The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-17

accepted by the German people az
principle cov"rjuG n" peace: Let every
thing that We say. my fellow country
non. everything thai w. h'nC'i"rlh niHu
and achieve ring true TO this response.
TIL the maj, sly and might ~ our or
cortcd power shall I'LL tho thought and
utterly defeat tho force Of those VII"
flout and m:SprjZ" what W" honor am"
hold dear. Germany has one" NOR" SAW
that force and fore" acme. shall d"'lde
whether juS;lC" and pra"" shall reign ~
the affairs IT mon. wh"th"r right, AS
America corCCiv"s It. Or DOMINION. a.
She conccivcs il. shall G"t"rn;n" III"
dcStinies OF mankind There is, there
fore. hut one response p"Sslhi" from ia
force. force 20 the utmost. force with
our stint or limit. tho righteous and
triumphant force which shall max" IN"
law Of tho world ami east every selfish
dominion down in the dust.
No Compromise.
NJ Clemenrcau. in the letter, ais"
quotes from speeches delivered by Pre-
mier Lloyd George. of Great BRITAIN
himself as premier Of France. and fre-
micr Orlando. Of Italy. in which II was
specifically declared that when victory
was won, compromise as 10 p"ac" terms
was impossible and just punishment
should tie melted out. and continues:
"Justicr, therefore. is the only pos
siblc basis fo- the settlement OF the &c
counts Of this terrible war. justice IL
what the German delegation asks !or
and saws that Germany has boon prom
ised. Sut il must he justice Tor all.
Thcrc must b. Justice for the dead ana
wounded and for those who have osen
made orphans and bcrcavcd that Europ"
nigh; b. free from Prussian despotism.
There must ho justice for tho proHI"S
who now staCgcr under war d"pts'
which exceed thirty billions. that no
cry might bo saved. There must De
Justice for those millions whose homeS
and lands. ships and property. German
s,yarery has spoliatcd and destroyed.
THAT Is why tho allied and associated
poycrs have insisted as a cardinal 1ca-
lure of tho treaty that Germany must
undertake to make PREPARATION l" INC
very uttcrmost Of her power. FOR rcpara-
,ion for wrongs inflicted is of the very
csscnc. of Justice. That is why they
insist that those individuals who are
mos, clearly responsible" for German as-
erosion and for thos. acts or baroarlSin
and lnhumanIty which have dlsGrac"o
rho German conduct OF the war must De
handed over to justice. which mas not
been metcd out to them al home
aermany's Husdeeds.
THAT. too. IS why Germany must SUB
NIT for a few years 10 certain specIa1
disabilities and arrangements. Ger
many has ruined the industries, the
mines and tho machinery Of netghborinG
countries. not during battle, but win
,As deliberate and calculated purpose or
enabling her own industries TO seize
their markets before their Industries
courd recover from tho devastation thus
wantonly inflicted upon them.
Germany has dcSDoiled her neiSnooFs
Of everything she could make use OF or
carry away. Germany has destroyed the
shipping of all nations on the hlgh seas
where there was no chance OF rescue h0F
their passengers and crews.
IT IS only justice that restitution
should he made and that these wronged
peoples Shout dbe safcguarded for time
from tho competition OF nation whose
industries are intact and have even oeen
fortified by machinery stolen from occu-
-;cd territories. If these things arg
hardships for Germany, they are hard-
ships which Germany has brought upon
herself Somebody must surcr Tor the
consequences Of the war. Is II 10 De
Germany or the peoples she mas
wrongcd?
Fresh Calanttieg.
.rHot RI do Justice to all concerned
would only leave the world open TO fresh
caIamittes. II the German people them
solves or any other nation. are TO De de-
terrrd from following the Footsteps OF
| Prussia: IL mankind is 10 be llteu OUT
~ Tho belief that war for scllSh enoS IS
legitimate to any state: II the old era
= 70 be left behind and nations as Wen
as individuals are TO b" brought ocnea'h
mo reign of law; cvc nit there Is TO De
carly reconciliation and appeaSeneu1 II
will he because those responsible 1or
concluding the war have had the cour-
age to see that justice Is not dcnecteo
for tho sake OF a convenient peace.
ar is said that the German reFolutlon
ought 70 mako a difference, ana thal the
German people are not Responsible TOT
rho nolicy Of the rulers whom they nave
thrown from power. The allied ana as
sociateL powers recognize and welcoH'e
rho change. 1t represents a great nope
FOR pcac. and 4 new European order
in the future.
Settlement Not Affected
"Rrt II cannot effect the settlement
Of rho war itself. The German reTolu-
ton has.Stayed until the German armies
had been defeated In tn" field AMI all
hope Of prohtlnR by n war VI SOn0u@oS
had vanished Throughout the war as
before tho war. tho German people and
their representatives supported the war.
voted tho credits, subscribed to the war
loans nbcycd every order. however say
age. of their government. They shared
tho responsibility for the policy OF the
government. for at any moment, had
thcv willed it, they could have reversed
In. Had that policy succeeded they would
have acclaimed it with tn" Same onthu-
siasm with which they welcomed the out
break Of tho war. They cannot now pre-
tend having changed their rulers after
the war was lost. that IT is justice that
thc;- should escape the consequences or
their deeds.
"Th" allied and associated powers
therefore believe that the peace they
have proposed Is fundamentally pcac"
Of Justice They arc no less certain that
II ~ peace of right on tn" terms
agreed There can be no doubt az TO tho
intentions Of III" allied and associated
powers To has" IN" scitl"rrN q! EGropn
on the princlpI" Of freeing oppressed
peoples and re-drawing national bound
arFlrS as far as possible in accordance