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New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
IUnhlthe Terms Of the German Treaty
Are Finally Worked Out There
Will Be Constant Skirmishes

evade payment just so far as she
can. 1t is, too, equally certain that
Germany will rely upon time to di-
minish the concord between her ene-
mics and thus reduce the force
which can be applied.
Nor is the divergence of sympa-
thies among her enemies Of yester-
day Germany's only prospect of
gain with time. To-day British
armies are occupied with preserving
order in Ireland, in India, in Egypt,
as we'll as dealing with the gigantic
task of reorganizing all that lies
between the Nile and the Euphrates
and between Mesopotamia and AZ
ghanistan. If, for example, a real
outbreak should take place in India
and simultaneously German recall
citrance should require operations
east of the Rhine, it is matter of
grave doubt whether British troops
would be available.
On the German side the situation
is quite clear. No German accepts
the payment of indemnities such as
were fixed in principle at Versailles
as matter of justice. The German
sees in these terms only the de-
cision of a conqueror, to be complied
with solely because force compe]s
and merely as long as the force re-
mains. There is not now and there
will not ever be any acceptance OF
the payments as matter of obliga-
ton based upon honor Germany
bows but she does not yield.
This is the situation to-day, when
the war is still recent event, but
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

cafe was another trophy of Mr.. Do
ble's adventures in real life.
81 was introduced to the life Of
the Greek quarter long before the
American public started vending it's
way in that direction" said Mr.
Dobie. ga professor of modern
Greek at the University of Cali
fornia gave a dinner to d;stin-
guished man in the same line from
Oxford. We had dinner, in COM
bination saloon and restaurant, that
lasted from about 6 until mid
night, and after that the cafe was
ours. Indeed, for some months we
would drop in for drink or some
thing to eat and find it impossible
TO get the proprietor to think of
accepting money. He always had
some valid excuse-either it was the
Fourth Of July, or Saints Dav or
the sun was shining. Indeed. his
hospitality was astounding, all due
to the fact that we were Interested
in him and his people. This man |
have drawn almost from life in the
character Of Lycurgus, and the
change which I describe as coming
over the Cafe Ithaca is really the
story of this cafe where first made
the acquaintance of Greek food and
life-to say nothing Of drinks"
If it is true, as critics who write
about Joseph Conrad are wont 70
say, that the real adventures arc
psychological ones, the transition
from a job that holds mans nose
to ledger eight hours day to the
freedom of artistic work is another
real adventure. 1t is one that Mr..
Dobie ought to know we'll His
initiation into writing came after as
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

case it will be thirty years, while in
the former it will not be less than
fifteen years and probably will ex-
tend to two decades at the least
This is not peace; all the talk about
a League of Nations and the free
and willing association Of all peoples,
enemy and allied alike, went astray
in failing to recognize the funda-
mental fact that for thirty years at
least there would necessarily be two
classes Of peoples: the victoYs, who
were being repaid for the damage
done them, and the vanquished, who
were repaying.
Effect ON Foreign Policies
Looking forward, then, for three
decades, all internati tional relations
are going to be affected by the es-
sential circumstance, which is the
application of the Treaty of Yer
sailles. All Germany's international
relations are going to be dominated
by the single effort to escape from
the burdens imposed at Versailles.
All French and Belgian and Italian
and even British policies are going
to be effected, shaped by the effect
any particular step may have upon
the successful collection Of German
debts.
Not alone this, but domestic po-
litical events in each country will
turn on this foreign question. Any
attempt to reduce French armies,
abolish conscription, reduce arma-
ments, will be halted by the unmis-
taxable fact that if French armies
are reduced German performance Of
the treaty obligations will be made
less likely. Already French aspira-
tions in Syria have been curtailed
because of the recognition that
France cannot afford to weaken her
Rhine garrisons to enlarge her Syr-
ian occupation.
By contrast, British policy is al
most certain to favor larger conces-
sions to Germany, if, as seems not
unlikely, Ireland and colonial condi-
tions worsen. The British will hard
ly feel like recalling troops needed
in India or Egypt, or reducing gar
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

