Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-17
GERM',t D ,11G|VENUNTlL MONDAY; JUNE 23, ID ACCl. FOR REJECT TREATY AS II STANDS

lw III VlluI0V lated purpose of enabling her own in- dustries to seize their markets beforel their industries could recover from the devastation thus wantonly in- ficted upon them.
 Germany has despoiled her neigh i bors of everything she could make use of or carry away. Germany has destroyed the shipping of all nations on the high seas, where there was no chance of rescue for their passengers and crews. %
 Restitution For Wronged Peoples. ~ Tt is only justice that restitution should be made and that these wrong ed peoples should bes safeguarded for a time from the competition of a na- ton whose industries are intact and have even been fortified by machinery stolen from occupied territories. If
 these things are hardships for Ger many, they are hardships which Ger
 many has brought upon herself
 Somebody must suffer for the conse- quences of, the war. Is it to be Ger many; or the peoples she has wronged? Not to do justice to all concerned would only leave the world open to fresh calamities. If the German peo- pie themselves, or any other nation, are to be- deterred from following the l footsteps of Prussia; if mankind is to
 be. lifted out of the belief that war for
 selfish ends is legitimate to any state; if the old era is to be left be- hind, and nations. as well as individ- uals, are to be brought beneath the reign of law. even if there is to be early reconciliation and appeasement if will Q 1n | for concluding the war have had the courage to see that justice is not de- | f1ected for the sake of a convenient peace.
 ~"It is said that the German revolu- | ton ought to make a difference. and | that the German people are not re- sponsible for the policy of the rulers
 whom they have thrown from power. | The allied and associated powers
 recognize and welcome the change. It
 represents a great hope for peace and
 Germans Fought Until Hope Vanished But it cannot affect the settlement of the war itself. The German revo- lution was stayed until the German
 armies had been defeated in the field and all hope of profiting by war of
 conquest had vanished. Throughout 1 the war, as before the war, the Ger 1 man people and their representatives | supported the war, voted the credits, I subscribed to the war loans, obeyed every order. however savage. of their | government. They shared the respon-
 sibility for the policy of the govern
 ment, for at any moment. had they
 willed it. they could have reversed it Had that policy succeeded, they would have acclaimed it with the same en- Y thvrCf xr-itt 5 the outbreak of the war. They cannot
 now pretend. having changed theil rulers after the war was lost, that it is justice that they should escape the consequences of their deeds ss
 Peace of Justice.
 HThe allied and associated powers have, proposed is fundamentally ipeaee of justice. They are no les:
 certain that it is peace of right. or I the, terms agreed. There can be nc doubt as to the intentions of the al lied and associated powers to base tn, Il SC .tlement of Europe on the sprincipl '1 of freeing oppressed peoples and re
 drawing national boundaries as far a } ossible, in accordance with the will o , the. peoples concerned. while giving t. each the facilities to live an inde pendent national and economic life. These intentions were made clea ? not only in President Wilson's ad 3 dress to congress on January 8, 191s 9 but in the principles of settiemen l enunciated in his subsequent ad dresses, which was the agreed basi l Of the peace. A memorandum on thi t point is attached to this letter." 8 Accordingly, the allied and asso ciated powers have provided for tn
 reconstruction of Poland as an inde
 pShdent- state.
 f "Dc nzig has been constituted as Q free city. so that the inhabitants wi '. be autonomous, and do not come un Y der tne Polish rule or form any par . of the Polish state.'
 n Section Missing.
 n Clause VI. ot the treaty says tn ,, allied and associated powers hay y given careful consideration to the re r. quest of the German delegation tha $ Germany be admitted to the league e nations as one of the conditions e peace, but that the allies are unabl It to accede to this request
 n It is added that the allied and assc d ciated powers believe if the Germa
 people prove that they intend to fulfi l. the conditions of the peace. and ths y they have abandoned forever thos y aggressive and eStranging policit le which caused the war and have no is become a people with whom it is pos y sible. to live in neighborly good fellow r. ship" it will be possible at an ear le date to complete the league of natio1
 by the admission of Germany theret 50 Clause VII refers to the denunciatic ,y by Germany of the blockade of u il allies It declares that the blockat e, always has been legal and recogniz, in method of war
 at Clause, VIII, says: IS Tn conclusion, the allied and ass Id ciated powers must make it clear tn It. this letter and the memorandum a
 tached constitute their last word.''
 The clause adds that the treaty CT
 ates the machinery for the peacef s. adjustment of all international pro ne lens by discussion and consent al ce represents a sincere and deliberate a ks tempt to establish that reign of la en based upon the consent of the gover or ed, and sustained by organized opini he of mankind.' which was the asre ho basis of the peace.
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