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Show THE CITIZEN 6 vast region of German Southwest Africa by the Union of South Africa. The terms, with one vital exception, follow the terms outlined in the covenant of the League of Nations that is to say, they prevent natives forming forces to fight for their own freedom, but permit police forces of natives for the defense of the masters. Traffic in arms and ammunition is to be controlled so that the natives may be kept in subjection indefinitely. And under the guise of prohibiting the slave trade slavery is established, for one of the provisions of the mandate is to the effect that compulsory service may be exacted for essential public work which means that the natives can be compelled to slave on any work deemed essential by their masters. Such is the nature of the administration established under the Wilsonian mandates. Americans might view this fantastic result of the dreams with sorrow unmixed with anger were it not for the fact that the league, presumably at the dictation of Great Britain, takes occasion to embody a provisicn which is a distinct affront to the United States. so the provision runs Free exercise of all forms of worship shall be allowed and missionaries and nationals of states members of the League of Nations shall be permitted to travel and reside in the territories and follow their callings. In other words the missionaries, artisans, farmers, merchants and. indeed, all nationals of the United States, are excluded from a large part of the earths surface by this provision. If our nationals go to these lands it must be by special dispensation of Great Britain. Why were measures taken to exclude the nationals of the chief ally of Great Britain in the war, the ally that saved the British empire from extinction? And, by the way, Nauru or Pleasant Island is that pleasant island so rich in guano that when the Versailles conference was in progress Great Britain threatened to withdraw from the conference unless given the island. In other words. Great Britain threatened to wreck the peace conference if she were not awarded this immensely valuable island of nitrate. ex-preside- nts seemed as fair as ever. But when the observer looked from the ine to the man, when he observed the standard of living and it with the standard prevailing before the war, he knew that been merely looking upon the shell of Germanys former pn Almost it was as if a noble race had passed away and only their were left to ratte around aimlessly in their palaces. There has been much hypocrisy on. both sides in the to whether Germany can pay the reparations demanded allies. We have but to imagine our own case if we were called upon to pay $15, 000,000,(XX) to a successful enemy in to the $50,000,000,000 we have already expended directly or i for the war. Nor would our situation be much less vivid to u$ enemies should put their demand in different terms and tell must pay $45,000,000,000 in forty-tw- o years. Though we richest people in the world we should feel the paralysis of gripping our hearts and limbs. Germany can pay, but at what frightful cost ! She can by sacrificing most of what made life worth living in those before the war. Her standai days of comfort and well-bein- g living is permanently lowered. The people must plod along n ; on fare that would have looked plain to their ancestors durii grisly aftermath of the thirty years war. The Germans complain that they have been condemned tostjp and their complaint would be poignantly pathetic were it not fe3! fact that the war has condemned the whole world to slavery, are feeling the shackles now. The reaction that was bound to is grinding its iron into our limbs and into our very souls, it was the Germans who started the' world war ! jTTTMars, let loose by junker greed and ambition, fastened (G Er stones about the necks of the nations. And the nations, instead of trying to throw off the burden, a a compact at Versailles to prepare the way for new wars. Instejj laying a foundation of justice the only foundation for peace they sowed the seeds of war again and went their way.te I E ging their chains and their millstones with them. , ! si , R PATRIOTISM REWARDED A GERMAN VICTORY ! To the Germans the plebiscite in upper Silesia was a question of life or death. When they thought of a victory for Poland they could visualize a Germany struck down and bleeding to death. With its 5,000 square miles of coal, iron and other raw materials for their railroads, shops and factories upper Silesia meant a new lease on industrial life if the plebiscite should keep the region a part of Ger- many. that Germany appears to have something of a victory the Teutons will feel a great anxiety lifted from their despairing spirits. They will not, we fancy, admit that they are better able to pay the reparations bill; still will they pull a poor mouth and plead poverty, but through their veins the blood will course pleasantly once more. At length, definite hope will take form. Far off, as they struggle through the tunnel of industrial serfdom, they will detect a tiny disk of light which will be a symbol to them of hope and liberty. The situation of Germany was a riddle after the armistice. One could travel through the land without detecting any of those salient signs of disaster so horribly and grotesquenly apparent in France. The titanic works at Essen appeared to be just as fit for stupendous achievements as ever. The shops and factories were as imposing. In a word, the economic machinery was still impressive in its suggestion of power. Outwardly Germany was still strong. She had radiated efficiency and vitality in the days before the war and externally there was nothing to indicate that she could not continue incessantly to achieve results that had been the despair of rival nations. d The mansions were just as brilliant, just as awesome. The homes of the poor seemed to tell of a material contentment that had aroused the envy of the working classes in neighboring lands. Because the victorious enemy had stopped at the gates Germany Now' wron ife Among the veterans of the world war who will come to for the first time at the opening of the special session is Fitzgerald of Dayton, Ohio. The Third Ohio district, from whichftC gerald comes, has been strongly Democratic since 1906, but the? publican nominee carried it last November by a plurality of 7$. When the United States entered the war, Fitzgerald wasfj the draft age, had a family of wife and three children, and f enjoying a lucrative law practice. He left everything, wentj training in a combat division, was commissioned a captain andftf to France. He is as ready and earnest a worker in civil as in infer ' affairs, as indicated by the fact that in addition to attending to his. h practice he finds time to serve as president of the Federal Bar ciation of his subdivision, trustee of the public library, trustee ol law library, director of a national bank, chairman of the committee and is active in the work of a number leading fraternal organizations and the Y. M. C. A. Like all good workers, he will be a welcome addition to f bc gressional circles. jj on stated-examinati- !tii J. Austen Chamberlain, the new leader of the Unionist was chosen because he distanced all rivals as a graceful wearer. ' Europe is said to be losing faith in America, but they money a compensation. Q findv The center of population has been found in Indiana, but knows what to do with it. ; t no !b i well-tende- It is difficult to get at the meat of the controversy bet,i the packers and their employes. The rail dispute consists mostly of railing. |