El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-29
GERMANYPULLED
WOOL OVER EYES
World Camoulflaged by the
Teuton for Ages, Says
Chauncey DepeW.

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New York. April 29.-Chauncey NJ.
[ Depev. former United States senator,
addressing the Montauk club. OF
| Brooklyn, Saturday night at the 9th
| celebration Of his birthday annirer-
] sary by the club. declared that not
only do all peace overtures Of the
/ present come from Germany. but as
Z serted that Germany for the past dec
ade. had been behind all socalled
peace moves. as a camOuflage TO her
{ own preparations for war He assert
[ ed that GRANGE. having alone been
cautious Of Germany. saved the Chris
tian world from German lust
Speaking Of his age. ar Depew
The VIII ProIonEs Life
There is nothing that prolongs life
more than having an object TO I'VE
/ for. This affects the viii. and II Is
the common experience OF doctors
I that the viii is the greatest enemy OF
death. The mother is pronounced
hopeless. but she SAYS, I will live n
I til my son returns Against all the
I predictions OF her medical advisors
that son circles the globe and arrives
in time to receive the blessing Inc
proof that Il was the viii power that
sustained his mother is that she rarely
lives an hour after the purpose Tor
which she has made this tremendous
eXertion has Leen accomplished
The soVer Of "Reminiscences.
"All who have passed the middle
period, live largely in memory We
do not appreciate how much Of the
conversation Of the world is made up
Of "reminiscences With most people
who have achieved any distinction OF
won any honOrs. their lives and their
talk begins at the point Of the first
decoration
Value Of Keeping Diaries.
"I find in reading "reminiscences
that the best are by men who have
kept close diaries I have just been
reading two most interesting volumes
Of John Morley. The greater part is
made up Of extracts from a diary. ap-
parently not corrected. and from let
tiers Of which he had kept copies The
diary and the letters tell in an inter-
esting way the whole story Of trials,
struggles and successes Of one OF the
most influential men OF his time, or
great questions whose decisions rest
ed always largely with him, and OF
interesting people whom he met IL
is the regret Of my life that I neglect
ed 90 make these daily memOs-
History Dates From June, 1914
This overwhelming tragedy throug
which we are passing viii oollterate
AN DEEM history 81 e LEEA u ga EaAaAH
History will date from June. 1914
The literature which the world trag-
edv Will inspire will be our reading
matter for the future During these
three years and half there is no part
Of the sixteen hundred millions OF
people who inhabit this earth who
have not felt its effects More than
a thousand millions Of them have been
directly concerned According 10 the
latest estimates. fifty millions OF peo-
pie have died in battle. but mainly by
starvation and hardships in the de-
wasted countries Fifty millions, Equal
TO one half the population OF the Unit
ed States have been plotted out by
this war. The debts Of the various
countries in 1918 were about twenty
billion OF dollars A financial eX-
pert has estimated that by the end
amount TO one hundred and sixty BILL
lions.
Germany's Heavy Load.
"Germany's appropriations for all
purposes. civil and military, the army
and the navy. were In 1913 between
eight and nine hundred millions The
interest charge alone upon her pres
ent debt at per cent is sixteen hun
dren millions II we add 10 that one
thousand millions for her civil and
military necessities her taxation viii
rise from eight hundred millions 20
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the war should close now The In
crease is quite as large FOR all the
other countries. The entire wealth OF
Belgium northern France. Servia. Ar
menia and Poland has been practically I
wiped out There must be in the IL :
nancial settlement a realignment. res
toratiou and reparation that staEgers ]
the imagination We thought at the I
close Of the civil war that a debt OF 4
four billions would be a burden so I
great as TO keep US under the harrow /
for generations
L. s. Debt Piles Up.
I'VE have been more than year I
in this war: we have ALREADY spent I
and loaned over twenty billions OF
dollars.
There are thirty seven millions Of
men on the battle fronts In all the
continents and seven seas OF the
world. The problem OF their a7sorp-
tion. after the discipline and expe-
rience Of the camp. in the economic
life OF nations, is TO be one or the
most serious which ever engaged the
attention Of statesmen Therefore l I
believe this new world viii be wholly
absorbed in its statesmanship and It's
literature. with a world which has
been devastated and is to be recreated-
Peace Movements and Peace.
zone Of the most curious and IN
terestinE OF the efforts Of the last 80
81 ears ms nEEM LlAE AAlNA NAllNAAA ava
peace. I found travelling on the same
ship when ] went to Europe over so
years ago a peace delegation from the
United States TO a congress which
was TO meet I'm London I told MI
Gladstone about it and he said the
whole idea was absurd. with over
seven million men in arms In Europe
alone All talk Of peace during the
last quarter Of a century. and now.
smanate from Germany With the
rest Of the world thew have been and
are genuine and humane With the
prussian general staff there have
been and are shrewd attempts with a
vast propa ganda to lull the world 20
sleeD while German autocracy and
nilitarism were preparing for its con-
quest
Facing German Intrigue.
The Hague Tribunal oriCinated
with the car. The nations entered it
honestly and with hope. except Prus-
STA. who carefully and very ably
wooded committing herself TO any
hing The result OF this pronagsnda
vas general unpreparedness England
II the commencement Of the war could
send 10 the continent only one hun
ired and fifty thousand men Our
lwn situation was utter unnrenared-
less in trained men or munitions or /
any Of the elements necessary for the
prosecution Of war The safety OF ]
he world depended upon France The !
1aiser compelled her to dismiss Del
Il see her fowafru minister mhnu7