Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-09 | Page 4 | French Troops in Germany

I FRENCH TROOPS IN GERMANY 1 With French troops penetrating deeper into German territory, the bitterness between the French and Hermans must increase, and once more the seeds of war be sown. "When Bismarck, in the days of German triumph, tore Alsace-" Alsace-" Lorraine from the side of France, the Iron Chancellor failed to see that he was embittering an entire nation and eventually the wrong inflicted would react. For over 40 years Freuehmen never for a day forgot the unjustifiable harshness of Bismarck, and now, half a cen-turv cen-turv removed from the first serious offending, the French must act wisely and with forbearance, or they will create another cause of There is no doubt the Germans must be watched as they have been treacherous in the past, but distrust must not go so far as to : blind the French to exact justice. England is far, more cautious than France and has declined to do the extremclv radical thing in curbing German indiscretions. British troops arc holding to the lines fixed in the armistice and British T statesmen are counseling against drastic punishments. 1 The one great aim in Europe today should be away irom war J : and back to the amities of peace. Thevar-stricken people of that I part of the world should be relieved as early as possible from the I' horrors of a conflict which has shaken the foundations of civilization.