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Squandered Graves

THE THREAD by which

the

prace of Europe hung has heen cut through by the sabre, long rattled, in the volatile hand of a naturalised German gentle- man called Adolf Hitler.

Just-twenty-one year ago, after (neurly five years of unmitigated misery and uttspeakable agony, all the awaggering bombast, the Junker fire-enting, and the arrant goose-stepping was kaeked out of the Kaiser's invin- cible pickelhauben legions, Emis- saries of the Kaiser's supreme War Lords were soon waiting, cap in hand, on the veterum Géneralissimo Foch, beseeching him in accents of panic to name his peace terms and save Germany from a hideous (suure qui peut. The British War Office confidently told us that there would be no mure European wars for sixty years!

The truest tribute paid to our muddied khaki warriors, who en

THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING (OFFICIAL)

Strube in the “Daily Express"

Snapshot Album

A Treaty

Of

f

Navai of this day as thể Beginning of a new man Chancellor.

Trenty Was signed; the Twenty-five years ago

epoch!"

February 1933--Jupan walks out Franco-Soviet Fact was signed. Ver- the Archduke Franz Fer-

of the League over the question of sailles was becoming a shadow. Thu -The Pact of Paris signed. hve invasion of Manchuria. dinand was assassinated at 1928. Prenomed by

new European line-up was glowly 15 Viscount Saito, Japanese Prime forming. Serajevo.

nations as an instrument of national Mniste.? "Japan will continue to policy.

co-operate in international citer-

fare of muskind.”

Twenty years ago Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

viviliation."

Longue of Nations,

# r

Footnote to 1035 by Hitler:

"Germany will unreservedly run- the territorial provisions of the Versailles Treaty."

Rhineland. Denounced the

Versailles. Denounced the Treaty of

M. Briand: "A new dute in the prises designed to further the wet- pect the

history of mankind."

Mr. Coolidge: "A document of Octuber 1033.-Germany leaves capital importance in the history of the Disarmament Conference and the 1936.-Germany reoccupied the Hitler: "We cannot continue to live relevant clauses of the Treaty of 1929.-Germany bugs on the under the shadow of the Treaty or

hottom of depression; the Versailles, which was bulk on the Locarno. slump hits Wall-street; Beitain feels impossible idea that for eternity on alarm

France stood to arins. A wave of se: of eations were the victors and powers met. The League Council over Europe. The

Sixty-eight years ago, in 1871, the German Em-

pire was proclaimed in

the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

FOR 20 years that name "Ver-

sailles" has been on men's

the pinch.

passed

1930.-Germany cannot pay her one nation the conquered." inet, Proposals were made. Counter-

sented down under the Young Plan 1935-March 11-Oficial crea- proposals

tion of 11

In

Our

Force.

To

reparations. The total is

came fromn Berlin. But German Air nothing happened. The Rheinland M. Poincare: "We owe it on our

was armed again. dead to resist any ussault on the

General Goering: "Germany's new British Government in a Note: peace treaties."

The Daily Mail, September 17, air feet is the most modern in the "This unilateral action must neces- be ዜ threat to Euro- world. It has no old seroplanes, sarily appear to dared so stoiendly and jovially lips. Here is an extract from 1930:

The strength of the German Air pens security," "A leader of the German Naza Force is equal to that of Creat M. Sarraut. French Premier: "We right to the end of that nightmare The Daily Mail, June 30, 1919:

have been faced with a fall accompli M. Clemenceau rose in the Hall Party, Adolf Hitler, says, 'Give place, Britain. ordeal of 1914-18, came from Sir of Mirrors: "Signatures are about to you men who have lived too long, to March 16.-Germany denounces in its most brutal form. There is no

longer peace In Europe." Philip Gibbs. He wrote, in his be exchanged. They

cap the military clauses of the Treaty of constitute an new-born power.

Hitler: "It is no use speaking of Versailles; announces the immediate summing up of the Great Adven- irrevocable engagement to execute stands the Germany of the future,"

loyally and faithfully all the terms ture, how the British Tommies had

-The Disarmament Confer- formation of an Army of 500,000 the sanctity of treaties if those tres- tits have been made under the 1932. of the treaty." hated it all, the muck, the lice, the

ence, to carry out the 13- Wilson: "We are here to years-old treaty, meets at Geneva. President

The British Government in a Note dem of the Rhineland will never be menace of guns. The regained free- bitter privations, the blood, the sec

that the foundations of war At Lausanne a moratorium is granted to the German Government: "Such

Jost," il declaration is a further example of to agony, but stuck it

end me swept away." the

Mr. Lloyd George to his Majesty Da German reparations. Germany nilateral action, which, apart from 922Q -Hitler invades Austria. A because they were fighting

for King

pays no more, George V "The long and ter-

The Daily Mail, May 9, 1932: "Dr. the issue of principle, is calculated something precious to them, rible war in which the British Em Bruning, German Chancellor, made

We had the Germans down and pire has been engaged with the

men.

nation proclaimed Inde- disappears overnight.

out in 1918. How comes it that. / German Empire has been brought to an Impassioned speech to-day to increase uneasiness in pendent by the Treaty of Versailles

in 1939, they have once more been able to plunge the world into the holocaust of war. Why has tired and jaded old Europe, after such La catastrophic upheaval as

Great War, now to gird up its loins again to face another?

manding Germany's right to equal armainents."

an end."