with ever-increasing rigor, these
financial clauses will bear upon all
the economic life of the German
people, and as they grow heavier
they will become more intolerable ito
those who are most distant from the
period in which the war broke out.
Try to Evade Treaty
Now, one year after the adjourn
ment Of the Congress of Versailles
change in German. domestic poll
tics, general election, has brought
new coalition into political control,
and the first effort of this new con-
troll is to evade compliance with the
treaty In truth, the chief argument
in the elections, which led to the
change in ministries, was that the
conservative, the reactionary, forces
would be able to force better terms
from the enemy. The old govern
ment, the coalition which has gone
out of power, sought within limits
to soften Allied decisions by appar-
ent submission. 1t did rot mate
rally soften the terms, and as a
consequence its domestic enemies
triumphed over it at the polls.
But the triumph imposed upon
Fehrenbach and his colleagues the
obvious duty to force concessions
from the enemy. The life of the
present ministry is conditioned upon
its success in compelling the Allies
to make material reductions in the
provisions of the Treaty of Yer
sailles. The German press notices
at the moment Fehrenbach set out
for Spa clearly foreshadow what was
expected of the new men. The tone
Of Fehrenbach and his associates at
Spa, the sharp responses to Lloyd
George, carefully repeated in the
public prints, were directly intended
to make political capital at home, to
give the appearance of the defiance
which was sought in place of the
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Found His Literary Inspiration on Park Bench

life of the shop, of the city, of all
the sights and sounds around him.
For my part, l was struggling to get
a foothoid in literature, but | did
not regard that as separate from
life. l was Interested in the boy and
liked him. Without any effort on my
part, it seemed, the notes had taken
began developing into a story-and it
was the first of my stories published
in 'Harper's Magazine In the re-
ality to me of the whole experience
! neglected to go through the ordi-
nary formality Of changing the
name of my live character in pro-
jecting him into literature. And.
sure enough, josef, when I met him
in the park again long while later,
had read the story with his name
in it in the magazine. Ae was sur
prised and delighted. Josef and l
have seen good deal of each other
since then"
Among the Bohenians
In "The Blood-Red Dawn" his
first novel, Mr.. Dobie tells the story
of Claire Robson, a poor San Fran
cisco girl. forced by chance into a
whirl of local society life, then into
= Greek cafe in the heart Of he for
eign quarter, where she goes
through strange experiences. We
are given the history of this little
patch of south Europe, its rise tc
commercial prosperity and it's inev-
liable progress to a cheap Bohe-
mianism, along with that of Claire.
the crisis running parallel with the
high spots of the intrigue in Jhich
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
HENRY, who was so much
given to telling the stories
Of people who stroiled


meet the emissaries of fate in the
shape of lovers, friends or foes,
never told Of his own adventures on
park benches. They would have
made interesting reading, for the
pursuit of story, one of the most
tantalizing things in all the world to
chase and one of the most delightful
to find, is one of the real adven-
lures.
1t was on park bench that
Charles Caldwell Dobie, short story
writer and novelist, met the char
acter who was destined to make his
success as a story-teller. Mr.. Dobie,
whose novel "The Blood : Red
Dawn" has just been published, first
came into prominence by a series of
simple, almost naive, stories about a
Bohemian boy. Josef Vitek, the
hero of these stories, is drawn from
real life, flesh and blood - and
name, too! And to-day he is one Of
Mr.. Dobie's best friends.
Met in the Park
Il was walking through Golden
Gate Park in San Francisco one
day." declared Mr.. Dobie, ,"and /
fell in with this young Bohemian.
We struck up an idle conversation.
l was struck with his simplicity and
genuineness, and one day in an idle
moment began to make some notes
on the conversation which took place
between as. Young, healthy, full of
life and enthusiasm, he was working
IS a baker and was interested in the
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

