New-York tribune., 1918-04-20
With the Enemy
1n' r1i Ns~ York rrissr.
l. OretCn D.

IS ono anybody believe ths, -.
~ our ultimatum to Russ. aver
u.o. oen.r government that ia M. =
state CT complete collapse w,,, - - NOT IN
be involved in separate nero.;a.: 'e' Itself
Germany" asked Herr Haaso @ with
the German Socialist minority j., 'eaaer Of
IN the Re'chstag protesting against .s speech
nexations In Russia. He continnaa .'e an
The Ukraine treaty has been .a.,
with government that does not er;s. 'uaea
the Ukraine will undoubtedly ;o;n va'ss' and
again. 1t Is impossible to rea..s "ussa
Ukraine peace as a stage on tho hu ~. ehs
general peace. The so-called sron.:a :oaa TO
tification' in Poland means noth;a rec
than new partition Of Poland. Eveae Ee slSe
Finland we are sent stories Of a.sAm IRON
whereas in reality Revolutionary s0s'ses,
walls in Finland. We really shor,d pre-
OF playing the part of q libera.or .esafe
the independent and mature peon,a - a'Iohg ION
land, which has long had universal .ua W IN
for men and women" suffrage
Herr Haase declared that tho e..
government has not abandoned ~. siman ~
annexlng Longwy and Brey. In rsesss sss ol
Alsace and Lorraine, he said that the ea'a 70
Iatlon must decide for itself. p'pu-
only Hlndenburg peace can yua,..,,
the future welfare of the German worl,s
classes, says the "Berliner Neuesto NA,s
rlchten, the organ of the Father,and n.S,
according to which all German ;rdrs.'.:
depend on AlsaceL Lorraine, and tho casa;S
OF these sections to France would pot sa,
be a loss to the German canita,;st. ,'
would also undermine the condition 80 ~
German workmen " 'ne
And the "Nachrichten" goes on ~ =;
the figures Of the iron and steel irdn,,r,.s
OF England and Germany within tba 1...
twenty-five years: ''''
This proud picture which the aho,.
figures give of the development of tbo r..
man iron and steel industry would h. 4.
stroyed at one blow if the English .nl
French war aims should be fulfilled anu
The execution of the English plans wou,d /,
synonymous with the end of GERMANY os.
industry would then be nothing but on ~
slgnlhcant remnant of former days VII
what eyes will the German workman ,ool
when he will have to work for low u.n.s
while the taxes will be heavy and the fond
prices high? How will, then. the Cermss
workmen curse those agitators who hsJ tod
them that the war ought not to end in
German victory, but in draw: that y !,
only the German industrial magnates vho
need the mines of Lorraine or the has;n \,
brlev, and that the German workman ouobt
TO be indifferent whether Alsace- Iorra;rs !,
IN the hands of Germany or the Alliesqn
The cal-Demokratische Feldnoo+u !.
publication got out by the German oov'
ernment for circulation in the army. osten.
slbly 1t is Socialist paper. circulated hr
the government to display political imnsr
tlallty, but in reality it is filled with rov.
ernment propaganda.
Recent numbers have contained manv ~,
ums expatating on the German govern.
ments deep love of peace and the unreason.
ableness of the enemy which makes the con.
tlnuation of the war inevitable Amor;.o
and England are the countries referred n
as the most obstinately intransigeant Ir
a recent issue some remarks on the neaco
NEGOTIATIONS with Russia and the sneeches
OF PRESIDENT Wilson and Lloyd Ge6rye end
as follows: NAA
Inc nope of general peace is A. nrese,.
not very great. 1t looks as if the French
and English absolutely desire decision in
tne west with American help. Unless the
Entente peoples make an end of their nrcs.
ent governments they will hardly get peace
The latest German papers to reach tb;,
country are devoting considerable space TO
the so-called Daimler case" which has
selfred all Germany. The principal charac
Ter IN the case is the Daimler firm. of Stutt
gar7' which is one of the largest German
concerns manufacturing automobiles and
aeroplane motors.
A few days ago the German nnhl;c w..
informed that the German military apthori
ties had taken over the entire control of
the Daimler works. Tho reasons for taking
over the Daimler factories by tine Govern
ment were not explained till few days
later, when the Il after was taxen I'm in the
Relchstag and discussed by the Reichstsg
Deputies and the representatives of the
government. On that occasion it was
brought out that the Daimler firm repeated.
~, without sufficient reasons. had raised its
prices of automobiles sold to the German
government, that it had refused to allow
the government to inspect its books. and
thst lts profits ran as high as 800 per cent
"h'le the firm pretended that its profits did
not amount to more than / per cent.
German peace evidently envisages
tory. In speech on behalf of the new Ger
man war loan Herr Havenstein, president
OF the Imperial Bank, said that the ques-
ton OF whether Germany will obtain war
indemnity cannot yet be answered with GER
ta1nty. 1T depends on the victory yet to be
won He was in doubt as to the economic
position OF Germany, however, saying:
The bankruptcy OF the German Empire
is lnconceivable as long as our enemies DO
not succeed in smashing our Fatherlsnd
Looking at every sphere of creative work
we can feel confident that they will all cor
tlnuc their healthy and vigorous growth
The belief that we cannot remain capable
competitors under our heavy burdens viii
not bear examination. Our position in tha.
respect IS more favorable than that Of oil
our enemies
AS result of the Russian peace treaty
military victories in the West are the only