The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-01-01
Punishment
of Kaiser
And Other Evil-Doers. Both
Germany and Turkey, Will
be Demanded.

oue oi the chaos OF the entente's
plans Tor the peace conference.
~ these informal meetings 1t
is expected that the confereea
VIII decide the order in winch
the topics arising out OF the
Wilson fourteen points viii be
taken up. The first. obviously,
VIII be the claim for opeu iii
plonacy ut tho conferences
which must be decided one way
or the other before TIC proceed
ings begin.
The present position, accord.
ing TO British uuthoilJy Iia Ihnt
The censorship is to be retained
Tor all news OF the coi,frrencr
20 be published in France. (i-ea,
Britain or ltaIy, while freedom
OF the press WI, be restored for
America, "A somewhat anomal.
Gus arrangement, gains witch
entente feeling aircady Is ris.
ing.
II is also int-rt sting, perhaps
significant, To hear that in the
| opinion of cntente diplomatic
circles I II recent triplcHtp
agreements arrived at III l.on-
don ON the occasion of The visit
OF Prcmieis Cicmencrau. nf
France aud Orlaudo, OF ilulv.
are regarded as calculated 10
shorten the actual conference
substantially. What those.
agreements are val be disrlos.
al to President Wilson perhaps
at the pending informal meet
ings with the entente states
men.
There Is unquestionably keen
apprehension here that tho
President is likely 10 seek eco
nomlc aud other punishment
for Germany that Mill lie fsr
too lenient Tor the taste tf tin
governing classes in the ontet,tc
countries The triplicate nj.
derstanting reached ia I.onuun
is believed to enibody these
three positive points,
The punishment OF the Kaiser
and other evlldoers, both Ger
man and Turkish.
Exaction Of an indemnity IN
to Gcrmany's fullest capacity
to pay Without being ec6uomi-
cully parnly2ei in the effort.
Not TO return amy df Ger.
many's colonies under any con
ditions.
1t will be remembered thai
Premier llopy George SAID that
the future Of Gerinany's col
onies would be decided az the
peace conference This. OF
course, may still be truu IA
form, even though the question
already has been prejn,ged in
reality.
Then the agreement is spjl
TO embrace one negative pOiut
The preservation of BRUSH na
val supremacy as now existing.
IL is quite remarkable how
satisfied and unanimous Is lie
belief in the entente countries
thai the President has been
forestalled aud that he is np
against il" in relation To the
fourteen points. Indeed IL the
current comment in reUctiunary
quarters were well founded the
peace conference would prove
merely an occasion for giving
fresh sanction TO the old vices
of European diplomacy, so fc
verishiy denounced and rcuu-
dated in the same circles WHEN
American Intervention was
hanging in the balance and the
result of the war was equally
uncertain.
After Il few sessions with The
President, however, the ntmos-
phere will become less charged
with reaction, especially If the
democracies of Europe have
reason to distrust what il pro-
posed to be done in their name.
The outlook for the conference.
therefore, is exceedingly inter
es.ing from an international
standpoint, and the progress of
the immediate pourpariers will
be followed with the most nro-
found attention, as possibly
giving an accurate clew 10 ths