Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-09
Effect of Our Entrance.


great world war, and it is no longer
a matter Of what the country would
| do under given circumstances, but it
| is a case Of what has already been
has been discussed as much on the
streets, in the homes. in the clubs
and elsewhere, as has the entrance
Of the United States into the war, and
the effect that it will have.
In order that the Anglo-Saxon-
American layman's view might be Sc
cured, summing up the questions that
arc being asked Of each other, and
giving tho answers, a representative
or the Ledger called on Jas. ID. Mas
scy, vice president Of the Eagle and
Phoenix Mills. and asked him to sum
up the situation as il stands on this
Monday. the first week that the Uni
ted states has been in the war.
Mr.. Massey has followed the
events OF the war from the beginning,
and he has studied what the great
writer's OF these events have had to
say, and further than that he is a
wcll-read man, and is familiar with
former conditions that might, or do.
have direct bearing on conditions
Of to-day.
When asked at the offset what eff
feet the entrance OF the United States
In hn
well, YOU know, there are no
prophets living in these days, but my
own opinion is that it will probably
lengthcn the war;"
"Iiow could that be. with all the
resources OF the United States?" he
was asked.
simply because those resources
are not easy to use quickly, and the
European allies will have sense
enough not to strain themselves I'M
duly until Uncle Sam IS ready to lend
hand"
but may not the German govern
ment see that it cannot finally win,
and surrender quickly so as to avoid
the final blow?"
well. tell you, the German idea
Of peace is a weird affair in the eyes
Of everybody but the Germans them
selves"
"How so?"
""hy. they have a fancy that they
can get their colonies back and that
Russian Poland will be made a sepa-
rate nation under their control and
that they will have a good deal to
say about the terms in general.
con the other hand. the allies have
not the slightest notion OF quitting
the war until Germany loses every
inch Of foreign ground that she holds,
Snrrcnders her colonies and goes back
home absolutely empty handed. The
allies realize that it Is essential for
every German mind to get painful
realization OF the fact that war and
national burglary do not pay, and
that they have spent millions Of dol
lars and millions OF lives with only
losses as their reward"
'Why can't the Germans see that
beforehand and make better terms
now than they could latcr?"
"For one thing, they are still pow
crful in a military sense and cannot
conceive that such complete defeat
could ever he inflicted upon them.
And then they are too proud to adj
nit it even if they do know it: and.
thirdly, the governing classes would
rather fight on to the last ditch. hop
ing for some sort Of nuke to bring
them out alive. than simply to sur
render their jobs and their influence
in the Germa' nation. In other
words, they d rather fight 1t out
and be defe; eo fighting than to give
up before they have to-"
"Will there not likely be an inter-
nal explosion which will change Ger
many to republic, like Russia was?"
'Of course, anything is possible in
cataclysm like this. but Germany
Is the last country in the world
where revolution could be expect
cd"
Why is that so?"
I'm the first place. the Germans
are fanatically patriotic. They genu-
incly love GERMANY, and think If au-