THE WAR AND AFTER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13812, 17 July 1919, Page 1

THE WAR AND AFTER.

" -r -v> ;i,t----:1„. 1 •'" • ,; v - v ,i!l Ik.v.- to be W: \ U 'V In it-" '•.•XI. but by iln* use \ th^u-W U >n th'i'Tr merely. but ccc.io, y .ea y«:^\y p ::: . ,„-i,inll, to saleguard t!u not ;.p|w::r .» r»i:fSZ puui r ♦!».. u-ir upon Wi-rninm. tii:u (n'rmam i i,iil« not i . f„1! v ,-o-t ~! til.- u:ir. and .t vvouW ' . »«V [ " ! , " t '' ,lr<l \" ou'icl bring til" Collbl not earn. *l' / r-r.-m-e to whole work >;t til.- Peace V ?•) Vr ii inv.- hi and mak.- rirlit-ulou- n«at "J i !;;M I :, ! £ „ he n grave „,U.r.«t.o»a! pi—din.-. Til.' v.L-,-t head- 111/- r. 1.1:i:.v imder-faed til.- POMUOM. »«" V"; what tit- n doubtable Itj.tit««ii tied , m.»ha-i=." In untutored language 1,1 ~ 1.. H h'.- -I. ....n. 'I I'.r Germany IVII lOU'. .-iguiiig the Tr.atv. There are tho-,* who >...fiev.- : It.it oil (••TliialiJ - back should 1 lav.- 1.-.i; pla.-ed f "'- r nf til,- war. .-■!>il =' -vnr.mclital con--id.-raio.n II -hoilld hrti.' been -o. Mil ti- v.. ai'e told. no «-nti»i»«*:!t !" l-U-inc,.. a bn-ilie.- W.wrtW*' Gt-r:n;u-' ti.ul i»;i Ju-r mvr--Vo!l,-,ri,...U '.l i.l I hall it liope "> stn-'-. r a!.■>::'j, The l.loi-k:i«l.» li»< '•;< ii i ;!*:.< i. i... :n Monday « but tiia. ini'-I U"t be a--'.l">. d i'» th:*t i;i»i 1 nr»'-r.-;ir if* i!i- v. *n'M ''oMilih'n i - . ! FT* r ni»i *' i.'n»>niiiiL r ** : * tX ' ! t. tr.-.I bv rh.- -w. - « |l:e_ Pwn" j hav, t.ogi •! >" bnut tin-

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i; f •.-nr.aiiv s>: '..-ti. ali.l t'' - -11 a«k b:-r Si tt'i-o i»tit e.-i [.eek. 1-. I b>- A'If ■ ti.iahi f.av.- ':i(>r.; in .-a-ii biid i fa y la '»'!i rotw . t::-'d i:i g.-t tiiiir le- = in «•fiiineiiiiv.- -.Mod-. I !:•' A[ii. i ie; i' pap. r t'r.ini whi.-ii :!'•■ utrotation i- made at til.- h.-gijiniiiL* •>'■ note admi ; ~ 'fiat tin- .-pirit <4 in rv.-ul.— ;'le Tr.-aty. And :!i.- sid'-ii ot iustiie. •hi- -anti- Mithrii! ot ri-:!-'>:iing. rou'd I:.iv- '..'.-n inagititasl in a givair-r "i.e !,.td th.'i-e tni-ii ii.. (I. riiiauv >!!•- di ail >b.- Li.'i. and liiun . and in tin* :{!> \.Mts thai have I-iO •iiv.'ii !n r to i'\-;iiati- h- i guiii -he v.iil *n v.- Ifwnr.* io rmttiiiai.' i-n the iiti-|i.-.,*-d.i|iry of d.-'iiitnis-r-t! -:ig io tiiar r-he !i:t- bun l>:--><iin| ;'i!. rui•;!-rir«- n! her gilr'i.

