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Show FRENCH DEMANDS. ITer.rv Cheron; a mrrr.bor of tho French senate, dcir.an!s full justice and complete rerara'ion for Franco at the hands of the peace conference. He arc'iies that "Germany mn-t pny not only for the damage ?he caused and the pen?:on of war sufferer, but eventually nmt bear the cost of the war." Tn addition, ad-dition, he in ?i5ts that a judicial penalty be inflicted upon the ex-emperor of Germany Ger-many -ho caused the death of millions of human beings and devastated many lands. So iar ad W'lhMm is concerned, it may truthfully bo fru 1 that thrc tvo;;M be comparatively few ir.ourne.-3 ! at his funeral should the allies deride j to hang him. The people of Germany, , however, cannot perform miracles in the : way of making reparation. They should be compelled to pay to tlie full extrnt of their abilitv and likewise compelled to morTL'nce the future. f!ut there are limit.- to tho ability of tlie Gorman to pay, and thee limit- are no doubt be-in be-in carefully on'-ide'-od at Yr--:i:llfi. If France had be.-n ordered tn pnv to the last farthing fr th" dtn;lL", wrought by Napoleon Ilonaparte nnd the verdict rii'lered niint h'T had beeo rarricd out, .she, would Ion;; since have ceased to exi.jt .n a nation. Vet i ion 3 parte i t h naf bna) hero of franco, and his tomb orm of the rhi- f ornament of J'ari. It is K'-nerally conced''d tiiat Franco his juft caue for complaint niint Germany. It is also cunrodor that h'-r fb'n and for reparation and future protection pro-tection are wort h v of f l vo ruble action upon the part of the peao ri, fen-m e. Hut Franco i not th'1 only rounfrv in tlie world to, b'1 eon.idred, and dir 'dioujd hot be :il!f,wed to dictate p,-a.-(. term'; after tlie itiaiin'T of I ;i -,m:j p h. Tin; wo:b! ih t r i ;i 4 ''L'-'t. awav from all mi- h t r:i n act ion k in onI'T to f'ure li.otin' p:ife. Should dance in-i-t, tliere ean bo no p-ntMio of natiotm indi nn omi tTri at G.f b'v.'innin of the eonf'er'Mi't and the whol.- ma'trf is dentined Io failure, S'Tuilnr ( ii'Toa v Im -laying to the all'-rii" or he mav le n frothy fire -enter who bi-'ln b.ilance. In I ;ei'her hum lii'-, uurd; 'Io not riurv anv : V.eij-hf. '.Mill Kane pc,plr.. I'n'iap-. it 1 v.ouM bn a 'imiii'i! uf a ! i - fact inn to hini 1 I' a O a IH' IHit m ,t.,.tJ .(' f,e 1 ! .....r. - h'Cj! be a b.pled ,V the ,,,-nro " ., 'IC e, J 11 f !(e ,,1 ( (1., V ..'h 1 i a f 'il 111"' e hern in e rl h nipt hi ie:i. u ;i . , . from h!:i f.M an, jl:, ,-(- j.rnon.r Ih" '; etn. ' he , ..,1 ,,f the ex I, a: T in:.;'il be thus used in the squaring of accounts with Germany after tlie extreme limit of her ability to pay has been reached. |