The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-24

the center Of Europe. As ,Cheradame
truly says: This is, the brutal, over
whelming fact which Americans must
face IL they wish to learn the sole .solu-
ton Of the war which will assure to
them, as well as to- the rest Of The
world, q durable peace"
Realizing the vast extent OF her sue
cess, and fearful that further warfare
may lead to its undoinE, Germany, .,
today frantically working for peace
ION worry, moderate terms; even, II,
necessary;, without annexations or in
IDENTITIES" With the war beginning to
20 against here she Is generously will
ing to surrender for the presently IN
the lands conquered from Russia; Rou.
mania, France and Belgium, and all of
Servia save q narrow, strip bordering
the Berlin , to Bagdad railway. -, She
could restore, all these; and win tho
greatest victory: in the. history of
Hohenzollern conquests. The blind
would see only the status quo ante.
Germany would see. and soon the rest
of tho world would see, the dream of
a great Central European ,Germanic
Empire come true (Figure y. A real
status quo ante is beyond tho power
of man to establish q 4 ,.,ht!A p@34
4 IL there besthose Who admitting the
Hohenzollern policy Of conquest up to-
and including the present war, never
theless imagine that Germany would
be willing 10 retire from the bloody
struggle contented to let well enough
alone provided her domination Of Aus
tria, Bulgaria and Turkey were unim-
paired. they should remember, in the
first place, that the new and vastly
stronger Germany would be ruled by
the same Hohenzollern dynasty as be-.
fore, imbued by the same passion for
conquest which for more than five hun
dred years had been eminently sue
,cessful, and never so much as in the
present struggle. Let them give heed,
in the second place. to the testimony
of eminent Germans concerning their
own ideas Of Germany'st future policy.
Let them read Won Bfssing's memoir
andum to his government in } which
as Governor General, of Belgium he
boldly advocates the reinforcement of
the Belgian royal house and the fore
ible annexation of the country to Ger
many. Let them consider the sinister
import of his candid declaration that
reconciliation and peaceful domination
are impossible, and that possession Of
Belgium is absolutely essential to the
success of Germany's plans for future
wars against England and France. Let
them listen to the intellectual leaders
of Germany: to Nietzsche teaching,
"Ye shall love peace. as means to
new wars,-and the short peace more
than the long,; to Tre1tschke descrfb-
ing war as IAN ordinance set by God"
and "the cost powerful maker Of ma
tons; 70 Bernhardi declaring, "The
lesson Of history confirm the view that
wars which have heen deliberately
provoked by farseeing statesmen nave
had the happiest results; and to
Eucken asserting, ITO us more than to
any other nation is intrusted the true
structure of human existence" Let
them hear the revered pastors of Ger
many: Francke saying, Germany is
the representative of the highest NOR.
ality, of the purest humanity, of the
most chastened Christianity; it's de-
feat would mean falling back to the
worst barbarism"; Lehman preaching
1.-THE German soul is Gods SOUL. 1t
shall and will rule over MANKIND;
and KONG .exhorting, I'VE must van.
quish, because the downfall Of Ger,
manism would mean the downfall Of
humanity" Then perhaps will the
thoughtless realize that the German
nation, driven by policy it cannot
control, presses inevitably forward to
new conquests, ever toward the goal
of world dominion.