The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-13
GERMAN MASTERS
LOOK FOR HARD
WINTER At HOME
Fearful of Drive of a
Starving and Freezing
ar-Weary People.
FIERCE OFFENSIVE
Trouble Among Those at
Home Explains Why
Arch-Militarist Is
in Cabinet.
FIERCE OFFENSIVE

London. July f2.--Gerrnany's MILL
tary masters realize that the war can
not be won this year. They are set
tinlg down to the grim business of
training the people at home for
fifth winter. They are entrenchins
for defense against the. fiercest often
siye vet launched in this war--the
drive OF starving, freezing. war
weary people. That, and nothing else.
f. the answer to the Won Hintze puz-
zIe. all well informed observers here
agreed tonight That alone explains,
they believe, why, at this tuncture. an
arch -militarfst and ont and out 'bit-
ter-ender," is Haunted into the face
OF the world as successor TO the gentle
Kuehlmann as secretary OF state for
foreign affairs.
With batch Of great map victories.
vet without a senblauce OF decision
in the west; with the transatlantic
tide of fresh American troops rising.
rising. rising, and with every peace
offensive shattered in the making. only
one course remained open-a brazen
unna skiing.
The slightest show OF weakness At
this stage, SO argued the sword wor-
shippers. would unchain the lurking
tiger Of rebellion mt home and feed
the defiantly growing lion outside
the allies war will.
So the camouflaSe that looked like
the invitation shake" was torn Oft
and the mailed fist was thrust out In
all it's ugly bluff and defiance. ad-
dressed both to the folks at home and
abroad.
Thus came to be appointed as for
eign minister one of the most accom-
piished International thugs gilded by
the glitter OF an admirafs uniform.
He, however, ts--if indications tell the
future correctIy-only the frat of n
series of iunkerist poIlars that are TO
hold the house OF Hohenzoiiern when
the holocaust breaks. Every remain
ing ''wcakling' or doubter Ii to be
chopped OF and the seTni-ciyiIian gov
eminent Is to he converted into an out
and out military-or. miiitarist, at
Ieast-ca binet, with Ludendorff openly
at the head as military director. ruling
with blood and iron at home. and
keeping up the neck or nothing race
against fate upon the battlefield.
Fear Socialists.
But. lest the troublesome Socialists
butt In" during the arduous period
of transition from camoufaged mill
tary despotism to actual military ty-
ranny, caution is being exercised at
Berlin not to let the proverbial cat
out of the bag Thus the imperial
chancellor, Count Won Hertling.
deemed this a proper moment to SPEAK
right up and say that Germany is
ready to consider sincere peace pro-
posals." with the usual dressings of
Ifs" and "howevers"
In the meantime. DR. Richard Won
kuehlnann. who paid with his official
head for few timid words Of truth. is
going to Switzerland for a long vaca :
ton" There, also on long vacation,
is his former chief at London, Prince
Lichnowsky.
kuehlmann's parting thrust to cor
respondents at Berlin was
II will be glad TO get bit of fresh
air. l am sick OF it all
Whether he placed some emphasis
on the word fresh" or whether he
for interesting memoirs. like Lich-
nowsky's, is not told in the dispatches.
In his statement regarding the will
ingness OF the German political and
military leaders to listen to sincere
peace proposals" Won Hertiing reite-
rated the assertion that the recen,
speeches of President, Wilson and
Foreign Secretary Balfour. plainly in.
dicating that our enemies will is tc
destroy her, force Germany TO con.
Gnue- tho struggle" -------
The chancellor also made a painful
attempt TO explain Won Kuehl.
MAINS dismissal as not being caused
by real differences of opinion, but b,
the revelation of matters that should
not have been said publicly. II Hert-
linNs explanation" were to be taker
on It's face value. observers point out
| then what KuehImann said was true
and there is no difference of opinion
regarding It's truth but the crime was
telling 1t in the reichstag.
JUST OUT OF PRISON, HE
WANTS GIRLS AND WIFE
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