The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-11

Denmark, and that there will only
be restored to. him some parts Of
Prussia with Berlin as capital This
idea has spread high and low through
all classes of society by means of the
press, public meetings, schools, Leo
lures. universities. moving pictures,
and in many other ways This con-
viction is now rooted in every Ger
man citizen and nothing will drive it
out. u
The German people are obedient
and disciplined. But do not fall into
that error. too common among the
Allies.
The German people are not obedi-
ent and disciplined because of the
spirit of srvitude, but because of con-
fidence and a true faith that they
have in the capacity the ability and
the superiority of their chiefs. It is
the prestige of the Prussian Bureau
cracy;; he trusts himself to it. The
same state Of mind prevails every
fwhere in Germany, in the Bavarfan
and in 1.-THE Saxon. Their mentality is
all the same There is no difference.
Woe Unto the Prussian Staff, IF!
I do not say that this. mind cannot
be changed. The day when the Ger
man people are convinced of the lack
of ability in their directors. when they
perceive the failure of the Imperial
orders, then they will hold it no long
Ter The German is deeply individual
istic, he will not consent to sacrifices
when they appear Useless; and I be-
lieve on the day of defeat, he will de-
mand recompense for the sufferings
he has so long undergone and will
!. t.s.,-
war is going and before they meet
defeat, you need not expect any
movement Of rebellion. no more from
the Socialists, who are devoted to the
Kaiser and to the government, than
from the others.
All Want Peace!
The conditions of peace bother him
little He does not speak of them. He
wants peace. He longs for peace ar
IDENTIFY Soldiers and poor people will
accept with Joy any peace offered to
| them, because they are suffering be-
cause they are oppressed by, an accu-
mutation of sorrows. In the higher
classes of society. the opinions. of
peace are divided between the liberals
land the social democrats. The Hber-
al thinkers are partisanss of the statu
iquo ante be1lum; but the conserva-
/ tive party-the Catholics, the nobil-
4 ity, the land -owners, the junkers, the
! Observation-Disclosures and the officers
i demand a peace with indemnities and
1.-The enlarging of the frontiers. Some
teven fix the boundaries at Bulgaria
We do not need to worry much
about the annexationists. for they are
mot only the less numerous but also
the less powerful, as we hope and ex-
/ pect Germany is already beaten.
The Germans believe that by sub.
I marin warfare Germany will be able
to force France and Great Britain te
4 sue for peace because of the dinnin-
ution of their shipping tonnage and
that very soon they will. scarcely have
4 enough to transport troops and none
at all for carrying food They fore;
see, in fact, that as far as food /.
concerned. the Entente will soon b.
reduced to their production. They
4 hope their submarines will be able tt
sink a, million tons a month. and they
figure that under these conditions tn,
merchant marine OF England, the
tonnage of which at the commence
ment of the war equa1led that of thu
a rest of the world, that is to say, a lit
tile more than 10000, 900 tons, will b.
reduced at the end of a year to sever
or eight million tons.
i Still Trust in Hfndenburg
The Germans still believe that tn,
retreat of Hindenburg has been
: clever means of escaping the power
full grasp Of the Allies, and at TIL
: same time it allowed them to ,econo
; nize in men and to increase their re
; serves. But when they realize tn
swiftness with which the Allies hav
, been able to approach and in certai
places to hold the German army the
: will see that they have deceive
, themselves. They expect it will b
at least two or thres, months befor
the French and British will occup
| | successfully the ruined section 6
( France created by the German armie
Ell during their retreat
n The unanimous opinion is that tn
0 Allies will not succeed in piercing tn
+ | German front. They expected thes
!. fluctuations, these partial and eiasti
: retreats. In every case, the German
n and I give the convictions of Inilitar
S authorities, will fight .tenaciously fo
: every inch of territory, forcing tn
f enemy to make such enormous sacr
o fees of lives that they will be e1
: hausted before reaching the Rim
f This is the general belief.
Q No More Dream of Paris
The greater part of the German
are convinced that now Paris is a lo
i and abandoned hope. They realiz
It that the day after the victory on tt
1t Marine. They all knew that that ds
,ended the German dream of Pari
1T Now they hope only to obstruct' the
% enemies. to make them waste the
It forces, to destroy themselves, SO
h speak. By such means, If some ds
having crossed Belgium and Luxen
= burg, the Allies come before that sa
n red river. the Rhine, they will not
q able to pass over.