El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-22
GERMANY GLAD THE AGED DYING
FOR It LEAVES FOOD FOR YOUNG
Death Rate Among Those Over 55 Heavy, But Officials
Laugh and Say Such Deaths Relieve Them of Mouths
to Feed Socialists Not Against War, But Think 1t
Should Be Stopped While Germany Is on Top
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typical OF the universal German feel
ing today.
After endIes conferences and inter-
views with the leading German So
cialists during my journeys in Ger
many. I am Of the firm mind that the
real serious danger to the militar-
istic rule in Germany will come from
the numerically smallest but most
courageous and fearless third element.
which IS an element that has been
created in the fatherland since the
war. Although there are many men OF
pure German blood in the ranks OF
this third party OF political despera-
does, the majority OF them are Poles
and Polish Jews Another important
fact is that nearly half their num-
bers are women. young women be-
tween the ages OF p and 35.
A Fearless Crowd
Although many adherents OF the
third party are nonGermanic men and
did not consider IL prudent to make
an issue Of the same.
These people are like invisible dis
ease miscrobes." complained vehem-
emily a conservative friend, they are
to be found in dense Industrial
government is not able to discover
them"
I observed that they were fearless
OF personal danger. and reckless when
they were certain that they could
serve a certain cause By daring. 1
found them men and women who had
made up their minds to sacrifice their
persons for the realization OF their
cherished program but they put
great value on their lives and IN
every case they sell their lives as
dearly as possible
During the height OF the discussion
in our Munchen conference one OF
these young women tainted bitterly
a comrads Of the Majority party af-
filiation. by telling him that even the
Roman Catholic party OF Germany had
shown more courage and antf-Eovern-
ment spirit than the Socialist party.
Many Are Imprisoned
can relate hundreds OF instances
when these fearles men and women
have shown real revolutionary spirit
and set an example to the .mOderates''
in courage II not in policy-who are
lately thinking more aggressively
than they did last year.
I learned that the political prisoners
IN the empire were beyond number
In q majority Of Instances I found
our Socialists an accusing mob. They
accuse their government, they accuse
each other, and they accuse above all
their foreign comrades I found II
very difficult TO reason with them
about the origin Of the war They
seem to wish to shut their eyes TO
the present day realities, and stay
contented in dabbling in their pre-
war estimates OF other countries.
Not Opposed To Var.
In the Berlin district I met manv
leading Socialists and interviewed
nearly IS members OF the reichstag.
and. with the exception OF q few. L
found them alive 10 the new cOncep-
ton % world democracy. But outside
this district I found our German So
cialists not internationally minded.
IN South Germany, electing
Munchen as ny base, I made many
journeys to interior cities and towns.
and found those whom I interviewed
violently against the war and the gov
eminent. But after coming into
closer contact with them. 1 learned
that great number OF those who are
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