The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-23
RAEMAEKERS SAYS
ALLIES VICTORY
DEPENDS ONU.S.

Louis Raemaekers. the only truly
great cartoonist the war has pro-
duced, is in Washington to gain hrst-
hand impressions, whereby he may
depict the part the United States will
play in the world war. His cartoons,
which have piIloried the Kaiser so
much that he put a price on the
artists head, will appear. in Washing
ton, exclusively in The Times.
Raemakers, an amazingly mild
hammered man to be the creator OF
such trenchant, powerful MASTER
pieces. is particularly interested in
the American attitude on the Pope's
peace proposals. He declares that
these 'overtures for peace should be
given. no consideration. He thinks a
prompt and efficient embargo on food
to the neutral nations will be one OF
the most speedy factors in bringing
Germany, to the allied terms.
Can Wipe Out AutOeracy.
'Tf the people of the United States
can only be awakened to sufficient ear
nestness about this war, auticracy
will certainly be wiped from the face
OF the earth. !. who have lived right
in the thick OF the war, knew how
necessary tt is that the allied forces
win, and win they must. IL the United
States goes at the thing with all its
might and power.
'"If Germany wins, this country will
find itself nothing but German
colony, and IL won't even be necessary
for a German invasion to effect this
result. with Germany dominant in
Europe. the United States would find
itself in an automatic condition or
vassalaEe.
This country has been keeping Ger
many alive through its exports to neu-
trails" Mr.. Raemaekers continued. I
myself have seen the foodstuffs going
over the frontier in amazingly large
quantities. When this state of af-
shortly be exhausted.
NeutraIs Must Stand.
The neutral nations must not potest.
They must endure the hardships as the
result OF the embargo for their own final
salvation. for with Germany successful
they would ind themselves without a
vestige Of freedom.
All this talk of pan-Germanism Is
the truth. l had seen 1t coming for
forty years. Ten years ago 1 pictured
II in my drawings and was branded as
an enemy of Germany. 1t is born and
bred in the German children. and is
fully developed in the adult As a
boy 1 gave, and received black eyes
because of the German attitude that
everything that is German is right,
that It would be an Ionor for any
country to be governed by Germany
an honor for a man OF any nation to
wear a German uniform.
THE English did not appreciate the
menace You Americans haven't half
realized II yet. The Germans really
believe they are destined TO rule the
world. Pleasant and companionable
as a German may be as an individual,
the Germans as q whole are obsessed
with this ono idea 1t is a mania"
Sees End in IS Months.
Mr.. Raemaekers believes that with
the United States in the conflict the
war cannot last over a year and
half more.
Things will go on es before, dur
ing the winter and spring. believe"
he explains, but next summer will
see Germany exhausted, and ready for
a peace that can be permanent There
is little hope Of a German revolution.
The Germans are innately Btrvile.
Even the Socialists. with the excep-
ton of Liebnecht. and his small fol
lowing, are pan-Germanists. all.
After the right kind OF peace, how
ever, the Germans will gradually
emaneipate themselves. At hrst their
material power will suffer. but as the
years go on, they will gain, and take
their proportionate place among the
nations OF the world.
Russia must first learn the lesson
that the methods OF democracy and
autocrscy must be the same, only the
motive being different.
To be successful, democracy must
use force as well as Rutocracy. the
difference being that the result is for
the good OF all the people. and not
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of any par
ticular royal house.
Lesson Proves Costly.
Kerensky has learned this lesson
at a bitter cost to the allies. Even in
the army of a democratic country
general cannot stand around and con-
suit a regiment as to whether 1t shall
night or not.
Even in a democracy there must
be a central ruling power-but al
ways in accordance with the best in
terests, and the expressed ideas of
majority OF the people. That Is the
stumbling block over which SO many
radicals fall and make fools OF them
EelYSh"