Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-18
The German Chancellor
And the SocialiS is


Germany. unpenitent, unregenerate, set nara
in its course of brutal domination OF the WORTH
its purpose from the outset-is revealed IN the
sneecb of Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollwes' the lhpe-
rial German chancellor in the Reichstag Oh i"S'
Tuesday What might be called the TeacnerS
in German diplomacy-the secret processes Iha'
On on working out the will of the rullhs claSseS
hidden from the world and from the Oerln"n
peoples themselves are given furtner delhohS|l"
tion in the address. Once before germany n"0
said it desired peace but refused to say on WHAT
terms Ii would take the world OF us peo-
uIe into its confidence. The habit OF secret pul-
poses where that method seems likely to BRING
success which is in the field of diplomacy Is d
natural companion to the policy which puts
fr,gbtfulnpss devoid of decency and humanity,
into operation in the open
The chancellor's speech must convince the al
lied world of two things namely, that GERMANY
as at present ruled must be crushed Weh-hish
utterly before peace can come and that there Is
vet hope slight though it may be, that the Ter
man people in WEAKNESS of the wars burdehs anu
i'm a deeper WEAKNESS of the Kaisers hidden IN
tent for which such costly sacrifices are oeihs
made will rise and make end of the CHASTITY
misrue.
The chancellor still views Germany as victor
over the world and victor to whom belongs
the spoils as is disclosed when he said in his
speech that "he would not nail down the German
empire in all directions by one-sided formula
which renounces the successes won by the German
troops and leave all other matters in suspense
Thus it is evident that Germany will renounce
nothing that it can take and hold and that moth
ing is to be yielded by it except that which is
taken and held.
Perhaps never so plainly never so boldly
hur al he
eminent as in the speeches of the socialist lead
ers in the Reichstag made in warning to the
chancellor of what would happen If conquest is
still the chief aim of the lords Said the So
cialist Leader Schedemann:
"Ninety-nine per cent of all peoples look
with hope and longing to Stockholm. If
France and Great Britain renounce annexa-
lions and Germany insists thereon-we shall
have revolution in the country. 1t has not
gone as far as that yet since the enemy has not
renowned annexations."
Herr LedebOur leader Of another group OF So
ciaIsts declared:
I'VE are convinced that events must hap
pen in ,Germany as they have happened in
Russia We must introduce Republic
in Germany and we shall propose that
the Constitution committee take preparatory
steps to that end
When the war first began, the people of the allied
and neutral nations began taking Oh possible
revolt of the German people who were thought
10 have been dragged unwillingly into the
But the German people have in the past warmly
supported the government through its ruth
less course. The contention that the Ger
man people and their government are two dis
tinct things in feeling and thought is only par
TALLY true because the people for the most part in
the past have been at with the government
This is to accounted for from the fact that the
real purpose of the German government and those
responsible for the have been concealed and
the war made to look like blow in the sacred
name of patriotism.
But continued conceament of the purposes of
the war have brought dissatisfaction to the