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WHAT AILS THE WORLD?

What ails the world? Why do nations look at one another with murderous intent in their eyes? Why is it that every nation of the world is preparing for war? Why is world Christianity reverting to paganism?

What is the explanation for the anomaly that the government of Christian England and the government of Christian France are openly in alliance with the godless government of Russia whence God has been exiled and outlawed? Why is it that Christian Germany, Christian Italy and Christian Hungary are opposed and frowned upon by the alliance of Christian England, Christian France and godless Russia? Why is it that Christian America is being cajoled to support and fight alongside of godless Russia? What is it that the so-called "democratic countries," in cooperation with Communist Russia, are attempting to crush?

What rational and acceptable economic reason is there for the poverty, suffering and privation that one-half of the American people are experiencing? We have not been visited by a major natural disaster. We have plenty of fertile land and millions of industrious farmers who are able and willing to produce enough food to feed the people of one-half of the world. We have millions of skilled factory workers and thousands of well-equipped factories ready and able to manufacture every possible need of the American people. We have natural resources in abundance and all the money we need; yet far too many are suffering from want of the most elementary necessities of life. Why should this condition exist in the richest country in the world?

Why is it that governments of Christian countries that arrogate to themselves the title of "democracy" are threatening to embroil the world in a flame of destructive war without consulting or obtaining the will or approval of their own people?

Why is it that United States high government officials and unelected representatives so freely offer to sacrifice American young men, American blood and American money on the altars of foreign war without having first obtained the will and consent of the American people whose lives and fortunes are pledged in a war, in which they have no national interest? Why is it that governments of so-called Christian countries are bent upon assailing human liberty and freedom?

The obvious reason is that the world is sick morally and economically. Unfortunately we, the American people, have contracted the world's ailment and we are suffering from it with an unprecedented intensity. As a result of this moral and economic ailment of the world, we are facing in our own country a serious major national disaster. It would be almost a national crime on our part to remain silent, and fail to diagnose the threatening malady with scientific accuracy, and to apply the proper remedy before it is too late. It is no secret that about one-half of the American children born today are from families in the third lowest economic bracket, who are least able to provide adequately for and to give necessary care to their posterity.

It has been definitely established that most of human ailments are the result of lack of food and deficiency of vitamins. Malnutrition is the most dangerous threat to the American people and to the people of the world at large, and it is now definitely known that malnutrition is most severe when there is shortage of food. Speaking of children of many families on relief in the United States of America, Dr. Richard A. Bolt, former medical director of the American Child Health Association, said:

"When we see their flabby, pale faces, we do not need to put them on the scale to know they are victims of malnutrition. They haven't actually had enough food to eat for five to six years, and now it is far worse. We are seeing a gradual breakdown of health (in The United States of America) comparable to that in Europe in the World War." {See David Dietz' article "Vitamins Key To Health," Cleveland Press, August 22, 1938.}

It need not be emphasized here that the wholesale breakdown of the health of the American people augurs a serious national disaster for us. The condition of the peoples of other countries are equally threatening. If these conditions continue long, the world is facing a catastrophe that may destroy Christian civilization.

The moral and economic ailment of the world has been caused by the manipulations of unscrupulous men; by the same token it can be cured by men and women of good morals and patriotic caliber. There are enough good Christian people in this world, who will espouse the cause of world health and peace and who will cure, once for all, the serious ailment that is now threatening the world and the people of the United States of America.

The first scientific step toward world recovery and peace is to find the cause of universal suffering. Years of careful investigation and minute examination of the facts and official documents relating to world disease have disclosed that the underlying causes are largely the Versailles treaties and the Treaty of Trianon. The cure, therefore, is elimination of these harmful treaties.

We shall examine these treaties, particularly the Treaty of Trianon, show how and why they were made and why and how they constitute the fundamental and underlying causes for the present world unrest and ailment. We shall show why governments of Christian nations clasp the bloody hand of the ungodly government of Russia. We shall indicate the remedy and the road to world health and lasting peace.

The lineup in Europe in 1938 for and against economic progress. The Berlin-Bagdad Railroad, upon the unobstructed and unmolested operation of which depends, in a great measure, the economic development and prosperity of Europe and the Near East, is supported by Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey and Poland, while it is opposed by England, France, Czechoslovakia, Roumania, Yugoslavia and Russia. The territorial adjustment now being made in Europe is intended to ensure the safe, unobstructed and unmolested operation of the Berlin-Bagdad Railroad and the ensuing economic prosperity of Europe, the Near East and the entire world.

