Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-10-03


sion upon which we are represented.
In the north still further, Schleswig
is coded to the principal allied and as
sociated powers; that is to the United
States, France, Great Britain, Italy
and Japan. We five powers become
tenants in common with this territory
with the obligation to turn IL over to
Denmark Of Germany as a plebiscite
may determine. We likewise name a
member of boundary Of the terri
tory to be ceded to one or the other
OF those states.
On the coast Of the Baltic the city
of Danzig and its adjacent territory,
under the name of the free city of
Danzig is likewise coded to the United
States, France, Great Britain, Italy
and japan as tenants in common. Here
also the United States names one of
the boundary commission which de-
termines and is responsible for the
boundaries of this area.
or in the extreme northeastern
Ipart Of the former German empire is
a small strip Of territory designated
Memel, which has been ceded to the
United States, France, Great Britain
Italy and japan.
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nonexistent since 1895, is to be re-
established. We are to name mem
bers Of the commission which shall
delimit the boundaries Of this Poland.
In the southeast Of Germany Is a
small section which is to go to the
new Czecho-S lovak state to be created
and we appoint member on this
commission to delimit it's boundaries.
All OF these boundaries which we
thus lay down we obligate ourselves
to maintain by force Of arms IL nee
essary, and it matters not how trivial
the dispute or how just or unjust the
maintanence may be, our obligation
Istill runs.
To Dismember Russia.
Nor is this all, the treaty makes
perfectly clear that Russia, our for
mer ally is to be dismembered, torn
assunder, and that new states are to
be created out Of its former posses
sions.
This thing we are to do to Russia,
our ally and our ancient friend in an
hour Of need, who mobolized in our
interest during the war 100000
men; who had under arms at the
time Of her untoward collapse $4,000
600 men; who fought over front Of
$500 miles. engaging on that front
one-t third of the whole German army,
one half Of the Austrian army, the
whole Of the Hungarian army and the
Turkish army; Russia, who took de-
tween 100000 and 100000 prison
ers; who lost 100000 prisoners, half
Of whom died in German and Austrian
prison camps; Russia whose loss in
wounded other than those killed am
ounted to more than 100000 and
whose dead on the field Of battle
numbered 100000.
Against this Russia who held the
Prussian monster at bay while the
rest Of Europe prepared against this
Russia, whose unarmed sons met and
held the hordes Of Prussia with their
bare fists and breasts, we now guar
antee dismemberment the length
and breadth Of which is not yet dis
closed to us.
Tell me, can any baseness DER top
this?
Germany's Colonies.
In so far as Germany is concerned
it is to be noted that all her pos
sessions in Oceania come to the prin-
cipal allied and associated powers as
tenants in common.
In this connection / note the report
that we are to hand over to Japan the
German possessions north of the
equator, Notwithstanding they form
a barrier between US and our pos
sessions in the PHILIPPINES and some
of them lie almost at the door of our
territory Of Hawaii.
All Of these possessions we guar
J antee to those to whom they are ia
J be handed, and none Of them (thank
God for that, at least) come individ-
ually to US.
We. who for almost a century and
half have held ourselves aloof from
European entanglements, who for Q
, century and half have followed the
prophetic wisdom Of Washington
uttered in his farewell address, now
find ourselves not alone in European
alliances which he Condemned, but
actually co-owners Of European terri
tory.
At this point wish to recall e
your attention the relative strength
Of the parties to this treaty and again
, to invite you to consider and reflect
upon the fact that Of the twenty,
seven powers who are signatory OF
this treaty containing this far reach
ing guarantee, twenty-five have not
all combined, sufficient land and sea
forces even appreciably to defect
German aggression, and that the
great responsibility of the treaty and
of the provisions Of it's covenant falls
upon the five principal allied and as
sociated powers, the United States
France, Great Britain, Japan and
Italy.
And ask you further to consider
the immensely Of the task which we
have undertaken, for not only must
we under the provisions now contain.
ed in article X of the league covenant
guarantee the territorial disposition
Of the areas taken from Germany as
| have above described, but we guar
antee those new states which are "a
be carved out Of Austria, Hungary ano
Russia in addition.
recently had opportunity to lister
to an informal talk by a prominent
Russian belonging to the great mid