The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-27

factions there are other influences in Germany that will help to bring about situations that would become menac- ing to our rulers.
 German Political Chasm
 There are many chasms in the Ger man political life today that will, from day to day, become widened. This defection in the German system of government is primarily between the land owners and the industrialists. The German landowners are the miIi- tarists while the factory owner is anx- ious for an immediate peace, without annexation.
 l I interviewed many persons belong | ing to this class and was surprised to learn that they valued an immediate peace so much that in order to obtain it at once they even advocate restor- ing Belgium and Serbia, and North France. These men told me with a remarkable similarity of reasoning, that another year or so of this war would destroy Germany completely.
 It was during these conversati tions that learned how Germany had bled white during the last three years or so of war.
 1 Germany was a highly organized country A powerfully centralized government was able to put into ef- fective use all it's resources at one move. Therefore, Germany had ex- erted her utmost resources early iT the war, trusting that a victorious ending of the war would outweigh the
 great sacrifices. These men argue
 that while England had not yet re-
 moved the top skin of her available
 resources, Germany had but her las
 penny in the great gamble. They ex
 plained to me how, for instance, tht German railroads and roadbeds hat
 been taxed to their utmost capacity
 and the property had been run dowI
 in such a way that after the war i
 would take many years to restore
 them to their former efficient condi
 ton.
 Exhaustion of Germany
 And the complete exhaustion o Germanys resources in raw material The great worry of the German mag mates regarding this phase Of Ger : manys black outlook is beyond des cription. These two interests-th . Ia nded proprietors and industria
 4agnates-oppose each other nor
 violently than the political parties i } Germany.
 , The degree of the development o r the chasms between these two ele s me1ts is more promising in compe1lin = the arrogant military caste to liste = to reason than all the Socialists to q gether.
 = Germany's anxiety for peace, how ever, is misunderstood in other cour l tries.
 = I am, of course, judging all othe = countries from the public opinion ( = Switzerland.
 S German people want peace, but the = all want a peace of their own nal v ing and dictation. Outside the sma
 circle of Marxian Socialists and at n vanced Liberals, pe-4,-- German
 appeared to me to care very lit S whether or not they get a peace thi if iS just to other nations. This Gel if man frame of mind constantly paine J. me during my six months of invest s, gation in that country. st Without a Programme
 It is true there is very little lo7 for the Ka tser and his issue amor
 the German people, but even in u o Socialist circles I heard no pla 10 whereby to overthrow the monarch
 substituting democratic form of go
 ernment in the country. The Majo T. ity Socialist Party's most cherisht in programme is a reform of the Pru l. sian suffrage, which, in a very fe
 words means the electing of a fe D. more professional politicians to u UT Reichstag as Socialist members. The ts programme to reform the entire bas le law of the Empire is as weak as the
 hearts.
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