollern, thought he had found in Holland.
Whatever the political difficulties of the free nations
of Europe they are all resolved to execute the terms
against Germany. Parties forgotten in the sterr
necessity of sefpreservaton against the assaant The
reachery of the Huns will persist, is proved by the
sinking of the German fleet, but by the application Of
brute force the brutes will be made to pay their debt
1t not peace that would be imposed upon any other
nation in the world but it is the only peace that be
imposed eectually upon the traitor and assassin aeI
Germany The gnomny and infamy, the shame and hu-
initiation, the perjury and hardship that fall upon
the German nation are the penalties prescribed by
and natures God for violation of the law.-Washngton
Post.
Ted Robnso says get ready to bleach He sings rather
warningly:
zone more day! One more day!
Gather We rosebuds while we may;
Fashion your nosegays now, before
The day when your shall be gay more"