The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-21
FRIENDS FIRsTl

The separation of the Germans from the bosheviki is
of the duties of the supreme council and The
Paris peace conference 1t does not to be diligently
pressed toward execution The Poles could have beer
helped much and much effectively and it
not satisfactory the allied world to learn that the Ger
have partial victory by the nternatonaliza
ton of Danzig That city belongs to the Poles.
1t is true that the annexation of the contiguous
try by Poland would take in many Germans but tina
would be better than to leave Poles any longer under tn
control of the Huns. The settlements of boundaries
not be made in such to throw all natonate
into separate compartments down to the last shanty
absurdity for the peace conference to waste tim
in such attempts
There great deal of buncomb in the talk of selfde
termination when it degenreates into claim that gov
eminent shall have sovereignty persons of differ
ent nationality The United States contains ma
onates than all of Europe and in many its quo
of each nationality is greater than the numbers that ar
affected by the boundary disputes pending. Yet Their
is no talk of tyranny and discrimination against aie
natonalities here.
Germans residing in Poland, Lorraine Bohemia
Roumania Italy would not be in danger of any kind
they behaved themselves They know this perfectly well
but they have found opportunity to stir up trouble
repeating the cry of efdeteminaon If the peace
ference will exercise the sef-determnaton Of victory
proceed with the making of boundaries that will clip tn
claws of the Hun tiger along the 'front.' there vii
be no injustice
strong Poland is essential to the separation Of tn
Germans from the bolshevik. Germany hopes to brea
down Russia by creating spirit of separation among tn
peoples living along the western border of Russia, from
ainan movement and made false promises to the Let's
Lthuanans, Courlanders and Firms which induced ther
to begin Independent movements Their true interest la
in standing by greater Russia working for great FEEDER
ated republic limited monarchy, but they misle
by the Hun propagandsts and in such bewilder
ed that there no hope for the time being of
ing single Russian of the fragments of the oil
empire.
While the allies helping Poland they should als
lend hand to the Let's and other peoples along the Ba
tic 1t is reproach to the allies that German-arme
forces permitted to work mischief in those regions
Ing places occupied by the Huns. If necessary the allie
should reinforce the fleet in the Baltic and land troops
strategic points in the territory that formerly Russian
and which is claimed by independent parties and b.
Germany Those territories belong to the Russian peopl
and should be held by the allies in trust for the Russian
until such time Russia is able to manage her af
fairs If at that time the people concerned desire to brea
away from Russia and the Russians willing separat
republic be set up. But the allies cannot afford
permit Germany to gain control of those regions under tn
thin pretext that the people setting up Independent
republics The world knows that while Germany is lief
unrestrained no republic can live next door to her Pc
land itself would fall victim to the Hun assassin if thu
allies should fail to protect it.
The principal aim of the Germans is to maintain clos
connection with Russia. The boshevki doing th
DEVILS and Germany's work in Russia If the allies
aot will not stop the boshcvki, they at least
the cable that connects the boshevik and the Germans
That cable runs through Poland Bohemia and Roumana
Those countries entitled to the constant and full sup
port of the allies in the way of money food and mum
lions They allies friends and defenders of freedom
standing the firing line of the world, between
5oshevk and Huns ready to lay down their lives rather
han surrender to either enemy The least that the great
allies do is to aid them If there any food at all
it should be alocaed first to the defenders along the
eastern front Let tic Germans go hungry if necessary
that the Poles should live. Let the boshevik starve
rather than compel tie Roumanians and CzcchoSlovake
to go hungry, Friends frst!-Washington Post.
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