Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1920-07-17
DISHONEST GERMANY

DlSHUNkSl GEkMANx
r ERMANY is running true to her old
- form Of lying, dishonest, treach-
erous, evil-intriguing nation. Not one
Of her treaty promises has been faith
fully kept, most Of them not at all-in
fact, she has not paid one cent, to Bel
GUM or France by way Of PREPARATION
The paltering, feeble course of the
Allies, have encouraged her in the hope
that she can succeed in her impudent
attempt to make another ''scrap of
paper" of her treaty promises. Eng.
lands policy seeking as usual her own
selfish profit, las done much to bring
about this miserable condition.
Among other treaty violations these
cunning, deceitful Huns have refused
to disarm as they agreed, but are al
ready plotting for another attack on
France. They have over million VET
eran soldiers in their army, besides
enormous unused stores of war NUM-
tions Of all kinds collected years ago
for their grand assault upon all Europe.
Documents seized show this scheme of
later attack when, as they hope, dis
united, quarreling Europe, distracted
by their 80 wars now in progress, will
offer the favorable opportunity for this
unrepentant. blood-thirsty people to
win even yet their old dream of world
mastery.
Colonel House, that long time friend
and confidential adviser of President
Wilson, cables to the Philadelphia
Ledger as follows from Europe:
"LoNDoN, July 10, 192O.-Stu-
dents of the economic and political
situation are unhappy over the pres
ent outlook. Conditions in Poland
are rapidly approaching crisis. If
Poland succumbs to the Russian in
vasion, Germany will be the next to
60, and largely for the reason that
Germany will elect to 60. There
may be passive resistance. but
majority Of the Germans will well
come the Russians as deliverers.
The Russian army will be enor-
mously strengthened by recruits
from the late German army, and
together they will make formid-
able force, force that will take
all the resources of the western
powers to reckon with"
After discussing the ominous portent
Of this possible catastrophe, the COL
onel continues:
"A suggestion was made in Paris
just after the armistice to proceed
at once in the making of prelimi-
nary treaty of peace with Germany
alone, based upon broad general
lines and concerning four subjects
army, navy, reparations and de-
lineation of boundaries. Such
treaty could have been made by
Christmas of 1918 and would have
been not only the usual but the OBJ
vious thing to do. There was at
that time facing Germany the en-
tire Allied army, militant and flush
ed with victory. and there would
have been no delay or evasion of
terms"
IA treaty with Germany by Christ
mas 1918-the usual and the obvious
thing to do Z" Why was not this done
The Allies preferred the plan, and Col.
onel House, advised Mr.. Wilson to
adopt it. But he was dreaming of an
impossible League of Nations': with
himself as the first President Of The
World, and he broke with his counsel
lor, Colonel House, and refused assent
to that wise plan which would have pre-
vented all the disputes and wars that
have followed, and whose endless SOM
plications have in them the threat Of
Heaven kpows what loss and disaster
for Europe and the world.