Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-10
Hatred Has Sunk Deep into
the Hearts Of Entire
Nations.
BOLD FRANKNESS
OF DIR. KUNO MEYER
Berlin Professor Was Long
Time in U. S. Roosevelt
Opened His Eyes.

Amsterdam, Aug. 10.-Dr. Kuno
Meyer, the Berlin university profess
sor who resigned his candidacy as
exchange professor at Harvard uni
versity in 1915 and who has spent q
long time in the United States. con-
tributes notable article to the
Tagelische Rundschau, entitled "Our
War Aims in Enemy Eyes
The writer says on his return to
Germany last May nothing struck him
more forcibly than the fact that after
three years of war the people at home
still were puzzling why the whole
world was against them and still were
trying. apparently with hopes Of sue
cess, to explain the German stand
point.
DR.. Meyer admits that the hatred Of
Germany has sunk deep into the souls
Of entire foreign nations.
at is perfectly genuine feeling"
he says. although utterly unreason-
able and If we spoke with angels
voices we would still be refused a
hearing
On the other hand. the professor
continued, there Is an unmistakabie
fear, not unmixed with admiration Of
German strength and greatness, and
says:
an America, anyhow, they have
found no inclination toi belittle our
achievements save in newspapers
which have always been hostile. It
| was the fear that we may after all,
be victorious. and that the money
with which America has backed Eng
land, France and Russia, might be
lost which was the consideration that
Itmpelled America to enter the war.
,YS Germany to Make Own Terms.
| tIf we win, our enemies naturally
will concede to us the right to- impose
terms which are advantageous to u.s.
DR.. Meyer added. This much has
ally by severalI personages Fbeiongings
to enemy nations and hySnnne more
icIearly and finitaty Than by Colonel
Roosevelt, who. in May, 1915. spoI-
Itaneously told me, and my wife In
| conversation that an Austro-G German
victory would entitle us to compeTsa-
ton and indemnities. At that time
his election to the presidency. and al
though he professed incredulityS at
such a possibility, he sketcbed out
| program which he would follow if he
entered the White House.
| "He then went on talking of Ameri-
cas- participation in the peace confer
ence. He emphasized the necessity of
restoring Belgium and hoped for. an
! independent Poland. He added that
the victor would be entitled to insist
upon securities that conditions leading
to the war would not occur again.
Thus, in the event of a victory by the
central powers, he said, it was self
evident that we would reconstruct orr
frontiers so that invasion would not
1 be so easy.
The Pam German Federation.
Colonel Roosevelt further spoke Of
a mid European federation under Ger
many's aegis as natural outcome Of
a victory by the central powers. He
included in 1t Holland, which he said,
under German protection would be
freed from fears Of losing her colonies
to England and Japan, but Mr.. Roose-
velt added, Then you get into our
Pacific ocean, and this sooner or later
will lead to trouble between you and
us. Against this eventuality we must
be armed"
DR.. Meyer concluded from the fore.
going that certain enemies have a
better notion than many Of us at
home of Germany's true needs