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THE TREATY AND THE LAW

The Treaty of Trianon is one of the series of the so-called "peace treaties," usually referred to as the "Versailles Treaty" or the "Treaty of Versailles," concluded and written by the Paris Peace Conference after the termination of the World War and signed by the signatories at Versailles, a suburb of Paris, in various buildings selected in accordance with the moral and esthetic taste of those in control of the Conference. Thus the treaty, which was imposed upon Germany, was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors, and that which was imposed upon Austria was signed on September 14, 1919, in Saint Germaine, both buildings being at Versailles. The treaty which was imposed upon Hungary and in which the one thousand-year-old territory of that country was cruelly and terribly mutilated was signed on June 4, 1920, in the Trianon Palace, an erstwhile "love nest" built by the French king, Louis XV, for his lady friend, Madame Dubarry. Hence the name, the Treaty of Trianon.

These treaties were intended to be and they are punitive, and they were based upon the indictment set forth therein, specifically charging that Germany and her allies, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, were collectively, severally, individually and solely responsible for the outbreak of the World War and for all the loss and damage caused by and resulting from that war. The law made and promulgated by the Conference decreed that the guilty countries must pay, and the penalty inflicted by these treaties upon Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies was economic and national death.

In Article 231 of the treaty imposed upon Germany the indictment was stated as follows:

"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility of herself and her allies, for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies."

It will be noted that the key-word in this indictment is the word "aggression" which is defined by Webster as "the first attack, or act of hostility." The principle of international law promulgated by the Paris Peace Conference and incorporated in the Treaty of Versailles is that the government that was the aggressor at the outbreak of the World War was guilty of provoking, causing and precipitating that war; and that such guilty government must pay for all the loss and damages that have resulted from that war. In the indictment quoted above, Germany and her allies were declared to be the aggressors and the guilt for causing, provoking and precipitating the World War was fastened upon her and her allies. And, in contravention of every known principle of domestic and international criminal law, it was written into the indictment that the accusers "affirm" and the accused "accepts" the truth of the indictment. The defense of the accused was ruled out; the accusers acted as prosecutors, witnesses and judges; and a theretofore unheard of criminal procedure was inaugurated wherein the accused was forced not only to plead guilty to the alleged crime charged but also to plead guilty for all who were accused of having participated in the same alleged crime. Needless to say, such legal aberration and such monstrosity in procedure would be laughed out of any American court of justice and the proponents would be subjected to a thorough psychiatric examination.

In the treaty imposed upon Austria the responsibility for the World War was fixed upon Austria and her allies who were declared to be the "aggressors," and it was written in the indictment that the accusers "affirm" and the accused for herself and her allies "accepts" responsibility for the outbreak of the World War.

In Article 161 of the Treaty of Trianon the same indictment was restated and Hungary and her allies were declared to be the "aggressors." The indictment states:

"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Hungary accepts the responsibility of Hungary and her allies for causing the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Austria-Hungary and her allies."

In this indictment Hungary was compelled to "accept" the entire blame for the outbreak of the World War and to plead guilty to it not only for herself but for Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. Further, Hungary was denied the right and the opportunity to defend herself against the charges set forth in the indictment. She was tried, found guilty and condemned in absentia (while absent) in a procedure unknown to American jurisprudence, prohibited by the American constitution and abhorred by the American people. And, further on, her prosecutors, the witnesses who testified against her and her judges by threats, torture, suffering, privations and starvation forced her to "accept" the charges and to sign the awful and terrible monstrosity, known as the Treaty of Trianon.

The Allied and Associated Governments that perpetrated the Versailles treaties and the Treaty of Trianon were composed of England and her colonies, France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, China and Japan; their "nationals" and satellites, any and all countries and group of persons, who, either in fact or merely on paper, constituted a "government" and had declared war on Germany and her allies. Lined up with the Allied and Associated Governments were Brazil, the British Dominions, Cuba, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Panama, Hedjaz, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaraugua, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Serbia, the Czechoslovak Republic (which existed on paper only) and even Siam. It is stated here on the authority of U. S. Senator Norris, that almost anybody who had declared war on Germany could become an ally of the Allied and Associated Governments. "Any nation," said Senator Norris, "which wanted to declare war against Germany could come to our Treasury and get the money they wanted. I do not suppose Germany found out that some of those nations had declared war against her. Nobody knew that these did. They had no navy; they had no army; but they wanted some money, and Uncle Sam, it seems, was looked to from all over the world to hand out money."{1}

These "nationals" and satellites were fighting on the side of the Allied and Associated Governments against Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies, and, after the termination of the World War, they helped to prosecute Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies and finally passed judgment on the accused, though some of those "nationals" and satellites, in all probability, did not even know who the Germans, Austrians, Hungarians and their allies were.

