The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-19

There Is no longer any doubt that Ger
many had decided upon the present wal
long before 1914 1t was 20 be wagcd frs
that Germany mus. llberate thousands OF
Germans suffering under the yoke OF Rus
s:a In the Baltic provinces.
Shortly after the outbreak OF the wal
Tho Kaiser said In one OF his speeches.
THE will Of MY fathers Is being fulfilled
Tho day has come when I must cross the
v!s,uia and the Niemen at the head Of my
armies ana add to our empire the crown
lands Of Poland. The historical mistake Of
former rulers Will lie rectified. We will
yectify It,"
One OF the Pan German leaders thus
Oe'ined the purpose or the war
I'VE must bring the German plough t.
the very heart Of the Russian steppes In
the name OF those German heroes whc
have for three CENTURIES shed their blood
IN order to transform the Slav marshes
into German kuitur land"
circulated Hun Propaganda.
During the five years preceding the wal
the German agents In Russia circulated
pamphlets and other forms Of literature
about Pan-Cermanism among the Russian
man empire would rule the whole world
and that Russia would be German as far
as the Cral and the Nolga. But they did
not confine themselves to this sort OF lit
erature. They OF ganzed German societies
TO help realize these dreams OF the Kaiser,
while the Russian authorities kept their
eyes closed to ell that was happening.
The very first rule Of the German soci-
rites and schools in Russia read as fol-
lows
Tho purpose OF the societies Is to pre-
serve for Germany her sons abroad, &c
help Germans in every way possible to
remain Germans, and wherever they may
have lost their national character. to help
restore II to them"
German professors who taught at Rus
sian schools and universities have tried
for many years to implant in Russian
youths sense of love and respect for
Germany and the Kaiser. 1t appears that
Professors Won Ettngen and Karl Schmidt
had elaborated about forty years ago a
system by which to settle Germans in the
regions of Russian fortresses, and sub
mitted their project to the German War
Department. According to this plan Ger
man officers and engineers were ~ live
there disguised as laborers. They were
20 be subsidized by the German govern
ment They recommended that agricul-
tural implements be manufactured there
Ulcers of the German General Staff who
could speak Russian fluently and who be-
came Russian subjects.
Flooded Russia with Reservists.
In addition to this. Germany settled
thousands OF rcservlsts in Russia. organic.
ing various societies. most OF them sing
ing societies. There were also athletic
clubs. fire brigades. and n few military
organizations Thus. for instance. in
Lodz alone eighteen sir. ag societies nun.
bered more than 10000 German members
in 1912. There were twenty-five other Ger
man organizations in Lodz at tho same
time
The fire brigndes, athletic clubs and sing
ing societies were all made up OF vel
trained German reservists who were
ready TO respond TO the first signal OF the
Prussiar War Department. and to carry
out its orders in Russia
No acny In the world ever had such a
large number OF spies in another country
rs the German army had In Russia-in
Poland, Lithuania and hynia-bef fore
the outbreak of the present war. The Ger
man coionists and the reservists planted In
Russia for espionage purposes. fought
Russia from within.
Ncinirovitch Danchenko. the Russian
war correspondent. published interesting
extracts from letters found on German