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I. =. IHnONS SELF INTO WAR
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AMSTERDAM fvia London April!
The Wcser ZeitunE. Of Bremen.
PROCESSES Amusement a, President Viii
ION , speech which II call. ".tn accu-
mutation OF m:s,atcmen,s. hateful in
mutations and onc.ided prejudices.'
Ihe PAPER continues: III ever a power
>. threw itself into a bie war without
sa":cicnt cause IL is the United States
which hei!cvcs i, is a peace power
because II is democraticaliy gov
crncd"
The Weser Zcitung SCOTS 4, tEe pa
tr."tic demonstrations in America as
manifestation: o: tho very mili,arism
vrich 'In.ricans declare must be de-
s,roycd i, sees IN tho desperate
app"ai "f tn-lanI TO America. IA sure
si=a thaC i:uc'aaG will soon collapse"
The i.nkal .inacigCr in a violent ar
ti-le, seyg 'h.,t President Wilson's at
TEMPT TO 'mvciSlc The German people
INTO a revolt a-:nin.t the dynasty beats
anything for sheer hypocrisy in the
lecords 40 the world. II Says that the
history OF The oricin OF The war shows
the c.aci opposite or what Wilson con-
tends. namely, that il is just the reo-
lie wh" are ruled by "a parlia M
s:stcm who become tools Of small
groups OF ambitious men" II contends
hat in such states, as in absolute
monarc lies. the foreign policy remains
controlled by = few persons who know
low t" guard themselves against out
~'dc interference.
Nc mus, assume" concludes the
NuzetSer that President Wilson.
no"!n. all this. deliberately tells an
uutrIth. Not the German government
hut the German race hates this Anglo
S.Non fanatic who has stirred into
Grre the consuming hatred in America,
hale parting friendship and synpa-
Thy toward the German people
Count Won T;evcntlow. III a later cdi-
.tcn OF the Dcutschc Tases zeitung
buses President Wilson in similar
terms. and adds: III the President
wants . ncht for democracy in Ger
many he make an unrreccden,cdiy
crude attc'mpt by interfering in the
internal affair" OF 1. European mower
The N~orddcu,schc .AllSemcinc lei
,unE. which Is regarded as II semi
,inrial organ, says:
"a certain phrase in President Will
sous speech must be especially pointed
uUt Tho President represents himself
~ the bearer OF true freedom to our
rcoplc who arc engaged in 4 severe
struggle for their existence and liberty.
What slave soul does he believe exists
in the German people when he thinks
'hat it vii! allow its freedom 10 be
,lctcd ont TO them from without. The
freedom which our enemies have in
store for us VIC know sufficiently. In
the name OF freedom, England will
,,throW us into our old i,npotcncy. in the
name OF freedom. France will snatch
lands OF German blood, and in the name
Of freedom. the Czaris;s allied 10 them
have dragged women and children and
the aged into Russian captivity.
The German people, become clear
sighted in war. sces in President Will
sons words nothing hut an attempt
4" loosen the bonds botween the peo-
pic and princes Of Germany. so that
NC may become All easier prey for our
enemies. VIC ourselves know that an
important task remains to us TO con-
soIidatc our external power and also
our freedom at home. The words which
the Kaiser. in tho memorable days Of
August, 1914. spoke TO the people from
the ReichstaE, contained A PROGRAM
which has taken root more and more,
and which tho speeches Of the Chan
cellcr have described more distinctly.
In tho heat OF war the Kaiser has never
forgotten questions of new orientatton
of policy. When the Rcichstag re-
Gently heard words spoken about the
social kingdom they also were signs
that the confidence between the people
aud the Kaiser were no uncertainty,
as President Wilson put it. but COM
nnnn 10 the ncoplc OF Cinrmanv"