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Show . . - GETTING DOWN TO UKASS T'.CKS What the world needs is PEACE! And by peace we do not mean merely cessat'on of war, but a pea e : ., vl t-H, plainly ue-lii.e-i : ;-h. rs toia.ion as nearly as I'OSibltt of at.te-war conditions in the countries ro recently at strife. Since the lust gun was fired on the 11th of November. 1918, a great deal of water has run under bridges. A peace conference has sal. at Versailles, Versail-les, discufsinx al'ornately Utopian theories of iuarnat'onal'sm and selfish sel-fish projects of national aggrandisement. aggrandise-ment. France wants an enormous indemnity from Germany, and England, Eng-land, thro-'.icch fear of losing commercial commer-cial advantages, has not consented to the course which will alone make Germany once more a producer a'ld enable her to pay an indemnity oi nuy amount whatever. Me.-inwhilc, us the days pass Germany Ger-many becomes more unsettled, more self-extenuating and more sullen and resentful. It is time for the peace conference to cease considering theories and be- gin on actualities in other words, get down to brass tacks. What Germany and Austria-Hungary need is food and employment. All blockades should be removed, that those countries may receive food and raw materials. The central states, regardless of w hether they de-servo de-servo it or not, should be led, given the chance to resume manufacturing, and so receive an opportunity for the restoration of normal conditions. Otherwise, while the peace conference confer-ence sits formulating the principles and bylaws of a league of nations. Bolshevism may raise its ugly htiad uncomfortably near the door of the conference. It is a time. for practical hard sense not for dreams. |