Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-17
final DRAFT OF
PEACE TREATY IS
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plicitly and categorically accepte.
ty the German people as principle
covering the peace-1et everything
that we say, my fellow countrymen
everything that whenceforth plar
anc accomplish, ring true to this re-
Spouse. till the majesty and nigh
of our concerted power shall fill tie
thought and utterly defeat the fore:
OF those who flout and misprizc
wi at we honor and hold dear. Ger.
many has once more said that for &c
and force alone, shall decide
whether justice and peace shall
reign in the affairs of men, whether
right, as America conceives it. or
dominion, as she conceives it, shall
determine the destinies of mankind
There is therefore, but one response
possible for us-force, force to the
utmost, force without stint or limit.
tho righteous and triumphant force
which shall make the law of the
world and cast every selfish domin-
ion down in the dust.
! Compromise Impossible.
Nj. Clemenceau in the letter also
quotes from speeches delivered by
Premier Lloyd George himself, as
premier of France, and Premier Or
1ando of Italy, in which it was spe-
officially declared that when victory
Fas won, compromise as to peace
Germs was impossible and just pun
ashment should be melted out, and
continues:
Justice. therefore, is the only
possible basis for the settlement of
the accounts of this terrible war.
Justice is what the German delega-
sion asks for and says that Germany
has been promised. But it must be
Justice for all. There must be JUS
,tice for the dead and wounded and
for those who have been made or
iphans and bereaved that Europe
might be free from Prussian des-
potism. There must be justice for
the peoples who now stagger under
war debts, which exceed thirty bill
lion, that liberty might be saved.
There must be. justice for those mill
lions whose homes and lands, ships
and property, German savagery has
spoliated and destroyed.
THAT is why the allied and asso-
eiated powers have insisted as
cardinal feature of the treaty that
Germany must undertake to make
reparation to the very uttermost of
her power, for reparation for wrongs
inflicted is of the essence of jus
tice.'
THAT is why they insist that
those individuals who are most
clearly responsible for German ae-
gression and for those acts of bar
barisn and inhumanity which have
disgraced the German conduct of
the war must be handed over to
justice, which has not been melted
out to them at home.
Has Ruined Countries.
THAT. too, is why Germany must
submit for few years to certain
special disabilities and arrange
ments. Germany has ruined the in
dustries, the mines and the MACHINE
ry of neighboring countries, not dur
ing. battle. but with the deliberate
and calculated purpose of enabling
her own industries ito seize their
markets before their industries could
recover from the devastation thus
wantonly inflicted upon them.
Germany has despoiled her
neighbors of everything she cor.d
make use of, or carry away. Ger
many has destroyed the shipping of
all nations on the high seas, where
there was no chance of rescue for
their passengers and crews
1T is only justice that restitution
should be made and that these
wronged peoples should be safe
guarded for a time from the conf
petition of a nation whose industries
are intact and have even been forti-
fled by machinery stolen from occu-
pied territories. If these things are
hardships for Germany, they are
ihardships which Germany has
brought upon herself. Somebody
must suffer for the consequences of =,
the war. Is it to be Germany or the
peoples she has wronged?
!, Must Do Justice to All.
"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 deferred from following
in the footsteps of Prussia; if man
kind is to be lifted out of the belief
that war for selfish ends is legiti-
mate to any state; if the old era is
to be left behind, and nations, as
well as individuals, are to be brought
beneath the reign of law; even if
there is to be early reconciliation
and appeasement, it will be because
those responsible for concluding the
war have had the courage to see that
justice is not DETECTED for the sake
of convenient peace.
1t is said that the German revo-
luton ought to make q difference,
and that the German people are not
responsible for the policy of the
rulers. whom they have thrown from
power. The allied and associated
powers recognize and welcome the
change. 1t represents great hope
for peace and new European order
in the future.
Cannot Affect Settlement.
"But it cannot affect the settle
ment of the war itself. The Ger
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