The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-21


heard of what Germany has endured
and is enduring. His statement is an
hatefa pow t9 that thus nn
erushed4Editor,s Note. -
Elizabeth, N. T., (SpeciaD-- great up
rising of the German masses and sol
Daniels. Of the Catholic Order of Alex
Ian Brothers, who arrived at an Allan
tic port Saturday after three years
visit In the German empire, and who is
now at the Alexian Brothers hospital
here. He left the United States in 1914
to take up the study Of theology in the
University of Muenster in Westphalia,
Germany. He mingled with the Ger
man people as one Of them at the
beginning Of the ruthless submarine
warfare and the subsequent declara-
ton of war by the United States, and
is therefore in a position to speak au-
thoritatively Of their attitude in the
war. The closeup story which he tells
OF the German people and Of his life
among them is perhaps one of the most
interesting which has come out of that
country since direct communications
were cut off.
Sneered At by Junkers.
Father Daniels experiences were
such as to make him realize the true
meaning Of the German military ma
chine against which America is fight
ing. He says that they have been
such that he can readily appreciate
only as an American who has lived in
the land Of the kaiser In these three
years OF war can appreciate them, that
today"
7 learned it when was hungry and
suffering in Muenster and in Berlin"
Father Daniels said today. II realized
1t when was scoffed and sneered at
by the hirelings Of the German crown.
And knew it when touched American
shores Saturday and breathed once
more the air Of a free land"
Another Uprising Soon.
Although there were no signs OF a
general strike when Father Daniels left
the country In November, he believes
1t Is not at all unlikely that the reported
uprisings in Germany and Austria
Hungary are actually In progress. He
feels, however, that the military still
has the upper hand, and that for a time
the strikers will be put down and the
war work pushed on. But he goes so
far as to predict that by the spring of
1919 there will be such q great uprising
that the overthrow Of the German mills
tary masters will be effected and a last
ing peace will follow in the wake.
Father Daniels reached Westphalia a
few months after the war had been de-
c1ared. During his stay there he con-
tinued his studies for the priesthood
and was ordained in March, 1917. He
has seen the unrest and the desire for
peace grow SO steadily among the Ger
man people until now he declares that
the soldiers and civilians for the most
part loathe mi1itarism and would ac-
cept as a special blessing from heaven
peace that would forever destroy the
military power in their country.
10 Efofh nr No al fI1o 1ic.
satisfaction OF the working classes is
growing steadily worse and he antici-'
pates another such series Of riots as
prevailed in 1916. At that time in
every industrial center in the empire.
strikes and riots were daily events. He
said that the unrest among the German
people is so prevalent that within the
last two years all policemen have been
recalled from the front and are kept
In readiness to prevent the expected
revolt against existing government con-
ditions.
II know now what German kultur
means said Father Daniels land there
Is nothing too fiendish to class under
1t. 1t means taking school boys, giving
them guns, and sending them out to do
a mans work in the front line trenches.
1t means undermining the health Of the
German woman, putting her out to
clean the streets, making the NUM-
tions, and at the same time starving
her.
What kuiter Means.
1T means making of the children OF
Germany race Of starved, diseased
boys and girls, it means deserving the
old men and women, refusing them
nourishment because they cannot help
the kaiser carry on his war program.
1t means everything that is cruel, un-
just, inhuman 70 the people upon whom
It falls Indeed, 4 have seen German
kultur at its worst and / say God help
the poor mortals who must live with
it. II any man who is spreading Ger
man propaganda in this country and
secretly praising the kaiser could go
seen during the past three years, he
would be very glad to return to the
United States and thank God that he
had been fortunate enough to receive
the blessings Of a democratic govern
ment.
There are people In Germany starv-
ing diseased, who would welcome the
slightest opportunity for such life
as is offered over here. !"
Starving by Hundreds.
Father Daniels watched the growing
scarcity of food in Germany and says
that now the men and women are dying
by the hundreds Of starvation while
the wealthy are living in comfort with
plenty of food because they are making
money out OF the war and can afford
4 to pay exorbitant prices. The stories
Of how the wealthy OF Germany are
living with little food the same as the
poor people, Father Daniels. denounced
as lies and he said that while the gov
eminent had control of the food and al >
sloted to each family its weekly share,
it excluded the products Of some farms
SO that the rich could buy them.
Germany has been trying to fool the
other nations. Father Daniels declared,
In her food prices She has set GER
tain prices at which food is to be sold
but when the poor people goisfor their
bread potatoes and butter they cannot
buy them at any such prices and must
pay many times more. A pair OF shoes
which Father Daniels is wearing here
today and which are OF the plainest
leather tops cost him $40! and he said
women who wore leather shoes had to