The Washington times., 1918-03-21

4 showed her teeth. Germany was not
then prepared to light the world and
was forced to compromise.
France gave her a slice OF the
Congo in exchange for Germany's con-
sent TO French protectorats IN
Morocco. OF course-after that Il
must have been evident to all the
business brains Of Germany that how
ever great and prosperous the en-
pire might be she was not strong
enough to dictate to Europe: nor pre-
sumo to demand any more OF the
great prizes than she had already
in other words. she was shown
her place. IL was also more than pos
sible that her aggressive prosperity
might one OF these days excite the
! apprehension OF Great Britain. who
would thensshow more than her teeth
/ Gradually the idea must have per
meated, taken possession OF the minds
of. men who had vast fortunes to in
/ crease or lose, that sooner or later
they must fight for what they had
and that It were better perhaps to
strike nrst, at a moment they might
choose Observation-Disclosures little they
might sympathize with the ambitions
OF the Pan-Germsn. party for -supreme
power in Europe"
Perhaps nothing" said Mimi.
They made up their minds to do Il
and they did it. 1t Is as plain as day.
| light I'd forgive them, too, IL they'd
won in six months, as they were 50
sure they would.
Proved themselves Feels.
what / don't forgive them for Is
that they have proved themselves the
most criminal fools unhung. Pm glad
that ] am q Bavarian, and that Prus-
STA. whom we have always % hated
and desplaed that we have never
turned the lions about on the Sieges-
thor. should be the prime offenders.
humiliating as IL may be that We fell
for their lies and got into this rotten
mess.
But go ahead, Mrs. Prentiss.
| What's your next? Gee, but you can
tab since August 1, 1914"
| II took merely an intelligent Amer
lean woman's interest" said Mrs.
Prentiss, momentariIy naughty. "And
I spent the first two years and a
half in Washington, where often
knew more than the newspapers; at
| all events where I was constantly in
the society of thinking men.
Also honest men, for war was the
last thing we wanted. until our hon.
or became too deeply involved to per-
NIT us to hold aloof and fatten on
your misery any longer. Also, to be
| frank. our interests"
The fact which Impressed the Ger
mans and reduced al that had gone
before to q heated academic discus
| sion, was that Germany was beaten,
and, that the United States embargo
/ would reduce the central empires TO
actual starvation, not merely devitai-
/ izing subnourishment; combined with
their own certainty that the Teutonic
| powers would go on fighting, under
the lash OF Prussia, sacrificing hun
dreds OF thousands OF loyal German
and Austrian boys, plunge countless
more families into hopeless grief.
| doom all the children in the land to
sheer hunger and tuberculosis.
Complete EeonomIe Ruin.
Starvation! That was the inevitable
fate OF Germany IL she prolonged
the war. And for what? Prostra-
ton. physical, financial. economic
Z To suffer for a generation. at least,
the fate OF the outlaw, NANCY dogs
nosing among rotten bones. kicked
by the victors whenever they stood
on their hind legs and whined for
mercy.
And the Americans were prepared
to pour into France and Britain bill
lions OF dollars and millions of men
and tacslculabls tons OF food and
ammunition.
The two Americans had a deeper
purpose in forcing this long argu-
ment than hammering the truth into
those Intelligent but Prussianized
brains. As the hours wore toward
the dawn. they observed with satis-
/ faction that Gfsela's face grew whittier
and grimmer. until finally II set itself
| in rigid lines.
Her mouth was hard. her eyes ex-
panded as IL she saw far beyond the
crystal mountains glittering before
| the open windows.
Her mass OF dark hair had fallen.
and Mrs Toby whispered to Mrs
| Prentiss that she looked like the Me-
dusa IN the Glyptothek in Munich,
lovely but relentless.
= Gisela was no longer the radiant
and voluptuous beauty who had in
CURED the secret wrath OF Ann How
land at Bar Harbor. These years of
war. during which she had known
hard physical labor and often insult
hcient nourishment. more rarely still
q full nights sleep. had taken her
lovely curves OF cheek and form, her
brilliant color.
the dissolving OF the flesh had given
her intellect, her force OF character.
her aspiring spirit, their hrst real
opportunity to stamp her features.
She would always be handsome.
with her long dark eyes and masses
OF soft dark hair. her noble outlines:
and her womanly sympathies had pre-
served their balance between q de-
vitalizing horror on the one hand
and callousness on the other: but IL
was a splritualized beauty, devoid of
that appeal TO sex OF which she had
been, even after she had buried the
memory OF Franz Won Nettelbeck and
all desire for love, femininely tena-
cious. however dlSdainful.
Breaks Long silence.
Mimi was the first to speak after a
long interval OF silence.
you've got me. all right. I've been
digging up a few more things We're
up against II for keeps. and It's get
out or starve out.
1--WE a notion to sneak off to my
reIationa in Milwaukee, Mrs PrentiSS