South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-30

20 and 40. who. though registered.
have not been called. and at the pres
ent rate OF enlistment. the supply Will
last a great many months.
II is unwise 20 trust the third sup
posed cause OF Germany's downfall.
VIZ. the discomfort OF the people.
when they know the real state OF al
fairs. / have talked TO hundreds OF
people. representing all classes, from
the highest TO the lowest, and / haze
come 10 the conclusion that there ~
today in Germany not one man in a
thousand who is not absolutely con-
vinced that Germany was forced into
this war.
They say that other countries-no-
Jably England-were Jealous OF Ger
many's progress. and that she is
fighting for hearth and home. With
the exception Of the diplomats. the
German has absolute confidence in his
officials and superiors.
Respect for authority" an Amer
lean girl in Munich, who has married
"A Bavarian OftiC er, said TO me, "is
making this country stronger than any
other militarism Ask any OF them
they don't want to do without service
in the army. Every man will tell you
he came out Of the service a better
man than he went in. Yes. the au-
thOrities think for the individual, but
lAltI lAlllh II lOI MS DtSl.
Insists He il Right.
1t will never occur TO a German that
he may be wrong, that his loyalty, his
life. and the lives Of his dear ones are
being sacrificed 10 a wrong cause.
Nothing, not all the exposures, defeats
and hardships in the world, will make
him change his mind. From the
cradle. where his mother sang him TO
sleep with lullabies telling of great
battles and OF the herOs death on the
field Of honor, the German becomes
imbued with the spirit that places per-
son considerations second to those
Of the kaiser and fatherland.
/ had a long talk one day with Herr
Sassenbach, secretary of the trade
unionists' headquarters in Berlin, an
organization which has sent over $780,
600 men into the field. Herr Sassen-
bach is the social democratic alder
man of city councillor OF greater Ber-
lin. During the course OF the con-
versation, at which Prof. FraDcke,
head of the bureau for social politics.
was present, 1 suggested that it might
after all be a blessing in disguise for
the German laborer if Germany were
to be beaten, and thereby relieved of
the yoke Of militarism.
was venturing on dangerous
ground. Sassenbach started to answer,
but the professor cut him short, telling
him under his breath, Let me answer
himl"
Quite excited and evidently annoy
ed, he exclaimed:
sir, if you want to make yourself
thoroughly unpopular here and your
mission to be an entire failure; if you
want to make people shut up like
clam, then ask such questions or make
such suggestions. In the first place,
we are not going to lose this war, but
if we did il would go i'll with the Ger
man labOrer, because he would be
taxed much heavier than ne is now to
pay for the war indemnity; and sec
ondly. our jealous enemies would place
such restrictions on our trade that ii
would be impossible for us TO COM
pete"
I asked Sassenbach point blank,
why, in that case his party had been
opposing the increase of ornaments.
His answer was typical. 1--WE all real
ize now" he said, that we were mis-
taken. The working men do not as
vet rule the wOrld-this war is prov
ing that. We still stand in friendly
relationship to the working men of
Great Britain and France. Only a
few days ago I received a cOmmuni-
cation from Mr.. -, and we fire.
Quently hear from the French head
quarters All the same, what would