New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
HARD PEACE TERMS
 HAD GERMANY WON
Ludendorn Tells Of Demands
 Which Were Never Made {
(NEA SERVICE)

LOnQOn, Aug. 2.- Ou 1eTllldn | Nationalists and Monarchists, it | does not become you to hammer about the peace treaty of Versailles and the burdens it inflicted upon Germany. You yourselves, when you thought you were winning, | openly proclaimed that you would | do far worse to the Allies than, after all, they have done to us.'
 That in a nut shell is the sub stance of an article that has just appeared in the German weekly, "Das Tage Buch,' and which has created something of sensation among the old junker and royalist class. The editor says the very people who, in Germany have the least right to speak, are filling the air with moans about mourning for Germany's situation and demands for thoughts of revenge.
 Points to Destroyed Trade
 The editor says that even if the Allies had not exacted an acre of land or a penny of separations, Ger many would, nevertheless, have had a hard time, it's world trade having been destroyed. He is far from praising the treaty. He thinks it one of the most severe ever inn posed upon d beaten foe, but he adds:
 This bad treaty of Versailles is, even so a whit better than the peace these moralists would have dictated of the good old German god had been as strictly on their side as their preachers proclaimed"
 He then proceeds to quote from their utterances during the war to show the kind of peace they would have dictated to the Allies had the latter been ultimately defeated
 For instance: On August 20, 1915. he says. pr. Helfferich of the treasury department, said that the "leaden weight of Germany's war expenses must fall upon them (the Allies). They must carry it through the decades, not Germany"
 He says Count Roon, leader of the Conservative party in the Prus- sian House of Lords, as late as June, 1918, laid down this pleasant pro- gram:
 Germany's enormous war costs would be borne by America. Eng land and France Belgium would. he annexed to Germany. The Elem ish and French coasts, including the port of Calais would belong 10 Germany. The iron fields of Briey and Longwy would be taken from France. France would cede to Germany the powerful forts of Yer dun. Belfort and Toul England would surrender her war fleet to Germany and various coaling and fleet stations all over the world Scrbit and Montenegro would be divided between Bulgaria and Aus tria. German troops would occupy France and Belgium until all treaty obligations were fulfilled. cost of occupation being paid by the French and Belgians.
 The editor says that on September 15, 1917, Hindenburg wrote that ludendorf. who with him com manded all Germanys armies, sent to Berlin what he thought Germany should demand if she won. Hin dcnburg indicated he agreed with Ludendorff.
 The latter urged the permanent annexation of iron and coal areas in French Lorraine and lands around the lower Rhine Belgium was to be occupied so long and the industries of Belgium were to be so narrowly influenced by Germany that the country would seek an- neXation to Germany Holland must be brought under Germany's influence. This would be brought about if Germany and Japan had close alliance and jointly guaranteed the safety of Hollands East Indian colonies.
 Wanted to Annex Land
 Das Tage Buch further quotes the former Kaiser and others as indi- eating the Highest" was ready 10 make himself Grand Duke Of Courland Esthonia. Riga and Lith- uanla. Poland was to be a king dom under the joint tutelage of Germany and Austria Russia was to deliver to Germany a consider able portion of her petroleum from Faku. Rumania was to be almost dlsarmed forever, her oil industry was to be in German hands and her territory was to he occupied by German and Austrian troops for many years.
 And one of the pretticst thoughts of all was that Germany would exile from their homes all the Frenchmen m the French territory she would take over. France was 10 agree to settle these Frenchmen in the territory the victors left her.