It may be stated at this point, that the treaties of Versailles and the Treaty of Trianon, based on the foregoing indictments, must stand or fall upon the truth or untruth of the indictments and upon the truth or untruth of the fact or facts, on which the indictments were based. If Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies were not guilty of the offense charged against them, or, in other words, if they were not the aggressors at the outbreak of the World War, then, in that event, the punishment meted out to them individually or collectively was without legal foundation and legal sanction and, therefore, the indictment against each and every one of the accused is a fraud and a nullity. There is no international law which permits the punishment of an innocent nation or nations.

A treaty is an international document, embodying an international agreement. It is defined by the United States Supreme Court as follows: "A treaty is a contract between independent nations, depending for enforcement of its provisions on the interest and honor of the governments which are parties to it."{2} It is necessary, therefore, that a treaty be subjected to the known principles of the law of contract, truth and international honesty. The conclusions reached and the terms employed therein must be supported by facts, truth and honesty of purpose and must be definable by the well-known and accepted principles of international and domestic law.

A contract, of course, is an agreement, and "an agreement is a manifestation of mutual assent by two or more persons to one another." It may be stated that "from the standpoint of validity, contracts may be divided into valid, the voidable, and the void. A void contract creates no legal right of any kind. In a void contract the parties to the transaction have gone through the form of making a contract but no contract has been made in law, by reason of a lack of some essential elements in the contract. A void contract may be simply ineffective for all purposes."{3} That is to say if a person has been induced by fraud, deceit or misrepresentation or both, or has been forced by threats, torture or by physical violence to sign an agreement, the paper he has signed is not a contract, because it lacks the element of mutual assent. The same rule of law holds true with regard to an international treaty.

In order to sustain the validity of the Versailles treaties and the Treaty of Trianon, it must be shown and proved beyond the shadow of any doubt that Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies were the aggressors at the outbreak of the World War. The facts produced and the evidence introduced must be such as defined by international law to be elements of aggression. It will be recalled that Webster defines aggression as "the first attack, or act of hostility." International law defines who is not and who is the real aggressor, as follows:

"The real aggressor is not he who first employs force, but he who renders the employment of force necessary."{4}

In common parlance, the real aggressor is he who is "asking for it." In other words:

The government which, without a just cause or provocation, mobilizes its military forces against another country first is the real aggressor. The mobilization of the military forces of one country against another country is equivalent to a declaration of war on the country against which the mobilization is directed.{5}

In order to prove Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies guilty of causing, provoking and precipitating the World War, it must be proved, therefore, that, individually or collectively, or both, they, or either one of them, mobilized first against the Allied and Associated Governments or any one of them. If this cannot be proved, then the indictment against Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies must be declared to be false, fraudulent and a nullity.

International treaties, to which several governments are parties, in order to be valid, must be made by an international conference or congress, to which all the interested governments should be invited and permitted to participate in its deliberations. Stated in legal terminology, international law on this point is that

"The settlement of questions liable to give rise to disputes by conferences or congresses is common, and implies a meeting of representatives of the interested parties for consideration of the terms of agreements upon which a question could be adjudicated.{6}

And furthermore:

"All powers interested in the purpose of the conference should be invited."{7}

If the Versailles treaties and the Treaty of Trianon are to be held legal and valid in contemplation of international law, it must be shown further that Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies were invited to the Paris Peace Conference which made and formulated these treaties; that Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies were permitted to participate in the deliberations of the Conference; and that they were given an opportunity to defend themselves against any and all charges advanced against them. If they were not invited to the conference and were not permitted to participate in its deliberations, and if they were denied the right and opportunity to defend themselves against the charges advanced against them, then, in that event, the Paris Peace Conference was illegal, its deliberations and the treaties made and formulated by it are also illegal, fraudulent, null, void and of no effect in law.

