Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-15

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DR.. DERNBURG AGAIN.
In spite of his rather complete fail
ure to create in America a sympathetic
Of Germany. DR.. Dern-
burg is occupied in trying to create an
understanding of America in Ger
many. The Berliner Tageblatt quotes
the following excerpts from an article
which he contributed to Detusche Hol-
itik, urging that no remarks OF Presi-
dent Wilson's should stand in the way
of immediate characterization of Ger
many.
I'VE are all agreed that we do not
need the outside world to put our
house in order. But I seek in vain the
logic in the inference of the Water
landischen and Like. For IL foreign
ers have nothing to do with German
affairs, then Wilson's words should
not exist for them at all and we
should arrange our affairs as though
they had never been spoken. But just
the contrary is desired. Because Will
son demands democratizing comes the
prompt reaction, mo, not at ALI (justa-
ment nicht.)
"a direct subserviency to a foreign
power is not at all conceivable and
here comes the cloven foot of the en-
tire movement magnificently to light.
German liberalism and social democ-
racy for 80 years have desired the de-
mocratization Of the German and
Prussian state Institutions. They de-
mand popular authority in parliament
and in the government, responsible
state ministers, free right of work
Circle arbeitsrecht), a change in &he
Prussian election laws, tho abolition OF
the code Of mental service for agri-
cultural labor and similar improve
ments.
TIME Is oPPoRTuNE.
And there are today wise conserva-
tives Tin which party some of our
| wisest and most scholarly heads are
included), who know that one must not
oppose these things any longer, but
express ones sentiments resolutely and
| honestly. But the Vaterlaendischer do
not belong to these clever people. They
demand that German democracy shall
simply put aside its program for the
necessary and immediate accom-
plishment of which no more opportune
time could be found than the present.
They demand. and their demand is in
| fluenced by the Identical demand from
| abroad that the king go back on his
word. That which is held for right, in
| dependent and responsible, we must
not do. while the rest of the world
| (four- fifths of the civilized and I'M
| civilized world) living under similar
| conditions, Is powerful and content
After Dernburg had called attention
| to the fact that not alone the Ger
| man people but the kaiser also stood
\ for the same principles according to
his advice to the car in 1s05). he
continued:
| "One must emphasize that at a word
Of command a storm of kilograms
broke over the kaiser in which the
claim was put forth that according to
the Wilson note, government and peo-
pie were to be separated. seeds of dis
loyalty sown and the fight against the
Hohenzollern declared. I have need
lessly troubled myself to find any
where in the Wilson note anything OF
this kind. But on this manifestation
of loyalty. which rightly in itself
could only have very well pleased the
kaiser. came the awaited thanks that
produced an opportune foil to those
who could not refrain from telegraph
ing their imperial loyalty in q some
what needless manner.
WORK OF DEMAGooUES.
"This Is not entirely just to the
greater part of the nation. who none
the less modestly carry their loyalty In
their hearts. Expedient it was surely
not. for now comes again the impress
sion that the German people would not
be considered in the peace, and al
though Wilson had put up the most un-
heard of demands. This naturally suits
the vaterlaendischen wire pullers per-
fectly. and It Ii pretty piece OF DEM
agogy. whoever got II up. The reso-
lutte and honest people have unfortun-
ately once again remarked nothing"
Dernburg further calls attention tt
the words OF George Won Siemone
THE most stupid man il he who be-
lieves he can deceive another" From
this he draws the conclusion:
"The aim of German politics II
through resolution and honestly In oul
internal affairs. IN our war methods
and In our diplomatic negotiations. Il
break through the inner front OF oul
adversary in that We convince thai