Herr Ebert (German Chancellor): Yielding to overwhelming force the 29 —January 30,- Hitler, German Re: 1933. pledged to destroy the Government of the public declares that it is willing to Treaty of Versailles, becomes Ger-

and sign the conditions of

the were those conditions? Main-

History repenta itself, we are told. But surely even history needs a longer breather than this?

ly these:

Germany lost territory in Eu- rope.

The Rhineland was demilitarised, Germany recognised the new Siste of Crecho-Slovakia and the Polish Corridor; respected the in- dependence of Austria,

Danalg was made a free City. Germany lost her Colonies. Germany was disarmed. Germany agreed to pay repara.

Our tragic error, 'it is now quite |evident, is not that we were not kind enough to a beaten enemy. Our mistake was in falling to back France at every stage against Germany's peace treaty evasions und infractions. Actually, nobody wants to keep Germany down. But sensible people, with illusions about Teutonic mentality, would certainly have kept her dis- armed. Every page of history Hitler has written since he came to power has shown that Germany the Treaty as the years passed. has not yet advanced beyond the

по

Germany accepted responsibility | for the loss and damage caused by the war.

The League of Nations was e3- tablished. The Covenant formed part of the tresty,

And now see what happened to:

-First crack in the fabric.

mentality of mediaeval swaddling 1920. The Senate of the United clothes. They still worship at the States rejected the treaty: refused to altar of Mors, and sincerely drag America into the League. idolise the ethics, not of Calvary,

but of Thor and Wodin, Germans 1922-The Reparations Commit-

do not now think for themselves. They inhalo à maas propaganda and batten upon the Goebbellian husks.

They threaten the world with a

default.

declared a

1923-French troops

the Ruhr.

German

occupied

109% ---Locarno patched the un-

fresh Armaggedon. Britain's 1925. sound structure of Ver-

war

Germany, France,

million still unlichened graves, in acres that are "for over sailles. Britain, England", reproach us with their drew together in a pact of mutual silent agony of squandered valour security. and endurance..

The gods have made Hitler mad enough to plunge the world into war. Let us pray they hope to destroy him and what he stands for.

Mr. Austin Chamberlain: "It means the dawn of a new era of friendship and good will among nations."

M. Brland: "...the inauguration of a new era of peace."

Dr. Streseman: "May later genera- ilons have reason to think gratefully!

Schuschnigg: "God save Austrial" Hitler: "Self-respect is what I have given to the German nation. They

Hitter: "What hurm have we dane could not go on living under the to any foreign country? Whose In- humiliating depression of the Treaty terests have we hurt by falling in of Versailles,"

with the will of the overwhelming Later in 1935, the Anglo-German majority of the Austrian people?

was deceived by Schuschnigg. Be- trayal in something I will not

GRIN AND BEAR

IT

By Lichty tolerate."

“You simply have to get me a new car, Dad-the cops all know

this bus and lay for it!"

Mr. Chamberlain: "These events call for the severest condemnation, and have administered profound shock to all who are interested in the preservation of European peace."

September-Hiller demands, and receives, the cession of the Sudeten- land from

The

Minister: "We

Munich Ankia.

The Czech

had to choose between a useless Sghi and sacrifices. The main thing is that we are remaining ourselves, and we must be united."

Hitler: "This Is the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe. 1 shall not be interested in the Czech State any more, and I can guarantee f. We do not want any Czechs any more."

1939. March. Hiller invades

the

rump of Czecho- Slovakia; incorporates within the Reich the Czech States of Bohemia and Moravia.

A country Versailles disappears. from the map.

set up by the Treaty of

Hitler occupies Memel A territory formed by the Treaty of Versailles La free no longer. Hitler says that "Danzig will be German." A Free City established by the Treaty Versailles is threatened.

"Germany: Versailles

Hitler, "overcame Bays

by

the

Treaty of

strength.

of

her own Hatred, malice, and un-

reason were the intellectual forebears of the Treaty of Versailles. If it were not set down in black and white, later generations might regard It as the product of a wild, corrupt fancy."

The League of Nations is dead The Treaty of Versailles is dead.