The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-13
THE LESSON OF PAN.cERMAN GAINS

Those individuals who fOndly count upon the collapse
Of Germany as the easy way out Of the war should study
the circumstances surrounding the resignation Of the
German minister Of foreign affairs. Dr. Won Kuehlmann
and the character Of the selected succeed him.
Won Kuehmann oense is that he said in his recent adj
dress to the reichsag eve all know that victory cannot
be reached by military means" waords to that eff
feet It does not matter that the address was approved
oy ts ~ ~slor it was delivered it is sufficient that
the address ran contrary to the miitarst German
element that controls Germany Amy who suggests
curtaiment of German ambition to win victory the
world by brute force is obnoxious that the panGer
man party Immediately about to encompass his down
fall
The allied and neutral nations would not what the
panGermans thought what they did to such men as
Won Kuehlman if there was no basis for pan-German
hopes The danger of the situation lies where it did in
1914 in the ncapacty Of the civilized world to grasp the
reality of panGeman plans and the ruthless determine
ton of the mtarists to carry them into effect the
body ofcivilization itself.
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prospects of making peace by agreement with Germany
It is rubbish. The diplomats Of Germany gain and
main in power only when they execute the win of the
pan-Germans German diplomacy consists Of intrigue
and treachery suppementng the work of the sword for
the conquest Of the world. If any German diplomats
should so far forget himself deal honestly with any
allied nation he would surely lose his office and perhaps
his life The system which grips Germany has long ago
eliminated any element of fair play regard for world
opinion The system compes its adherents to Guido
another in naked devotion to ruthessness Thus the mil
tarsts become and savage in their warfare
and the dplomass more and more tortuous and base
their utterances and negotiations
The unfortunately have much to support
their They have actually enlarged the boundaries
Of the empire and increased its stores Of materials
Mitte Europa at the beginning of the war was dream
which the pan-Germanists hope to make fact It is
now fact which the allies must make dream at any
cost If the allies had quickly grasped the reality Of
Germanys aims and Germanys readiness to abandon all
the restraints Of civilization they would have been able
checkmate the before had destroyed Ser
ba, Roumania and Russia. But now those ends have
aside The status quo favors pan-Germany. 1t is on
y by overturning what the pan-Germansts have done
that the world will be where it in 1914 to say moth
ing Of the further task Of beratng the oppressed peo
pes and adjusting national boundaries so that there
shall be no further justification for war.
What is the lesson that can be drawn from the pan
German gains up to date? Obviously the first lesson is
hat
Germany will make peace at heavy sacrifice. The next
lesson that the allies have aided Grmany by permitting
themselves to be deceivd and again by plausible
peace overtures. The allies have dealt with German
IF their imagination which is entirely different from the
real German. The third lesson is that the allies have al
ways been divided in political council while Germany's
political and military policies have nearly always been
and mutually helpful to the end in view
Many months have elapsed since it became evident
hat Russia would become Germanzed unless assisted by
he allies. Yet the allies have not been able agree up
IN political military policy concerning Russia. If
Germany had been as halted and undecided when the
reaty OF BrestLtovsk the tapih she would have
ost the greatest victory of the But she acted with
astonishing qucknes in executing sharply defined plan
The result boodess conquest of oneseventh of the
Robe containing population of 1SOOOOOOO individuals
from that hour the burden upon France Great Britain
md Italy has been well nigh crushing, and only the OPP
Fortune appearance of American strength has saved IL
world from German conquest
These ncontestabe facts mperativey the allies
get together and agree upon political plan to be exc
uted by POLITICAL military and naval power working in
trct harmony No national interest in any allied coun
ry should be made more important that the defeat of
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