I C-'itr.t l!r r:*.-;o:-if. r • *.:i:i-;. ;• lame, ndvocatfi the creation of a le::;iii.-- i'r.--the r.-vi-ain o; :!fe I'-:...- Tr.aiy. Count !{• rK-tjrfT- reputation a- Ainerieau Aml>a»ador pnreiy fo raian. and :ha h in- would i-r. a:.' v.mild '••• pur. - ly (I> rnuiri ni.-o. tn'cau-r !i>- i- ao; mtere>tif.i in ar.\ ieauii'. that would make the condition. itar>'.i'-r i»»i- Germany. Coiitir IJerii-'orlf. ■! >; li!: lis-; rc<id.iie>- in America a- Aiii'»a--adoi\ «Io>:••'! a!i iii;.»rn.tt;o!!al t;r.v, :it it:- ; tort.- ; i i.i- •-••nntry. and ibe wiioii Ain.-vteau Si-cr. t S -rrcv i.<\ hi- tta:l ;o discover hi.- jilid- ::"d ma-k hi- maehiaveilian artiiiln.— :n abu-iiij; tin- ho-pitaiity nf the ii-'ord-.* iu' tuiv. ;.:;oea!s to lor ;:i--i-tane.- in the »*fFort to ittt Gemiativ out of the .-l.mixh v.'!>;e!i -h. has iaUi-n. He -ay- tee Cernitm policy will be 'lir.eiid ;o !!:<• -ide of America, where idea of a peaicl-t! league i.s a hv:fig r a!:'.y. Th. r.- i- another "livtn- t. aiii;." :r. America, and thai i- a di-t'n-t reinembrati.e of the Bcnrtnr.'t who d - lit- mnr. pleasantly irt the face- o; American state-imm the more he t-j make ttse ot thr:u to a---i-; him in hi- B- rii-:o:if : - ;he "-i;vi>;t£ reality" ot G-.riu:::' tmpeinti"itcA. and he is not to b<- tliNarteu in hi- att.-iftpt to r > i>w rh,* ,'iie:aie- of Germaay by whal_ Am; - lit a know- and l:as e\per;i*nced in r;a-£ hi iorv. The League <>l XaUoni- enough for :hi- ..-xnonent e: German hardihood. He would hister an-; ct-.-are anotfier league within that 1., as ;u.,. to advance Germany'.- interest, revet-. MoWi.-ver. ovf-rlookini t!te itie: t!:a«. "v, htle tl'.e League 1.1 Nation- !.- :i:,--itt to r-ril-li iiiilitari-li: the other ir.vstc vvrtitl*! Ot "site Peace CV,nt. r. ae. by getting r.Hind rne nodositie- : n the Peace Tr.that affect ri:n power to rltv a- -I-.- like-. It i= not a league :,. v : ; .,J 10 -ho-,v Germ .nv how t:> meei K-r ".»?rTL'a:i«n<=. 1-us f-.-agHe in tended ;<> for ru* .ttw oi floiivit•n- th* intout;:»n<. Ammra inone of -U - Pew r- that impo-ed wluv. iMr Li, yd t;.:.rge term- tin ■'terrible" biird. t:- .ip-m Ik r. l! Count BernstorfF ha- in. -ite-ter nioiive ttltr -lion Id his a pp. ai no: be direct.rl tn "all t'u- Al'.i-d nation-? _ The oniy teagit.* tiu-.t rail r. vi- th.- Treaty i- a r-1 'lie eomim-rd -ole'.y at wl;:> riiade it. Ii" nern-ti:!f'- object were tr, obtain <onrr--io!t regarniag the .conotuie -ide of th.- terms, '.e.-t.a-e o! ;!n ir -trarigiehoM i! Germany, hrroigh; meet with -oine sympathy, but at "t!:e meantime tils- «nr!d ts -o filled vfjrt- a pi.-ii- horror i f everything German that he might at tlii-_ -tag- ac-<.-,Ttnt hi- effort wti-trd. If tin* Ajhe-ai-e -af.-tieil that Germany cannot fulfil the tenn* "f the Tr--ity the appeal -Itotild be made dir.c; ;o them and not ;Firoti-h =' 1-ague thr.; rr-ajr r.e.r,-fx-and that ir. all probability never will '-Ni-'* l'*r "o nation will care 'o bring on it-ell the opprobrium that will attach t'i a l'riei;dshi|i tor ("•riiiany.

