TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-03-20

Y uHEANln AV} vi RAR"s
throw the blame OF II on Germany:
they think they know the psychology
Of their own people, and that they
could never undertake a war OF
aggression. They are all convinced
that Germany has been forced into
war, and are for her as they would
be for any other pacific nation
similarly attacked, with this addition,
that the Germans. In spite Of any
disagreement In the past, are after
all their W Kin.
The German In America Is as
silent and well-organlzed In a sense
as he has been proved In his wi
country. Your Excelleney must not
be misled by the fact that hitherto
he has not loudly protested against
the influence which we exert upon
Washington. The German Is above
all a slave to the idea OF law and
order, and be viii not make any
active move until and unless the
Government takes ONE clearly un-
constitutional step. War with Ger
many on any such hollow pretext as
the "Lusitania" incident, he would
| regard in this light. ln-such a case,
there would, as ! believe, be no civil
war or even rioting, unless an at
tempt were first made against him;
but the business Of the country
would be most effectively tied up in
a perfectly legal and orderly manner.
regret to have to inform your Ex-
~cellency that while u sympathizers
confne their activities to speech, the
German element is quietly preparing
against any possible trouble. Every
city. town, and even village Of any
size possesses a German club, and
every such club Is a nucleus or mis-
chief. If these finders were in any
way blown into flame, the state OF
the country would be in a sense
worse than il civil war actually
broke out. Wall Street, always the
most excitable Of markets, would
suffer so severely that the nation
would find it Impossible to continue
In the course which had precipitated
the conflagrati0n.
This Is, | respectfully submit, the
only valid reason for holding our
hands. and forcing the United States
into the war on our side by some
such method as that Of ~torpedoing
an American ship manned by sailors
and passengers In u pay, or any
Of those outlined In Schedules
B14sua, although | am of late con-
siderably distressed by the restless
ness among the Irish. The publica-
ton ireland, started by US to
counteract the seditious influence OF
the .Gaelic-American' and the Irish
/ World, was discredited almost at
its inception as a Government organ.
shall watch the situation closely.
and | shall not fail to have at least
one or two secret agents at the
Irish meeting, scheduled for March
4th. at the Hotel Aston.
The present policy Of e%ndeayoring
to keep ali trouble at a minimum Is
sound; but in the case Of the "yoite-
face" OF Washington which is above
indicated as a possibility. 1t would,
| repeat, doubtless become desirable
10 throw the sword into the scale.
and to trust to reap our advantage
later. This must in any event be
arranged for as soon as possible
after the war; for otherwise the
balance Of wealth must become
in~tolerable. Since reputation must
come, 1t had better come all round;
we can then reconstruct civilization
on a fair basis. Unless America Is
completely d~isintegrated. Europe
must lie at her mercy for centuries
to come. It is evident that we may
rely upon the cooperation Of Japan
in this task. The German-born
American Is the one obstacle to be
feared; but by adroitly fomenting
the elements of race hatred In
America, the continent may yet be
reduced TO chaos without our risking
a military expedition other than one
OF occupation and administration.
President Wilson's great speech In
Congress. even more than all the
efforts of u press, has sown the
dragons teeth. In my humble opinion,
beyond the power Of any man to
pluck. up, and we have merely to
await the due season for the crop
of armed men to rise up and slay
each other.
c. The Removal Of Prof. Hugo
Muensterberg.
l deeply regret to have to report
to your Exeellency that all effort In
this direction has hitherto proved
abortive. Attempts to embroil him
with the authorities have been I'M
successful. AS your Excellency IL al
ready well aware, he has been mac
cessible to the p~ersuasions of our
agents from the beginning. submit
to your Excellency that 1t is useless
to proceed on the present lines.
Would your Excellency wish us to
abandon the task, and to hope for
the i~nterposition Of Divine Prove
idence? General Delarey was hin.
dered at the last moment from join
ing the rebels In the TrangVaal at
the beginning Of the War.
D. The Diplomatic Situation.
Feeling In this country is very
strongly sympathetic with France;
to abandon her would unite Amer
lean sentiment against England as
nothing else could do. On the other
hand, there is practically no pro-
Russian feeling; an understanding
between France, Germany and our
selves As against Russia would be
popular. as tending to relieve the ten
sion. and do away with the deadlock.
This would be signally the case IL it
we're concerted that after the fall
of Russia, the next task were TO be
the humiliation OF Japan. Such an
arrangement need not, and should
not. prove incompatible with the
design upon America itself indicated
above Germany may be offered