The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-16
The War Party On Top.

Enthusiastically evidence comes from Germany to prove
that the pan-Germans are firmly in the saddle ANY
moderate utterance the part Of government official
is the signal for savage onslaught from the uners and
their associates in the military organization The Off
cia who earns the hostility Of the panGerman conspra
tors marked man. II he escapes political death he
does by recanng all moderate utterances and by be-
coming rabid advocate Of ruthessness and conquest
The political leaders in Germany always perceive soon
or later that their system destined to lose They are
in position to count the numbers and weight the
strength Of the forces aayed against Germany and they
realize that the German empire cannot hope to withstand
the united energies of the civilized world Knowing that
the world has definitely cast off all thought Of negotiating
with Germany while the empire has sword and per
ceying that the German sword is potent enough
strike down civilization, these political leaders begin to
seek means of compromising the differences in the hope
that the nations arayed against Germany will soften
their tempers and lean toward peace without the dsar
mament Of Germany
But the junkers and the military element cannot see
these things and even If they should get gmmer Of
them the sight would merely make them more jealous
and stubborn in following the they have adopted
The unkers know that unless Germany brushes the world
their occupation gone and the mitarsts actually be-
ieve that Germany is conquerng opposing nations
after another including the United States The success
Of the German army in dealing with other European
forces and stimulated by the astonishing of fortune
whereby the entire army Of Russian front liberated for
operations elsewhere have convinced the average Ger
officer that the system is irresistible and that their
war lord is the most sublime intellect that has ever ap
peared in flesh The private soldiers do not worship the
army quite devoutly but even in the ranks there is
faith i'm the army that has not yet been dangerously
shaken. Among the Prussians, particularly there is
war spirit that to count upon eventual victory as
certainty
Emperor William is Of the best informed men in
the world. Twenty-Five years of crafty preparation ad
study of his opponents have enabled him to make accu
rate estimates Of the situation surrounding every coun
try His spy systems in all countries have furnished
facts well as falsehoods Long experience makes
easy for him to sft facts from fiction as rule 1t
impossible to accept the usual ofhand American sugges
ton that Hohenzolern is mentally deficient merely be-
cause he has committed the fatal blunder of involving
Germany in this against humanity He works with
the instruments at his disposal and of his plans
like all mortal efforts are subject to change without no
ice account Of unforeseen accidents He would moi
make the great bunder if he had the work to do over
again. He did not forsee the Ieugth of the war, and
nothing greater surprise to him than to discover
that his act famed the smoudering fire Of liberty in ev
cry human breast and thus created flame that will con-
sumo him, his house and his empire
prohobIy NJ 40 ,,,;I 49, l.-o.-. A.
or William discovered that his fight was lost He may
not have admitted the fact even to himself and he is not
the man to admit to others It is quite likely however
that this has taken an accurate guage of the stua
ton and is well that Germany as at present con
sttuted is doomed to extinction 1t is more than likely
that he has inspired his political agents to throw out mod
crate suggestions calculated to attract attention in allied
governments will constrain them to make peace notwith
standing the fact that Germany is fully armed and is ca
pable Of attacking them again without warning.
The crown prince, the other hand is heart and SOU
for continuing the His youth his inexperience his
army associations and his ambition all induce him to dis
count the difficulties that confront Germany Perhaps
the truth were known it would be found that Emperor
William is seeking peace in the hope of holding part
that has been gained while the crown prince is violently
opposed to any policy except that of hacking out victory
with the sword The support of the crown prince would
encourage the unkers and mitariss to make demands
which they would not dare make if the kaiser and his
son were united against them. A conflict between the
emperor and the emperorobe is probably the cause of
the contradictory developments in Germany The crown
prince has his Washington Post
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