Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-17

isfied with that growing prosperity and influence to which Germany was enti- tied, and which all other na tions were willing to accord her; they required that they should be able to dictate and tyranniZe over a subservient Europe, as they dictated '~ud tyrannized over a subseryient Germany.
 Tn order to attain their ends they used every channeL/through which to educate their own/subjects in the doc Urine that might was right in interna tional affairs. They never ceased to expand German ornaments by land and sea and to {propagate the false hood that it was necessary because Germanys neiglbors were. jealous of her prosperity and power.
 Kept Europe in aFerment.
 She sought to SOW hostility and suspicion, instead of friendship, be- i tween nations. The Germans develop ed system of espionage and intrigue l through which they were enabled to stir up international rebellion and even to make secret offensive preparations within the territory of their neighbors, i whereby. they might. when the moment | came, fstrike them down with greater l certainty and ease. They kept Europe in a, ,ferment by threats of violence and when they found that their neighbors | were resolved to. resist their arrogant will they determined to assert their predominance in Europe by force. As soon as<their preparations were complete they encouraged a subservi- | eut' ally to declare war on Serbia on 4S hours notice. a war Involving the 1 control of the Balkans. which they knew could not be localized and which was bound to unchain general war. | Tn order to make doubiy sure, they refused every attempt at conciliation and conference, until it. was too late and the world war was jinevitable, for
 which they had plotted and for which alone among the nations they were adequately equipped and p~epared. -
 Germany's Responsibility.
 'Germany's responsibility. however, l is mot confined to having planned and | started the war. She is no less respon- lsible for the savage and inhuman I manner in which itBwas conducted.
 Though Germany was herself the
 guaranty of Belgium. Germany violat-
 ed the rules after solemn promise to respect the neutrality of this 'unoffend-
 ing people,
 Not content with this, they delib-
 eratelyf carried out series of promis- cuous shootings and burnings with the sole object of terrifying the inflabit-
 ants into submission by the very
 frightfulness of their action. They | were the first to use poisonous gas, notwithstanding the appalling suffer
 ing it entailed. They began the bomb
 ing and long distance smelling of
 towns, for no military object. but
 solely for the purpose of reducing the
 morale of their opponents by striking
 at their women and children.
 They commenced the submarine ; campaign, with it's piratical challenge to international law and its destruc-
 tion of great numbers of innocent ! passengers and sailors in mid d-ocean , far from succor at the mercy of tht winds and the waves and the yet more ruthless submarne crews. They drove
 thousands of men and women ant - children with brutal savagery into : slavery in foreign lands; they allowed . barbarities to be practiced agains : their prioners of war, from which thu ' most uneivilized people would have re a l coiled.
 : Conduct Unexampled in History.
 "The conduct of Germany is almos unexampled in human history. Tn t terrible responsibility which lies a d fher doors can be seen by the fact tha = not less than seven million dead Ii
 buried in Europe. while more thai
 twenty million others carry upon then ;, the evidence of wounds and suffering u because Germany saw fit to gratif . her lust for tyranny by resort to wal '"rhe allied and associated power believe that they twill, be false to .thos II II who have given their all to save tn y'' freedom of the world if they consen
 to treat war on any other basis tha ID as a crime against humanity an " right.
 This attitude of the allied and as :" sociated powers was made perfectl ,- clear to Germany during the war b .4 their prisoners of war, from which tn ,o fineds by President Wilson in hi '0 speech of April 6. 1918. and explicitl n and categoricany accepted by the Ger man people as principle covering tf I'd peace"
 'e M. Clemenceau in the letter als
 quotes from speeches delivered
 Premier Lloyd George of Great Br le tain, himself as premier of Franc r. and Premier Orlando of Italy. 1e which it was specifically declared tn;
 when victory was wOI, compromise ; ne to peace terms was impossible al e, just punishment should be mcted ou
 and continues: A ce Justice Basis For Settlement. r. Justice, therefore, is the only DO l. sible oasis for the settlement of, Il lu accounts of this terrible war. Justi
 is what the Gcrmxn delegation asl
 for and says that Germany has be-
 promised. But it must be justice f rs all. There must be justice for t TT dead and wounded and f/r those VI Al san have been made orphans and bereav ,e' that Europe might be free from Pru .sS sian despotism. There must be justi es for the peoples who now stagger u ?t der war debts. which exceed thir
 billion. that liberty might be save e There must be justice for those m a" lions whose homes and lands, shi n,, and property. German savagery h nayt spoliated and destroyed.
 a That is why the allied and ass ,;s ciated powers have insisted as ca i dinal feature of the treaty that Ge sss many must undertake to make re : aration to the very uttermost of |
 power for reparation for wrongs i Sa fiicted is of the essence of justi s.., That is why they insist that those n' dividuals who are most clearly I !" sponsible for German aggression a
 1 for those acts of barbarism and
 humanity which have disgraced | ,o- German conduct of the war must on handed over to justice, which has I me been meted out to them at home. he "That, too, is why Germany m, elf submit for a few years to certain sI it. cial disabilities and arrangement of Germany has ruined the industri di- the mines and the machinery ni- neighboring countries. not during b; at tIe. but with the deliberate and calf