New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-05-14
yChoasvl;1si;sts Victorious.

In their reports about the peace
demands handed Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau, last Wednesday, American
correspondents are eager to point out
that this proposed peace treaty repre-
sents the Anglo-Saxon domination OF
the peace conference. "A casual glance
at the different points of the treaty cabled
to America and which we reproduce on
another page Of this issue confirms this
impression. There is hardly any trace.
in this document OF the famous and now
defunct fourteen points heralded in such
high phrases by President Wilson. It's
still too early to judge Wilson by his.
sanctioning of these chauvinistic and
imperiahstic demands but if History
furnishes proof that he has been false to
the ideals proclaimed by him, History
will form her judgment accordingly.
If what correspondents like Clinton
Gilbert and Frank H. Simonds say, is.
true, that the formulated peace treaty
Is nothing more than an agreement
between the United States and England
and that it is only patched-up peace
to safeguard British and Anglo-Saxon
domination in all parts Of the globe
then the American people have been
shamelessly fooled by their leaders;
then American blood has been spilled
and American money has been sacrl-
feed just for the very thing which
we went out to destroy: the domina-
ting rule and power Of one single nation
over the rest OF the earth; then "prussian
miGtarism' was crushed only to make
the English hold on other nations, like
Ireland, Egypt, India, and her other
possessions more secure; then all the
things which were promised our people
in regard to future wars and international
relationship are thrown to the winds;
then we will return to the status quo
ante with old diplomacy higher en-
throned than ever before.
1t is evident from this document that
England adhered to her old policy.
She leaves the political affairs on the
continent of Europe in a state of chaos
and enriches her territorial claims in
other parts of the world. The treaty
as submitted to the Germans permits
Italy to annex nearly half million south
ern slaves and a large portion of the Tyrol
inhabited by Germans, it gives three
millions Of German-speaking people
to the new state of Czecho-Slovakia;
it fosters rival claims between the Poles
and the Czecho-Slovaks and between
the Roumanians and Serbians; it creates
new bone of contention between Ger
many and France over the possession
of Alsace-Lorraine and the Saar valley
and it leaves the whole Russian problem
unsettled, inviting a repetition Of the
tragedies of the past.
Frank H. Simonds who is now at
Paris correctly says: ''The Hope of
the world for the Paris conference was
two-fold: that in liquidating the war
it would remove the cause Of unrest and
rivalry which destroyed European peace,
and that having done this it would erect
a League of Nations which would
have power o,defend that just and rea-
sonable settlement which the Paris con-
ference had made. This hope has been
destroyed in both respects. =
The disappointment over this failure
is very strong in almost every country,
especially among the great masses OF
people who felt the full weight Of. the
calamity and whose sole. desire it is to
avoid any repetition Of it. The feeling
among the working classes OF England
may be seen from a resolution adopted
by the Independent Labor Party OF
Great Britain, On Friday, which says.
we strongly denounce the document
as a misnamed peace treaty. The
terms violate the conditions Of the
armistice and are opposed to every
public statement Of the Allied aims