Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-23
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IS 10 %dcterminc tho, national condi..
tious undev which all the peoples OF
me cart h are TO lirr IN the future
eighth anniversary OF tn" birth Of tho
German empire. which waS proclaimed
The sett i Of tH hsi"rie T das tor
tile OPENING" Of the conference was de-
iiberatc. and WAS iutGndod as an AS
Suraucc ON the part OF President
i'cincHrc ANA l'ror.or ,1cmcnccau to
the French re"plr that no matter what
the NicwS ut the other nations par
ticipaiinE ia tro conference might bc
as &" I'll" hesti nolicy 10 assure u per-
France could he relied upon not to
ii%rssi for Z n'"myni tns SuiierinGs OF
persiStenty to insist that the right
ing of the Nr0uGS done France must
be a condition Of peace.
FRANCES GREAT SACRIFICE
ttEtEp Oh I.tEItN StpE:
NO governments which TOOK a different
attitude cuuu command tuc favor ut
tue French people cur mas To conc
10 i'lrls 90 runit@c Inc Sutrrings OF
the French iu opening me cSn!cr-
cnce president i'oinvsirv oN pressed the
faci that rtstice hId Suffered much
more than any OF u,c allied powers
that the oihcr nations which fought
AGAINST Germany unanimously selected
lariS as thu pace at which the con
TERENCE riGhtinltN should be held
NliGN Ire I" 80 ia your decision"
hat YOU represent toward :, country
"hlch. stu more than any other. has
witch entire provinces transformed
INTO vast hdttl" fields. have been syS-
tcmalicaIly wasted by tho invader. and
which has paid the heaviest tribute to
With nearly e,oooooo rrenchmen
thousands ."t homes DESTROYED and their
belongings >"oniiScatCd, with millions
destitute. wandering sadly among the
ruins Of tho aboGes OF their former
lnappinrsS, w,tnoui bread to sustain
'hcir bodies aJd With little hop" 10
suStam thci" souls. is 1t amy wonder
that the poignant present ana the ter.
riptc past ar, more il their hearts and
When SHIT rrcNdii IN the world in the
SPARTAN coN,,,,,:,IMEHT
when the WAR WAS St!il on these
hrhNc peuPlc Me-" HuNiu,iS 10 conceal
ihe cAteni "f ineit wounds. les, The
norh hurt would ave aid and cOmtur,
ara ''ni an Dg% i i d4sren, Now tnsE
should know the fuil "Nicai Of tn"
horrors 10 which they We're subjected:
ihe wounds jmlu&.rd upon ;h2m ANA the
Suifcrings wliich they were rul.prti.l
l." endure IA ii war Tor " uicll rs ,'resi-
VEN Md}Soin n%in 'e r., Satd in bis add.as Of
mao not the Slight 81 res .iuuS!li!ity.
wns TiiI5 &c rr%al.II thHt .When Paris
lonE range gums ANA when the Iep-
nShnS Mere periodically nyna Oven.
death ana dcS,rucJion tb,i ,,., ,"Y''is
and the damage done We're niIy;,vs
minimizcd ~ ~. official rrcucn prrSs
can mimi v;!s.,thnj ,ae.r hn,rbn, -.
consequence
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misieadins Az ai',j,,i,[ '',..ysSi
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incurred ana Ii" damage dyn,. hv IFS,
compare Ih.i,.'r,Si,ItS :" i, in Gi" "I i"
a man ,yIn lo.t nm - n1 .,r 'hJuEA d"nt
whose life h:lVim- Bee, snarndI' Pa Pa
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not aniuuntine' To- mt,rb $40 't' "S
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relief uf ltlSs, ,...1i 49,, 80 49, ~ VIC
he led INTO fnrrrt,til ms. ~ uin
through whtct iuG,. s5idi,rs Ia had "J -
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