El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-17
CZEGHS LAUNCH
COUNTER DRIVE
Capture Several Villages
From Hungarian Reds
Increase Their Army.

l1ia has decided TO increase the army
to 1z.oe0 officers and 24s,000 men
used every channel through which TO
! educate their own subjects in the doc
l trim that might was right in interna
I tionaI affairs. They never ceased to
/ expand German armaments by land
and sea and TO propagate the false
I Germany's neighbors were Jealous OF
J her prosperity and power.
Kept Europe in Fermeut.
.She sought to SOW hostility and
suspicion. instead OF friendship be-
] tween nations The Germans devel-
oped a system Of espionage and in
/ triEue through which they were en-
abled 10 stir ID international rebel
I lion and even 10 make secret OFFENSIVE
preparations within the territory OF
! their neighbors. whereby they might.
when the moment came, strike them
/ down with greater certainty and ease.
They kept Europe in ferment by
/ threats OF violence. and when they
found that their neighbOrs were re-
solved TO resist their arrogant WILL
the undetermined TO assert their pre-
dominance in Europe by force
AS soon as their preparations were
complete. they encouraged ? subser-
Went ally to declare war on Servia on
IS hours notice, a war involving the
control OF the Balkans. which they
knew could not be localized and which
was bound 10 unchain a general war.
SIN order TO make doubly sure,
they refused any attempt ut con-
Citation and conference until IL
was too late and the world war
was inevitable. for which they
had plotted and for which. alone
among the nations. they were ad-
equntely equipped and prepared,
'.Germany's responsibility. however,
is not confined 10 having planned and
started the war. She Is no less re-
sponsible for the savage and inhuman
manner in which II was conducted.
guaranty Of Belgium. Germany violat-
ed the rules after a solemn promise
to respect the neutrality OF this IN
offending people.
Not content with this. they delib-
erately carried out a series OF pro-
the sole object OF terrifying the in
habitants into submission by the very
frightfulness Of their action They
were the first TO use poisonous gas,
Notwithstanding the appalling suffer-
ing II entailed. They began the bomb
ing and long distance Smelling Of
towns. for no military object. but
solely for the purpose OF reducing the
morale Of their opponents by striking
at their women and children
Began Ruthless SeaWnr.
They commenced the sbuarine
campaign. with its piratical challenge
OF international law and its destruc-
ton OF great numbers OF innocent
passengers and sailors IN mid-ocean.
far from succor, at the mercy Of the
winds and the waves and the yet more
ruthless submarine crews. They
drove thousands OF women and chill
dren with brutal sayagery into slav-
cry In foreign lands, they allowed
barbarities TO be practiced against
their prisoners OF war. from which the
most uncivlized people would have
recoiled-
The conduct OF Germany is almost
unexampled In human history. The
terrible responsibility which lies at
her doors can be seen by the fact that
not less than 7.000,0 600 dead lie buried
in Europe. while more than 2o,o00.0oo
others carry upon them the evidence
Of wounds and suffering because Ger
many saw fit 10 crafty her lust for
tyranny by resort to war.
"The allied and associated powers
believe that they viii be false to those
who have given their all to save the
freedom OF the world II they consent
to treat war on any other basis than
as a crime against humanity and
Wilson Defined Attitude.
This attitude OF the allies and as
ISOLATED powers was made perfectly
clear TO Germany during the war by
their principal statesmen. Il was de-
fined by president Wilson in bis
speech April g. 1918, and explicitly
and categoricai1y accepted by the Ger
man people as a principle covering
the peace Let everything that we
say. my fellow c0untrymen. every
thing that we henceforth plan and ac-
complish. ring true to this response.
till the majesty ana might OF our con-
certed power shall ill the thought
and utterly defeat the force OF those
who flout and misprize what we
honor and hold dear, Germany has
once more said that force, and force
alone. shall decide whether justice
and peace shall reign in the affairs
Of men. whether right. as America !
II. or dominion, as she con-
ceives II. shall determine the desti-
mics Of mankind. There Is. therefore. |
but one response possible from us
force, force 10 the uttermost2 force |
without stint or limit. the righteous !
and triumphant force which shall |
make the law OF the world and cast |
every selfish dominion down in the |
DUST"
II Clemenceau. in the letter. also |
quotes from speeches delivered by !
premier Lloyd George. himself as pre-
nier Of France. and premier Orlando.
OF Italy. in which Il was specifically
declared that when victory was won 1
compromise as to peace terms was i'm /
ossible and just punishment should |
be melted out. and continues:
"Justiee, therefore. Is the only
possible basis for the settlement
OF the accounts OF this terrible
war. Justice Is what the German
delegation asks for and says that
Germany has heen promised. But
IL must be justice for nli. There
niusf be justice for the dead and
wounded and for those who have
been made orphans and bere1Ted
that Europe might be- free from
PruSxian deEpotism. There must
be Justice for the people who now
staEEer under war debts. which
exceed SS0-000s OOO,c00. that liberty
might he saved. There must be
Justice for these millions whose
homes and lends. ships and PROB
erty German saraEery has spoil
ated and destroyed.
That Is why the allied and asso-
.iated powers have insisted as a car
iinal feature Of the treaty that Ger
many must undertake TO make repair
ition 10 the very uttermost OF her
loWer. FOR reparation for wrongs in
'licted is Of the essence Of Justice.
THAT IS why they insist that those
Individuals who are most clearly re-
.ponsible for German aggression and
or those acts Of harbarism and in
humanity which have disgraced the
German conduct OF the war must be
landed over 10 Justice. which has not !
'een meted out 70 them AZ home.
That. too. is why Germany must
unmif for n few years TO certain sDe-
lal disabilities and ARRANGEMENTS.
Germany has ruined the Industries
he mines and the machinery OF
ieiChhoring countries not during bat
lie. but with the deliberate and cal
ulated purpose Of enabling her own
10 seize their markets be-
ore their industries could recover
rom the devastation thus wantoniy
Inflicted upon them.
Germany Despoiied NeIehbors.
Germany has deSpoiied her neigh