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Show rs a ii FORGETTING THE KAISER Great Britain at this moment seems to be very much concerned with whatsis regarded re-garded as an omission in the terms of the armistice. The world at large, to a great extent, will share the uneasiness which is felt by our ally. Great Britain lis not entirely satisfied with the fate of the kaiser. His end is left too much to himself and Germany to satisfy the British Brit-ish people. They regret the fact that the kaiser and his sons were permitted toes-'cape toes-'cape without surrender. Naturally the world cannot feel that full justice has been done so long as the kaiser remains free from the penalty of war.. While 'it is true thaFTie has lost', much in the.defeat, it is also true that he ,has been-spared the privations ano sufferings suf-ferings which w,ere heaped upon the un ' Kprtunates of war. The discovery of Sreat stores of foodstuffs in the kaiser's erlin palace, while all' Germany starved, starv-ed, has brought the .lesson, home to the German people. The begin- to realize whatvdupes they have been. This, howeyer, brings, no punishment to the kaiser and his ilk. The kaiser is free from. the suffering which is felt in German homes is well as in the homes of the allied nations. Great Britain suspects sus-pects treachery, anticipating an effort to reinstall the kaiser as the head of tne government. While the world does not share this view it is, bound toagree that the kaiser thus far 'has escaped witlna light sentence. As a .result it feels that (full justice has not yet been accorded because be-cause the guilty have escaped. Those most responsible for the bloodshed and terror of the past four years have gone unpunished. The surrender of the kaiser kais-er should have been an essential part of the settlement, but coming as an afterthought, after-thought, no good comes of the suggestion The kaiser must be left to the ways of the world. If he escapes the assassin's bullet, his punishment must come from his conscience and the regrets he must feel in his daily living. Salt Lake Herald. |