New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
o. = Correspondent in Switzer
land

L. was listening from the
IN, visitors gallery Of the Ger
pS;,hstar 20 the Socialist leader
n -. then one Of The most VIC
g. revolutionary politicians in Ger
~ seclaim.rr angrily against I'M
..,,I institutions and threatening the
r.;.sr's government with popular up
t..v,I when heard a gruf voice be-
hind ne m1;ter;
"a German republic, humph. Not be
t,-s Chimes, mandarins and Russian
r,yiik, become ropublicans!'
Turning around, I Eazed on the
-rrc,s features Of the famous Junkcr"
Won o,den5urs. O., that date no longer
member Of the legislative assembly,
hut still a powerful parsonage in Ger
-,s, politics. I: seemed a characteristic
;,ti8e,t that this ultra conservative
.r;ts.or even ne who had once Scri-
nssly advocated dispensing the rCcalc'-
,rsrt ReichstaC with r.c Of grcCa-
Ts-s under PrUssian Lieutenant.
sboul5 scott in this way az the long
.r4erirg loyalty Of the German people
70 Their au;ocratic government, by
which ne and his privileged class wee
The first 10 profit
We'll. to-day China Is a republic and
Russia soon will be. but 1t still sounds
dangerously Ike a paradox TO speak Of
Csrrar republicans. and Herr Schcide-
rarn himself has changed 20 one OF the
most as,ute and inscriptions advocates
~ Kaiserism that ever led the German
masses aStray.
President Wilson's appeal 20 the Ger
man PEOPLE 20 embrace Democracy and
thereby prove itself worthy 20 enter
the society Of modern nations in new
world Of peace and brotherhood has
besn answered by the German press
with an indignant outburSt OF loyalty
70 william H. and these newspapers,
though they now by no means always
,ru,hfully reflect public opinion in Ger
many. undoubtedly stin have great
mower 70 create i.. The insults and
seorn which the German papers have
Lespei upon the President in reply TO
he message in which he sought to dis
,irruish between the German people
and their government have been widely
accepted as a definite proof that he was
mistaken in assuming such difference
exists.
People Of all the allied nations with
whom have talked here in Switzer-
land have expressed the opinion that
il must henceforth be evident to all
the world that the Germans are abso-
lutely one with their Kaiser and prefer
his autocratic rule 20 any other form
Of government. There is good deal
Of truth in what they say And vet /
believe President Wilson was right
when he made his now world-tamous
distinction. and ! think Lis message
will stand on, in history not only as
an immortal expression OF modern
political ideals but also as an astonlsh-
ing example Of psychological insight.
Some time may pass before events
occur TO reveal all this, for Germany
is to-day PROSTATE under the spUrred
heel Of martial law. and all the papers
and people can do is 10 cry "Hoch.
when the person of the Emperor is in
question. But I have many good rea-
sons 10 believe the day will come when
these cheers will change 70 something
entirely different. One Of these reasons
is that here in free Switzerland. where
there is no martial law and no pre-
yentiye imprisonment for the demo-
cra,ically inclined. German republican
party already exists. twas founded DY
a number Of Germans, men OF letters
and journalists. a few days after Pres
ident Wilson's message filed the soul
Of old. battle-scarred Europe with
new ard loftier spirit.
Eyiles in Switzerland
Il is perhaps exaggerated TO call the
small circle OF German republicans who
have gathered together in voluntary
exile in neutral Switzerland a party"
And | wish. above all, N this dlspas-
siona,e report on democratic POSSIBLE
ties in Germany. 70 avoid all mlslead-
ing exagserations. These exlles do not
ard can not represent a party, in the
accepted political sense, for the simple
reason that they are cut of from the
German masses by the German censor
and the German police. But they are
men Of learning and intellect, and in
Consequence they certainly do represent
a, least one Of the many conflicting cur
rents Of contemporary public opinion
N Germany.
They are all men who made their
III iloe4"IdIe OF JOUi""'4'i' 80
ipe!0re the war. Their TecoBhIIGu
Iesder IS Dr. Carl EoesemeyeI' loIiHei'S y
tq''or OF the Berlin 'MorSenpos''
hhleh mas the largest clrcHIa!lon oI
any newspaper IN Germany a J'heI
herman OF note who believes that 'he
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- be'g.lm by t'e German armies ana
mas peer, translated into almost every
Modern language and read IN every
country except Germany, where ITS sale
Is strictly prohibited.
foremost IN the intellectual hgnt Tor