Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-14
S. CITIZEN
CONSIDEREDA
HUN 5 YEARS
OURS GERMANY AFTER HAVING
WORKED IN SEAP0RTS-SAYS DIS
SATISFACTION AND WORSE
EXISTS IN THE EMPIRE.
Correspondence of'The Associated Press,

Correspondents al The AAHntEitsd iress.i
BERNE, Nov. 14.-There has just ar
rived re from Germany a naturalized
Anne SAn who has lived in Germany
throughout the war. worked in German
seaport cities. passing Tor or being con>ld-
cred "A German subject, m~ingling not only
with the common people, but having oc-
caSIonal access To the councils of the high.
In his opinion Germany j. suffering
%acutely now and dissatisfaction and worse
reign IN certain strata of her army and
navy. Recent muiinou~ uprising~ have
had 10 be Sternly repre~>ed and the mutt
necr, shot. Thoughtful Germany, he
thinks, comprising men of the Balm type,
j. desperately anxious for peace and Sc
cretly anxious to end the war before Amer
lea has been utterly alienated.
This man left Germany early in October.
because he had reason Ia fear that he was
gong 10 be impressed for military s%Srviee.
The German government had ref~ed to
recognize the validity Of his American nat
Hrallzatiun since he failed 10 comply with
the lax existing in 1913 and did not seek
the consent OF the German government to
hi- step. To get out he had to induce the
Spanish embassy to bring pressure 10 bear
on the German government. On reaching
Switzerland one of his first steps was 10
seek The Associated Press correspondent,
To whom he first proved satisfactorily his
American citizenship. then volunteered
4uch information a. he possessed about
Germany az the duty of a patriotic Amer
can citizen. Strangely enough. al the very
moment lac was telling his story with de-
talEi abvnt mutinie~ in the German navy,
the German minister Of marine. Admiral
won Capclle. was announcing the naval mu-
TIMES 10 the reichstag.
THE economic situation in GERMANY
he SAYS. - far worse than anyone on the
outside realizes. l. 81 critical that ! for one
look for n break. u collapse. next spring
ar late in the winter. Nor are the good
crops that one hears boasted about every
once IN 80 often going 10 change the sit
nation materially.
"Throughout the German people there j.
what amount 10 a hatred of America. and
thi- hatred has been carefully concen-
tratcd on President Wilson heeon-e ii l.
easier to hate a man than a nation. c~pe-
mially a nation tina; j. the home of pretty
nearly c~veryOne'r relative.
But the biz men Of Germany. the men
who have to look ahead and guide the en-
pre- after the war, do not hate America.
They feel too keenly that they need Amer
lea, and they would like Ia stem the tide
OF hate before it becomes mutual and the
United States are alicnated, perhaps for
all time.
"Thcy Know thai after the war there j.
only one country in the world where they
can get the money they shall need. Amer
lea. and they are worrying a plenty nova
days. They and AL Germany. want in
creasingly a peace that shall specify.
among other things. the right to purchase
raw n well a. finished materials anywhere
IN the world on the same terms a any
other nation.
Every indication points To probable
eontisea;ion at property and Reputation
Of perhaps half the war loan totals after
the war. Even the percentage of property
a. bc coniiecaied J. being talked of. and il
seems probable that the government will