The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
By MAX NORDAU.

By MAX NORDAU.
| ope Of the most famous scientists In the world.
who intsrned b. the French for the duaton OF
the war because OF Teutou birth. On account OF
his distinguished services he recently was released
on his parole d'honneur and went to Madrid. This
Is the first article written by him since the war
began.
Is it because am a scion of the nation
Of the Prophets? Anyhow, since have
\ taken refuge in Madrid, II often happens
\ to me that all sorts of people ask me;
| When will the war be finished? And
how do you see its end?'
AS to the time of the conclusion of the
conflict, dare not risk a prediction. Lord
Kitchener said at its outbreak II will last
three years.
About a year later, on the 18th of No
vember. 1915, Mr.. Trevelyan gave It as
\ his opinion in the house of commons
that one must reckon with a six years
duration of the war.
Recently a Pan-Germanist published .
pamphlet wherein he explained the pro-
gram of his party anticipating abundant
| and concluding coolly that the achieve
ment Of these ends will require a fifteen
years war
l myself observed lately to a Spanish
statesman that the war will last till men
will become reasonable. He raised his
arms in dismay and exclaimed: What
| horrible pessinist you are!" admit,
to wait tell men will become reasonable
seems an appallingly distant term.
Vision of Great Conquests.
Still more than its duration, the results
Of the war interest people. Every one
! imagines them in accordance with his
passions and hopes.
The Pan-Germanists see Germany's
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dun in the west; to Riga and Dwina In
| the east; Belgium. Luxemburg the east
ern departments of France with their
coal districts, iron ore layers and big
| Industrial towns. Poland, Iithuania and
| the Baltic provinces incorporated in the
empire; the lost colonies. augmented by
the French and Belgian Congo, the
French part of Morocco and the whole
! English portion of Africa restituted and
huge war indemnity imposed upon the
\ vanquished allies, while Austria is to
be regaled with a piece Of Poland. Serbia.
Montenegro, a slice OF Venetia and
Saloniki
The most sanguine OF the allies will
not put up with less than the re-estab-
\ lishment OF Belgium, aggrandized by the
districts CT Millinery and Prussian Hol-
| land, the devolution of Alsatia, Lorraine
and the whole left bank of the Rhine to
France, the restitution Of Schleswig- -Hol-
| stein to Denmark and Of Heligoland to
England. the severing of Posnania, West
| ern Prussia and Silesia from Prussia and
| their union with Poland, which would
| be resuscitated under a Russian Grand
| Duke.
Would End Dual Monarchy.
The double monarchy of Austria Hun
| gary would simply be efaced from the
map; Bohemia. Moravis and the north
Of Hungary would form a Tcheko-Slovak
| republic; Silesia and Galicia be annexed
to the old-new Poland; Roumania obtains
| the Bukovina, TransylvanIa and south
| eastern Hungary; Serbia receives the
Banate OF Temesvar, the Slovenian por-
ton OF Syria, CarinthIa, Carneolia, Gro
| alta, Slavonta, Bosnia, the Herzegovina
and a seaport on the eastern coast OF the
| Adriatic.
Italy helps herself to southern Tyrol,
Istrta and the chief part of Dalmatia.
What remains OF the German provinces
may Join the new German federation as
an autonomous principality under a ruler
Of the Hapsburs family, and the Magyars
shall be at liberty either to remain by
themselves or adhere to a Balkan feder-
| alton.
Bulgaria disappears; her heirs are Ser
! bia, Rumania and GREECE.
Turkey is to be cut up and apportioned
| the foundation OF Armenian, Turkish and
Arabian policies to be endowed with a
certain measure Of autonomy each under
the protectorate OF one Of the three great
| powers.
Moreover. Central Europe has TO be
saddled with a mortgage in favor of the
allies, the interest OF which is bound to
swallow up for many years the entire
surplus Of the national income.
These, Of course, are the extreme solu-
| tons. In shaded transitions We come
down to the most moderate anticipation,
| which is condensed in the weIl-known
formula. mo winner, no loser; peace re-
stores the status quo ante; each party
| to bear its own expenses and damages.
| l refrain from criticising these pro-
| grams. 1 also abstain from foretelling
which Of them will be realized. conform
| ing myself to the wise advice: Don't
prophesy unless you. know"
| But there is one thing which do know,
and it is this: Whoever will conquer,
whichever will be the conditions of the
peace, one result is certain-the utter de-
struction OF Europe.
| Firstly, through the ravages inflicted
on the population. Exact figures are not
available at present, but since the out
break of the war in all the belligerent
| states about B,000,OO0 men have been
called to armed service. OF these, 45Oo,Uk
have been killed in battle or have died
of wounds. Diseases caught in the field
have carried away 100000 of these 4,5Oo,-
| 600, think.
About 100000 more have lost one or
more limbs or eyesight or have become
deaf. or have been manned or injured in
such a manner as to have their capacity
| for working and earning their living per.
manently diminished or destroyed
| So there would still be left some ls, CO., =
900 to return seemingly unhurt from the
war. Yes. But only seemingly. do not
hesitate to affirm that all those who for
certain length OF time have sojourned
| in the trenches and stood in the firing
line, say, all of them without an excep-
ton will come home with shattered
nerves and the germs Of incurable dis
eases
| Long Heritage of Havoc.
! Years after the war only it will be pos-
sible to scan the whole extent of the
havoc done, to appreciate the growth of
morbidity, mortality insanity and crime
committed by individuals with diminished
Responsibility.
All figures quoted above refer to the