The evening leader., 1918-10-26

iown 10 he everyday code tn It a go"d
sport is no squeezing welche4 "a I'd s'.r-
render IS not legitimate means t6
knife your enemy in the back. 1cday
the German mind-the mind of the
ordinary German individual has no
comprehension of these things. His
answer is Germany over ALL" or
Military necessity" or "The Father
land can do no wrong" or "The spread
of Kultur," or 'It is best for me, my
self" or "My religion is made in Ber-
lin." Among other things, he must
be painstakingly, slowly, thoroughly
taught that religion is no more made
in Berlin than the white flame Of he
roism is manufactured in a drug fac
tory, but descend upon the humble
worshipper at the altar of self-sacri-
fee. The race of Huns must be re-
educated from the cradle up.
Failing that, you may be sure civ
! ilization will have to fight 1T again,
for if the BLOND BEAST, however
whipped, can stink away to the lair he
iaas today in the mind of the German
pc. e, he will come back-and next
time i'll make no mistake in the man.
ner of l., coming.
How Ca this regeneration be ac-
complished? Mere money indemnities
only foster bit. rrness for years by
their blind burdel. of taxation. The
countries that have heen devastated
have a right to such p Or restitution
as can now be made and America has
the power and duty of seeing that i
is made. Let the work of compensa
tion be personal and individually in
structive to the German and LET it b.
carried out in all possible kindness un
der the direction Of an internationa
allied board as an educational pro
gram, not as revenge. To secure thi
Germany must be taken under alliet
military control for at least a yea1
and all the machinery, farm equip
ment, household utensils and works 0
art looted from the other countrie
should be searched out and returned
and all the destroyed works of ar
and learning should be as far as posi-
BILE replaced from the German store
4 Certainly the greatest step towar
' tue repentance is to make good tn
theft. Meanwhile every member 0
the German military machine fror
p the private up should be compelle
: under military guard to give his ow
= service in the devastated countrie:
:. for term increasing progrossivel
with his military rank. to the work Q
reconstruction and every male there
after be compelled to give a porto
= of his time each year for twenty year
to completing as far as possible tn
: restoration until the cost of Gel
!, many's war lust has been repaid t
!, ava
SO that he may have chance to GRO,
, up human. The cost of doing II woul
E re far less than the cost of anotbe
w9r, or the price exacted by the fo,
y 'ered hate of a growing nation.
The only possible prelude to sucb
, program is that the allies insist upo
the absolute and unconditional sure,
der and complete disarmament of Ge7
many. To the assurance of such
program with its lesson to the worl
we would gladly give our money. OH
services and our lives. With an
make-shift peace at present, our III
erty bonds are likely to be repudiate
by our Hun conquerors before the
mature and fortunate shall we be
we die first and die childless. w
must finish the fight and keep tn
talth now or God help the comm,
generations.
TNDJ NT HDAcvr-> -