grueling an experience as any man
in the class of those who have EAR
rived can look back upon to-day
year after year of grinding work at
night, after days dull work in an
insurance Office, without a giimmer
Of encouragement. 1t has given him
a philosophy of literature that is
all his own.
In Business Seventeen Years
'It's just seventeen years that l
put in at the insurance business,
using the scant leisure, which con-
sisted of couple of hours three or
four nights week, for writing. -
he recollected. II have a theory
that more can be accomplished with
a systematic hour down and an
hour day than with any amount
of spasmodic work. Folks who write
only when the spirit moves them do
not interest me. Inspiration comes
usually from work. I think a busi-
ness training good for any one, and
particularly for any one with artistic
leanings. But in my case it came
near lasting too long. Five years,
not over ton, would De admirable.
Business taught me many things,
among others to get the ability to lay
aside work and pick it up later and
go right on as if no break had oc-
Cured. One never, by any chance,
has the opportunity in an Office to
complete job without Interrupt
tions. Thus, can leave my heroine
dangling over dangerous torrent,
get up, answer the telephone, and
go back and rescue her without los
ing stroke"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

the terms of the Treaty of Yer
sailles, for this will be the largest
fact in German life until the con-
dition imposed by the treaty is re-
moved. Each candidate for office
will promise what he can perform
only by defiance to the creditor ma
tions, and each act of defiance will
call for new conference, not i'm
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

risons in Ireland, with obvious con-
sequences, to compel Germany to
carry out provisions Of the Treaty
Of Versailles which have little real
value for the British.
Italy, on her part, can success
fully trade, as she has been doing
upon the Importance her aid has for
the present alliance. Increase her
share, make easier her situation by
subsidies of coal or by foreign loans,
and her support will unhesitatingly
go to her present allies, but if the
largesses are lacking Italy can fairly
point out that she cannot find men
to share in any punitive operation
on the Rhine.
Diplomatic War
In word, for thirty years the al
lance between France, Britain and
Italy, the European members of the
firm of great powers which won the
war, must preserve unbroken ranks,
must be able and ready to act at
fonce and in harmony, or the treaty
itself will break down, while Ger
many, on her part, is bound to try
at every favorable moment to ex-
plot any actual or imagined diver
gence of opinion between the AL
lies, as she has sought to do recently,
as she did over and over again dur
ing the war
1t is not the failure of the United
States Senate to ratify the treaty
with the League Of Nations attach
ment which has produced the present
anarchy in international relations.
. Had the United States ratified we
should have become only one more
active member in the partnership
to make Germany come across"
We should have added our great
force and greater influence to the
alliance against Germany, whose
purpose was to collect the indemni-
ties which Germany rightfully owes
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

humility affected by the Social DEM
ocrats VINO have gone.
Now, this is only the beginning.
Spa is the first occasion on which
the Germans have come face to face
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

what will it be twenty years from
now, when men who were not horn
when the war broke out will have to
shoulder some of the great burdens?
For whole generation, at least, and
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Nearly a Generation

: But in the case of the recent war
the shortest time any one has esti-
mated within which the Germans
can pay the sums which it is recog-
nized they should pay is thirty
years, almost a full generation.
Great Emergencies of opinion exist
as to the total sums which the Ger
mans can pay within that time, but
there is complete concord as to the
extent of the time necessary. This
@ agreement forecasts a period more
than ten times as long as the span
which saw The Napoleonic and
Franco-Prussian wars hquidated
And during all this time force
must be available to compel compl-
Rnce. Fifteen years has already
been fixed in the Treaty of Yer
sailles as the minimum OF time in
/, which German territory shall be oe-
cupied by foreign troops, with pro-
gressive evacuation by zones if Ger
many complies with all the condi-
tions. On the other hand, there is to
be no evacuation if she does not.
and at Spa we have had the frank
and explicit threat to occupy more
German territory if Germany fails
to make good on the military condi-
lions. which she has already dis
obeyed, within a brief period of
months.
But if Allied policy is thus fore
shadowed, what Of Germany? 1t is
{, q transparent fact that if Germany
does not make the money payments
which are still to be fixed, neither
. france nor Italy can pay their for
seign debts. In point of fact, even
the share which Italy will receive,
although materially increased from
the earlier figures, will not half pay
Italian obligations to the United
States and Great Britain. AS for
France, if she applies her share of
any sum yet fixed to discharge her
obligations to the United States and
Great Britain she will have next to
nothing left for reconstructing the
devastated areas.
~ Germans Play for Ti1ne
Yet, important as are the finan-
'cial clauses for France and for Italy,
and indirectly az well as directly for
Britai----for Italy, France and Bel
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

