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Show The Cold Cost. (Rocky Mountain News, Rep.) Hero nre eome of the cold, hard, practical prac-tical gains from the war which America loses if Lodge is allowed to make permanent perma-nent the futile failure to ratify the Versailles Ver-sailles treaty of peace: 1. Germany's acknowledgment of responsibility re-sponsibility for the war and her promise to make restitution for damages resulting result-ing from it. 2. Germany's promiso to us in the treaty that she will not impose higher or other customs duties or charges on our goods than those charged to the most favored nation, and will not prohibit or restrict or discriminate against imports directly or Indirectly from our country. 3. Germany's promise to us in the treaty that she will make no discrimination discrimina-tion in German ports on shipping bearing bear-ing our flag, and that our shipping in German ports will be given as favorable treatment as German ships receive. 4. That for six months after the treaty goes into,effect no customs duty will be levied against imports from the United States except the lowest duties that were in force for the first six months of l;H4. 5. Germany's agreement with us that the United States shall have the privilege of reviving such of the treaties with Germany Ger-many as were in existence prior to the war as we may alone desire. 6. Germany's promise to us to restore the properly of our citizens seized in Germany or to compensate the owners. 7. Germany's very important validating validat-ing all acts by the United States and by the alien property custodian by which we seized and proceeded to liquidate liqui-date $SU0,0u0,000 worth of property In tho United Stales belonging to German citizens. 8. Germany's agreement that the proceeds pro-ceeds of the sale of these properties may be used to compensate our citizens in Germany if Germany fails to do so, or to pay debts which Germany or Germans owe to American citizens, or to pav American prewar claims against Ger- 1 many for the propertv destroyed and. lives taken similar to the losses because of tho destruction of the Lusilanla. 9. Germany's agreement that she will compensate her own citizens for property, prop-erty, patents and other things belonging belong-ing to them in tho United Stales seized during the war by our government. 10. Germany's agreement that no claim can be made against the United states In respect to the use or sale during the war by our government, or bv persons acting for our government, of any righls in industrial, litcrarv or artistic property, prop-erty, Including patents. 11. Germany's agreement that tb" United States shall retain over 500 ono tons of German shipping, seized in American Amer-ican ports, which must more than compensate com-pensate us for shipping lost during tho wa r. l'J. Wo would lose our membership on the reparations commission, which will he the most powerful International bodv ever created and which will have enor mous control over ttiC n; mereo of Germany with 1; world for years to Bli , supervises tho use of i;,.,'n,' resources and the ian.., tions, but it ran restrict or, many's Imports ami d .str . her desirable cxporls, iiiri,r no way can the United K:;.v self against diserlriiiiiiui.ii imports and financial p,i;.. ' have a member upon Uk- g, tions commission. Wo list these hard pra." cause, to hear LoilKe a ni manlike irreconciialiii-.s, v.,:; that the whole treaty ins clusively of silly-billy gins of American rights. |