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Show H GERMANY'S PLEDGE H When the representatives of German m'c attached their signatures to the armis- r tice terms of the allies they acknowledged M 'defeat before the wold. Eyeyhhhhssssss H defeat before the world. Everything M? that Germany posseses is pawned as a K pledge that she will return everything K she Em stolen. With the surrender of m$ Germany we have the destruction of V Prugflianiem, and the rule. of might lies K. broken and shattered at the foot of the ' throne of righteousness. We could de- K ', mand no more because, we could exact no ff more. K Thp terms of the armistice were drawn Hlf ;een consideration for the safety of V ind. No nation that held any hope Hf t mediate recuperation could submit Hi m. A dream of world conquest has B::' ) hattered on the rocks of righteoufc- H, ne Time worn plans for a Mittel Eur- ! op u3 a wedge in the Old World have been forever settled by the terms of arm- ' istice.' The abrogation of all treaties of 1 H J, the central powers means that never again will scheming autocrats seek to v , control the destines' of the world. BL , The heavy demands which are exacted Ky', v by the allies on the military and naval fk . equipment of Germany leaves no room HpL ioi; doubt as to the victor in the wot Id PT , war. For Germany to conform to these Kp demands is for her to offer concrete eri- Bjt. len.ee of her-sincerity. It is an honest Hk; ', indication of a desire for reform, an ad- B'' mission that her course has been sinful r;' t .and an acknowledgment that she is rea- 4. s idy to pay the price. -: ' The allies have imposed stern demands K' upon Germany wherever she has been ac- H ' ve and at tne same time thev have serv" 1 .ccl notice that there can be no trifling. In 'j.. this hour Germany must baifish treaoh- C;' ,,:ey for she can n0 longer hope to win by H:;'" it. The allies have established a safe- . guavd by making it plain in the terms fthat the armistice maybe set aside by any, one of the allied powers in the ev- 'r nt that Germany fails to live up to the requirements of the document. No con- iv if erence will have, to be called if Germany K undertakes to abuse the rights of any of .the nations. Until this time she has dealt . with the allies as a uiit. 'Henceforth she MC'- vitrust also deal with them as integral K": parts ot the whole. She must not only Hv' .satisfy the allies as a whole, but conform 1 to the demands of each -as an individual power. Civilization has triumphed. B Salt Lake Herald. |