The Penn's Grove record., 1920-12-03
Courier Sketches of
European Countries
How The Peace Treaty Was
Made And The Purpose of
The League of Nations

Milton Conover gave a most inter-
esting lecture in Emmanuel Church
Tuesday evening on his Courier trips
from the Peace Conference in Paris
to different parts of Europe, taking
messages and receiving information
for those in authority to act upon.
Mr.. Conover is the son of Samuel
Conover, at Harrisonville, Gloucester
County, N. j. He was graduated in
1913 from the University of PennsYl-
vania. He made United States His
tory a specially and was a tutor in the
University when he joined the Ma
tional Guards, went to France and be-
came connected with the Peace Con-
ference, because a professor from the
University vas connected with the
Peace Conference.
On most of the trips Mr.. Conover
travelled alone in the garb Of a u. S.
soldier. He speaks German and
French. For other languages he got
an interpreter.
Most persons who read about the
Peace Treaty think that President
Wilson, representing the United
States; Lloyd George, representing
Great Britain; George ~Clemenceau, Of
France, and Orlando from Italy, COM
prised the Conference and did all the
composing of Treaty and League of
Nations Covenant. They were the
heads of their delegations. Each ma
ton had a large delegation. President
Wilson took with him about thirty
men, most of them college professors
and lawyers learned in the histories
of nations, languages, laws, industrial
and commercial problems. They took
tons of documents to substantiate
their information needed, as learned
men connected with the Geographical
Society had been working IN the COM
ing problem for a year before the ar
mistice was signed.
Nh. Conover said that the U. S. del
egation filled one large hotel, while
national groups filled other buildings.
1t was necessary to take messages to
other countries and get the latest in
formation for use by the peace COM
R1issioners. He did the messenger
work. The labor problem was one of
the greatest in England. He went to
London and visited the Parliament and
House of Lords. Next he went to
Dublin, Ireland, and learned much.
The most he learned vas that Ireland
is not fit for independence because the
country was divided into four parties.
The Unionist want to continue as the
party under under rule of the British
Parliament in which Ireland has MEM
bership. The Republican party wants
a different arrangement in govern
ment than present. The home rule
party wants home rule like our State
governments with the British Parlia-
ment attending to national and inter
national affairs. The Sim Feinners
are in open rebellion for an Independent
nation with their own army and navy.
The Sim Feinners met in 1916, de-
clared their independence of Great
Britain, voted to abolish the English
language, literature, and laws, formed
an army and shot down English
troops, were in communication with
the Germans got aid from Germany
and did all they could to aid the Ger
by making war on the English
at home. i
One of the leaders of the Irish army
which shot down British troops was
cannon De Valera, the refugee presi-
dent of the alleged Irish Republic, now
in the United States to raise millions
for Irish propaganda to fight Great
Britain. Thousands Of English SOL
ediers had to be kept in Ireland who
should have been IN France where
American men were fighting. The
Sim Feinners deserve no sympathy
and have no claims on loyal Ameri-
cans because of their treachery in the
World War, said Mr.. Conover. Irish
sentiment was bitter against the u. S.
soldier uniform when he visited Ire
land. a89
Mr.. Conover next visited Edin-
borough, Scotland, and the home of
Robert Burns, the poet of democracy.
The environments of Robert Bruce,
the great Scotch fighter, was seen.
From one mount could be seen eight
battlefields where conflicts ragged from
the 9th to the 18th century. The
home of Joseph Knox, the great reli-
gious reformer, was visited. His Ii
brary is kept with generation for his
great work for religious freedom from
popery. /,
Mr.. Conover next visited devastated
France, where not a house, tree nor
any living thing was left by the Ger
mans. Just imagine that the
Germans had conquered France, had
whipped the British navy, had sent
battleships to our coast and let air.
planes off to drop bombs on dupont
Powder Works. Imagine the powder
works, the machinery wrecked. Inn
agine every building burned as far as
Woodbury. with wreck and ruin to
every living thing with great holes
in the ground, with ashes and cinders
as indications where towns were for
merly located. Then you have in your
minds eye what Germans did to
France. Z 5 nf,ls. .a.ef
Mr.. Conover next went to Germany,
Before he reached the Rhine river,
green fields with cattle grazing peace
fully were seen. Well ordered farms
with trees and vines bearing fruits
and home undisturbed by war, pros
neritv and happiness abounded. When
he got to Berlin the imperial officials
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