Once the conference or congress is convoked and begins its deliberations, international law steps in and, to protect the weaker nations against the stronger nations, it lays down the following rules of law that are essential to the validity of any international treaty:

1. "The agent acting for the state must have the international capacity to contract, i.e. ordinarily they must be independent states."

2. "The agents acting far the state must be duly authorized, i.e. the plenipotentiaries must act within their power."

3. "There must be freedom of consent in the agreement between the states. There is no freedom of consent when an agreement is reached through fraud of either party, and treaties so obtained are void."

4. "The treaties must be in conformity to law, as embodied in the generally recognized principles of international law."{8}

5. "Gross error, fraud, as the use of forged maps vitiate a treaty."{9}

Webster defines the word "vitiate": "to render invalid; to make void; to destroy."

International law does not stop here in its mission of protecting the weaker nations against the stronger; it continues to reach out its protecting arms and it decrees that an international treaty is void and, therefore, it may be repudiated and renounced by the injured state, when:

1. "The treaty is concluded because of stress of force upon the negotiators or because of fraud; and when

2. "The conditions created by the treaty threaten the self-preservation of the state or its necessary attributes."{10}

To sustain the validity of the Versailles treaties and the Treaty of Trianon, it must be shown still further, therefore, that Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies had freely consented to these treaties; that no threat, no force, no torture, no deceit, no fraud, no fraudulent data, no fraudulent maps were used in inducing Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies to sign these treaties; and that the conditions created thereby do not threaten the self-preservation of these states. In other words, it must be shown that Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies had voluntarily consented to commit national suicide. In the absence of such proof, the treaties of Versailles and the Treaty of Trianon must be declared to be fraudulent, null, void and of no effect in law.

As the domestic law of any civilized state or country defines how a person may obtain legal title to a city lot or to a farm, international law likewise lays down definite rules and principles as to how a state or nation may obtain legal title to a territory. According to international law, title to occupation of a territory or country may legally be gained by:

1. "Discovery.

2. "Occupation, as by occupying uninhabited land or land inhabited by uncivilized people.

3. "Conquest by arms.

4. "Cession, i.e. transfer by gifts, or in exchange of sale, by special agreement in lieu of payment.

5. "Prescription, i.e. a long use and occupation.

6. "Accretion, i.e. land formed by alluvium or transferred by lease."{11}

In the Versailles treaties large territories and several colonies were taken away from Germany and Austria; and in the Treaty of Trianon more than three-fourths of the territory of Hungary and more than one-half of her population were taken away. To prove legal title in the recipients of these colonies and territories, it must be proved that they were obtained by any one of the rights specified by international law. In the absence of such proof, the colonies, and territories that were taken from Germany, Austria, Hungary and their allies must be declared to be stolen property and the recipients thereof must likewise be declared guilty of having received and of holding stolen property.

With the foregoing accepted principles of international law as our guide, we now proceed to summon the history of Europe as our witness and we shall examine historical data, official documents, maps and admissions by responsible European and American statesmen and diplomats, with the view of determining once for all as to who and what governments were actually guilty of having caused, provoked and precipitated the World War. And, since the rule of law made and promulgated by the Paris Peace Conference is that the guilty governments must pay the losses and damages caused by and resulting from the World War, we shall proceed to determine who are guilty and what governments should pay.

1 Congressional Record, Dec. 22, 1931. [A variation on The Mouse that Roared? But this time they were on the winning side, so they truly "had their cake and ate it too". -- JR, ed.]

2 Edge vs. Robertson, 9 Sp. Ct. 456-8; 112 U. S. 580.

3 Williston on Contracts, Vol. I, p. 5.

4 Greacy, p. 150, quoted in W. E. Hall's "A Treatise on International Law," p. 110.

5 This definition was accepted and recognized by Russia, France and England in 1914. The order of the Russian Czar, dated September 30, 1912, stated: "Mobilization should be equivalent to notification of war with Germany." The Franco-Russian military alliance of 1893 specified that "the aggressor is one who mobilizes first."

6 Wilson's "International Law," 8th ed. p. 118 et seq.

7 Hershey's "Essentials of International Public Law and Organization," p. 428.

8 "International Law" by Wilson and Tucker, 8th ed. p. 108, et seq.

9 Hershey's "Essentials of International Public Law and Organization," p. 432, et seq.

10 Hall's "Teatise on International Law," p. 380, et seq.

11 "International Law" by Wilson and Tucker, p. 108.