The Washington herald., 1918-06-20

Germany's man power, which seems
to have come from no one knows
where, in view of the many disas-
trous conflicts she has been in in
this war, has been the overwheIm-
ing mystery.
Generals and statesmen have COM
mented ou it, but few explanations
Il !OGicsl rature have been Cf-
fered. All were puzzled. but none
seemed able to proffer any serious
explanations of how it had been
brought about
DIR. c. D. FISHER, p Massa chusetts
man who was long a resident Of
Turkey and who is an authority on
trars-caucassian affairs. told Senator
Hitchcock, of the Senate Foreign Re-
latiOns Committee. however. some-
thing which may throw considerable
light on the matter. Certainly II is
one of the new and unusual state
ments TO be heard in this respect
and it is so logical that it impresses
us considerab bly,.
DR.. Ussher's daughters. who were
friends of Gen. Won Hindenburg's =
daughters. visited them in the year
1913. several months before the Eu-
ropean affa4r broke out. Gen. Won
Hin1enburg told them that for
the past twenty years Germany had
been systC matically deceiving the
world on her vital statistics and that
even then Q9l) Germany was sup
posed to have only 6S.OCO.O0o. whereas
she really had over 9n.O0O,Ooo.
Furthermore. the general stated that
the recorded 25 per cent ilIesitimate
proportion OF children born in the
empire was really a much too low
figure and that IL the real figures
were known 1t would be surprising
to the world.
The general asserted that fatherless
waits were taught to look upon Ger
many itself as their principal parent,
to whom they owed their all and for
whom no sacrifice was too great
to make. This spirit, thus incul-
Gated into the children, both legiti-
mate and illeSitimate, the general
boasted, could he relied upon to in-
spire the German peopl in the event
of war. He felt that 1t could be
utilized to the utmost by Father Will
helm, and that the enemies of the
country would feel 1t If there ever
came = time to draw the sword.
from the household of the favored
general of William the Nut are, of
course. impressive II it is true that
Germany had 22,0oOOO0 more people
five years ago than the world knew
about we may account in that pO1u-
lation alone foT an army of con-
siderable str""gIh. And this is not
to mention The army which would
h.
Germany told the balance of the
world she had
National deception of this charac-
ter condemns itself. of course. II
Will probably rass away as the ideals
of the present German Empire pass
away Thl word certainly can have
no use for such fraud-for when L
is practiced the way the Germans
Iracticed it, II means only one thing,
ard that is war 10 the bitter eni.
Are there elements Of strength
in Theodore ROOSEVELT" we were
asked yesterday by Republican
who is just beginning to find him
self agreeing with some of the
things T. r. says.
We responded without reserve, to
our friend: Indeed there are-in
fact, one element which America is
bound to respect more and more
as time goes on.
This is his consistency. He has
been an open and fearless advo-
cate of unpolluted Amcricanism
ever since we first met him in pub
lie life. He has been standing
sturdily for splendid. adequate
American army all that time and he
has spoken to more people, perhaps
than any other one man for more
years on the need of preserving our
national honor in a virile way and
with the virile things by which
honor is preserved. He has been
bold in his declarations and defiant,
sometimes. but he has always been
Of that mind. And he is one of the
very, very few great men of the
nation-certainly among our Presi-
dents and Presidential seekers-who
has not had to change his mind
most pronouncedly in this respect
The courage he exhibited in this
respect is gaining him friends in
this nation now-and the people are
beginning to see that his consis-
tency was born of farsightedness
| and knowledge of mankind
rather than desire to initiate. po-
litical issues or to force upon the
people something which would en-.
barrass rather than help them" We
| concluded.
! we are not admitting IN thi.