Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-10
THE TRI-WEEKLY EDITORIAL DIGEST
National and Nonau Summary of Leading Opinion
and
Irish SelEDetermination

the conference a proposal for a historical
commission comprised of representatives or
each of the Allies, who would be delegated
to write history Of the great war, in which
a fair share of credit would be assigned to
each participant, but the proposal was not
acted upon.
It would seem that this omission Of the
conference need not prevent the writing q.
such'a composite history. There are many
reasons why such commission as proposed
would confer lasting benefit on the world.
Biased histories, taught in schools, can make
more mischief in international relations than
the cleverest diplomacy can ever unravel.
Our school histories for generations fostered
an anti-British feeling in this country. In
Germany the mischievous possibilities Of
prejudiced history taught to school children
were consciously and purposey used to the
limit.
Such a history would once and for all
shatter the popular Illusion common to each
one of the Allies, to wit: eve won the war;
France knows she stopped the German .ood,
England is certain her navy did the whole
job, Belgium has been acclaimed the worlds
savior elsewhere than within her own bound
aries, and every doughboV can vouch that
just in the nick Of time we arrived on the
scene to achieve victory. How bitter it would
be for soapbox orators to be faced by school
| children who can fairly assign to each nation
its part in the world war!
DuC just appraisal OIL Cn0 Q0GQS OF OLQGT
nations, taught in the public schools of all
the Allies, will cement bonds of friendship
between the nations and will 60 far in full
filling the purposes for which war was
fought. 1t will tend to create in the children
an understanding of the. worth and nobility
! to be found in other nations besides their
own and will inculcate proportionate re-
| spect for the rights of other peoples.-ST
| JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS (Ind)
AN EXPLOIT IN FRENCH MILITARISM
| The French threat to occupy the cities of
Frankfort, Darmstadt .Homburg and Hanau
on the right bank of the Rhine is far more
| serious menace to the peace of Europe than
the use of troops by the German govern
ment to suppress internal disorders in the
Ruhr district.
Technically the treaty of Versailles ad-
mits Of the construction which the French
government has given to it. BY it's terms
the German government is forbidden to
maintain or assemble armed forces "either
| permanently or temporarily in the zone
| west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to
the east of the Rhine" ''In case Germany
violates in any manner whatever" the provi-
sions of this article "she shall be regarded
as committing hostile act against the pow
| ers signatory to the present treaty and as
calculated to disturb the peace of the
world"
That this restriction, however, was in
tended to prevent the German government
from employing troops in the neutral zone
east Of the Rhine to preserve order and put
down rebellion is contrary to common sense
No government could survive under such
restrictions. Neither Great Britain nor Italy
| regards the action as a violation of the
treaty, nor does the government of the
| United States
| In spite of the hysterica1 utterances of
an inspired French press, it may be doubted
! IL the French government itself ia prayeIv
concerned with the presence of German
troops in the neutral zone in view of all the
circumstances, or believes that 10000 Ger
man soldiers engaged in maintaining public
order and in protecting life and property are
a danger to the security of France What
the French government is most concerned
about is the growing demand for a revision
| or the peace treaty and the reluctance of
Great Britain to interpret it literally.-NEW
! YORK WORLD (Dem)