Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
POLICY OF HATRED
MEETS DIST AVOR
Germans Not Unanimous in Gull
tivating Bitter Passion To-
ward England.
NEWSPAPERS ARE OUTSPOKEN
Some Go So Far as to Suggest
Entente When War Is
Over.
ny wREDunICk MERNER.

ny FREDERICK WERNER.
BERLIN. May 2o-Thc discussion OF
the question OF peace in the German
press. which tho government not only
permitted but TO a certain extent even
encouraged on the condition that it he
| made sufficiently clear that Germany is
by II" means signing for peace at any
price has brought TO light the fact
| that the assifuously cultivated hatred
of England. which is the favorite slo-
| gan Of tho Prussian junkcrs, is By no
| means shared by the more intelligent
| and politically clear-sighted part OF the
people.
Judging from the articles which have
appeared in various influential papers.
| 1t looks very much indeed as If an at
tempt is being made 10 familiarize the
German people with the fac: that some
arrangement with England may be ad-
vantaEeous TO, Germany after the war.
| Foremost among tho papers that cdi-
torially have advocated this view from
the very moment discussion of peace
was permitted. has been the Vorwaerts
| the rincipal mouthpiece Of the German
Socialists. and some OF the articles have
made very pronounced impression OF
being inspired by no less a person than
{ Chancellor Won Bcthmann Ho!lwe-
who. from the very start. has been
opposed 10 the policy imposed upon the
government By the niiitarist leaders
STRONGLY CONDEMNS
POLICY OF HATRED
Another influential paper, the West
deutsche Arbeiter Zeiiung West Ger
man Labor Tines also strongly con-
dennis the policy of hatred and re-
{ minds lis readers that the command
10 love which is the funda mental law
j in Christcndom." is not suspended even
in war time. and that all hate is un-
Christian and unjust. especially when
directed against such helpless persons
/ as prisoners and exiles.
1T is foolish and ridiculous" the
! paper says. ITO use a formula OF hatred
( like Colt strafe England in place Of
the usual daily greeting. 10 teach IL TO
children and to plant hatred in their
, young souls. The singing OF the sour
/ rilous Hymn Of Hate in schools and
at public meetings is neither fair, nor
honest. nor strong fighting"
/ in the Dcutsche Tageszeiturh, Count
! Reventlow. the famous naval expert.
! writes: The words We arc going 10
Z I,
hide the absence Of thought, bu, the
/ result Of cool reflection. When We have
conquered and profted by our victory.
we may enter into an entente with
England. but any other issue of the
war would forever ruin Germany's
future. no matter how beautiful the
phrases chosen TO conceal this fact.
These questions are the Eravest and
u
nation. and ii is Of vital interest 10 us
that we learn to separate the really
important from the indifferent. the real
from the apparent. and that We gather
sufficient strength of character to
choose and use the means necessary TO
reach the grand goal we are striving
! for"
| In the serlincr Tagebla,t at liplo.
/ mat representing a neutral state, who
very wisely hides his name. tells the
German people that up till now GER
many has won marked advantage
over her enemies. No English states
/ man to-day doubts the complete vic
/ tory OF Germany. English politicians
arc not like the fanatics of Paris and
! Pctrograd, who still think they will be
successful. The German army will be
| victorious, but il remains 10 he seen
! if German? will succeed in crushing
/ her enemies definitely.
There is one astonishing thing it
is that to-day England is the only
! friend Of Germany. Not because of any
sympathy. but through wisdom Eng
I land does not desire the complete an
! Inhalation of Germany. a s do the Rus
! sian and French governments Perhaps
| En- e In nd and Germany, two great states
: of Germanic blood will succeed later
/ on in concluding an entente
If German papers arc read in Eng
! land | am sure all these articles. all
/ ending with the same refrain. "a
British German alliance after the war"
must tickle English pride.
CONsTANTINOPLE CONDITIONS
NOT BAD AS REPORTED
! While all reports published in French,
/ English and Russian newspapers de-
scribe tho condition in Constantinople
! as bordering on revolution by the
! population, which has been driven mad
with fear by the bombardment of the
! Dardenelles and Bosporus and the
| landing of allied troops in Thrace. n
special travelling correspondent OF the
! Copenhagen Daily Politiken," who has
just visited the Turkish capital. as
! SuIeS us tift tne people are perfectly
calm and confident in the strength of
the Notifications defending the two
/ straits.
Daily life in Constantinople," he
writes. has not been affected by the
war. Prices OF food have risen very
| little. not nearly much as in most
neutral countries. Bread. for instance,
! is far cheaper in Constantinople than
I in Saloniki. Immediately after the dec
| laration Of war the prices of sugar and
! petrol scared, principally because OF
the enormous quantities required by the
government. but they are now very lit
| tie above normal.
| Turkey is short OF only one COM
/ modify. coal, which has become very
scarce since Russian warships in the
Black Sea bar the way to the Herakle
mines, near Zunguklash, where Turkey
obtained practically her whole supply
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