The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-17
German Worries

The Most High is being hecked on all sides
Marshal Foch is taking fall out of Luden.
dorff and Hindenburg on the west front; Russia
is coming out of the spell which the Bolshevik
cast over it; Soviet troops have been forced to
evacuate Moscow and allied troops are moving
rapidly southwark from Archangel; the general
staff, noting dearth of reserves, has been forced
to reprimand generals for their wanton sacrifice
of soldiers, and most important of all the German
press and people are in the slough Of dependency
Macmillan Harden, the outspoken editor of
the Zukunft few days ago. again violently at
tackled the Prussan policy and warned Of the
storm brewing on the Russian steppes.
"Are our rulers desirous,' he asks, "of sup
porting the plans of the adversary and in uniting
in one single fire all the sparkling flames which
are burning or smouldering between Vladivostok
and Sebastopol, between Murmansk and Fiume %
And then he strikes at the very heart of the
teuton system with the complaint that Germany
is dominated by the idea of bondage"
Theodor Wolff, in the Tageblatt declares
that the day is gone when events in Russia can
be painted in bright colors, for the Germans have
underestimate the power of the Czechoslovaks.
He also insists that the parties that welcomed
war with America should explain their stand to
the German people in the light of the reverses
on the western front, attributable to American
intervention. The flight of the German embassy
from Moscow proves the failure of Germany's
policy in Russia.
News dispatches from Amsterdam say that
the whole German press is asking the government
to break it's silence regarding war aims and begin
a propaganda throughout the empire to tell the
people what they are fighting for. more than
ever it is now necessary to raise the spirits of the
German people," says the Hamburger Nachrich-
ten. 'The two reverses which German arms
have suffered have produced deep emotion in
the German people,"
A writer in the Vossische Zeitung departs
from the immediate military outlook to discuss
the gloomy conditions that may prevail after the
war; He fears the Iron ring" which the enemies
of Germany will put about her to prevent indus
trial expansion. eff the economic position of
Germany is to be rebuilt our sorely tried people
must have access to the supplies on which our
economic greatness depends. In no other way
can we reconquer the markets we have lost Of
what use to us are our most brilliant victories if
at the end of the war, our industries are to wther
away? Our sacrifices would be in vain Ger
many would remain burdened with debt and un-
able to pay for the heavy new ornaments which
will be necessary after the war; in spite of all the
ideas of a coming international brotherhood of
men, Our enemies must understand that we are
as yet determined to tolerate no economic yoke
as we are resolved to defend our fatherland"
The unrest at home and the nervous appre-
hension of the soldiers at the front are reflected
In the conference which the Most High, Emperor
Charles of Austria, and their advisers, is hold
ing to discuss political and military questions"
The murmurings of the people in both Germany
and Austria are an important indication of the