as German impotence was more un-
mistakable. 1t is not because the
European conquerors of Germany
are seeking to destroy Germany that
the world peace remains unattained.
1t is not because the United States
has retired from the firm that the
present difficulties have arisen, that
peace remains rather an ideal than
a reality on this planet.
Only Possible Place
No, the fact is all disclosed in
the single circumstance that no i'm
mediate peace was possible unless
Germany were to be forgiven her
debts, allowed to escape without re-
storing what she had destroyed, un-
less her victims were to bear the
whole burden of the struggle. Ger
many could not, like France in 1871,
discharge her obligations, if not in
simultaneously, within less than thre e
years. The sums were too enor-
nous. And as a consequence, just
as long as Germany was, in a de-
gree at least, like criminal under
sentence, like debtor working Off
civil judgment, if one prefer the
figure, it was necessary to keep her,
so to speak, under guard, and keep
ing her in this situation abolished
all chance of reconciliation, Of real
peace, of anything but a sort of
armed neutrality.
Now, Spa represents the first
clear evidence of the new condi-
tions. Beyond all question each new
election in Germany will turn upon
methods of avoiding compliance with
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
md wrongfully seeks to evade pay

and wrongfully seeks to evade pay
ing.
But German policy would not and
could not have changed. Germany
would have been a little less likely
to get out Of payment provided our
zeal remained constant, but German
resentment, bitterness, hatred would
have been greater rather than less
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
By Frank II. Simonds
EYOND even the Importance
~ Of decisions taken at Spa is
the fact which tha Sra

EIOND even the Importance
r Of decisions taken at Spa is
y H. the fact which the Spa
a Conference itself reveals.
We are actually at the beginning of
= what may in the future be referred
to as the Thirty Years Peace" as
fsfor more than two and half cen-
'sturies men have talked of. the
Thirty Years War" For alm0st a
generation. therefore, we must look
forward to conferences like that
which recently took place where the
great German general staff once
esfunctioned in its western campaign.
81. 1t is this absence of any imme-
diate and definitive settlement which
,i,really supplies the characteristic
and troublesome element in the
liquidation of the World War. The
thing was inevitable. Modern war
lis something quite different from all
. other wars, even from the wars of
the last century, and the manner in
n which the German conducted the
: war gave it still more striking
difference.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
Fine. Foe of Alliances

But for the future she may have
other weapons. Time must certainH
be on her side, because time Is lDs
fatal foe of all alliances. And on's
the preservation of the Angio-t reHs"
alliance, with the inclusion OF lta'y
as more or less equal partner, es'
insure German compliance for tflf's
years with terms which every
German now and hereafter wou'u
repudiate if possible and viii GU
deavor to evade as far as possible
Actually, then, we are at the os
ginning of a period in which Wv
Treaty OF Versailles will weigh
upon world affairs even more heaV"'
than did the Treaty of Frankieis
for the forty-seven years tna'
was in force. Spa is the first pnsss'
it foreshadows generation OF a'"'
turbances and unrest little less oan'
gerous than those incidents" wh's'
separate Sedan from the Marine.
fCopyright, 1890, By the hec'aF'
Newspaper Syndicate)
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18
The NapoIeonic Peace


