Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-29
(By Lord Northcnffe.)
copyrighted 1914 by United Press.)
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London, Dec. 29.-The success of the
United Press representative, Karl II.
Won Wiegand, in securing expressions
Of opinion from leading German gen.
erals, from the crown prince, from Ad.
miral Won Tirpitz and others, should
not be construed as indicating pro-
German tendency on the part CT your
agency. 1t is Il tribute to individual
enterprise.
| would have been very glad to have
had any Of my newspapers have such
series Of brilliant colps, including, /
remember, an interview with General
Won Emmich, the captor of Liege, after
his constantly reported suicide.
But the increasing lOquacity of high
ly.placed Germans--the crown prince,
Admiral Won Tirpitz, Herr Dernberg
and company regard as sign Of anN-
iety and weakness Tnis is not emong
the German people, from whom the
facts are yet hidden, but among the
ruling class in Germany, who Of course,
are well aware that Germany Is fight.
ing losing war.
You will notice that all these Teu.
tonic spokesmen--as is wont with beat,
en- mcn-alternately whine and threat
en- We are content to let Admiral Won
Tirpit2 and the crown prince do the
talking while Lord Fisher and General
Joffre do the shooting.
Germany Is Beaten.
Pray do not think tnot we uudcresti.
mate the Germans. Many of us are
Of the opinion that this colossal war
will 20 ON for years. None the less,
Germany is beaten and was beaten
when it began its retreat from Paris.
Her battle for Calais, now in its eighth
day, is another impossible effort on
her part. Her mercantile marine has
been wiped fro mthc seas. New York
harbW is Indicative of what has hap.
pened throughout the rest Of tne world.
Germany's whole original objective
has been defeated She is now every.
where on the defensive, except in Bel.
gium whore the last army of oecupa
tion is still engaged in the horrible
task Of bullying and plunderhg the
wrctehcd victims. The story Of Ger
many's treatment Of Belgium aud that
part of France she is now occupying
has not yet been told | learn from
American friends just returned from
Belgium that when the world hears the
full horrors Of what has happened in
Belgium, it will put the horrors OF
CiNwnpore in the background.
Bat for the fine American diplomacy
Of your representative in Brussels,
Brand WhitIok, and the supreme gen
erosity of the American people, the
Germans would have succeeded Va starv.
ing the little nation that have not been
ashamed to despoil. 1t seems almost
incredible but it is true that the veal.
thy German empire is not ashamed to
levy medieval tolls in the form Of
demands for huge sums Of money, sup
plies aud the like, II It be that there
is one peace-at.any.price advocate left
in England, certainly none Is bold
enough to come out in public ard say
that he is ON the side of this German
backmail. cannot understand how
any German American can support out.
rgls Of this kind.
Your public has not realized that no
revolution, no war, not the whole story
Of Napoleon S campaigns is as anything
compared witn this Armcgeddon. Even
Ia England, within the sound of Ger.
man guns, there are people who imagine
that the struggle may terminate Ia 1918.
England Not Prepared,
The kaiser, or TO use his own military
title, the all highest war lord, now says
England provoked and was prepared foi
lhis war Vet in August he referred
to our army "a "Geueral French : con
temptiblc little army Had We been
prepared for war, should we have
started It with little army We are
not much more prepared for q land war
with Germany tnan the United states
lis.
Had we been ready the cOnpaigu
might have been short Az 1t is, al
though we have more than 100000
mon training we hnyp As vet conipnrn,