The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-25

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pire from within by the people" he
was asked
mo. The German people are so
well disciplined and for SO many
years have been trained under the
iron rule of autocracy and militarism
that such a thing is scarcely posi-
ble.'
Nc. Public Discussions. J.
"They can hold no large gatherings
for the discussion Of such matters.
Squares of the city are so patroled
by police and soldiers as to make 1t
impossible for any large number OF
men to go from one part of the city
to another to attend a public meet
ing, and, at best, not more than an
average of 500 men can gather at one
place at one time. Ne. / have no
hopes of revolution in the German
empire as protest against the con-
tinuation of the war.
Zone of the greatest weapons the
United States can use against Ger
many is the embargo on foodstuffs
and other supplies that have hereto
fore sifted into Germany through
Sweden, Holland and other neutral
countries. With these avenues of OBJ
tanning supplies from this country
cut off, Germany ere long will be in
a bad way.
Royalty Pro. German.
1--WE have heard much about the
sympathy of the Swedish people for
Germany. and ] am somewhat sur
prised to learn that the Swedish peo-
pie of this country should have any
pro-German sentiment, because in
Europe the Swedish people them
selves are not pro- German. The
royalty in Sweden is pro- German,
but not the people themselves, and !.
think when the Swedish people of
this situation they, too, will change
their views
las a matter of fact, the Swedish
people themselves have every rea-
son to be anti-German, for in the
province of Schleswig- Holstein we
have a repetition of the same condi-
tons that have surrounded the prov
ince of Alsace-Lorraine only not so
we'll advertised In the war of 1865,
as you know, this province was.
wrested from Sweden and Denmark
and conditions of the people there.
have been even worse than they were
in Alsace-Lorraine."
Apathy In Germany.
AShSu IL ne DCllSNSu great
mass of the German people are in
favor of the war and its continuance
no matter what the cost, Mr.. Gerard
said:
Il would not say so. They are in
way apathetic. Enter here again
the influence of long years of auto
cratic pressure. They are too well
disciplined to protest in any effective
way. But. in order that YOU may see
what the sentiment of the German
people would be IL it had an oppor-
tunity to express itself, / will say
that practically all my advice about
things that were transpiring and
about to transpire before war was
declared by the United States was
received by me from the common
people, and from the private soldiers
patroling the streets who even slip
ped notes into my coat pocket with
out a word or sign of recognition as,
walked about the streets"
Sees Two Years More.
e. Mr.. Gerard said the war probably
will continue for another two years.
Germany will have to be driven into
its own borders" he said. land the
German people must fully realizAe
that the United States is in the war
by the fact of its fighting forces be-
ing on the battle line in strength"
Following the Minneapolis meet
ing, Mr.. Gerard will continue on
west and will address a big loyalty
meeting Sunday in Helena, Mont.