Show Securing Future Peace t REAT BRITAIN S 'S S 8 estimate of the tho amount due her t G from Germany for damages entailed in tho the great war is indicative of the price to be he paid by the Germans fr a mistaken mi philosophy Indications are that Great Britain will demand eight billions of or pounds or nearly forty billions of dollars as reparation for war When i Franco and Belgium and the tho other powers have bave 11 padded added their claims it becomes becomes apparent that the war wm r i i. i debt of tho the central powers will bo be sta staggering staggering- cling The Tho world is bound to rest easier ns us it finds Germany Ger loaded with debt for years to come It is the safest asI ns- ns I to bo ho had rg against future futuro wars Staggering as ne tho the amount ina may seem it cannot entirely reimburse the II allied nations ons for their losses in in war var It is is in ill the form orm of of a punishment which hay has been courted and merited I Until it is collected Germany and her associates ns in war II should r be bo considered as JS nations probation by the civilized ci r I powers of or the World I J Whether or not Germany and her allies arc entitled I to a 0 place in the league of nations is a a. mooted question Some Somo argue that she can be he better controlled in ill the league than she can without Others assert mem membership would give gie her respectable rights to which she is not notI I entitled entitled Certain it is that Germany should n not t be he in- in 1 eluded in any alliance anco of nations until sho she has proved pro her qualifications 1 I Membership p should be denied her until she has fulfilled fulfilled ful ful- I filled all nil of tho obligations of peace She does not deserve deserve de de- serve to sit with decent nations until sho sue has bas repented I of her sins eins Her repentance will not come coma until sue she has bas I paid the penalty Germany still locks lacks n n. settled govern govern- and it is difficult to predict the manner in winch which she ho will receive o the tho terms o of p peace ce The great war debt which must be imposed upon her as ae an essential part of lh the peace contract does not augur well for her future I It means heavy y t taxes CS for years to lo come and is bound to stimulate emigration In In compiling the war ar claims against Germany and her allies duo due provision must bo be made for collection Germany I regardless of changes in government must be held to n account ac- ac count count There can be bo no repudiation of this debt for it itI I I is e the mo most moat t tangible guarantee of peace that we wo have i j I Under Under this debt Germany cannot make mako good the tho boast I I I of her soldiers to return with a g war eater in in five years I rus I j 1 |