Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-22
WHY GERMANY WANTS pEAoE.

A LII intelligent and unprecedented Delawaroans must
"A realize that the why Germany would like
10 have peace at the present time ara manifold. Aside
from the fact that she stronger now than she will ever
be during this war; that she now making war in enemy
territory and holds vast reaches Of Belgian French Rus
sian Serbian and Rumanian lands there conditions at
home That make Il WISE II not imperative that tho
come TO an early end.
The Germans are a dooih and disciplined people They
love ruler and master. They apparently delight in be-
Ing forbidden 10 do all manner Of things. They are folk
among whom revolutions do not thrive. They have too
wholesome respect FOR tho Kasers soldiers and the
Kasers police
But the ruling caste Of Germany apparently knows
there is limit to which Germans may be driven
Germany today is land Of Thin underfed underclohed
people II Is land upon every home Of which Death
has laid his 10y finger. There blind MANNED
men IN every village. II is land in which people
smile any more. carns has taken the place Of easy
mirth.
And the depressed spirits Of the people are not upied
when they read In workers journal like the Textar-
better OF Berlin that Bernhard Haupg member Of the
textile workers union, has Exchanged the temporal for
the eternal e, Nor do they rejoice when the article
continues that his relatives applying for financial help
were instead given death certificate by the district med-
cal officer which said "rhe undersigned hereby oertnes
that the 5syoar-old factory worker, Bernhard Hauptg
was found dead July 10 in Engesberg pastures Ac-
cording to investigations which were duly carried out
The above named person died Of starvation"
TO which the Textlabeer added the terrible thought:
Hauptg Is not the fst nor win he be the last member
Of the textile workers union to die OF starvation"
This simple item, with ~ plain truths gives the lie to
the OF the prussian masters that Ger
many has enormous resources and her food supply Is
holding out we'll land In which the resources are
ample is not land in which industrious worker wan
ders tho fields and dies OF starvation like neglected
dog.
No wonder Norwaerts socialist organ Of Germany
which sometimes dares to hint at the truth said In a re-
cent issue:
THE present internal conditions in Germany remind
Dne OF the festive horseman immortazed IN the File
gende Haeller who, being asked Meyer where are yol
riding io2 frankly replied How do know9 Ask th
horse
Eve ask: "Quo vadis GermaniaY"
Now the socialists are not the only ones who ar
asking whittier Germany going It being asked sui
leny, saYagely timidlY worredy, as the case MAJ
be- by everyone in Kalserdum All recognize that ih
breaking point NAY be reached. There a stage beyon
which even Germans win not endure. Wars have some
times ceased because the people absolutely refuse
10 prosecute them any longer Dynastes have sometime
been opped into the dust because people have refuses
20 starye any longer.
That is what is worrying the Hohenzolern outnt The
are not winning abroad aud they fear conditions a
home Hence their strenuous efforts TO end the war be
are Winter before defeat, before starved and froze
people may hnd the courage to drive them from thei
thrones