Show i Where Lies Defeat eat i 1 liNY ERMANY carries carries an nn enormous war debt and when 1 ri v Ibo Uio allies present their bill hin for the tho damages of wa war ar r 1 tho Iho financial burden of the tho Gorman German people will appear appen r JY staggering But wo aro arc not to forget that in iii tho hour hou hour 1 of defeat aided and supported b by hy byS r c Germany industry S M j militarism has mado lUndo elaborate plans for tho futuro future r Perhaps we 1 havo have removed cd tho Prussian for wa war r v i I but wo 0 have havo not riot curtailed tho the lust last for power What 11 ha i t has lost Jost in In war sho she will seck to recover In in trade trad J after f tho the war nt It s 's While kilo Germany stands stands us n as the defeated naMI na na- MI tion wo we are aro not to to forget her victims Germanys Germany's in in- in II 1 are arc intact Her IIer fields have not been touched touche d K by tho the hand band of war With a n application the this s strength can yield itself to great reat expansion Y We c liar have e r but to consider the methodic destruction wrought ht 11 in ep p I Belgium and northern France Franco to find something of th the c J futuro future of Germany The Thc factories of these sec sec- tion have been dismantled dismantle TIle The machinery has baa bee been n w wrecked zI or or removed remo to Germany Tho The Germans in this were not prompted by the tho lust lets t of destruction They had bod their eyes eves on tho the future 4 knowing knowing- that every ery handicap which could be e placed of on 1 the enemy would work to her advantage nd in tho recon recon- Belgium and France will require years rears t to toJ o 0 J get their Jan lands s back back to normal production Whilo While the they 4 the fruits of victor victory they are aro defeated by tho de- de destruction dej tit of their material wealth While Germany i is s z w j paying a 0 great war debt from an undisturbed economic on mic c and industrial lifo life the they 1110 will bo undergoing a greater greats r struggle Germany can take the tho sting out of her defeat if she aho can cnn escape with a 0 war bill which will permit be beto her herto herto r to get got back to normal aa as soon as ns her neighbors s. s 1 As the tho allies determine upon ucon tho the amount of the damages dam dain- ages to be bo claimed of and consider r r. Germany her ability to they must also consider pay her ability to recuperate C The Tho destruction wrought nought in Belgium and northern Prance Franco cannot bo be charged off in a lI lump Jump sum The Tho futuro fu fu- I lure ture is to be considered and to assure full justice wo we must make mako certain that Germany does not profit by the 5 systematic destruction carried out in or order er that her neighbors would enter world orld trade after the tho war with v 3 a n wrecked reeked industrial and economic system 7 l 19 |