To nisi'. tu> tnvde knowledge oi i the pr«K edure ;vt tin- IVatv Conference. ! and wiio had not made lliriusi lve- :ivwith she methods by whiell ri-ion- were arrived at. ii may appear that ti?«* Hiir Four or the Hit; Five- ;o tii-trW"'"-!' l i"- prineioai- Irom the h-- „,. r try bail tak. u a lon« tit'ii iii reaching lonrlusiniis. Tim li;t - was >t»c so - -V- a matior i>t Ver-aiiU> was crowded with i >!ri 111*itentiaru> and their For :u----stun", tin* German delegation iotirnr-v----ed to Paris (C strong. and Britain. Frnnri-. America and Italy would each Im> represented l>v hundred-. for while German v's -pedal aim was to r«.-:-t the eitutiids. the four nation- mentionrd Itad to decide on iverv conceivable subject that affected all tin- |iooph.who rami* under review. There were f-snorts ii! nationalities. in law. in religion. in »thies. in race. lantiiiauc. and. indeed. i'l thine that would be Irkeiy to affect anv a:nl every • ■uestion that mieht ho likelv to arise. The men in tlif tr»-ncbe- nrepared the amni'iiiitio» for v.ho wen; over :lie top. mid in their ca>e there wa- no reluctance o'| the i.art of the battalions •vho-«* dutv it was to cro-s n<>-in»ii.'? Tnix? Tv-itlt Unenal vhiz-batiL'- and o'ber doviec= to nuro the eiu-m v a"d lieat down ibe deieiii'!- that stood hehvee" tbem and thrir object ivo=. !>omc of the-" orators wre plwnit n- volnniinoi'c r-K tbn lr>tc *?. .7, Seddott in a stonewall rT.-l>;Ue ill the Xew 7! f l ' sC of ■Renre^ntntivrs. and imbued witli tbe c.->nio d"C('rn>inpfion to tire nnf fbo=»» wit" fbeir mind- on carrvine: onf a "lai'Te-s hopeful to the cne.-il-r.r~ m,rl t«ore in a<eorda r, cc witb ilio erbics nf r''<" mie-'ion Mnder consideration. T n (!>!<; pvn!:i»n' •• »n we ob'iin nt insist [n-o r-jf ~f f1... ~o„.e- fbrf led in + Vr> leP~"b of >'-e proceedings nf W>r-b-:r ' f "lif'iir l.e o] )r .rrrrd t! wbo bnd to decide tbar tVov bad eome to fbotr nc?tstons tbrongb tbe impcr-

feet information placed before them. There, was also the time consumed in the interpretation of most .of . thy speeches. Had Mr Lloyd George,, for instance, chosen to apply the \Velsh language as a means of emphasising his views, there would have been required about twenty different interpreters to convey his meaning to about twenty different nationalities. The same thing cropped up with the Czecho-Slovakians. the Jugo-Slavs, and all the others who only spoke a gibberish to President Wilson.. Air Lloyd George and others of the Big Five. Thej- set out to build a [ Tower of Babel, with only one language spoken at the start, but before they got very far with the structure no two builders spoke the same language, and there was as much confusion of tongues as there was in the great. Biblical account of the attempt to pierce the clouds and reach \he heavens beyond. From all of this we can see how the Peace Conference dragged along its weary length, and gave Bolshevism a chance to rear its ugly head and commit its manifold atrocities in the name of freedom, and not that by which ii. would have been better designated—murder and rapine. What is left to be done by the Peace Conference cannot be interfered with by the same obstacles.