Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-24
Germans. Will Fight to Bitter
End, Says Corey; Prepared To
Lose Million Men i'm The Battle

London, Sept. e:24.-"Germany. is
prepared to lose ~ million men in
battle. She. is absolutely confident.
Not even the sight 0f,aong trains filed
DOR" - e.
That statement contains the gist of
talks had with ~sesmen who have re-
Gently returned. rom Germany. With
three of them|zan American lawyer,
a doctor and a, college STUDENT had
personal talks. One of the remaining
pair is the propElieetor Of a. metropoli-
an newspaper Ashe United States.
has for Years Sfoned In Berlin.
Their .staternents' welH repeated to me
by a thoroughly respSnsibie mar. The
five agreed in all important :particu-
lars. What follows is a digest of their
talks.
Contrary to the statements I have
seen n London papers, there is no
convinced they will be Completely TIL
umphant. They know they must a
a heavy price. and they are prepared
to pay it. There. lis no dessension
Eamong them. They are supporting
their wal lord quite as Loyalty as the
English and French are upholding
their. W leaders. 1t has beer said
that the French regard this as a holy
VOL A,lS SSl1 1ldIiS iitdllllSSl lIS Saline
spirit" - " -
I'm the event of a crushing German
defeat, will there be-a democratic rev.
olution in Germany? Will the house
OF H~ohenzollern be overturned?"
Germans Admire Their Kaiser.
This question was not put to the
newspaper proprietor. The four 9TH
erS CAV answer as follows:
h question will not ever arise,
If today's conditions may be relied up
on as a groundwork for judgment.
Germans of every class have a wor-
shipful admiration for the kaiser. He
is the greatest business man they have
ever known He las built German
prosperity, 1t is to his leadership they
owe that commanding position they
have Until this war occupied the COM
mercial world. He has not only en-
couraged mercantile. and .manufactur-
ing enterprises, but he has almost
created their overseas trade. The
marvellous. development Of commercial
chemistry-in which field Germany
stands easily foremost-is solely due
to his initiative, and almost to his di-
rect command. If he has made a mis-
take in this war-from the German
point Of view-it will be forgiven him
for what he has done in the past.
War Was Sure to Come.
Every German implicitly. believes
that this war was sure to come even
tually: Most Germans have looked for
ward to the time when they may try
France. Every German believes that
the other nations have made common
cause with France, not because the
Gallo cause is just, lbut because Of a
jealousy and fear Of Germany they all
shared. II defeat comes-which is q
possibility they do not entertain for a
moment-it will be- because for the
moment the world has been against
them. The next time Germany will be
strong enough for all"
What do the Germans think of the
Justice OF b German position, as dis
played by the diplomatic ~interchanges
recently shown in the English white
paper?"
"They neither know nor care. They
believe the kaiser had q colorado pre-.
text for the war-which is even more
than they ask. Believing the war to be
inevitable, they assert that they. could
never have been so we'll prepared for
1t as now
One month before the war financial
Germany seems to have been inform
ed what would happen. Consequently
the great German banking houses in
London and Paris Withdrew. as much
-. rsS SoAAo bSk @bOcC kWO
centers. German bankers are quite
frank in their elation.
Fighting War on Foreign Money.
We are fighting this war upon the
enemys money" they say. German
prosperity has been largely due to the
fact that we have been able to finance
many OF u undertakings in France
and England. II We succeed these
debts shall be paid...If we fail bank
rgptcy must follow on a large scale.
The foreign investor must either IN
terriers to save US from penalization
or pay part Of that penalty himself.
Even defeat will leave lis In quite as
advantageous a position 10 either OF
the other countries.
Food is plentifulin all Of the large
German cities and at a slight advance
IN price. German harvestings has been
largely completedza at very consider-
able less loss than France. Estimates
OF b German loss In harvesting ops