.o When Napoleon was first over
y turned peace terms with France
were made in reiativelyfew weeks :;
his return from Elba made neces-
sary new treaty. in which France
lost small bits of territory, including
portion of the now famous Saar
Valley, and was assessed more dam
ages, but the terms We're quickly
made and within very few years
France was completely freed of
allied soldiers and quit of her none
tary obligations; had, in fact, be-
come one of the partners in the asso-
citation of great powers which then
o undertook to regulate world affairs.
Fifty-six years later, after the
Franco-Prussian War, the actual
terms of peace were incorporated in
the original armistice and the de-
finitive Treaty of Frankfort really
:, changed little. Then France was
--aln mulcted an indemnity, and
once more foreign troops were left
on French soil to assure French
performance. But less than three
ryears later France had paid all of
= the nlilliards which the German had
insisted upon and the German troops
left French soil. Thus another great
war was totally liquidated inside of
three years after the military deci-
sion had been had.
= The result was that no confer
:. ences were needed to decide upon
later developments, to continue the
pressure to recover the damages.
The state Of war and the circum-
stances of war were eliminated
while the war itself was a contem-
porary fact; in reality, the real con-
ditions were practically complied
with inside Of two years after the
close of the struggle.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

Yet, important as are the finan-
cial clauses for France and for Italy,
and indirectly as well as directly for
Britair for Italy, France and Bel
gium owe her $4,000, ,000, 600 and in
turn Britain owes the United States
$4,000, 900, ,0e0--it is not less a
matt Of policy for Germany to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09
GEN, H. HALE GREETS
FORMER members or
old 46TH DIVISION

Hero is telegram that may bring
back memories of camp life to many
veterans of the S4th division, and TO
those who were assigned to Camp Tay-
lor after their induction into service &:
major Paul ComstOck,
Richmond, Indiana.
Il have just received your invitation
for November eleventh and regret
more than | can say that press of
duties will not permit me to attend.
Many thanks. and please act for me
in greeting the members of the Lin
coin division with my affectionate best
wishes.
Harry c. Hale"
General Hale was in command at
Camp Taylor and was the commanding
officer of the Saith division to which
many soldiers from this county wei e
first assigned when they Joined the
service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09
REPUBLICAN RALLY
AT CAMBRIDGE CITY
CELEBRATES VICTORY

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Nov g.
Republicans of Jackson township en-
Enthusiastically celebrated the recent G.
.. p. victory at a rally held here last
, night, which was attended by hund
| reds of party workers from Richmond,
Hagerstown, Centerville, Dublin, Mil.
ton. Connersville, Newcastle and 9th.
er neighboring towns
Senator James f. Watson, Congress-
man Richard N. Elliott, George Rob
retson of indianapolis, state senator
from Marion county, and James Knapp
OF Hagerstown, state representative
from Wayne county, attended the
meeting and delivered addresses from
platform erected in the street.
Preceding the speaking there was a
parade reminiscent of campaigns of
former years-hundreds of cheering
partisans, brass bands, drum corps
and red lights.
Watson Thanks Voters.
Senator Watson spoke briefly. He
expressed his deep appreciation of the
big vote Wayne county had given him
and he predicted that under the ad-
ministration of Senator Harding the
country would enter into wonds full
era of prosperity. He reviewed the in
cidents Of the late campaign and de-
clared the tremendous Republican vote
cast throughout the country was a
reputation of the Democratic admin.
istration. Following his address Sen
ator Watson left for Knightstown
where he attended another Republican
rally.
Congressman Elliott also spoke
briefly and expressed his sincere
thanks for the majority given to him
by Wayne county-said to have been
the largest majority Wayne county
has ever given to a candidate for rep
resentative in congress.
Music was furnished throughout the
evening by bands from Milton and
Richmond, and by the Connersville
Glee club. There were several drum
corps.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09
LEGION BAND HONORS
HkCERSTOWN SOLDIER

HAGERSTOWN, Ind. Nov, 9-Hon-
or was paid to the memory of Leland
Ledbetter. who died in base hospital
No 106, France, March %, 1919, and
whose body was returned home. by the
! band of Harry Ray post, American
Legion, here today.
The musicians who came here in
connection with the meeting of the
good road enthusiasts, marched to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Led
better, where the body was lying in
charge of Private Fox, who had been
assigned as escort of honor by army
officials. The funeral will be con-
Quoted Friday.
Citizens of the community were
touched by the respect and honor
which the Legion band paid to a man
who died in the service of his coun-
try. He landed in France Sept. II,
! 1918, and died the following March.