The Washington times., 1917-10-28

And other great newspapers will
take the same enlightened course
Truly sorry For Bernhard
am truly sorry for Georg Bern
hard, the talented editor Of the Vos-I
sisehe zeitung. who, q LlberalDnd q
Jew, wears the livery Of Junkerdom.
1 am sure to his great distaste
After I left. Germany, the vossiche
zeItuuK made the most ridiculous
CHARGES aRainst me-such as that y
issued American passports to British
The Newspaper might as well have
solemniy charged that sent notes
to the foreign office IN sealed enve-
opes. Having charge of British In
terssts, / could not issue British
passports to British citizens allowed
to leave Germany, but according TO-
universal custom IN similar cases
and the express, consent Of the i'm
periaI foreign office, i gave these
returning British Amerieans pass
ports superstamped with the words
British subject" A mares nest
truly.
The fall Of Won Bethmann-Holiweg
was a triumph o. kitchen intrigue
and Of junksriSm believe that he
IL q Liberal at heart. that II was
against his best Judgment that the
ruthless submarine war was resurned.-
the pledges OF the Sussex note broken
and Germany involved IN war with
America. II he had resigned rather
than consented to the resumption OF
U-boat war, he would have stood out
az a great LIBERAL rallying point and
probably have returned to more
real power than he ever possessed.
But half because of q desire to re-
tain office, half because OF a mis-
taken loyalty to the Emperor, he re-
mained in office at the sacrifice Of
his opinions and when he laid down
that office, no title Of prince>or even
count waited him as q parting gift
In his retirement he will read the
lines Of Schlller-a favorite quota
tion in Germany-"Der Mohr hat
seine schuldigheit getan, der Mohr
kann gshen." The Moor has done his
work, the Moor can 60" and In his
old age he will exclaim as Shakes
peare makes the great Chancellor of
Henry the Eighth exclaim: "Oh, Crom-
we'll, CROMWELL Had but served my
God with half the zeal / served my
King, he would not, in mine age, have
left me naked to mine enemies" But
this god Is not the private war god
of the Prussians with whom they be-
Iieve they have q gentleman's work
ing agreement, but the God OF Chris
tIanfty, of humanity, and of all man
kind.
whoIe World Knows Him.
It would have been easier for Ger
many to make peace with Won Beth
mann-Hollweg at the helm. The whole
world knows him and honors him for
his honesty.
Helferich remained as vice chan
ceIlor and minister OF the interior. A
powerful, an agile intellect, q man, ]
am sure, opposed to militarism- Rea-
sonable in his views, one can sit at
the council table with him and arrive
at compromises and results, but his
Intense patriotism and SURPRISING
ability make him an opponent to be
feared. - ...
Ruehlmann has the foreign office.
Far more willy than Zimmerman, he
will continue to strive to embroil US
with Japan and Mexico, but he will
not be caught. Second in command
In London, he replied that England
would not enter the war The ru-
mors, scattered broadcast as he took
office, to the effect that he was op-
posed to ruthless U-boat war, were
but evidences of a more skillful hand
In q campaign to predispose the world
in his favor, and, therefore, to assist
him in any negotiations he might
have on the carpet Beware OF the
willy KuehlmannI
Batting the chancellor is the IA.
vorits sport of German political life.
No sooner does the Kaiser name a
chancellor than hundreds of little
politicians, ReichstaE members, edi-
tors, reporters. and female intriguers
try to drive him from office. When
Won Bethmann-H -HollweR showed an
inclination toward liberalism and ad-
yocated a juster electoral system for
Prussia, the Junkers. the military,
and the upholders of the caste sys-
tenn, Joined their forces to those of
the usual intriguers, and II was only
a question of time until the chan
cellor's official head fell in the basket.
An Unfair Reputation.
Our American national game.
poker. has given us abroad an unfair
reputation. We are always supposed
to be bluffing. A book was publish
ed in Germany about the President,
called President Bluff"
only regret that those high in au-
thority In Germany should have pre-
ferred to listen to. pro9erman corre-
Spondents who posed as amateur Eu-
adara waNka~ Hhaa xn Ska