South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-28
What They Mean Germany and the World Written By German

dungeons IN desert country villages lsnguish the few
who essayed 80 be spokesman Ljebknecht AIehring
Rosa Luxembourg. waiting their day ad-
vantage that the hunger belt must. day b.. day.
De clinched tighter and tighter people. solder
led and GAGGED viii have suffer yet
much Will not thereby acquire any right 20
a voice when its fate is under discussion
Let us assume-and we THAI at present II s.
quite impossible-Iet that the
OF the should be willing TO treat with the Ger
government upon the peace suggestion they must
OF themselves from whom the suggestion a0-
tualy proceeds, that is TO say. they must nrt8 P--
pose the question
Who at the present time rules in Germany
This is the Germany there ru1a a.
junker biz business the pan Germanists the anss-
ationsts-short ana sweet the party. II FS1ss q
little short absolutism, not Of opposition bEs
rules. Honor Haase Dittmann YosthsEf
that they have many a time upon this Vs.
party but as 10 the consequences OF this utterly tAr
opposition doubt exist The Germany o. Bis
ing and Hndenburg has nothing IN common win o.
Germany of Kant and Goethe save the mama bSsa
the moral philosophy Of Kant the clean human
ty OF Goethe but dominion and expansion are soos
Of those who rule Germany And the sCtiva tn
influential classes Of the German people. they we
despise their being a minority do exert dscidinN
power these very persons who influence and dsess-
mine the direction politics. familiar with
the of public opinion. they wish the expansion.
thu aggrandizement Of German power. although the
may hold different views the thu tn
crease in power.
WHAT A JUNKER
PEACE PROPOSAL INCLUDES
And this very government, which under Tssssare %
sale murder expresses its readiness nesOtia1s
for peace. What this peace is 10 be readily %
discerned from the bulky articles tho purpose OF
the Of the Scharfmaohers and Reventlowz Whine
through annexation
10 add the Poles the Lthuanians and the Serbs 70
the central powers, the others have selected the
beer table their speciality the linking up
west for these Belgium Is 70 be a German land or
at least a vassal state out and out dependent upon
Germany. others again claim calais and tho north
coast of France Gin order 10 be able get al Ems
land in the next war;. The iron barons united
Tho ,or1f 4ba ~,,Fr-
annexed; in plain language stolen only recently
Munich Neuestein Northumberland there Is good a-
thorty ascribe TO It connection with foreign
ohice-in the same terms demanded of the French
they relnqueh their Briey for the pur-
stated openly and In cold blood. Of setting
ore from the soil or France for new raid OF brig
against the characteristic feature
Of these peace plans already they are all look
ing forward TO the next war and wish 10 make ready
for It.
But the an-Germanists the pan-Gsrrnansts OF the
strictes observance the people Of the pan-Cerrnan
union who in the Alldeusche Batter hailed the
the long-desired holy hour demand. in ad-
dition to the linking up" IN the east Just about half
France, including the fOrtresses OF Toui
Epnal Befort
It is quite impossible to go over all the potspoutinss
plans the future which low from the beer
tables of Germany TO the German newspapers and
which spread broadcast with the consent Oc ths
censorship and the press licensing ofice. But su
these peace projects, modest ~
that suggested by Scheidemann. al agree upon Ons
point: Colossal increase Of German power through
robbery and in connection Herewith the lsadsrss 81
Germany the other powers
This is the peace. the rotten peace to v11aua rsa
entente powers are Invited.
This peace signifies nothing but endless period
Of everlasting wars. period OF renewed competition
in ornaments that viii destroy the last remnant 81
he spiritual and moral force OF Europe.
than the foes OF Germany has Gha Ger
people TO dread such place. For the German
people it would be the last reactionary stroke the
autOcracy OF the tunker and the maker.
For decades to come the German people would have
70 live a life shorn OF freedom under the OF
military canarila the state Of sege the dungeon.
and the bodily condition slaves the chinnsypot
cabbage lords OF Prussia And the pulpit the
preacher lecture desk Of the professor assoe4a
soldiers. school. and tables will
produce the note in whose key the German people
will be to murder BY ftE sli-DO~s-ful vyAr
party.