Show I I I What hat Shall the Indemnity 3 Be rA propagandists in this thi country who ho appear 1 GER GERMAN to be quito as active o a n ever are aro now saying that 1 11 if Germany is is 3 compelled to pay p- ay for what sho she has wn wantonly destroyed in Belgium Franco France c Serbia n and l Ih Rumania th the league of or nations idea in so far as ag the inclusion of Germany Ger many is concerned will in have to bo ho abandoned lh The 1 lie argument i is s ma made do e that tho the German people if compelled to pay an nn indemnity n of or or of win will be stirred to such depths of or resentment and de despair that they will refuse to lo remain permanently in in ill inthe the league if H fade indeed t they enter it nt at all and mn may seek to form farm nn on alliance with other disaffected nations t tomake to J make trouble for tho the rest of the world with the tho American Amer This argument should have havo no weight t ican an delegation att on nt at tho the peace conference rho Tho primary ry purpose e of oE a world league if it is is to must IJ be beto I to secure absolute j ju justice tico t tt all nIl peoples at all nIl times tufts 11 If li Ifa a world league is formed at nt tho the peace penco conference and tl its s first net act is to lo excuse ono one of the greate greatest rent t crimes over eve r committed by lIy any nation nation Germanys Germanys Germany's crimo crime in wantonly wanton ly IjO anti and systematically destroying large areas of Belgium 0 n an d Franco franca nUll and enslaving tho the inhabitants inhabitants millions of enli enlightened people will m at nt onto lose 1050 their faith in in the Iho league and it will soon fall of its own weight V Wo We Vo 0 aro are nl also o told told told-by by tho the same samo propagandists that propagandists that even crew if Germany is made ronde to 1 pay ay for wanton anton destruction 6 sho should not b be ho e required to make good the tho losses suffered suf c b by hy y F Franco and Belgium ium n which ch were purely incidental inci tact dental to tho prosecution of tho the war For instance losses duo to shell firo fire it is argued should bo homo borne b by bj bytho tho the countries BO so unfortunate aa DR to sustain m such losses This argument is untenable It is like liko saying that if ifa i f a burglar breaks into your our homo home and wantonly smashes your our n bric ho should pay for it but if ho lie gets gels ct into a 11 fight with tho the watchdog and breaks up the Iho bric- bric a bras during th Iho e struggle that follows foliates tho ilia toes los should 1 bo he sustained by tho the owner who after all nIl was partly guilty because his do dog F took part in tho the fight fig 4 V 1 nation that without cause starts a n. war should shoal 1 bo be compelled to pay in so 80 far na ne 8 it is is able for that thaI t war If thero there are aro to bo be moro more wars in tho the futuro future thoy they probably will ho bo fought within tho the borders of nations nation a fighting in self defense just as os this ar was fou fought fough Lt t within such Buch borders Are Aro wo we to say that peace loving nations that fight only when the they are aro invaded rous must must t stand all nIl the terrific property losses lossos incidental to th the prosecution of tho the star struggle 1 le while whilo tho the guilty nations escape escape es es- 7 shall shaH invite Let al nIl all 1 cape Then wo we moro more wars ware us g- g gO O the encouragement and protection that wo we can cnn to coun conn- countries tries triM that that do not act fight o offensive o wars P 1 B Ha 1 b Colorado Springs Spring'S firemen are arc on strike triko but th tho e m mn mayor or is not afraid o of fires IIo Ho fired the firemen 1 p Ono One hundred Boston volunteers cat nn and breathe flu fin t germs genus with impunity Evidently familiarity breeds con t tempt tei 10 jd 10 Well YeII at any rate rato youve you've 0 got to give it to Mrs Wit Wil Wilson ilson il son for knowing how ho hoto to manage manag-e a R hus husband and fes fa to Be Better ter a l late te shopper than one who attempts to protect protect pro pro- feet his margins on Christmas morning r P Pi lea A People who have e been stoning 1 McAdoo's house should think the second time now that Mr Glass Gloss ha has s moved in in Pa ha I Pu JI z to Christmas cheer for pelican bartenders bartenders th tha grow growers rC r. ers ens threaten to tap top a few fete kegs in China Chinn to te 4 |