The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-10
1 dinned into the willing, ignorant ears

of the Russians.
All that was needed to cause revol
ton in Germany and Austria was tn
refusal of the Russians to fight. T
emphasize the argument, and to full
Their blind the Russians the German
reichstag passed resolution for peac
without annexation or indemnity. Al
though the reichstag has no more jul
isdctiOn over such matters than
hog has over the enforcement of tn
Sunday blue laws, it served to fool tn
mple-minded Russians, an armistic
on that basiS-nO anneXatiOnS and NJ
indemnities-was arranged, and tn
Kuasian soldiers threw away thei
arms and went home!
German propaganda.
The world knows the result. Trotzk!
announces that Germany's object il
a ''monstrous annexation"
/ Why should the German government
be so eager to give us this informa
ton? 1t usually exercises a mercles!
censorship upon unpleasant news. VIII,
does it allow these tales to pass ant
make the most Of them abroad while
it forbids mention Of them at home?
| The German government believe:
that all the nations engaged in the
war are weary of it and on the very
slightest excuse could be induced tt
lay down their arms. BY encouraging
the idea that there is a large party
! in Austria and Germany eager fol
peace and prepared to insist on rea
sonable terms, German statesmen
think that they can provide the nee
essary excuse. They have tried these
identical tactics in Russia, with bril-
liant success. Russia has been dis
armed by her own rulers. She lies
at Germany's mercy. How, if this
game be now repeated against the de-
mocracies of Great Britain, France,
Italy, and the United States? 4:
A German socialist deputy, DR..
Lensch, has said that Germany is the
motor-power of revolution" yet IS her
self secure against it. If the rest Of
the world could be given, to revolu-
ltionary anarchism, d; then Germany
would have her opponents at her feet.
She could dictate what terms she
liked, take what territory she wanted,
and exact as. much money as she re-
quired. =, a. u - ~ ~; ?
-. =. Don't BE Misied.
The laboring men of America must
not be misled by alleged labor results
in Germany. The kaiser is an auto
cratic socialist, and he has fooled his
people into the belief that he takes
care of them. He has provided sick
insurance, and accident insurance and
old age pensions for them, and there
fore they regard him as father who
loves and cares for them. But the
kaiser has never provided adequate
wages for the working masses. The
American coal digger receives from
SIS to 81 day, and he can insure
himself. The German coal digger
receives but SOC day and is so ig.
norant as to believe that when he gets
a little help in the days of misfortune
it comes as gracious gift direct from
the kaiser. If the kaiser and his min
listers and the princes who form the
governing body would go into the mat
ter of adequate wages for the work
ing classes there would be less need
Of government charity. He permits
the capitalists to keep two-thirds of
the wages that should be paid to en-
ployes.' The government owns the rail
roads, MANY manufacturing establish
ments, banks and industries Govern
ment employees are paid mere pit
lance, that another pittance Of what
they should receive may be paid them
in pensions.
Labor Cheap in Germany.
The iaborers in Germany do
not receive one-third the wages
paid the iaborers Of America.
We hear much in our country
about the "pauper labor Of
Europe" We mean German la.
Dor. It is so cheap that before
the war Germany was able to
flood the markets Of the world
with products labeled made in
Germany" She has made her
empire great at the expense Of
: the manhood Of the masses.
1t is not true that the German peo.
literate, they can read and write, but
stop school at fourteen. Very few
enter the higher grades. The educa-
ton OF the masses ends at fourteen.
There are few books in the homes and
villages Of the common people.
Germans in Bondage
No German peasant, aspires to ere.
ate an estate.&tIt is; impossible for
him to do 50 and he gives the matter
no concern. He seems content to
work all day for from fifty cents to
one dollar and drink his beer and
dance in the villages in the evening.
No educated people would remain
in bondage as long as the Germans
have. The Frenchman, the English
man and the American have all
fought their way to freedom. They
have overthrow monarchies and es.
tablished governments by the con-
sent of the governed. The Germans
seem content that their, government
shall be by the kaiser.
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