OUR DEMANDS AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 75, 23 December 1918, Page 6

OUR DEMANDS AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE

'f* er ,t iwd " James Gibb," and dated from the Manse, appeared in your columns the other day wnich calls tor -enlanai ion by the writer thereof, o , tailing that, eevero condemnation for the unjust statements and inferences therein contained. The writer likens the leaders of the Allies' policy to the evil amHnsimiates that they put forth mode ate demands against the German foes of humanity when they were "sick " and expecting to. be beaten in this art dotence of righteousness and peace; and L? 11 V '« Ory came ' the y h »n»»ned thei hearts,.threw off th s Hypocritical cloak of mercy and righteous dealing and adopted the policy of "an eve for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" \ n onIXHTf O / thef ? Ctßof F 0111.1 lead to the conclusion that these inmmmtions cjsetitute a scandalous'libel o the statesmen guiding the policy of 1116 AIIIGS. th ? e J ev - P r ' G , ibb ought to know that t e Allies do. not propose to exact "an eje for an eye and a tooth for a tooth"; on the contrary, they are prepared to carry out the injunction, "If thine t ! eiw hunger, feed him." The Allies do not propose to exercise the law of retaliation on a conquered foe; they do not propose, far instance, to destroy inhabitants, men, women and childrendeport women into slavery of the vilest description, or publicly humiliate then sink passenger and. hospital ships, ana mnti ,Clr / rU^ Hng victiras -- b ™d and muhlate defenceless prisoners 'of war; destroy hospitals and cathedrals Many other things mj S ht be mentioned to which lex talionis might with ius1™ but Hle aboVmentioMd nre sufficient to prove that the charge ?L, a J V e for a " .jye and a tooth for a tooth is a gross libel on our statesmen; nnd the writer of the letter referred to niii eS t an uneiiuivocal apology.-l LOYALTY.