Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-04-17
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Germany undertook the task of dc
rHtroying the vessels of the Allies OF
top OF the water and thus make il
impoasiblc for Great Britain to sc
cure food supplies for her population
III the British Isles. Without the aid
of the United States, Germany nc
doubt would have succeeded
but there were other forces Il,
work. The German Icgions were prac
t:c@lly invinc;blc. but the Allies plm )
cd for II long war and took punish
mont, assured of the fact that the
resources OF their invctcratc enemy
could not last much longer. Germany
was endcaVoring to fomcnt Il rebel
lion within the domain OF Great Brl
tain, both in Egypt, India, Ireland and
! South Africa. This forced from Great
IrItain concessions to these depend.
i cncicS. which savorcd closely OF ab,
Solutc Independence, the allegiance to
the British crown. being more In
''''''' '''ti' III iuul lutl.
; These governing dominions.
teen took heart and renewed their cf-
forts to save the British Empire
Ihc schcming plans of the German
leaders had failed but they still re-
tanned That powerful grip upon the
army and navy. In the meantime. the
, c"idon OF war vessels had bcltcd the
watcra surrounding partially the
German Empire and food supplies
, were running low. hungry popu-
lace becomes naturally revolution.
: lists and the promises OF peace. fail
ing to matcrializc, the threatened
blow from behind was about TO be
struck.
NaiS"r Wilhelm had truly declared
that the German nation had never
: been whipped when it stood united
idl now there were signs OF dissolu,
ton. The Socialists with their fan,as.
VIC schemes were i'm touch with the
! SoclallStlc elements Of other nations
ana the Allies then put out the mis-
leading statement that they had no
var with the German people, but with
the military cabal that controlled
TO German Government. In the
meantime, President Wilson sent out
his famou9 "Fourtccn Points Int-
! ter emphasizing this view of the
situation and declaring that there
would he no indemnitics demanded
ny the Allies.
This letter was approved by tho
"'her nations and the German peo.
pie believed that the statements con
'aiheo IN this celebrated document
would be observed. Vain hope,
IL was n case Of will you wall,
into my parlor?" said the sn,dar r.
the fly. President Wilson evidently
reviewed all that he wrote in this
remarkable epistle and he trusted
his associates and allies. He seemed
TO think that all deception and dom.
''e aenllng rested with the leu.
'hic Allies and not with
the Entente Allies. No soonor
had the German revolution berun
'han the troops i'll the field, Being
robbed of support at home found II
necessary to retire behind the Rhine
and to submit to Illuminating with
"'""als' while the victorious Allies
| smiled
Iho German people had been dc.
tclved into believing that every
| single provision In that Wilson let.
ter would be observed The Allies dio
not consider that they were giving
germany and her Allies any more
Tran they deserved. They claimed
that the Teutonic Allies had deceiy-
cd them and they got even by dccciv-
ing the Teutonic Allies. In keeping
with the agreement, Kaiser Wilhelm
and his supporters became eyilcs in
Holland and then the Versailles Con.
, ference took place. The new German
Government, represented by ordinary
citizens, who had never had any Iii.
plomatic experience was in guam
diary.
It's rcpresentnt;N cs were destined -
meet the most Skilful diplomats IN
The world and the only statesmen
Qualified to meet them were aSsoc-
atcd with the eXilrd Kaiser or if re-
naming in Berlin were secretly fav-
orablc to his cause. When the rcyo.
intioniSts turned to this type Of
men for advice, it was given in a
way, and finally the armistice terms
were closely scanned and these able
diplomats deliberately declared that
tHc terms as submitted were not onip
unacceptable to them, but would
never be accepted by the German pco-
pie.
The Ebert Government found then
that the German diplomats qualified