The Hartford republican., 1917-08-31
ALLIES ABILITY
DEPREsSEs HUNS
BELIEF Is, THAT KAISER WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO GO THRU
ANOTHER WINTER.

many VIII De unable 10 endure an
other winter of war. The cores
pondent of the Sun, who was recent
ly in France, has seen proof that the
entente allies are magnificently equip
ped for winter operations, and do not
intend to allow the Germans any res
pite but intend to make the winter =
hardships doubly severe for them by
continuing the present campaign.
The desperate state that Germany
has reached, not only in regard to
continuing the war, bat also the re-
construction of her commerce and in
dustries after the war. was unwitting-
ly exposed recently through the unin-
territorial laXity of the censors. The
situation revealed is briefly this:
When the Reischtag on July 10
adopted the resolution declaring for
peace without indemnities and with
out annexation, il spoke with the
voice of the great majority of the na-
tion crying for peace, suffering bit
terly and dreading another winter of
war with all fits horrors, cold, hun
ger and nakedness. II spoke also for
the army which is desperately tired
of fighting and is constantly losing
battles because of the belief of the
soldiers that the enemy now, by
means of superior machinery, is
slaughtering Germans with compar-
ative safety. The army is becoming
dangerously infected with the feeling
that it no longer has fair chance.
because the fight has become one of
German blood and muscle against the
allies steel and iron.
Peace Conditions Told Chancellor.
Chancellor Michaelis knew that
the Reichstag represented both the
people and the army and he felt
compelled to accept the principle of
the peace resolution, but when the
jingoes learned what he had done
they became violently angry and the
chancellor was told that he must re-
cant because peace without annexl-
tions or indemnities spelled ruin for
Germany.
1T was pointed out that Germa-
ny had spent half of her national
claim to the goodwill of mankind and
with it the markets of the world.
Germany could not rehabilitate her
self without huge indemnities; all
supplies of manufacturers materials
were exhausted; there was neither
money nor credit nor goods to ex-
change for new supplies.
THE countrys fiscal system was
based, when the empire plunged in
hostilities, on the plan to finance the
war through loans, and at the end Of
a short, sharp struggle, to exact i'm
mense indemnities or territories suf-
fcient to pay the loans. This eX-
plains why Germany has paid prac-
tically all of her war costs up to this
time from the proceeds OF loans. Il
was expected that the war would last
only a few months; then, following
a complete victory, the indemnities
would flow in and more than dis
charge the loans, while the colonies
and trade of her crushed enemies
would be seized and Germany would
be enriched
Want Victory Regardless of Life.
Every day makes the situation
more desperate and impresses more
deeply upon the ruling hierarchy the
absolute necessity of forcing a vie
tory, no matter at what cost Of hui
man life, in order to exact the in
IDENTITIES that might make economic
possible.
Realizing fully this situation, the /.
rulers of Germany compelled Chan T.
cellOr Michaelis to repudiate his ac- /
ceptance OF the Reichstag, resolution. /
His action promptly caused such an .
explosion of popular wrath from the .
Deace-hungry people that the chan .
2ellor had to hedge and promise that /
he would accept the Reichstag plat .
form. Now neither. side is sure of |
MS real intention. Probably he him
elf is equally uncertain and is drift +
ng, awaiting events, which daily are
more and more against
lim."