The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-16
THE PROSPECTS IN EUROPE.

that the Roumanians to have mastered them, not
wthstanding the frantic efforts of the allies to call off
King Ferdinand
So confused is the situation in the former empire of
the Hapsbugs that there serious effort conclude
the treaty between the allies and Austria Proceedings
have been postponed apparently in the hope that Arch
duke Joseph may set up government at Budapest with
which the supreme council do business" The
preme council is engaged in the perous attempt cul-
tivate enemy and cut down friend. 1t is assisting
Hapsburg to get control in Hungary while striving
prevent Roumana from making her borders and
recovering material from the erocious accomplices of
the Huns Do the allied powers expect good faith from
Hapsburg? Do they expect Roumania to forego all
of sdefense after the allies have deserted her and
left her naked to her enemies?
Another blunder by the supreme council'-a mis-
homer now since is evidently not supremeis the eff
fort to favor Bulgaria the expense of Greece and Rou
mania 1t part of the fatal policy that has robbed
the allies of the fruits of their victories and enabled
the enemy to wrigge away from defeat. Bulgaria de-
serves nothing but punishment from the allied powers
for she tratorous before hostties barbarous in
defeat. The Bulgars are now making monstrous claims
proved false yfact and testimony and yet the council
at Paris is endeavorng favor them at the expense of
loyal allies Greece resents this attitude very properly
and it is highly probable that another will develop
unless the council forbears to put through palpabe
piece of justice
Poland is in the midst of several stor mcenters as
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execute firm and consistent policy Poland is actually
fighting for her life at this hour after having been
promised independence frontiers, window on
the and allied economic support Several
being waged against the Poles and the supreme council
does not put stop to the German military opera
tons. Germany is supposed to be down and out in
military sense but she active than the allies
the eastern front.
Evidently the treaty with Germany scrap of paper
already. 1t has not made peace There is every prob
ability that Germany will repudate this treaty within
a few months The allies depicting their military
strength while Germany recovering strength and
fdence The bolshevist activities in Russia work we'll
for Germany The Huns have abandoned their pretense
that Germany in danger of bolshevik inundation
now that it longer necessary to brighten the allies
with that Germany has food intact industry
and the burning desire to and under
favorable circumstances The treaty cuts deeply into
German vanity well into German resources and
This opportunity will soon judging by the success
sion of bunders at Paris which have permitted wars to
flare up all over eastern Europe. The supreme council
is fouted by Roumana and is about to be Aouted by
Greece. If these little nations defy the so-caled
supreme council" why should Germany fear it or obey
its mandates?
In quarters the disturbed conditions in Europe
are used as an argument for speedy ratification of the
peace treaty and the swallowing of the League of Ma
lions by America, without waiting to inspect it or the
consequences it may have on the United States But
his argument is based upon the false assumptions that
he treaty is effective and that the League of Ma
ions would work for peace instead of war. Can any
American hold that the relations between this country
md Japan friendly before the Paris conference
rom the day when Japan forced into the peace treaty
he shanung aggression the price of her support of
ne League of Nations the two great Pacific powers have
rfted apart
The simple truth is that the allied powers did not make
n effective peace at Paris They twisted the treaty in
arious ways for the sake of creating League of Ma
ons and they twisted the league covenant in various
to accommodate nations that had made secret pred
tory treaties. Consequently neither the peace portion
or the league portion of the treaty is acceptable or eff
ectve The chief duty of American citizens in this
mergency to take that the United States does
OF commit itself to any burdens that have been
reated by the failure of the allied powers to completely
efea and permanently shackle Germany.-W Washington
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