Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24

~ VERY big shop in Berlin has a
III map of Europe in the show
window. People look at these
q maps every day. They are
proud of them. They show the German
armies "far in enemy territory" Most
of Belgium, eight provinces of north
ern France. Poland and a section of
Russia, Rumania. Serbia, Montenegro
and Albania are occupied by German
troops. Austria Hungary. Bulgaria and
Turkey are designated. also. as being
under the imperial German general
staff. Vienna, Sofia, and Constantine
pie can do nothing militafily or politi-
cally without the kaiser's authority.
Fast trains run hourly from Lille.
France. to Warsaw and wilma, Russia.
Twice a week the Balkanzug goes from
Berlin to the Porte and returns.
The map of Germany which we
studied in school is not the chart of
Germany today. Deutschland has
organization stretching from Helgoland
to the Dardanelles and from the Hin
denburg line in the west to the front
from Riga bay to the Black sea.
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is the verdict of nearly every German.
The war is won. We must hold out"
That is what they say in the land Of
our enemy. And, If you take issue
with them, If you point out that they
trade, their international standing as
a nation and a race, they shrug their
shoulders and reply:
I'VE will get all that back when the
war is over.
But should you ask them what they
are going to do with the territory they
occupy you touch the national war
nerve. That is the issue which divides
German public opinion. That is the
imperial conundrum. Germany. as a
nation and as a people does not know
what will be done with the conquered
territory.
President Wilson stated April 2 that
We are officially at war with the i'm
obvious that We cannot defeat the
kaiser without lighting German SOL
diers. When our troops leave the
trenches in France they will encounter
bayonet to bayonet the kaisers sub
jects Then we shall be at war, I'M
officially, but actually, with the Ger
man people. For all practical military
purposes the American people. through
people through Won Hindenburg's army.
At the very beginning this will be
peoples war. We will be fighting some
of these people who stand before the
shop windows of Berlin and count con-
quered territory as a gambler counts
his chips. The new map of Germany
shows that it pays to fight.
Travelling through some parts of the
United States since my return from
Germany, l find many people asking
whether 1t is possible for us to fight the
kaiser. Some Americans. and they are
not all hyphenated, especially in the
middle west, believe the kaiser Is the
same as his people. There seems to be
an impression that we cannot accom-
plish our purpose in entering the war;
that we cannot make democracy safe.
I found in Indiana and Illinois people
who believed that Germany could never
be defeated. Some stated our entrance
give US voice at the peace conference
While Americans will admit that the
extension of German ruthlessless to the
high seas dragged us unwf1ling1y into
the European maelstrom of shells, poi
son and blood. still they do not under
stand how, by declaring war. we can
, help free the German people from their
an ally, we want to know. says the pub
lie. what 10 the attitude Of the German
people. We want to know what they
are thinking and talking about. We
want to know whether by fighting
these people we can defeat the kaiser
When President Wilson told Congress
that I'VE have no quarrel with the Ger
man people and that I'VE are glad
to fight for the ultimate peace
of the world and for the liberation of
Its peoples, the German people includ-