El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-29
CANNOT ARGUE
WITH GERMANS
Only Way Is to Meet Ger
mans With Force as Eff
ficient as Theirs.
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the people will lack for artistic enter
tainment that q law is in force TO the
effect that any artist leaving Ger
many during the war may never re
turn again.
Folly To Argue With Germans.
"AII our presumptiOns about
German weaknesses have been
based upon our own point of view.
can assure you that the German
people will never he convinced
that they are in the wrong about
this war. Dropping propaganda
from airplnnes will not change
over n single mind.
..If we ever expect to bring the
Germans to our terms we have
got to give up at once any idea
that they are going to he 'eRlight-
ened.' And we have got to start
at once an organization just us
efficient in war as is theirs before
we can hope TO crush them.'
Aren't there many individuals who
would work against the government,
II they couldT'
surely there are. We have got
them over here. too. But Germany
does not let them make any head
way.
Il would give you scores Of specific
instances Of resentment against the
government, but what is the use
Everyone I met on the way BACK
through Copenhagen and Christiania
and on the steamer asked me the same
questions-each question implying a
collapse of Germany. 1 tell them not
to grasp at these straws, for they 90
not tell how the wind is blowing IN
Germany. Wen never win the war If
we go in to it hoping inwardly that
Germany will give in before we Sacrl-
fee our men.
Berlin Fears Pestilence.
Berlin is no longer the beautiful
city you saw when you visited It.
mamma" said the young singer sud
denly turning to her mother, who was
sitting in the room. "Once its proud
boast was that it was the cleanest
city in the world
To-day the erstwhile spotless
streets are filthy. buildings are COW
cred with dirt. windows black, gar
bage accumulates in the back yards,
sewerage is in bad shape and the
whole city is covered with flies. So
many are the flies that the people
are in continual fear OF pestilence-
The situation, however, cannot be
improved, for there are no men left 10
keep the city clean They have i'm
pressed the women, 10 be sure, and II s
a pitiufl sight TO see women every
where doing the work of a common
man 1aborer. handling picks and
shoveIs-not TO mention running
street cars and the like
IF the plumbing in house gets
out OF order you sometimes wait
weeks before you can get plum Der
to make the repairs, for which he
charges fabulous prices.
There is no pleasure living in a
German home these days. which is
another reason why the people flock
to amusements. II window IS
broken. you must board il up SerT-
ants cannot be had; they've all gone
to the munition factories. Sitting
down to a meal. Of course. is q farce.
Bath n Luxury
you can only have hot water on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, provid-
ing that you have the fuel to heat the
water It's useless to go to hotel
for the hotels can offer no induce
ments in food OF anything else
Everybody travels in the street
cars since all automobiles have been
Communicated. Only a few deerepit
old tireless taxis are left. And If you
are going TO a distant part Of the
city you must tip the taxi man from
Is TO % marks before he will consent
to crank up his trap