Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-14

We cannot. In justice 70 ourselves. to
the rest of Europe and 70 posterity
lay down the sword Until the Ger
mans are converted"
II Is only fair % admit that there
are Eus.lshmen and Frenchraen ~-o
would subscribe 70 rhis doctrine even
Il the allied troops we're strearul NJ
over the Rhine, but IL is diffic-l-
% conceive a. lmperialist like Lord
CroLer ErltI-e such a letter unless
he we're convinced that the plan
have outlined y n-ore Likely 10 Sue
ceet than the efforts 70 crush the
German armies.
BALDERsON-GAL THRET a
Social Attitude.
Since. II these Wevs are well found =
ed the center II interest In the var
may shift from the baitlefields to the
FeichstAx and the efforts Of Herr
HaAse and his rapidly growing inde-
pendent party 70 get control OF the
country. a Well-informed view Of the
attitude toward the var OF the social
Democratic party may be OF Interest
This party. oy far the most powerful
numerically in the empire. Is the one
toward which the hopes Of the British
and the French statesmen are turned.
Francis Gribble. who described the
political situation in Germany. is an
English b!ographer who has spent
most Of the Nar there. While free.
Re mingled with politicians Of all fac
t!Ons. while lnternei In Kuhleben he
devoted his leisure 10 a study Of the
German press, and few outside observ-
ers are better informed
Nr Griobie bel.eges that the Social
Democrats, at !atc- stage Of the war.
will seize the reins Of power. when
The German masses will be very
hungry and very angry" His conclu-
sions follow
Il looked. az the famous Re!chstag 2
session Of August 4, I5lf as though
the kaiser had waived his hand and
the S0cla! Democrats rad disappeared.
There were one hundred and eleven
4 them. They formed the stron gest
SEPARATE party In the house. The
kaiser not long before mad denounced
them AS s5no nymOus with enemies
q tho f4tkcrland Yet when the
hour struck and the Faiser spoke they
fell into .!ne with the junkers. and
fh" kaiser was a-le 20 say that
therccforw tri he would recognize no
parties. but culy Germans The only
ilsg1rd ant voice vas that of Herr
IIernecht of whom It might Justly
have been said that he lacked one IS
+.r'ial Qualification of party leader
he had 10 followers.
The suggestion that the Social
Democrats were hypnotized By the
Fa4-er's theatrical eloquence may be
dismissed without discussion. a IA
yor.te theory In France IL that they
were the tools OF a gos ernment which
was playing a deep game: that they
had all along desired the war. but
had pretended TO oppose 1t In the
hope II Turing on the anti-mili,arists
Il France to some anarchical action
which would paralyze French resist
ance. Tho subsequent attitude Of
some Of them has been chauyinlstic
enough 70 give color to the hypothesis
Herr Sudekum has undertaken gov
eminent missions in Sweden. Italy and
Rurrtnia, Herr Scheidemann has
clustered as loudly as any iunker.
sim. II IL impossible TO believe in
real PLOT Of the kind sugge sted. \
handful q men might have lent
not III men. Their attitude must BE-
explained more simply. and the op-
erative factors were probably simple
enough.
National Reluctance.
In the first place We may credit
them with the natural reluctance
which any man feels TO leave his
country in the lurch even when he be-
l!eves ner to be in the wrong. in the
second place, We may suppose that
reluctance 10 have been enhanced by
the expectation that Germany would
wln quick and easy victory over
and above these considerations there
are three pertinent facts. In every
German or az all events in every
Prussian breast there is always a
lurking fear and dislike Of Russia.
Tho chancellor showed documents, or
Induced certain Social Democrats TO
say that he had shown them docu-
mcnts. purpOrting to prove the exist
cnce of an international conspiracy TO
aff4lk l,.rrn4nN The Social norn o..