The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-05-07
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE TREATY OF PEACE.

ILL Inca VI L EAOE.
Today marks an epoch in the his
tory of the world. German delegate
to the peace conference were give
the terms of the treaty which the
must sign or resume the war or b
starved into submission. The allie
are in position to enforce the term
of the treaty and Germany knows it
Her delegates will sign the treaty
German newspapers announce tina
the treaty will be signed but the in
demnity will not be paid. In Other
words the treaty is to be like thai
made with Belgium "a mere scrap OF
paper" but this is merely typica
German boast to "let the people down
easy" The indemnity will be paid
and the initial payment will be five
billion dollars. Germany agrees to
pay all damages to nations and in
dlviduals caused by the war. Her
people will be busy for the next 100
years paying for the war their kaiser
started with their knowledge and
consent, in the vain hope that Ger
mans would rule the world and all
other nationals would be German
serfs
Those who have been complaining
that the terms of the treaty would
be too mild and that Germany would
get an "easy peace" will do we'll to
study the terms of the treaty as
given to the world by the Associated
Press. That the terms are harder
than the average man or woman ex-
pected them to be cannot be doubted.
That Germany is reduced from one
of the very strongest powers in Eu-
rope to one of the very weakest by
these terms which she must accept,
cannot be doubted Her fall has been
greater than that of Spain which was
one of the 'first-class" powers of |
Europe when she started the war
with the United States and was rated i
as a fifth rate power when the war
closed and it is well to remember
that Spain has never recovered and
never will recover her former great
ness.
The treaty was handed to the Ger
man delegates by Georges Clemen-
ceau, premier of France, that grand
old man, known as '"The Tiger" who
has fought Frances battles against
treason in high places and against :
aggression from the outside, for more {
than half century. He remembers
well the humiliating scene almost
aalf century ago when Bismark, the :
German "war lord' who, like the 3
ate unlamented Kaiser Bill, believed t
II government by the sword" forced 7
France to give up Alsace- Lorraine !,
md pay an enormous indemnity for u
he war that Germany started as she
tarted this one, for the sole pur- n
Jose of gaining territory and wealth.
reverses the situation
md presents terms which first re-
Iuire Germany to restore Alsace-Lor-
aine to France and pay an indem
lity 10 times greater than France A
aid Germany and the Huns must a
1--WE up every colony and much of {
heir home territory. q
1t would be hard to conceive more e.
terms for nation as N
roud and naughty as Germany was q
ess than five years ago. W
The mills of the gods grind slowly
But they grind exceeding small; >
Though with patience we stand y
waiting, m
With exactness grind they all.
H - IA p;
otis an i'll wind that blows no 3,
ood." The opening of Pullman ia
leatres on Sunday will surely result ia
i the improvement of the road be- w
veen Moscow and that town. Pull -
an will be interested in securing e;
1ndreds of patrons from Moscow
r her Sunday evening shows and oy
i'll, undoubtedly, be willing to i'm i.
owe the roads so that autoists may 10
i've over to Pullman to spend Sun an
" evenings and their money in Ga
at town. Moscow will lose much
siness in this way, but if the roads
3 repaired Pullman people will
ne here during the week to trade pa
our splendid stores and that will -, -
set the loss of Sunday evening If