Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-18
NO HOPE OF CRUSH.
ING ENEMY ON LAND
X. Walter Says Above Confession by
Member of German Reiehstag
Means They are Learning
TRUTH Is X OUT
Considering Heavily Censored Press
When These Facts Are Printed
They Are Significant
Reciprocal News Service)
By X. Walter.


progressive party in the Reichstag
building, has confessed that for Ger
many, There is no hope of crushing
the enemy on land" This statement
in itself, might be taken as an indi-
secretion, but looking over a bundle
OF newspapers received today from
Germany, n finds so much back.
ground for the confession, that it nav
stand as significant of the effect of
British victories in Flanders upon the
German mind. Haig's hard blows are
beginning to knock some sense into
the German head.
In the Dusseldorf General Anzei-
ger Ia lingo paper) appears an edi-
torial which, after pointing out that
Germany's enemies shave reached the
appalling number of twenty seven,"
refers with renewed horror to the
Reichstag resolution of July 18th.
This, in effect, was directed against
the Chancellor and was the first step
in a movement which has already re-
suited in the holding up of the sup
Elementary var budget, as well as the
Reichstag demonstration against the
Vice Chancellor. With reference to
the recent pacific speech of the Aus
! trian Foreign Minister, the same
lingo paper admits that many peo-
pie in Germany consider that, with
the breakup of Russia, Austria's war
aims have been achieved and that
"they are war-weary and will not con-
tinue." This the writer considers
great injustice to the Emperor
Carl" and not without a show of bad
temper adds, "the world war began in
the defense Of Hapsburg interests and
not Of German"
In such a heavily censored press as
that Of Germany, these things arc
significant, and there was cause for
German irritation in the Austrian
speech, with its urgent desire for
international disarmament" at the
earliest possible moment. The Ger
man Government can talk of arbitra-
ton and disarmament as a stop to its
own people, but it is awkward when
the Austrian echo rings louder and
more true than the original.
There is also in these papers a great
deal Of discussion about Germany's
economic position, and of a really des-
perate nature. England, of course, is
represented as having come in to the
war for the most sordid reasons, and,
says a contribution by a Hamburg
merchant to the Rhenischewestealis-
che Zeitung (Krupp's own paper in
Essen)' 1--WE cannot close our eyes t.
the. fact that England has on the
whole, realized her war aims. Our
economic world position is getting
worse. England's war aim was the
destruction of our world position and
in this she has succeeded. England
has been able to maintain the success
of her early attacks on our shipping
and colonies. The German merchant
| who goes out into the world after
peace will find everywhere ruin and a
spirit of hostility. Restoration Ct
the colonies will not help much, as
they only took a FRACTION of VI world
| commerce" Then comes the impor-
tant part of this lament: off our
enemies succeed in sitting our over.
seas trade for long, u industry and
whole national economy are doomed,
and we should not be able to keep
up a big army or navy" The two
things, German commerce and Prus-
sian militarism, are still inseparable.
it seems.
Editorial comment on this contribu-
ton tries to make a case for a large
indemnity to be paid to Germany, on
the ground that without a war in
demnity she will not be able to make
both ends meet" "There is a differ
ence," according to the Hamburg
merchant, "between England's posi-
ton and ours, she a afford to re-
nounce an indemnity" and the edito.
rial writer paints the most gloom!
picture of Germans forced to emf.
CRATE from a bankrupt state, whose
difficulties can only be overcome, ant
that "only from the point of view Of
purely technical finance, with forced
loans and artificially maintained cur.
rency." But this will only postpon'
the catastrophe" the editorial con
%tinues, if Germany's enemies, whom
she is unable to crush on land" d
not, in a spirit Of Pronunciation, awarI
Germany a nice big indemnity 70
not having been able to win the war
1t is instructive to contrast thes
glimmerings of reason with the usun
German bombast of Count Hohentha
of the Prdssian Serrenhaus, in tn
Kreuzzeitung, a typical junker OF
gan, Of the same date. when ever,
British soldier has been withdraw
from the European continent an
from our colonies, peace negotiation
can begin" And he reminds hi
readers that the German Empire WI
founded on "Three fortunate wars
and demands that "this process
Fshould ever be kept in view and Shout
,be followed immutabily and inflexibl
! in the present struggle" By this n
, means that the junkers still hope t
gain the real object with whi'h Gs'