The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-13

retain what she has acquired in the
war by force of arms, she will be
obliged not only to maintain, but
constantly to increase her ornaments
and to add without end to her debt,
which is already overwhelming. 1t
is not only the insane Pan-German-
lists, says Prince zu Hohenlohe, VINO
talk of future wars. The Prussian
Minister of War General Won Stein,
in recent speech denounced per-
manent peace as utopian, and de-
clared that wars will inevitably be
repeated as long as man exists. On
the other hand. the French Minister
Of War M. Painleve. declared in
recent speech that the present war
must be fought to a finish, so that 1t
may be the last war, and humanity
may devote itself to the work Oh
progress and civilization. Il should
like" adds Prince zu Hohenlohe, ito
see, at least once. similar sentiments
in public speech Of German min
lister of war;"
In concluding his articles, Prince
zu Hohenlohe expresses himself as
follows:
"There is no doubt that the majority
of the German people are in favor OF
monarchial form of government.
+ The different states of Germany are
still more or less loyal to. their state
sovereigns according to the person
atty of those sovereigns. But 1t can
| no longer be affirmed after these
! three years of war that their conf
dence in the supreme chief of the
empire is wholly intact. We should
stop hiding our heads in the sand
| out Of fear OF recognizing the truth!
! Evading the truth can do no good.
| Confidence in those who are directing
the affairs of the empire is begin
ming to crumble among the German
people. The people do not know Just
what position the kaiser takes with
regard to the activities of those who
pretend to call themselves patriots.
The people are beginning little by
| little to ask themselves how 1t is
that the whole world is in arms
against them, and who is responsible
for this situation
The German people as whole
| have no desire to annex foreign ter
ritory. The only ones who are in
| terested in territorial conquest are
! the small group Of industrial capital
! lists and the hot-headed Pan-German.
| lists, who get no sympathy from the
| masses of the people. but only from
| the university professors, the Office
holders, and the well to do middle
| classes Herr Scheidemann "a well
known socialist)- was recently called
TO order when he spoke the word
| revolution" in a speech in the reich
stag. And yet he did nothing but
repeat word which is heard daily
among the masses of the people. 1t
| is true that he rightly added, 1--WE
have not yet reached the point of
revolution" But it would be childish
| to deceive ourselves into thinking
that we may not reach it if the men
! who hold in their hands the destiny
| of the German empire are not big
enough to assume the responsibility
! of their mistakes and wise enough to
recognize and take account of the
! necessities of the present time.
otherwise the moment will surely
come when they will perceive with
| terror that it is too late and that the
| German people have finally lost pa
/ tience.
| AS the Journal de Geneve says,
these are grave words. They consti-
tute one of many increasing indica-
tons that the German people are be-
ginning to recognize that they are
| fighting not a war of defense for
| their homes, but war Of conquest
| for an ambitious autocracy.