The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-09
REsUscIrATIoN OF FRANCE.


reparatons ndemnities and guarantees as affecting
France These are most complicated questions involving
the fate and welfare Of the world for many years tocome
There no to suppose that the representatives OF
Great Britain Italy and the United States are not IN
hearty sympathy with France No doubt these represen
atves will agree upon such terms as will help France 10
recover eventually from the effects of the German attack
upon her life Mr. Lloyd Georges public statement re-
gardng the progress of negotiations is most assuring.
When Americans find themselves becoming impatient
over some trivial incident in which French ideas or ways
clash with their own let them consider in the broadcast
possible manner the plight in which France finds herself
after thousand years of laborous striving for free
DOM advancement and security.
The Hohenzoerns and Hapsburgs, in their plan to ex
tend their sway over Europe and the world, found it i'm
possbe to move forward while France stood the de-
fender of free government 1t was necessary to XIII
France if absolusm have free play Accordingly
the wonderful military, naval diplomatic, economic COM
mercia financial and political agencies constituting the
German war machine employed upon the task OF de-
stroyng France What the world principally was the
operaon of the military agency but the other agencies
plan of intense energy, horoughness of destruction
within their sphere and scientific elimination OF all consid
eratons of humanity, forbearance habit or other weak
nesses" which might interfere with the policy of annih
lation
Viewed solely from the standpoint of efficiency in CO.
operaon the workings of the vast German organism were
admirable The German people worked devotedy in the
all otadh v
France and thus open the way to German supremacy
the world Whether in the trenches, in submarines, IN
spy work. in the air. in the manifold tasks that meant
the sappng of Frances life the Germans worked faith
fully and effectively They placed themselves, their for
tunes and their country the disposal of the war lord and
his leutenants No more striking example of national
solidarity and enthusiastic devotion has ever been given
It is not the fault of any person in Germany that the
! French nation is not now extinct.
The amount of damage done to France is supplying
The nation is we'll nigh the point of collapse Its sui
rerng from shock preceptble as that of any she'll
shocked SOLDIER The people of France are not capable OF
Judging clearly and accurately what the peace settlement
should be- Some of them make groesque demands while
others stand dumby the door of the conference
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destroyed-the enemy accomplished that much. The i'm
pairment if Frances growth through this determination oil
its productive manhood is rreparabe loss not to be
made up by any penalty imposed upon the guilty ter
ory formerly yielding rs per cent of the taxes has beer
made sterile constituting virtually an amputaton OF one
auarer of France The population of that region has beer
e killed scattered enslaved brutaized impoverished ant
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the people has the mental and physical balance required
to begin construction These active persons are over
hemed by the magnitude and sterty of the wilderness
er in which they find themselves.
Now the peace conference is considering the means
xacng from the enemy such restitution as he can make
and such guarantees against further aggression as may
ii imposed For the worlds security, well for the SAX
of France it is to be hoped that the peace conference wi
not hesitate to wrest from Germany that which belongs
France and then bind fast the erocous and human ma
ton that sought in cold blood the murder of its neghbo
France is in far danger of lapsng into dsorde
y than Germany. The Huns not wandering homeless
in desert. Their homes and factories are intact The
are actually scanning the data stolen from France sho"
ing how France built up her industries and extended he
trade No trade secret of northern France is sec
ret from the rapacous that hopes to recover
place in world at great advantage over it
PROSTATE neighbor French machinery installed
German factories turning out products which the Gel
mans expect to sell at profit to the French victims!
German intrigue bolshevk madness, and the mistake
of some individuals highly placed in allied councils hav
served to obscure the naked horror of Frances od1l
Firc about all else important than holding out tn
bait to bohevis Tic shaping of league, "ands tn
" necessity of rcsuscitatng France.Wrslington Post