The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
HARDEN'S PEN
SCORNE RULE
OF PRUSSIANS
Down on Your Knees" He
Says, Voices Ger
many's Soul.
SNEERS AT THRONES
Intimates Kaiser Is Ignor-
ant of Anglo-Saxon
Idealism.

lO6dllSIn.
Bitter denunciation of Prussian
policy and its present creed Of bond
age Is made by MaxImilan Harden in
the Zukunft of August Il, copies of
which the German censor apparently
allowed to reach the Swiss border.
The substance OF Harden'se COM
ment was transmitted in diplomatic
! dispatches received here yesterday.
He charges that the very soul OF
modern Germany can be summed up
in these four words:
Down on your knees"
His article, in part, is as follows:
Fire of Slavic Hatred.
AT this moment when the fire of
| Slavic hatred, coming from the four
corners OF Russia, Is developing into
a single immense flame, how can our
rulers think of finding supporters for
thrones and supplying candidates for
them. They have voted a political law
that "A per cent OF the inhabitants of
these countries reject and will never
accept. Are our rulers desirous of
supporting the plans of the adversary
and to unite into one single fire all the
sparkling flames which are burning or
smoldering between Vladivostok and
Sebastopol and between Mourmanska
and F1smes?
These are the fatal errors of Prus-
sian policy. The old Prussian spirit
has conquered the German spirit, has
subdued 1t, has reduced it to slavery
I ana has Nfa
more fatal than today. The bad taste
Of modern Germany is represented by
this Teutonisrn. which has the whole
ref history against It. Its very soul is
dominated by this idea OF bondage,
which Is summed up In four words:
, Down on your knees"
Attacks Prsssian Lords.
Especially bitter is Harden's attack
on the Prussian House of Lords and
on Prince Salmhorstmar, who declared
the present war was nothing but the
| conflict between the American conccp-
| tion OF the world and the German one.
lnasmuch as the Kaiser declared the
same thing. but substituted Anglo
Saxon for American, Harden's COM
| ment may be said to apply to the
Emperor. He accuses the prince of
ignorance about high politics of
morads," and says:
You think that the British and
Americans are such as the con-
servative papers represent them
They have proved themselves to be
very different on the User, at Arras
and at Dormans. They have shed
! the best of their blood, spent hun
dreds Of thousands without dreams
OF conquest. simply for their ideals.
Does this in any way correspond
with the picture you have drawn Of
! them?'
Although advices from abroad
have lately painted gloomy pictures
OF Germany. and given signs of
/ despair within the central powers.
a sentimental view is given in ex-
cerpts received yesterday from the
National Zeitung of Basie, Swftzer-
land. 1t says:
German Plans Shattered.
Germany can, only under the
most favorable hypothesis. p0stnone
for still a short time on the west
ern front a decision which will he
unpleasant to her. The submarine
has been a failure and has been the
means of bringing the United States
into the war. Germany has lost
from an economical point of view
She Is condemned to die as a nation
as she is excluded from the league
or nations. Austria-Hungary has
exhausted herself. She can only try
at the last moment to save her ex-
fstence by Transforming herself
completely.
In the east the plans of Ger
many are falling to pieces, and Boil
sheVism is tottering. Turkey is a
prey to anger and despair, and the
Gar of Bulgaria, who allied him.
self with the central powers against
the wishes of his people, is yery
seriously i'll at Mannheim,
Among the Central Powers the
rate Of exchange is being accen-
tuated. Famine in necessary food
stufs Is becoming more and more
terrible and no use of force can
any longer assure salvation. Even
II the offensive of the entente could
be arrested today, and Germany
could provoke a German offensive.
the inevitable issue would be per
haps retarded, but in no way modt-
NED. Thus, little by little, all neu-
trais who are following events are
arriving at the. same conclusion.
! Inc dheat of Germany and her
vassals is certain"