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MONDAY. JANUARY ~, 1919
Peace Conference Under Way.

The great Worlds War Peace Con
ference formally opened ITS sessions III
the famous French palace at Versailles
saturday. and duly organized L now
formally launched upon It's momcntous
work Of settling I'll, questions that come e.
tie front Is the ending of the war Il
VII have to >cttlc the matter oi ludcmnl-
tI,~ IL territorial boundaries and, more
important than all else to determine the
,',ction of new states throughout Europe,
ia accordance with The Will of the maIori-
tics ot the respective populations, and
~ the sprit uf the right ot dttcrmna-
tInn' as 10 setting up the respective
governments and defining thor territorial
limitations
great task IS tlis 4 llttlc more than
i century 80, the great Emperor # tie
Trench, ~ Tolc,u III determining th,>c
matters simply exercised his viii II
nul,, H. admitted that he had keen dis
elimination in respect of assembling rco-
p,- anc though, ana one purpose unucr
eummun form of government. and
~. ting 4 state ior them 10 hyc under
Nl~a. hc had 40 dlthculty in providing
thcm WITH ti'ular and actual head for
thoir form II government, generally
some member of his numerous and I'M
Fortunate family
But Napoleon WORK much n i cN-
ocllent and most promising u respect "
II, q.
went INTO the smash when hc lost ~ Wa
tefloo and was sent 20 - Helena The
CongrcsS 81 Vienna ii session when Napo-
Icon summary ondcd hE exile at Elha
and returned "a France, to throw Gown
thc restored Bourbon monarchy like !
house 81 cards. a. soon Is he set ioot on
French soil, vas interrupted IN its work
'or 4 season Bu, after Waterloo i rc-
assembled and rcarranced the map ~
EUROPE according q tho desires % ms 4
lefIrv 81 is membership
lii, CcograT larai lcarraag,n ont ~ 4
Europe continued trr ! long '3m, Iut .
Hc-c vere foyolurion> ard resistance 70 4
+, mandates lranc became inst q
Lcpubhc, then : monsrch, and later,
after TIE disastrous var 81 lN7Cl Re
public iLat has continued 10 tits day
The Congress oi versailles, following
jhc cfcat Of France m the war of 1870,
Wacn Bismarck, with his ruthless policy
81 tlooc and IRON, INSISTED upon terms
# indemnity that hc believed would
"hccd trance Vhte imposed inrsI-
lous upon France that were dcemed
monstrcus by public sentiment through
out Imope al that imc bur Bi,marck
WIS Inc1orabt, and franc, paid Tie
tribute. to The last penny, and emerged
triumphant the second greatest Republic
II the world, standing tehrd only cur
proud nrtcd states 81 America
Vow the sltuauon Is reversed No
lu.olenf Blsmarck Willie a. the conference
ablc at versatile. T. dictate telus ac-
csptahle only 10 Germany rance Will
te there 10 dictatc terms % complete
reimbursement to her country FOR all she
has suffered from th, German invader a
ocl viii take the place 81 FORMER Brs-
narck "a debating n, terms Of the
-unqucrof
And inner han all eist our own coun
~ Will have Il cousmcuotI, position al thl,
'cacc Conference ~ Ncfsaillrs W. viii
nave nothing ii personal proht 10 ash foi (
\ot d foot Of foreign territory, not dollar
j indemnity for the costs ul war Bur our
representatives Will IIssist upon decisions
hat will count for the best interests uf
u the world m thc future territorial !
for assimilation ~ people II
ongenal habits and purposes under
heir own form ~ government III
furd, for such decisions a. may emerge
rom tins conference Of Versailles ~ !
All tend 20 make all the world better a
- the peoplc = hive m, and 10 respect Il
H. deinOcracles oi the varOus countries .
hat NAV emerge from tins Peace Confcr- Il
nee. and show themselves ~ be Al sU I,
ines responsive - The popular Will y